I went down to the lake to read the news. Terrace Mountain was pretty free with it. This old stratovolcano showed me a bird feeding something, or about to devour something. Note […]
The Sacred Mountain of the North Okanagan
Organic Brick Making
Computers are made out of sand. So are river beds, and horsetails. These ancient plants of the Similkameen Valley, metabolize the silicon of the sand they root in, then lay it down […]
The Artwork that is the Similkameen Valley
The cliff above Keremeos, which burned 2 years ago, is showing faces, long-hidden, watching over the valley. K-Mountain in Mid-Afternoon Light Not to mention a mysterious rock fall among the burn patterns. […]
When Language Fails Us
The word ‘tree´simply doesn’t describe a ponderosa pine. It doesn’t even come close. In fact, to use the word “tree” for a creature like this is insulting. This English language has some […]
Moonrise at Sunrise Over Okanagan Lake
Okanagan Mountain at 6 a.m. Perhaps you can see the western wall of the valley, to the right, tip nearly vertically as it moves east and collides with the westward-moving mountain coming […]
Art for the People and the Similkameen River
Down on the Similkameen River, there are rocks. It means that we can’t speak either. This is called “balanced management.” It is a great silencing of what, in British Columbian culture is […]
Grassland Education: Reducing Climate Risk 8
The Okanagan Valley is home to a nearly extirpated grassland ecosystem, that exists only in a few endangered pockets. Even so, it is a key grassland area for studying the effects of […]
Becoming History in the Okanagan
When the rail line along Kalamalka Lake was decommissioned, communities along the trail came together to purchase the land and turn it into a four-season lake-side trail. Preparation work included ripping out […]
Hunger: Climate Change in the Okanagan, 7
Here’s one of last year’s fawns looking thin as all get out. Well, yeah. Mule deer browse on willows and Douglas fir in the winter, out of the snow. Here, that means […]
Climate Change in the North Okanagan 6: A Tale of Two Orchards
This is an old apple tree. The government has paid for it to be replaced. Best read that again. The government has paid to have almost all of these trees replaced. Up […]
