Is it the home of my ancestors? Or more inward and mysterious and soaked with light, just metres away? Or both at once? Then again, here in Secwépemc Territory, it is often […]
Disappearing Forests
Tricky Lake
The lake moves around. One kind of wisdom would say it is from changes in temperature and pressure. Sunrise, for instance. The sun sure does amplify the lake.. But is it the […]
Fishing for the Sun
Catching the sun might seem easy. It moves quickly, though. And has no clear source. Is it here? Is it there? Some choose to just wait. Others realize that it’s not about […]
Sunrise from the Bottom Up
Just because humans are vertical pillars with the seeing bits at the top doesn’t mean the world works from the top down, too. Or from the bottom up, for that matter.
What’s in a Name, Nodding Onion?
There are at least a couple different conceptions of the role of women in landscape in these parts. In English, a language that observes this place, she is the “onion” that lowers […]
There is Fishing and Then Again There is Fishing
Fishing. Lake Owner. Fishing. Camp visitor. FISHING. Cottagers. (Powered, floating docks allow one to have a dock without paying foreshore rights.)
So Much for the Red Shift
The day begins… … and goes on … … as it ends. There might be a “red shift,” but orange doesn’t mess around.
Taking Your Time
To succeed as a lichen, you don’t need a rock. Sure, lots of lichens are found on rocks, but it’s not a hard-and-fast requirement. What you really need is a place no-one […]
When One Leaf Just Won’t Do
There is no point in just having one point of flattening out to catch the light, when the light comes in pools, splots, splashes and droplets. Best to play the game. After […]
There Goes the Neighbourhood
So, you start out with a pretty nice place, with some folks coming by in the summer for some fishing. Big Bar Lake And then the riff riff moves in. Three years, […]
