Well, here it is, Okanagan Lake, a fjord lake over-deepened by a melting glacier and filling a gap some 1600 metres deep. The rock in the background of the image below is […]
Fjall: The Setting Forth from English as a Colonial Language
Magnolias and Plums in the Ice Storm: a Pruning Guide
Here are two examples of the gapping energy I showed you the other day. For the original please click here. First, the magnolias at Bahati Farm. This darling is 38 years old […]
Meet a Great Cat Hunting Well
After four decades, some things kind of break down. It’s the way of things. But, still, a green house past it’s tomato nursery days is still a great place to hunt out […]
Speaking With the Earth: Minding the Gap
Here’s an excellent example of a unit of language that supports a strong human-Earth relationship. The word is “Gap.” Here’s a gap: Gap in Umatilla Ridge, Dry Falls, Washington In a continuous, uncrossable […]
Is it a Healthy Environment? Why Words Matter to the World.
A very good question was asked about my neighbourhood: Priest Valley from the Bella Vista Hills My house is hidden by the slope on the right. Or, if not a question, […]
The Earth’s Opening into Speech: Bright
In contemporary, light-dominated culture, brightness is an intensity of light energy, like this: Winter Sun on Okanagan Lake The original, Earth-based meaning of “bright”, however, is an opening, which fills with […]
Speaking As the Earth: Ore
Yesterday, I wrote about the universal force “Orkan,” a gift to us from our ancestors. Orkan: aka Bowron Lake This Icelandic concept, translated as “energy,” is an ancient Indo-European understanding. Humanly, it […]
Speaking with the Earth 1: Orkan
For the last few weeks, I have been working towards an explanation of how the Earth can be used to augment human intelligence. The challenge is to articulate a way of doing […]
Consciousness and Environment: Artificial Intelligence Put in Place
Let’s put this simply: Artificial Intelligence is not a new invention. In the concept of a world that achieves action through balance … Ponderosa Pine male and female flowers ready for spring. […]
Not Just Another Weed Beside the Road
Consider the willow. She is, um, willowy. A withe, we say. A wheel. A welter. A twist, a roll, a waltz and a wave. A voluminous wale, walk, and most of all […]
