This is the second part of the answer to a question of how adopting Indigenous land use protocols can help the Earth. The first is here: The Price of De-Indigenizing the Land. […]
The Price of De-Indigenizing the Land
While talking about Cascadia the other night, I was asked: how can accepting Indigenous principles of land use… Earth Feeding Wasp …possibly help a world of 8 billion people, all hungry and […]
How Grassy is Grassland? Very.
The grass that grows in clumps… … make a pattern that the mice and gophers follow under the snow. In this way, they deepen the grid. That the grass makes. In […]
If Geese are Noble Beasts, What are Pheasants?
Praise to an orchard that left apples on the ground for the neighbours. The geese are contemplative about it, the robins (to the left) are quiet, the starlings are hidden in the […]
Come to My Cascadia Show at the Kelowna Library, January 30th at 5:30 pm.
Cascadia: The Once and Future Utopia I’ve been hard at work, putting ten years of explorations of Cascadia into a beautiful presentation. It is an honour to be asked by Okanagan Express […]
The Beauty of Fences
They don’t keep coyotes out. Beyond that, no beauty.
U-Boat Mouse
Up periscope! Down periscope! (And that’s all there is to it.)
Mid-Winter Avalanche in Vernon
Snow just doesn’t want to stay put, the sneaky stuff. Even if it is sitting absolutely flat, it wants to get all tipsy. That’s the way of things. Note the bird […]
How to Survive as a Deer in the Cold: Let the Sun be Your Shovel
It’s a lot of work to break down through the snow with your hooves and try to find some grass, especially some nice fresh green grass in the middle of the winter. […]
Two Kinds of Maps
This is a map of south-central British Columbia. In certain cultures, it is called lichen hanging off the dead lower branches of a tree. Here’s what some cultures call a map: […]












