Look at the cloud move south past Squally Point, keeping to the east, and Okanagan Mountain. Note the waves coming onto the Peachland Beach. Thing is, there is no wind. It is […]
The Spirit of Okanagan Lake
The World is Born Anew
Water shapes air, but air shapes water. Wasps shape paper, but paper shapes wasps. Together, they make the moon. It’s not the same if you break the spell. Tread lightly. […]
Let’s Not Overthink Things
The simplest gestures… … speak most deeply. Only bodies speak. Words are only gestures that guide memory to them. From there, we are on our own.
The Energy Shifters
The trees… Botanical Garden, Akureyri … give way. They recognize each other. The snow… 1:30 p.m. in Laugaland, Iceland … gives way to houses. 2 p.m. near Grund They recognize each […]
For the Love of Life, and Property, Too
Trees have mastered the ability to make three-dimensional space out of flat energy, raising it up above the Earth. September Aspens at Big Bar Lake There, the flat energy spreads, not by […]
Leaves, and Life after Life
Each leaf is the trace of the ongoing reach of Leafing energy, or life. Each is a face of Flat energy, which is the energy we know as Floating. All things pass […]
Our Flowing Hands
Deep in the shadows of the cat tails, the water freezes in the shape of cat tails. Below, you can see how cattail seeds get caught on the teeth of the hoarfrost. […]
The Grass at Dawn
At sunrise, the bunchgrass shows itself most clearly… … and it’s pink! But look at the sage and the lichens, those pools of pale blue-green algae (well, sort of)… It is […]
Shore
A shore is that place where water breaking in waves creates a sound that speaks of arrival, for both those coming from the water and those waiting on the land. The arrival, […]
And the Salmon Come Too
The twisted, reaching trees… … from whom we learned our bodies … … reflect in the water, just as we reflect in them. And there in the mind and all the deep […]
