Where humans became human. Bella Vista Hills Imagine living here. It’s possible. Where humans became inhuman. Vernon Now, imagine living here. The temptation to pave the Bella Vista creek bed above would […]
Human and Inhuman Environments
Beyond Individual Identity
There are several ways to do write on rock. You can chisel into the rock with another rock: Petroglyph, Columbia Hills State Park You can write on the rock. She Who Watches, […]
Heart
Here’s the heart of the Columbia Plateau. It’s the heart of all the people. Palouse Falls, This Afternoon Let me put that another way. If you live on the plateau, this is […]
The Power of Rock
Life is a great force on this planet, but so is rock. Just look at this one!The interplay of this kind of steadiness and resistance within the web of life can be most […]
It’s Good to Have Visitors
Large … … and small. I planted these flowers a year ago, to remember ones I had thirty years before that, and to keep that time alive, and the link, through […]
The Wonder of Life & The Wonder of Death
Earth crystallizing around light, climbing a ladder to the sun. Look at it! Rhododendron Shoots, Campbell River That’s the spirit of this planet. This is not: Gopher Trap (Sprung) (Protecting a lawn from […]
The Art of Tree Pruning
Art is usually discussed in terms of galleries and stages and mp3 files and writing. Yesterday I talked about pruning trees as art. Just click here, if you missed it. I’ll expand on […]
Remember Those Cherry Trees I was Pruning
At the beginning of April? Yes? No? Well, here they are again, as April opens into the light. April 4, 2014 … Harold has gone to photograph bluebirds! And just a few days back? […]
The Simplest Things
Grass is simple. It stands up, it falls down under the snow, and it stands up again. Wait. That’s not simple, is it. Na. But it is beautiful. It’s not the GDP […]
Welcome, Sun!
Yellow Cabbage White in the Forsythia My Father-in-Law Gave me 3 Years Ago Thanks, Corky!
Okanagan Okanogan 