I’ve been talking about human bodies in the grassland, represented as lines, fields and houses. I think it’s very important at this point of human domination over a living planet to overturn […]
Introduction to the Sixth Dimension
Moss Going Weird in an Early Thaw
Ah, botanists, I have a mystery here. Perhaps you can help. What on earth is this moss in the image below? I was walking up on the Bella Vista Hills above Okanagan […]
Seeing in the Dark with Magpies
Sacred trees are everywhere at this time of year! Here’s another one: Magpie Nest in a Choke Cherry Tree This one you can get inside for a view up into the sky […]
15 Pheasants Sitting in a Tree
Forget partridges in pear trees. Take a look at this! Ring-Necked Pheasants in a Choke Cherry Tree (or two) Before yesterday morning, I never saw a single pheasant in a single tree, […]
Coyote My Brother
It is a commonplace myth in contemporary critical thinking that there is no such thing as place. Anyone who says this has not watched the coyotes return from a night hunting in […]
Celebrating the Apricot
Today, a moment of joy. Remember the apricots of a year ago? Tilton Apricots, Lower Keremeos, Similkameen Valley The great preserving cot of the West. And remember the ones of this August, […]
The Secret of Great Okanagan Wine
In Switzerland, glaciers cool the grapes at night. In Germany, slate holds what heat there is in a long season, while mist and drizzle hold back the sun. In British Columbia, the […]
Oceangoing Porcupine
High above the valley… …a rock catches the rain, and a saskatoon bush lives off of it. Not Much Cover Way Up Here Even the deer have to really work to find […]
Prickly Pear Cactus in Bloom on the Sea Bed of the Mid-Pacific Ocean
I wonder if those volcanic islands that erupted at the floor of the Pacific Ocean 120,000,000 years ago, collided with North America, and erupted again as they broke up and formed these […]
Art and Life
Art doesn’t belong to humans, but human art has consequences. Here is an art form made by sun and water… Rainbow Over Vernon Object or process? Why must one choose? It’s like […]
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