On March 29, 1781, the philosopher Immanuel Kant sat at his writing desk in Königsberg, East Prussia, and opened his new book, A Critique of Pure Reason. Spring clouds were building over […]
Of Kant and the Environment
Why It’s Important to Talk About Creativity
Over the past month I’ve exploring human identities and creativity and their impact on the environment. I do this because I have brothers and sisters, not just humans (but humans, too, including you), […]
Environmental Crime in the Grasslands
It is time to set the one ton beasts out to munch. Here is a muncher in her lunch. And here are the kids playing on the rocks. Now, […]
Giving Up Your Self for the World and Finding Freedom to Move
Imagine, if you just loved white things, and out of all the world you felt, well, you know, only at home there. Especially creamy white things. Especially yarrow. So it can […]
Of Mice and Men
Under the snowdrifts, mice ate between the thorns. On the Columbia River, men try to catch their salmon in the same way. In the second image, however, you can see […]
Why Poetry Matters
In poetic tradition, the number three is sacred to the Goddess of poetry, as is the colour red. This is not the age of the Earth in which people are comfortable talking about […]
Putting a Face to Nature
This is not nature. It is a shrub. This is not nature. It is another shrub. This is not nature. You got it. Another shrub. This is not nature.It’s grass. This is […]
Canada and the Okanagan
Canada does not deserve this land. It burns it… Forest Fire Smoke Over Okanagan Landing … it tries to make it hotter than it is … Plasticized Soil (Weeds, plastic, clay), […]
The Ethical Dimension
I’d like to talk ethics today, with East Germany in view, though, because it was a society that allowed an alternate vision, not only of what might have been possible (good and bad), but into […]
Cold Weather Crops and Public Debt
Peppermint goes black with the first frost, and is likely way past its prime as well, but look at this catnip, that has happily survived Minus 11 degrees Celsius. Happy Catnip, Defying […]
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