Ponderosa pines take this… … and make this… Let no one tell you that this is a desert. Let no one tell you that all water enters this land as rain or […]
The Wisdom of Ponderosa Pines
Learning Balance from the Birds
The earth is a plane of balance. After all, it spins. Whatever humans do to the earth changes the balance it achieves. It’s the same with birds. I suspect they did this. […]
The Glorious Winter Sun
Today, joy. Way up high, the sun. High up above us, in the shallows of the sea of glorious winter fog Okanagan Lake gives off for the entire length of its 135 kilometre fresh […]
Winter Sun in the Okanagan
This is when we who live here are simultaneously closest to the earth and living among the stars. Summer can’t beat this!
Winter is Here
It’s not just that winter is coming. Its first breath is as much winter as its depths. We remember ourselves in it. We rise up out of the grass.
Taking Back the Earth
The air is colder than the earth. The sun burns right through it, yet does not touch its cold. But that sun is caught by the earth, and all my beautiful […]
When Horses Walk the Earth (A Winter Prayer)
Let us praise giant rye grass…. … that grows as tall as a horse … … and let us praise its dark seed … … and the fog that blows […]
Spring Has Sprung In the Okanagan
Spring is here, friends, and it looks like this. That’s some mighty fine fog rolling over from the “Head of the Lake Indian Reserve”, isn’t it. That falling action, though, that’s part of […]
In Praise of Cool Climate Wine
You know the story, about how the heat of the sun makes for the best wine? Vineyard at the Rise, Vernon What heat? Time for a better story. Will it sell? Are […]
A Visit From the Loons
If you’ve ever lived in the north, you will rejoice with me. The loons are here, passing through to the Pacific. (Hint: in Europe, they’re called divers. See the one in front, […]
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