Or is the goose the avian muskrat? These are the big questions. First, the goose, nice and fat. Then the biggest muskrat I’ve ever seen, hanging out with its lunch. Imagine what […]
Muskrats: the Mammalian Goose
Be the Water, Be Your Fate
The water rewrites the forest. It also rewrites the world of the fish. And the turtles. Like so: Human minds are constructed to bridge the difference. And to dissect it. Do you […]
We Left the House and Garden and Went to the Lily Pads and What Did We See?
It’s good to get out of the house and see the world getting on without us. On Friday, it was an eared grebe in the lily pads on Gardom Lake. It was […]
Life On Turtle Island
Swim in the molten snow. Come up into the sky. Spend your day in the sun. Gardom Lake We are turtle!
The Edge of Perception: Welcome to the 21st Century
At the edge of light and perception, the boundaries of what it is to be human reveal themselves. I don’t mean what it is to be human socially and emotionally. I mean, […]
Guarding the Nest at the End of the Age of Recreation
The first line of defence. Pops With the Klaxon Ready The second line of defence. The fortress. The final line of defence. Keep low and use your natural habitat to advantage. ~ […]
What Colour is a Damselfly Anyway?
Note how the damselfly in the water is tall and full of energy, while the one on the butt of the birch log is weary and weighed down by the weight of […]
Gardens of Water
I left the garden today, and all its lettuces, kale, spinach and dill, and went up to the water, where the birches rise out of the cedars and the wild roses. The […]
Turtle Catches the Sun
Backhand! Gardom Lake, Secwepemc Illahie
Okanagan Okanogan 