Ah, such fun. Here are Edna’s cherry trees at Splatsin, pruned so she can reach the fruit without a family giraffe. Sometimes, that’s what food sustainability means most of all. And her […]
Pruning Fun at Splatsin, or Keeping Safe
Reading Today at the Ryga Festival
Today, I’m off to Summerland to share some words and thoughts at The Ryga Festival. Here’s how they put it: Thursday, August 30 Harold Rhenisch Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm Harold Rhenisch reads from his […]
Saying the Names Shanty & the CBC Poetry Prize
As some of you know, when I’m not exploring the poetry of the earth, I am working for the words as they arrange themselves in similar patterns, also called poetry. Today, I am […]
Sufic Creativity
As part of my ongoing discussion about how different traditions of creativity lead to different human-earth relationships and, ultimately, different earths, I’d like to introduce you to some ideas I learned while […]
Okanagan Okanogan: The View From Here
Friends, it’s a happy day. Today, just over 35 months since I began with an image of the grassland (6 hits that day), and a gut feeling that a blog might prove a useful writing […]
I Will Be Reading @ Pulp Fiction Coffee House in Kelowna on Monday, May 12, 2014
Pulp Fiction Coffee House, Kelowna What? Who? Where? Whaaa? Click here. All will be revealed. When? Aha … 7pm. Monday May 12. What? I read my stuff. The audience reads their stuff. Perfect. […]
4th Annual Haig-Brown Environmental Lecture
Tomorrow, I’m off to Campbell River on Vancouver Island, to present the 4th Annual Haig-Brown Memorial Lecture in Environmental Writing. I will be arguing that this Icelandic River lies at the heart […]
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