Look how the doe and her daughter come over the hill in the fog. She comes first, clears the sage, and stops. This puts her daughter behind, screened by the bush. There’s […]
Watching Deer in the Fog
Artificial Intelligence 3: What is Intelligence
In order to properly understand even what we’re talking about when we talk about artificial intelligence, we need to know, in the first place, what the terms mean. If we don’t, we […]
Lessons On Blending In at a Stag Party in Coyote Country
You can hide behind stuff. Sure, you might get spotted, but I bet that most times you don’t. And, in the end, the sagebrush masks one’s intentions. In a landscape that’s a […]
More Fun Than a Jigsaw Puzzle
It’s the time of year for laying out a jigsaw on the kitchen table, but if the rest of the family is setting the table for dinner there, what to do? Aha! […]
Ripeness
Ripeness is not “ready for eating,” no matter what the dictionaries say. Neither is it “mature.” Have a look. One definition is “sensuous and full”, as in “ripe lips,” and another “emitting […]
This Land Must Burn
In the panorama of the hill, there are flashes of colour, very specific, which signify human food and the season in which they will be found. Indigenous humans spread seeds from those […]
Look Both Ways Before Crossing the Road
Or when claiming it for your own new home. Either way, be street smart and stick together. You’ll be ok.
Who Loves Green Peppers Now?
Busted! The new landscaping staff stealing a bite at work on the front yard while I was up on the hill and teaching me again that an interface works both ways. Doe […]
A Starvation Winter is Coming
Ah, the ripening grass of Autumn. Yes, but this winter will be a hunger winter. Most awns and glumes are empty of seed. They look find, but the vast majority are empty. […]
How to Travel in Time, Seriously: an Indigenous Journey
Well, to travel in time, you could just wait, like this stink bug on this mustard. Here it is, three generations ago: It’s blending in better now! European thinking holds that we […]
