Look at the cloud move south past Squally Point, keeping to the east, and Okanagan Mountain. Note the waves coming onto the Peachland Beach. Thing is, there is no wind. It is […]
The Spirit of Okanagan Lake
Red Power
Red is traditionally the colour of life and power. It is associated with blood. For this, a belief in the power of redness is scoffed at in scientific circles, in which it […]
The World is Born Anew
Water shapes air, but air shapes water. Wasps shape paper, but paper shapes wasps. Together, they make the moon. It’s not the same if you break the spell. Tread lightly. […]
Sunearth and Earthsun
The sun sinks into itself at the same time it is expanding outward. Formed in the same cosmic whirlpool, the Earth does the same. The sinking is easy to see, and the […]
Let’s Not Overthink Things
The simplest gestures… … speak most deeply. Only bodies speak. Words are only gestures that guide memory to them. From there, we are on our own.
The Energy Shifters
The trees… Botanical Garden, Akureyri … give way. They recognize each other. The snow… 1:30 p.m. in Laugaland, Iceland … gives way to houses. 2 p.m. near Grund They recognize each […]
Our Flowing Hands
Deep in the shadows of the cat tails, the water freezes in the shape of cat tails. Below, you can see how cattail seeds get caught on the teeth of the hoarfrost. […]
The Grass at Dawn
At sunrise, the bunchgrass shows itself most clearly… … and it’s pink! But look at the sage and the lichens, those pools of pale blue-green algae (well, sort of)… It is […]
Shore
A shore is that place where water breaking in waves creates a sound that speaks of arrival, for both those coming from the water and those waiting on the land. The arrival, […]
The Eye’s Travels Through Late Autumn Grass
This is the time of year when the grass only intermittently catches the light. Its ability, however, to combine visual and emotional parts of the observing human mind, is wondrous. These effects […]
