Balance, that’s the thing. The deer eat the buds of Siya? in the winter, as they hang down nice and low. This nibbling stiffens the branch and forces it up and out […]
Who Is the Smart One Now?
A Life of Hazard in the Fields of the Sun
A bee… A Tiny and Courageous Bee A crab spider blending in… Crab Spider in the Central Balsam Root Bloom The hunt is on.
Whatever We Ask the Earth She Gives
It is important to ask the right question. In the past, we asked for dumb nature, Earth created it. It wasn’t the whole story, but she made it for us. If we […]
The Earth Answers Every Question Beautifully and New
If you go to the Earth in the Thompson Valley… and ask for water… … she will give you an answer. It will, however, be in the language of the earth: a […]
Two Years at Nicomen Falls
Here’s an image I made at Nicomen Falls in the spring of 2017. The river had a way of talking, as you can see, and I responded by pushing the image close […]
Joy in the Week of Bees and Wind
When the wind is a bee. Filbert catkins, waiting for the wind. When a bee is the wind. Well, a wasp, but what a tiny beauty with her fur stole! […]
Wood, Esh and the Altars of the Mind
Yesterday, I introduced you to thick energy. Today, I would like to show you how it can be put to use. First, there’s the method I touched on yesterday, the method of […]
Guardian of the Ancient Trail
Here’s a trail leading from an ancient camp at the foot of a mysterious canyon complex crisscrossed by deer trails, cool with water in a hot land, and sprouting berries and herbs. […]
Transformers in the Nicola Valley
Some things are simple. They really are. They might be the hardest things, but they’re still simple. Let’s say you have a flow, a place where energy squeezed out of the earth […]
Answering the Call
There is an art to being noticed. First, you make a gesture from a place where you have deposited your attention in the past. Then you respond to it. As the two […]
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