When warmer water strikes in colder air, it brings objects to life, by bringing it across a boundary of energy into a new state. It does so by moving the boundary. Rain […]
The Life of Okanagan Lake: a Meditation on the Year Before Us
Ice and Stone on Solstice Night
When water freezes, it has something to say. Sometimes it bends light. Sometimes it breaks it. Sometimes it sends it all back and remains hidden. And all the time, it interacts with […]
Who’s the King of the Castle Now, Eh?
No geese in the sagebrush. No geese in the vineyard jungle. Little light, anywhere, but in the tomato field, geese, huddling to stay warm, eating by reaching forward with their long necks, […]
The Evolution of a Dead Planet and What to Do Next
Start with a grassland, maintained in a state of ecological diversity by human care for 5,000 years… …and under human use for 12,000 years. A productive grassland. Then add cattle. Hungry cattle. […]
Watering the Garden in Winter Makes Sense
Winter in the grassland is not a time of waiting. This is when the year is actively formed. To collect the water you will need in the spring, you need to start […]
Is it Time to Mow the Lawn?
No. Relax.
Surf’s Up in Vernon!
Really. Big breakers today. Sailboat getting into trouble in Canim Bay. Not that the surfers aren’t glad. Whoo ha! Here’s one showing us her technique! See that? It’s not that ducks swim. […]
Social Politics Among the Deer People
The big buck gets the does. Just off to the side, separated by only a dozen metres of grass, this little buck had two young females with him. Any stories about deer […]
The King of the Forest Meets the Wildfires Now
What’s a guy to eat? Not this dried out stuff. Hurt your gums, throat and gut to chaw on this cellulose. What a guy might want is something native to the place, […]
A Spider for Lunch?
Most spiders I have met are diligent weavers who repair their webs. Well, except for Black Widows who live in rags put up only to give their males something to fight over […]
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