Poisoning the land in the name of putting food on peoples’ tables … … is pointless when as soon as a crop is sown … … more weeds rise up than were […]
Poison Without Purpose
A Gift of Berries
Changes in language are created by girls as they pass through puberty. Who better to names these berries than the syilx girls who traditionally picked them, between the birds, and the deer? […]
Vancouver’s 2016 Colonization of the British Columbia Interior, Illustrated
Note: Since this article was written, Canadian Art has corrected its geography, and now describes its outpost, correctly, as in the Interior. That is welcome. The critique of elite privilege is still […]
A Picnic in the Saskatoons
The saskatoons are getting ripe, and what a year for them it is. Some people don’t seem to get it. I mean, the earth gives gifts, and (*&^!!@#!! A week ago, that young […]
Abiding Love
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, inventor of the personal identity that, stolen by the romantics and rewired like Frankenstein you are making use of to browse through these words, said this: That’s how it […]
The Irony of California Quail Wisdom
Beautiful quail, looking out at the world. What doe he see? Not the world!
Replanting the Old Growth Forests of the Okanagan
This is a reclaimed grassland, seeded to reinforce a pile of dirt pushed together to build a house on. All very environmentally sensitive and respectful. This is what it looks like when […]
Dragons at War in the Okanagan: A Report from the Front Lines
Dragon on the wing … … between a dragon to the northwest … … and a dragon to the southeast. Whoa.
In Praise of Great Basin Giant Rye Grass
It would be beautiful if we taught the children of the Okanagan and the Okanogan that in our country grass doesn’t compost and make food for worms. Actually, this is a story […]
Environmentally Friendly House Trends in the Okanagan: Your Choice
Single Family Detached House. Lots of room to play your own music. Multi-story Condominium. Best to keep the music down and enjoy the company. It’s your choice. ~ Top: Red Wing Blackbird, […]
Okanagan Okanogan 