One: You will need a poplar tree to drop yellow leaves on the ground. Leave them. Let it rain, freeze, thaw and snow in intervals. Two months later, drop one green leaf on top. […]
Three Ways to Make Soil
The Ripest of Roses
Nootka roses are pink when they bloom and red when they ripen.The leaves ripen into orange and yellow. The canes ripen to purple. Even the yellow which we, as humans, see at this time of […]
Grass and Poetry in Cascadia
The grass is a cultural being. So are cat tails and so is poetry. Talk about a rhyme scheme, eh! First, the grass. Not only does it have its own culture, but […]
The Beauty of Spring in November
In November, in Cascadia, it is springtime, whether you are in the wetlands on an island in the ocean … Oyster Bay, Vancouver Island … or far inland, in the grasslands, where […]
Ripeness
Spring is great, but look at ripeness! Sumac and filbert meet the earth. Oh my.
What A Difference Five Days Makes in an Apple Orchard!
Sunday Thursday Weather is stripping the light out of the air at about the same speed as it is stripping the leaves from the trees!
The Lonely Vigil of the Invasive Species
Plastic Owl, Waiting for Its own Kind
Patriotism and Honour
The colour of the grasslands in the fall is the beginning of art. The colour used by marketers to stimulate your reptilian brain is its end: It was said that the Great […]
There’s More Than One Way to Find the Light
Creating a tension with gravity is key. Blue-bunched wheat grass and big sage.
Winter is Here
It’s not just that winter is coming. Its first breath is as much winter as its depths. We remember ourselves in it. We rise up out of the grass.
Okanagan Okanogan 