The Similkameen River flows beneath the northern wall of the Cascades. The Similkameen Looking South from Keremeos Creek Mouth It is not just a flow of water. The gravel of its bed […]
The Clouds Pass Overhead and Underfoot
Water and Gravity
Look at the pattern water makes when it gives off heat to form crystals. Now, look at the equally angular patterns its angular crystals (snow) make when they fall on a grassland […]
Sagebrush’s Generosity
When the bank falls away, big sage shows her roots. Look at that: no great fussiness, just a few roots sinking down deep in a narrow column. These roots are easily twice […]
Does Water Make Soil? Ancient and Modern Views Take on the Great Mixer
From a pre-modern point of view, water, left to sit, will create soil. From a modern point of view, soil, suspended in water, settles out when the water stills. Some Very Nice […]
Amazing Water
The surface of this water has frozen first. After that, the rest of the water didn’t freeze from the top down. Rather, it froze all at once, slowly releasing heat and air […]
The Memory of Water
Water has memory. As Wikipedia says… Memory is the faculty of the brain by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future […]
The Lessons of Water
If you try to walk up this gully, you will get less than a metre. Then you’ll be done. Simply put, it is not for humans. It is for water, and water […]
Fire’s Face
A year and a half ago, fire raced through the mountains of the Similkameen, but it did not take every tree, as you can see here above Chopaka. What it took was […]
Rain Collection Technology Revisited
To catch the rain, you don’t need a bucket, a plate, a cup, or any other receptacle at all. As Horsetail teaches, spikes will do, rough spikes that provide enough surface that […]
Salt Lake in the Cariboo
Salt Lakes, that live from snow and evaporate in the sun, are terrible for cattle but great for humans, being sacred and all. Long Lake, Canoe Creek Illahie They are a fine […]
