Monet was definitely onto something. The touch of the sun to the Earth varies continually. It is a story. So, we can make an exchange. Light tells. Light is the telling..
Ever-changing Light
Rainbow Trout: Birds of the Water
There is light rain And heavy rain. And green rain. And rain in multiple colours. And no rain! That is what trees do. The little fish of the lake appreciate it. […]
Be the Water, Be Your Fate
The water rewrites the forest. It also rewrites the world of the fish. And the turtles. Like so: Human minds are constructed to bridge the difference. And to dissect it. Do you […]
How Stones Slow Time But Don’t Make it Stop
Just as a stone makes a hole in water when it falls, it makes a hole in grass. The rain and snow and heat it has collected make the grass close to […]
The Mingling Rivers of Life
Spring doesn’t come all at once. As this ravine in Vernon shows… “Spring” is the wrong concept entirely. Experience has to be selectively read in order for the concept to fit at all. […]
Artificial Glaciers for the Okanagan
Water pours down out of the mountains and into the lake and it floods. This is trouble. Here’s one thing we can do: Simple, really. We can store snow. 150 metres above […]
Falling Helps
An old fir turns to the red of fire. It is dry as dust in the spring sun. But if you think it’s dead, well… … just add water. Shade helps. Without […]
The Life of Water
Under certain conditions, water freezes in curves around the expanding pressure of air, in a shape reminiscent of liquid water giving way to form. At other times, it freezes in the shape […]
The Light is Everywhere
At first, it appears that all the dawn light is in the sky. But it is also in the mist that rises off the water. Look at how pink it is! The […]
The Message of Water
For two weeks I have been in the land of the water. Dawn at Big Bar Lake Beach I find it amazing that the social country I live in is not built […]
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