Winter solstice jetsam of a happy bystander
Salmon, asparagus and rice, cooked over a wood stove, a few lines from Merton and Purdy, is all that’s needed to live out this year’s longest night....
Category: Environment
The turning tide, like a seeking heart
I lived in a basement in Victoria BC and ate cottage cheese because it was cheap and I had read somewhere of its complete-food value. The basement had a door fa...
Windy thoughts on Kyoto and the Pope
Sitting here in a minor wind storm, thinking about Calgary’s more-than-minor wind storm last weekend, lead me to think about this year’s record numb...
Arctic aven
In this hut named Walden’s I read Psalms out loud, to the dark. It’s early November and the windows are showing streaks of cold. Through the smudged...