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The Sense of an Ending

September 20, 2020 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 10 Comments

It’s nearly the equinox, when day and night are equal in length, often called the first day of autumn. For several weeks, creeks in the upper Columbia River region have hosted anadromous sockeye salmon, returning home to spawn and die. Chemical changes transform the silver scales of the adults into vivid red. After they spawn […]

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Fractured Growth

July 16, 2020 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 5 Comments

In his compact and fascinating book, Li, Dynamic Form in Nature, the architect David Wade identifies and catalogues repeated patterns found in the natural world. Wade defines Li as something that falls between pattern and principle. Li can be found in wave-washed sand, ice crystals and tree bark, to name only a few. It demonstrates […]

Filed Under: Home page, Landscapes, Uncategorized Tagged With: growth, tree bark

Taking the Leap

February 29, 2020 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 4 Comments

February 29th, is one of those breakouts – a rogue day in the standard calendar. The year (as we measure it) has been around, more or less, since Ancient Rome. A far older calendar common to most Indigenous cultures is one based on the cycles of the moon. Every four years, February adds one day, […]

Filed Under: Home page, Landscapes, Uncategorized, Upper Columbia River Region

Choosing Beauty

January 19, 2020 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 6 Comments

Recently, I stumbled across an astonishing place, one where beauty has emerged from a surprising source. In the Los Angeles basin, where water is ever a precious resource, a traditional Japanese garden filled with ponds and streams takes as its source sewage from hundreds of thousands of households. In the 1980s, Donald C. Tillman, an […]

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The Submerged Canoe

November 4, 2019 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 5 Comments

The Sinixt, or Arrow Lakes Tribe, have been in the news lately. After a decade of legal battles over the right to hunt in the Canadian portion of their territory, their case will be heard at the Supreme Court of Canada. It’s hard to imagine why, in an era of cultural reconciliation for Indigenous people, […]

Filed Under: Home page, Maps, Upper Columbia River Region Tagged With: Columbia River, Kettle River, Sinixt

Nothing that is big or grand starts out that way

May 20, 2019 by Eileen Delehanty Pearkes 12 Comments

In the past month, I have twice threaded my way east through the Selkirk and Purcell mountains to travel across the mysterious landscape of river-beginnings. In the Rocky Mountain Trench, the Kootenay River starts on the West Slope of the Rockies, tumbling down to wind along the broad valley. Here, too, begins the great Columbia […]

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About Eileen

Eileen Delehanty Pearkes is a published author and skilled public speaker.  Her artistic eye and lyrical style bring Western landscapes and their cultural history to life.

Recent Posts

  • The Sense of an Ending
  • Fractured Growth
  • The Hummingbird’s Tongue
  • Taking the Leap
  • Choosing Beauty

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