Every Year the Salmon Come Back by Robert Davidson Salmon by Jorie Graham I watched them once, at dusk, on television, run, in our motel room half-way through Nebraska, quick, glittering, past beauty, past the importance of beauty., archaic, not even hungry, not even endangered, driving deeper and deeper into less. They leapt up falls, ladders, and rock, tearing and leaping, a gold river, and a blue river traveling in opposite directions. They would not stop, resolution of will and helplessness, as the eye is helpless when the image forms itself, upside-down, backward, driving up into the mind, and the …
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Over at CBC Radio 3, they are running an online look at three comics from Kwagiulth artist Gord Hill about life in the uirban jungle of downtown Vancouver. Unfortunately, CBC doesn’t make it very easy to link to the piece, but follow this link until you get to the “Urban Legends” feature.
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Lamb Creek fire, courtesy of CBC British Columbia I know lots of people in eastern North America have been affected by a big blackout over the past 24 hours, but spare a thought for the residents of some small towns here in British Columbia. Forest fires all over the province have burned up some small towns completely and others have lost a lot. The decent thing to do might be to join the big banks and donate to the Red Cross relief fund.
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Cruising this week: Our Roots: Canada’s local histories online. Huge collection of local history documents. AKMA digs warning signs Douglas and Catherine Harding’s Headless Way Throat singing in Tuva. Article in Scientific American An annotated review of some really good science sites A great time and date site, with calenders, calculators and miscellaneous stuff.
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My God. I am ranked third by Google for a search on pictures of products of chemical technology by filipino chemists. I’m flattered. I’d like to thank the academy.