re: the adventure continues..............

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here are a couple panorama's from my mum's house. as you can see the sun and son were rising that morning, i got up and out to take some photos. rez life is a different life. i've spent nearly half of this year back on the reserve, the longest amount of time in years. i learned a lot and it was both good and not so good. right now the cherries are ready, we got tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, potatoes, raspberries, black berries, red currents, peach trees and more planted this spring. 

it was a lot of hard work, but it'll be worth it, we only lost 2 raspberry plants, they were pretty small and didn't survive the transplanting, but the other 20 or so did and are 3 feet tall already. i love fresh raspberries and in the coming years we'll have plenty! reconnecting to the reserve and everyone on it has been pretty cool. overall a positive learning experience this year and i'd do it again. i mean, i'll always be connected to our land and people, but having the opportunity to work for the band and live on reserve is something i'd consider. 

there are sacrifices, it wasn't easy, the winter was filled with short days, grey skies and melancholy, but i survived, my mum has a sun lamp so i was turning it on every day. once spring started and the days were getting longer, it was such a relief! in march i was literally ecstatic about the days getting longer, practically jumping up and down over it. i'd sit outside more and breathe in the air. plants coming to life, the earth waking up, it was awesome. 

our seasons seem to be changing faster here in the southern interior, i distinctly remember 4 different seasons, now it seems to be a 5 month winter of grey and cold, a month of spring and then blistering hot summers that are dry and full of smoke from the multitude of wildfires raging across western canada and the united states (we get a lot of smoke from the great basin in washington state, it's climate is a lot like the southern interiors, a continuation of it, and huge fires.) and then it's october and winter starts again. it's crazy weather days and it shows no sign of stopping, and that's something i've noticed in my lifetime, i can't imagine what my kids will have to deal with in theirs. damn.

in the meantime, i've started writing a super natural thriller based on my time here and it will have the Nlaka'pamux language featured in it as well, lot's of it! time to forge new literary genre's, "aboriginal horror." what do you think? 

until next time lovers,

CB. 

ps: click on the photos to see larger versions of them. 

re: sour notes and everything in between.....

Hello lovers, friends, fan and foe,

day 5 in changing my attitude and lifestyle, time to get healthy, happy and strong again. it's funny, people can say they're doing fine, i did for ages, but really things aren't always that way. for myself, i've been packing around too much baggage the past few years, it was unhealthy and i was very unhappy. but if you'd have asked, i would've said, "i'm fine, good, thanks." but really i wasn't. these days i truly feel good and although it's early in my changes, i know what i have to do, and from there on the goals will change and new ideas, new creative projects, new collaborations and many new things will come from this and i know it will. positive attracts positive, negative attracts negative in terms of human mental, physical and emotional conditions, at least for me it did. haha.

in the meantime, i'm playing guitar like mad again, recording riffs and ideas, working on a 58 page colouring book for grown ups or those that never grew up, haha, and writing new poems and a new work of fiction, a short story, a super natural aboriginal thriller!!!! some of it is even in the Nlaka'pamux language!!!

hope all is well in your world, be brave, be strong! challenge the normative of existence and yourself.
or don't. whatever makes you happy. haha.


Chris Bose.

re: funny stuff.......

Hello lovers, fans, friends and foe,

in the spirit of laughter, here are some funny and strange images i've found around the interwebs lately. have a laugh!

cheers,

CB.
ps: as always, please click on each photo to see a larger version of the image. just sayin'......

i'm obsessed with bob's burgers lately. love it. 

the north shore kamloops penny pinchers

sign fell down, let the meme's begin!

re: new writing.....and changes in my life.......

Hello lovers, friends, fans and foe......

i'm getting my act together, as they say, changing things in my life that sucked and getting rid of some more old baggage i've been packing for too long. getting over things. getting back to my happy place.

been a bit of a miserable bastard for awhile, not happy and not enjoying life. finally last weekend i hit the wall, had a bit of a meltdown and realized i need to change, to get back to who i used to be, and to get healthy again. i'm chipping away at things.

creativity helps me a lot, and i've been writing quite a bit lately. working on a thriller, a super natural story about spence's bridge and my people. it'll be cool. i'm about half way through it. as well i've been writing some poetry and it feels good to get creative again.

it's easy to get into a rut, or a negative space or cycle and just sit there or ride in that loop forever and feel sorry for yourself and blame others. it takes courage to stand up instead of sitting there frozen, it takes strength to wade through that miasma of hell, small town ennui and break those cycles and loops you can feel trapped in. that's what i'm doing. accepting my mistakes and moving on, because moping doesn't do anything. in times of darkness and struggle, be brave because each day is a new day to get it right.

until next time lovers,


Chris Bose.


2 New Poems:

The party is over:

It hurts where I used to play

I’ve become invisible

To women of a variety

Of ages

As I let myself go

Here and there

Spilling out of my shirt

And sides

My orgasm sounds have become

My pissing sounds

Whereas a few years ago

I was enjoying the field

Now I enjoy watching

Marathon episodes

Of new comedies or

Action thriller series

I no longer think

About relationships

Or maybe “this one will work”

Or anything like that

I don’t want to share my time

With anyone anymore

Time is precious

I don’t want to learn to deal

with idiosyncrasies

Or live with anyone

Or listen to their bullshit

Or neurosis

No I’m content to putter

About my home

Make art

Play guitar

And parent my children

As I prepare

To enter the third quarter of my life

I’m cool with it.

The road:

I’m tired of it

Tired of being on it

It is no longer is fun

Anymore

I loathe hotels

Airports Cabs

And bus terminals

The smell of an airplane

As you get on

Dry, plastic and fake

Then later

the smell of farts when

Everyone stands up

After you land safely

Everyone squeezing out

A celebratory “I survived” fart

The fart smell of a cab or a bus

The air conditioning

Wheezing away

I’ve noticed

That people no longer

Talk to one another on buses

I think because everyone

Is exhausted and overwhelmed

And overloaded

By life

That and they’re endlessly

On smart phones, tablets

And other technology

Whereas people on planes

Still chat each other up

Probably because of some

Base fear of dying alone

In a plane crash

I do like being in fancy hotels

And looking like I don’t belong

Sitting there in my paint covered

Clothes

Tired, grubby looking

And worn out

Sometimes I’ll get asked if I’m staying

There to which I’ll reply

“No, but can I just stay in the lobby

for like five more hours?”

and security is called

and then I produce my key card

and identification which is verified

at the front desk

and the person or person who complained

look all confused and angry

while I smile and laugh

savouring that feeling

like I’ve created a new way

to hurt someone’s feelings

nom nom nom nom

it feeds me

being able to be in a confrontation

where I know I’m totally right

and there’s nothing they can do

about it.

re: the age of magic.

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i stumbled upon these vintage magic posters and loved them. from the "golden age" of magic, late 1800's? cool symbolism and occultist vibes. now there's no magic anymore. 

agree?

cb

re: time keeps on slipping.....

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i'm trying to update my blog more. trying to anyway. so, these photos are in two places, one is spences bridge, bc, on the Kumcheen I.R. 1, looking east doing a panorama. i love doing panoramas now for some reason. probably because it's the newest toy i've found.

click on the picture to view larger!

This photo is of the confluence of the Nicola River, or Nkemci'n River

meeting the Thompson River. 

Way back in history, probably the mid 1800's, before the trains plowed

through the valley, there were 2 villages, one on each side of the Nkemci'm

and this place was a significant gathering place where we'd feast, have the

first salmon of the new year, have inter-tribal meetings and agreements

between other nations, have games and all sorts of things. 

Either a rattlesnake or a gopher snake, depending on how you view

the patterns, about 3 and a half feet long and this was in 

Peterson Creek, Kamloops. 

re: inspiration?

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

what inspires you? creatively. be it writing, music or art or film. what gets your juices flowing?

do tell.

i'm writing new poetry for the first time in a long time. i'm not sure why. it feels good to get creative again.

in the meantime, here are some photos for you.


chris bose.

T'kemlups, British Columbia

now that i've learned how to do panorama photos

i'm all about them~!

T'kemlups lake, looking east at the view point

Riverside Park, T'kumlups, BC

West to North to East panorama. 

Another panorama at Riverside park,

with my daughter running along the beach.