Everything published here, newest first.
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view from above, part one
The UN target for water names aquifers. Canada reports on rivers. The island’s asset register counts 323 culverts and no water at all. One question, followed down five scales.
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earth day, every day…
A column from the print Bulletin of 26 August 2015, in which a Bowen household describes its own well running dry, eleven years before the Municipality began advising well owners about it.
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falling leaves…
The last meetings before the election, the draft community plan back on the table, and what has been filed since the summer about how the process is being run.
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construction notes…
The site is being rebuilt in public. What is changing, what is staying, and why the earlier posts are still here.
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Welcome to
SeahavenBowen IslandOn how decisions about water on Bowen were reported in 2026, and what appeared in the island’s paper.
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what i did on my summer vacation…
The submissions made over the summer of 2026 on the cidery rezoning and the water system, with the documents behind them.
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9: catching up and moving on…bylaws and bad governance
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 9 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 Get ready for bylaws, bad government, plenty of acronyms, and more.…
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just when you thought it was safe…
Well. Here I am again. I’ve been busy away from here for a while, other projects, life. Swimming. But I have been working on posts and (if it doesn’t sound too portentous) lines of research.…
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8. rinse, repeat
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 8 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 In my last post, I made reference to: That post also…
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7: diving back to earth…
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 7 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 Starting here, this series of posts looks at the law, the…
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6: Riley’s Cidery – the (dirty) truth
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 6 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 The entire story of how Riley’s Cidery on Bowen Island came…
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Work in Progress – towards a history of Bowen Island, BC
This post is the first in a new category which I’m calling WIP – short for a work in progress. This blog, ultimately, is about what can be learnt from the history of a small…
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5: Riley’s Cidery and BIM: swimming with sharks?
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 5 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 and it often happens, that if a lie be believed only…
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4: Bowen Municipality: peering into the abyss
Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 4 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 An unexciting truth may be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood.― Aldous…
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3: Riley’s Cidery and Bowen Island Municipality – on the brink
“Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.” Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Rotten on Bowen: cidergate series POST 3 1 – 2 – 3 – 4– 5 – 6 –…