https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlCatlN2PhI&feature=youtu.be What does resilience look like? Well, my friends, we're walking it, right now. Bumpy. But still putting one foot in front of the other, and constantly adjusting your load, depending on whether you need a hand, or are feeling strong and can lend one. When Heather Geluk saw this video of Andy Grammer performing … Continue reading Crowdsourcing the feels

"Like you," wrote Mayor Mike Richman in his weekly message on Friday, "I have a ton of questions as we move towards the reopening of the Province and how this gradual shift towards the ‘new normal’ will affect our community. "Throughout the pandemic we have been receiving very specific guidance from the Province and Dr. … Continue reading “Phase 2” begins today: here’s what the Mayor of Pemberton had to say

On Tuesday, this online survey was launched, with an invitation for people in BC to share their experience - in fruit-eating, soft-drink binging, mental health, income affects, visiting, illness - via online survey. By the time Adrian Dix and Dr Bonnie Henry has finished the press conference and walked back to the legislature buildings, thousands … Continue reading Take the BC survey

I would like to go for a walk with Connie Sobchak right now. That's what I have realized, as I scroll through Facebook. So I'm noting it down as a thing to do, when the current contractions release a little bit. I think it might be helpful for me to start a list, of things … Continue reading What if a forced pause is not punishment, but a beautiful opportunity to just stop and notice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz7wtTO7roQ From SLRD Board Chair, Director Tony Rainbow: We humans are creatures of habit, and this weekend, even though so many of our habits have been disrupted by eight weeks of social distancing and staying home and complying with the province’s guidelines, we’re wired, it seems, to want to get out the tent or open … Continue reading SLRD Chair Tony Rainbow says: don’t forget our fire fighting frontline workers

Last long weekend, as we approached Easter, the message to people beyond our region was : STAY AWAY. Officially, that language has softened. Taking the lead from Dr Bonnie Henry's respectful tone, this weekend, people are being asked to be responsible, and considerate, and "stay local, stay apart, stay safe." In Thursday's briefing, Dr Bonnie … Continue reading Stay apart, stay local, stay safe and stay 100% all in

  Felix has started a youtube channel, "foraging Felix", to share what she knows about this place we live. Follow along, and learn how to harvest nettle, or make a wild snack from spring time thimbleberry shoots. Coming soon, dandelion lemonade and natural gummy bears. Thanks Felix!    

Someone posted to their Facebook page that today was March 79th. I cry-laughed. How true. Since March 13, when my kid finished school, I picked him up, and treated him to an ice-cream, we have gone into deeper and deeper isolation and the days of the week have become completely abstract. It's the longest March … Continue reading What day is this? What phase is this? What can I do? Wait. Stay close to home. Sing along with the Cookie Monster

On Friday afternoon, I sat down "with" Mayor Mike Richman to find out how the province's restart plan is landing in Pemberton and what it's going to look like. I learned: I always knew I couldn't really express myself if my hands were tied up and my eyebrows were shaved off, but seriously, I really … Continue reading How COVID19 is playing out in Pemberton: a chat with the Mayor

COVID-19: Message from SLRD Board Chair, May 8, 2020 via the SLRD It’s been a big week, with announcements coming from the province about the next phase of living with COVID-19 triggering perhaps more concern than relief for many. Not to mention, it’s been both Emergency Preparedness Week and Mental Health Week – a somewhat … Continue reading Chair Tony Rainbow suggests now is the time to grow a victory garden