Ride-or-die mountain bikers have embraced the compatibility of self-isolation and mountain biking of late, but please take into consideration this respectful request from one of our (wonderful) local docs, Dr Nick Fisher, posted earlier this week to the  Bike Pemberton forum. Dial it down. We are immensely fortunate to have the emergency medical clinic we … Continue reading Ride-or-die mountain bikers respectfully asked to dial it down for now

Today is the first day of spring. People have been reporting their first sightings of bees. This enewsletter that I receive from the author of Belonging, Toko-pa Turner, speaks to the turn of the seasons so beautifully I wanted to share it. (Check out her website at https://toko-pa.com)     by Toko-pa Turner I recently watched a … Continue reading Welcome spring. A post from Salt Spring Island author and dreamworker Toko-pa Turner

If you're anything like me, the minute someone mentions headlice, your head gets itchy, and the 100 millionth minute someone talks about a deadly pandemic, you feel a bit flushed, achy and find it hard to breathe. Should you get tested? Just to be sure? No. The answer, my fellow nervy-ones, is no. We have … Continue reading BC launches a self-assessment tool for COVID19

I do not want to dismiss the stress, the grief, the challenge, that people face - when they're told to stay home from work, when their plans are cancelled, when they have to decide whether or not to take that trip, when school shuts down. (This 20 year old American college student wrote so beautifully … Continue reading Should we give thanks for Covid19

This poem was shared with me yesterday. I had already been thinking, "oh, it might be good to put a little handwashing video onto the Wellness Almanac", you know, help inspire the lather... but this, landing in my inbox, moved me to a different place entirely. ''We are humans relearning to wash our hands. Washing … Continue reading Washing our hands is an act of love

It is rather unfortunate timing, given spring break just got underway, but then again, coming down with coronavirus would be a helluva lot more inconvenient. The Village of Pemberton announced last night that, out of an abundance of caution, the Pemberton & District Recreation Cetnre and the Rec (Youth and Seniors Centre) will be closed, … Continue reading Pemberton Community Centre and Library closed, until further notice

Levi Nelson, who we've been unashamed fans of since first encountering his work (and through his brilliant instagram takeover for us), has earned a place among the masters. His recent piece, "Nations in an Urban Landscape, 2019" , has been acquired as part of the Audain Art Gallery's personal collection. On Thursday March 12, Nelson … Continue reading Levi Nelson’s work to hang in the Audain Art Gallery

Had a few awkward moments yesterday, running into or catching up with friends, and wanting to hug them hello, and then stopping, and asking if it was okay, or appropriate, or would make them feel unsafe... (Admittedly, a few times, I felt a bit like I was doing theatre improv exercises and had just been … Continue reading What does a hugger do about social distancing?

Because I always have a pile of books next to my bed that is taller than I'll ever realistically get through, this spoof of the panic-driven shortage of toilet paper that started in Australia and spread more quickly than the dreaded Corvid19, made me laugh. But then I stopped laughing, because the towers of toilet … Continue reading Let’s panic-buy books and quit using toilet paper altogether