Get your spook on at the Museum on Saturday, 31st October, from noon until 3, for Halloween Fun at the Museum. Wear your costumes, check out the spooky school house, enjoy a hot dog and marshmellow roast, and help shut down the Museum for the season. Bring your carved pumpkin to enter into the Jack … Continue reading Halloween Celebrations signal the end of the Museum’s season, Saturday Oct 31, 12 – 3
Ever heard that They Might Be Giants song that goes: "make a little birdhouse in your soul"? I have no idea what any of the lyrics mean. But if anything could capture the quaintness of a birdhouse in my soul, it is the new little free libraries that have been developed by the Library, Pemberton … Continue reading How much do I love the little free libraries… let me count the ways
"You don't love what you don't know." Help one of Pemberton's most dynamic organisations secure funding support from BC Hydro. Click to vote, here. Vote every day between now and November 30. And take a few minutes to watch the video, so you can see just how much amazing work Stewardship Pemberton is doing.
Is it possible to make bannock healthier? So you can enjoy traditional fry bread, without compromising your health? (All yummy treats in moderation, right?) Check out this great video from Coast Salish physician, Dr Evan Adams, Chief Medical Officer with the First Nations Health Authority, for some alternatives.
Maybe the reason they say "a picture is worth a thousand words" is because a picture isn't a story, it's an invitation to tell a story, and you could take that story in any direction, depending on what you see, what speaks to you, where you're at, how you're feeling. Any direction at all. If … Continue reading Is it just me? Or do you see something in Ruben Guibert’s Photo of the Week that fills you with hope?
Like we mentioned, when we introduced Sylvie Allen's Sweet Skills instagram feed to the blog, that we'll be sharing recipes from the coach/trainer/athlete/gardener/celiac/fitness legend's blog, to inspire a few new energy snacks for your repertoire. Here's the first. If any seem a bit too high-energy, then just remember Sylvie's mantra for all things: "The more … Continue reading Recipe of the Week: Sweet Skills in the kitchen with Espresso Energy Bites
I'm a bit of a farm groupie, ICMYI - red tractors, flowering fields, rubber boots and piles of freshly harvested vegetables are my kind of eye-candy, so I had to give a shout-out to North Arm Farm for their delectable instagram feed. It's a bit of an undiscovered gem of an instagram account, and Emma … Continue reading Instagrammers of Pemberton: check out @northarmfarm
This is the time of the year where we start thinking a lot about weather... whether the systems will align and deliver a banner snow year, or whether we're going to be riding bikes all winter long. The dry summer has left our local soils "hydrophagic" - meaning that for the next 3-5 years, they … Continue reading What’s happening to the climate: Vice magazine visited Pemberton this summer, to ask smart locals that very question
We're halfway through National Waste Reduction Week. The SLRD's Zero Waste team have been inviting folk to share your garbage hacks and recycling tips, and win. It's an invitation to show how you love this place, reduce waste, inspire your friends and reduce landfill bloat. And all it takes is a photo or suggestion online. … Continue reading Share your household garbage hacks, invites the SLRD, to win. Actually, we’ll all win. A better planet.
I watched Russell Brand arguing the noble protest of not voting, and the problematic thing is that some of it seduced me, particularly the part of me that wants to be more of a cutting-edge hip thang, than middle-aged propper-upper of the establishment. It is not that I am not voting out of apathy. I … Continue reading Vote. Today.
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