The Spel̓kúmtn Community Forest (SCF) will be conducting harvesting operations in the Mackenzie area over the next couple of months. Heavy machinery and equipment will be using the Mackenzie FSR. If you are currently using the trails in the area please respect all posted signage and refrain from parking on the FSR as not to … Continue reading Logging underway at the Spel’kumtn Community Forest, via MacKenzie Basin Road

This is my question for this year... or my intention slash resolution... to feel enough. Not enough as in "I've snapped, I have had enough," or "effing pandemic" or "Oh, I think that last piece of turkey breast put me over the edge, and now I've definitely had enough." Enough, in the sense of: at … Continue reading What would it be like, to feel, ENOUGH?

I've heard this said - that "nature" - as an entity separate from us, that we need to care for, or enter for our health, or stop wrecking, isn't actually a thing. There isn't anything called "Nature" that is outside of us, or beyond us, or distinct from us. It is a concept grounded in … Continue reading Nature doesn’t actually exist. You are Nature. Nature is you.

Here's a lovely invitation that crossed my path last week, from Austin Kleon, the author of Steal Like an Artist, Don't Give Up and Show Your Work, beautiful books on making things, which is another way of saying "creativity", but with less pretension. Right? This is what he wrote: Your kids… They don’t remember what … Continue reading Show your children who you are, Show up as you are

Stories are sneaky, you know... they're tricksy little marvels, the way they wriggle their way into your heart, and sprout their own seeds, so characters and place begin to take root and become a part of you. I like the way they cleverly distract you from where you are (thinking right now about the photo … Continue reading Sneaky stories show up in the store for Family Literacy Week!

If you're on instagram, make sure you're following the Pemberton + District Chamber of Commerce, @pembertoncofc, where they're rolling out the latest phase of the LOVE PEMBERTON, BUY LOCAL campaign, which means celebrating all our local businesses and offerings and giving away a ton of great prizes. If you've been in a kind of retreat … Continue reading Amazing prizes dropping weekly in Pemberton + District Chamber of Commerce’s LOVE Pemberton Buy Local campaign

Yesterday, the Williams Lake First Nation released the preliminary geophysical results from the first phase of the St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School investigation. To start the announcement in a good way, the Nation invited their elders and former Chiefs, Shirleen and Nancy to start with the Children's Prayer. "I will say a prayer for the … Continue reading Lifting up the survivors of the St Joseph’s Mission Residential School, the Williams Lake First Nation, and those who did not get to come home

Fatigue is one of the feelings that our body uses to communicate with us when something is wrong.  When we find that we are fighting fatigue for much of the day, it is time to stop and see what your body needs.  From sleep quality, hormonal regulation, anxiety and depression, micronutrient deficiency, digestive issues, inflammation and … Continue reading Free Natural Wellness workshop on Fatigue, Monday Feb 7 at 7pm

A host of awesome ways to explore Family Literacy have been put together by our beloved Pemberton & District Library. We're sharing their offerings, and have taken them from https://pemberton.bc.libraries.coop/family-literacy-week/ You can do one activity each day! Activity 1: Create your own nature journal  What is a nature journal? Nature journaling is drawing or writing … Continue reading Happy Family Literacy Week

Padraig O'Tauma, the house poet from On Being, makes me think. In a good way. If you are in a thinking kinda mood, check out this newsletter... I love that he says, you can't do the work of grief in advance, even for something you know is coming... and that certain experiences change our relationship … Continue reading Some thoughts on time