COVID-19 can't take this one from us. Book it in. 🙂 via settle_in_settlers, thanks for the hat-tip, L.

Is this the new pandemic prescription? On Tuesday, January 4, I heard Dr Bonnie Henry say, we're in for a challenging few weeks, so "default to less, not more." Back in the early days of the pandemic, we were invited to reduce our social contacts to 60% of the usual. It made me think that … Continue reading Do half as much, and enjoy it twice as much

Once a month, from January - April, the Pemberton and District Public Library will be hosting Dr. Jill Scott ND to cover 4 different health topics from a naturopathic perspective. The series will begin with Anxiety on Monday, January 10th at 7 pm on Zoom.  Anxiety is one of our emotions that is a survival … Continue reading Library launches free online Natural Wellness series, with Anxiety

What do you do with back to back Winter Storm warnings? You pull out the newest cookbook to grace your door-step, Apres All Day, by Kelley Epstein, and say, "I surrender. Whatever time of day, let us apres." I could immediately tell that Epstein is not local to this neck of the woods, when I … Continue reading The answer is: APRES ALL DAY!

In case you didn't make it past my rant about the origins of the twelve days of Christmas, today is the TL;DR reminder that the Lions Club will chip your Christmas tree (if you can drag it through the snowbanks) at the Pony parking lot on Saturday January 8, for donation. Drop by between 10:00am … Continue reading Chip your tree for charity! Tomorrow, thanks to the Lions

Board Chair Jen Ford shared this reflection last week, which you may not have seen if you're not scanning the SLRD website on New Year's Eve. The reminder that the Emergency Operations Centre was activated for a record number of days, at 100, is a nudge for us all to give ourselves a little back-pat, … Continue reading SLRD reflects on 2021

Is there an official day for taking down the tree? My partner is not a fan of clutter... if he had his way, it would be swept away already, but our 8 year old who is the walking talking living embodiment of Christmas spirit would not have it. Some wonderful humans purchased living trees this … Continue reading What to do with your Christmas tree? (The Lions will chip it at the Pony parking lot Jan 8. In the meantime, make some potions with the needles, and save the trunk for your Yule log next year.)

You know that beautiful story, don't you? An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, … Continue reading Feed the wolf that hungers for poetry

My friend Lisa, who loves food, is a brilliant food photographer, and who often cooks meals as a volunteer for Zero Ceiling, shared this CBC article recently. And we shared a little rant, that there is something amiss in the world, and that we've got to stop pathologising the people who aren't flourishing under this … Continue reading Food insecurity isn’t about hunger: how we can change our stories

I've become a fan of Thomas Hubl, for his insights on trauma, and the need for collective healing, to address all the unmetabolized stuff that we're all lurching around in. I think it's because I appreciate big picture explanations of what's afoot in the world today... So, this quote seemed like a worthy New Year … Continue reading Mind trip of the day