On the sixth anniversary of the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)'s six-volume Final Report, the Yellowhead Institute just released a Special Report asking, how things are going, you know, on the reconciliation front, and specifically with the  94 Calls to Action, meant to remedy the ongoing structural legacy of Canada’s Residential Schools and … Continue reading A 2021 Status Update on Reconciliation

The Howe Sound Women's Centre shared their annual report last week. I've been doing a wonderful online program called Deyen Transform: Canadian history through the lens of Indigenous Women. In it, I learned that the majority of Indigenous communities, before contact, were matriarchal - they centred and valued women as life-bringer, life-givers, wisdom-keepers. This didn't … Continue reading So, how did the women fare this year?

Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joySubmissive to everything, open, listeningTry never get drunk outside yr own houseBe in love with yr lifeSomething that you feel will find its own formBe crazy dumbsaint of the mindBlow as deep as you want to blowWrite what you want bottomless from bottom of the … Continue reading A time for wild and crazy list making

Here's something to put on your calendar as 2022 gets underway... it's a chance to be the change you want to see in the world, and explore the question: how do we make this place feel like home? (because, if you make the effort to make it feel like home for someone else, a funny … Continue reading Building Inclusive Communities: talks on racism, immigration, and welcoming people “home”

Tickets are on sale until 31 December! Stewardship Pemberton is raising funds to support the One Mile Lake Nature Centre. Raffle tickets are $20 and there is also a 50/50 cash draw! Grand Prize: Two nights in Whistler at the Pan Pacific, 2 day passes for Whistler Blackcomb, 2 passes for Super Fly Zipline care … Continue reading Win a Staycation! and support the Nature Centre!

So. A major bummer occurred in the 'hood this month. Some unfortunate being hooked up the trailer that belonged to the Spud Valley Nordic Club, and drove away with it. !!! That means, they drove away with ALL THE SUPPLIES for a volunteer-powered kids' activity. Forehead-smack. This perplexing behaviour could lead me into a great … Continue reading This Boxing Day, let’s show the jackrabbity kids that there are way more good people than bad in the world

So, I read this online this week: "Being a parent is full of so much love and joy, and it also can have a big impact on the nervous system because of how much time, energy, and effort it requires." The post was related to living with chronic pain, but the tips seemed invaluable whatever … Continue reading Love and Joy AND fatigue and frustration…

On The Hive podcast, Natalie Nahai spoke with Dr Gillian Isaacs Russell, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist, and the author of Screen Relations: The Limits of Computer-Mediated Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, which examines how relationships, including that of analyst and patient, are affected by technologically-mediated communication. "We're wired to relate in an embodied way," she said. "65% of communication … Continue reading Presence is not just a warm body

Follow the Pemberton and District Chamber of Commerce with their local-love shenanigans at https://www.instagram.com/pembertoncofc/ -- the character of this place depends on you appreciating it, supporting it, backing it, as much as you possibly can.

Here's a shout-out to the snow plough drivers, the shovelers, the public works crews, the emergency managers and staff, the helpful neighbours and grandkids, who clear front steps and driveways and shovel off cars... and here's to the friends and relatives who send texts or call to check in, and to the people who lend … Continue reading Here comes the snow! Keep your shovel handy.