On March 14, 2020, the Boomerang Bags box was sealed over. Reusable bags, along with their owners, went into retreat. Today, sighted at the Pemberton Valley Grocery store, a fresh supply of reusable bags, free for you to grab, so you don't need a plastic one. What I love about the boomerang is that it's … Continue reading Boomerang Bags are back!

A little girl, four years old, says she knows what drawing is: "You just think something and then run a line around your think." Decomplicate, friends. Honour your thoughts. And turn them into spellsongs and prayers and drawings, all the lines wrapping around the moments in our heads. What we speak of and write down … Continue reading Think it, draw it

It's BC Buy Local Week from November 29-December 5. You know what to do. Pop your head inside the door of a local establishment and ask them what's new. Enlist their help - "I want to do something nice for my mother-in-law this winter." Go and enjoy the local Christmas craft fairs, and as part … Continue reading Keep your love, and your money, close to home

How might we place culture at the centre of regeneration? Solvable New Works Regeneration is a series of discussions aimed at tackling some of the hard questions of now: how do we create a culture of regeneration (as distinct from the current culture of extraction, destruction and reaction.) Their next conversation, hosted on Zoom, brings together … Continue reading How do we place culture at the centre of regeneration? Free talk, December 2

I don't think I'm completely delusional (although it's possible that I am, we are our own biggest blindspots), but I live a pretty pared down life. My household is mostly vegetarian; I don't use cosmetics, shampoo or conditioner; I eat predominantly in season; we made a lot of tomato sauce this year; I re-thought my … Continue reading Paper towels and brown sugar

We know it's coming, but we don't know what. Yesterday, just after noon, the BC River Forecast Centre upgraded their High Streamflow Advisory to a Flood Watch for the South Coast, including Sea-to-Sky (including areas around Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton.) Also, affected are Sunshine Coast, Howe Sound, North Shore Mountains and Lower Mainland including areas … Continue reading When there’s another Flood Watch, what stance do you assume?

Take a minute and read this one out loud. To yourself. Or, if you have one, to your pig. (It's the only way I can get poetry to make sense to me. The line breaks, quite wonderfully, tell you where to pause. It's like the secret code of poetry, cracked. It needs VOICING! Who knew. … Continue reading Poetry Break: A reminder of your loveliness

Support Zero Ceiling from the comfort of your own home, by sharing a delicious  Family Dinner meal box with those you love. This is the final fundraiser of the year for Zero Ceiling - a three-course meal box, donated by hotels and restaurants, that was a sell-out success last year, and that supports the Work … Continue reading A feast-to-go, for friends at Zero Ceiling: order now for December 3 Family Dinner, as they’re selling out fast!

The other day, my kiddo laid it out plain. Feeling sad because things aren't the same as they were yesterday, is the gist of what he said, when we surveyed the damage from the atmospheric river slash deluge slash super rain event. I'd been in a tumble-dryer of emotions - feeling grateful, perturbed, worried, lucky... … Continue reading It’s okay if you’re not feeling super okay right now

Come for a walk with me. Sit your rational mind down at the table with a to-do list and a cup of tea, and bring your heart for a walk. Let's take ourselves down to a quiet place where you can see the sun, cresting the trees, or peeking over the mountain, or by your … Continue reading What if the sun and the earth are your parents?