grocery storelove powerancient warriors in grizzly formsasquatchcrow!little flower medicineflowed through grandma, great grandmarelational preferences to different beingsbeans!grizzly power reminding us who is bosswho is sacredwho is teacher"we love you grizzly""we mean you no harm" laying down the prayers for our sistersauntieslaying down prayers for usto stay on this pathto keep getting to know Mother landon … Continue reading A Foraging Adventure
Kol̲i7úsa i Sqw̓élapa (6th moon) Hello, Amanda Rose here. I will be doing some posts this week focusing on being sensitive to the energies we have been having. Although I will be focusing on the positive I want to acknowledge that this is a strange and difficult time.This photo was taken from my window during … Continue reading Kol̲i7úsa i Sqw̓élapa (6th moon)
I met this little gem by the river yesterday. I joined a Facebook group where I could ask for help identifying insects, and this little guy is potentially a Dark Fishing Spider. A spider that stalks their prey instead of catching it in a web. They hunt near the water, where they can walk on … Continue reading Another Lil’ Spidey and Foraging Adventure
On April 9 2017, I asked my 74 year old friend, Stu Armstrong, (an avid photographer) to take over our instagram account for the week. He'd never been on instagram, but he gamely accepted, uploaded the app to his phone and shared his unique perspective for the week - dry observations and a deep passion … Continue reading Remembering Stu Armstrong
The most favourite part of my job is helping others achieve their goals, seeing our community adapt to the ever changing labour market and overcome barriers together. ~ Telase Pascal, Employment Counsellor Thanks to Linnea Ward, Telase Pascal and Ruth Dick for sharing a week in their work-lives, at the new-this-year Lil'wat Employment Training and … Continue reading When the Lil’wat Employment Training and Resource Centre got their instagram on
In July, then-13 year old Tiago Pereda, flew off to France, on his own, to experience a language exchange for a month. In the spirit of my personal explorations of the art of letting go, I asked Tiago if he'd spend a week as our instagrammer and reflect on what the trip meant to him. … Continue reading Instagrammer Tiago Pereda recalls the highlights of his summer exchange to France
It's hard for me to talk about the library without getting a bit soapboxy... I suspect most people who had a strong nerd-streak as a kid found safe haven in a library. But it wasn't just for nerds... Since I moved to Pemberton, the library was always a place of welcome, the kind of place … Continue reading Pemby Library kicks off their week as our guestagrammer
In early June, just as Market season was kicking off, Naomi Martz of Four Beat Farm agreed to add ONE MORE task to her long long to-do list, and instagrammed for us for the week. Naomi is three seasons in to running a predominantly horse and human powered certified organic mixed vegetable farm, but, just … Continue reading It’s Market Day! Get psyched with this behind-the-scenes from Four Beat Farm
When I first met Misun, I spoke to her very slowly in a very loud voice. I know I tend to speak hyper-quickly. And I'd lived in Austria when I was in high school and spent a lot of time missing pretty much everything that was being said around me, or to me, even though … Continue reading Misun Lammens gives a peek into life as a Korean-Pembertonian
Mid February, Ryan Scoular was our guestagrammer at instagram.com/thewellnessalmanac, and gave us a peek inside his studio as he works to complete a 20 foot totem pole commission. So grateful for his willingness to share, his generous words, and for Ed Witwicki's photography of the process. https://www.instagram.com/p/BfHO48eDzWt/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac https://www.instagram.com/p/BfUP-XYjn5o/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac https://www.instagram.com/p/BfRMXr4jeGZ/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac https://www.instagram.com/p/BfMcQJ3DgQ5/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac https://www.instagram.com/p/BfJmIcrjDSj/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac https://www.instagram.com/p/BfUP-XYjn5o/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac
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