It's easy to talk about "wellness" in high level, superficial terms - eat your veggies, drink water, move your body, practice self-care, have community. And there are some obvious "rules." But when you start to dig in to the complexities of real life, things get a little trickier to navigate. That's one of the things … Continue reading This week’s instagrammer, Dawn Hunter, asks the question: is involving your kids in competitive sports worth it?
A group of us got to talking ponies the other day. It was unanimous that small horses can be a bit (or a lot) headstrong. My own childhood pony, a Scottish Highland, was an exception, I now believe. From the time I got her when I was about six, till I turned twelve or so, … Continue reading Midnight, the Pony
Coffee shop conversations with my friend Glen led to me asking to share this... the liner notes he wrote, as the director for the Whistler Singers, when they produced and recorded their own CD. I'd been telling him of a writer friend who had just crafted the most exquisite short story and I wanted to … Continue reading In praise of amateurs
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdvfmznBbX3/?taken-by=annalengstrand Anna Lengstrand was an instagrammer for us back in February 2017, and recently shared this on her personal channel, which inspired me to ask the same question of myself. What have you picked up along the way? What a fun list to make... as a reminder to yourself that, as much as you might … Continue reading You’re a work in progress. So what have you worked out so far? Anna Lengstrand’s list inspires me to ask
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dbsteers/38351688524/sizes/l Whenever I asked, Dave Steers would share a photo. Sometimes two or three, forcing me to spend hours deliberating over which one to choose. Sometimes, (terrible confession) I'd grab a screenshot of one of his images from his flickr account and forget to credit him. And still, he has remained generous, supportive, responsive. I … Continue reading Dave Steers contemplates the sunset
Over a couple of days, I reduced our online photo collection from 29,385 to 15,241. Talk about seeing your life flash before your eyes-well, flash isn’t really the right word but then neither is saunter. Mostly this was an enjoyable task, as I relived trips and hikes and social events and got ever more merciless … Continue reading Pika – you’ve probably been saying it wrong all this time
Today, the Lillooet river was choked with ice floes and the heron at one of the inflow channels looked very forlorn waiting for a feed of fish. I had no urge to rush to the edge as I had when I was a kid. We were warned early on that the river was unpredictable and … Continue reading River Dunk
A year ago I wrote that what I loved most about the Wellness Almanac's instagram project is it gave my brain a chance to override it's snap judgments and linger a while with people from my community. In their lives. In their shoes. And that brought me to a realization that I love them. A … Continue reading Instagrammers, we thank you for reminding us why this is home
The Boomerang Bag is a loaner grocery bag, available at the Pemberton Valley Supermarket or Stay Wild, that you can take home, if you forgot your reusable bag, so you don't need to take a plastic one. Borrow it. Bring it back. Because plastic sucks. It's a habit we need to quit. All the bags … Continue reading Be part of the solution: join the Boomerang Bags sewing bee, January 10, 6pm – 9pm
If someone is going to bare their naked fingers and go outside and grovel around in the snow, playing with lenses, trying to capture the quintessence of winter, I am 100% going to stop and soak in their work. And, if they'll relent to my badgering, to share it, too. Thanks Marilyn for this reminder … Continue reading Close Up on Winter, with Marilyn Marinus
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