Event coordinator extraordinaire, Carlee Cindric, (recently featured in our Vitality Project series), is feeling hopeful you'll read this post, realise how fun, interactive and kid-friendly the 5th annual Wellness Gathering is going to be, and save November 22 in your diary. Cindric is working busily behind the scenes in preparation for the 5th annual Wellness … Continue reading Wellness Gathering 2014 Preview (or Why Carlee Cindric is Feeling Hopeful)
Today is Day 27 of the #50DayWellnessChallenge (if you started on October 3 and plan to end it with a grand celebration of live demos, awards and a Slow Food inspired feast at the Wellness Gathering on November 22.) (Of course, you might, like me, have lost count, had to start over part way through, … Continue reading Wellness Challenge: Less is More
I have new neighbours. I still haven’t dropped by to say hey, because I haven’t had the right welcome-to-the-neighbourhood accessory on hand – cookies? Wine? Something from the garden? (Is a lumpy squash a weird thing to drop on someone’s doorstep?) This to-do item weighs down my conscience along with a handful of not-yet-written-thank-you notes … Continue reading Column: Little Gestures, Grand Possibilities
This challenge looks different to me than what it would have looked like had I been asked to participate just over a year ago... Then, I may have ignored the email inviting me to “jump in!” (pretending I never saw it), or felt it was too much to handle, or set a goal and not … Continue reading Laura’s 50 Day Wellness Challenge : A Manifesto for Healthy Living
It was a simple email - "Hey everyone, I'm inviting you and everyone I've ever known in this or past lives to devise your own wellness challenge and post a daily-ish running commentary on the ups & down's of following it." This prefaced a terse "Best Lisa" and a virtual maniacal giggle. How could I … Continue reading Lisa’s 50 Day Wellness Challenge
The Winds of Change's 5th Annual Wellness gathering is set for November 22. That's about 50 days away. To help spread the word, and get people in our community thinking about Wellness, what it means, and how many different paths there are to it, I wanted to invite people to take on a #50DayWellnessChallenge. Call … Continue reading An Invitation: Join the #50DayWellnessChallenge
34th Annual B.C. Rivers Day Celebration at the One Mile Lake Nature Centre Come celebrate our local waterways with Stewardship Pemberton on Sunday, September 28th, 2014 from 11am to 2pm. We will have a special educational salmon display, salmon mini-golf, and more! All food and activities are by donation. We hope to have another small … Continue reading Celebrate BC Rivers Day, Sept 28, 11 – 2
A few weeks ago, the Huffington Post ran a story: how rock climbing helps you lead a happier, healthier life. Noooooo! I thought. It’s hard enough to find parking on the weekend at the Smoke Bluffs. The last thing I want is for lululemon-clad HuffPo readers to arrive en-masse at the crags, inspired by the … Continue reading Column: The Kindergarten Karma of Alpine Huts
When I was a young married woman with no babies to cosset other than a huge, 100 pound dog, I took him for a walk in a local park that I had played in as a child. It was April and the path to the lake was deserted. I could see in every direction because … Continue reading Ways of a Child
Bumper crop of zucchinis? Yep, that means zucchinis for breakfast, lunch and tea. Raiding recipe books, looking for things to do with my massive mutant courgettes, I stumbled upon this goodie from Across the Creek Organics, back when the organic potato farmers were pioneering CSA harvest boxes. Across the Creek Organics' Zucchini Bread 3 eggs, … Continue reading Recipes: Zucchini Bounty means zucchini bread… and more
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