I had this wild imagining one day... imagine if we injected more ceremony into our lives? Around our kids? What if, I thought, we welcomed them to school en masse - all the parents and caregivers, standing in a giant circle, sharing a prayer for their safety and wellness for the year to come, all … Continue reading The First Day

Last year, my son started kindergarten. I crafted a wish for him carefully - as if there were real power in those words I wrapped us in, and the clearer I was in my request of the universe, the more likely it was to come true. My hope was that he would come out of … Continue reading Drumming in the school year

Landscape Magazine and Terralingua  are honouring the the International Year of Indigenous Languages with an Indigenous Youth Storytellers Circle. The magazine is an outreach platform for Terralingua, an international NGO based on Salt Spring Island, dedicated to making the connection between language and ecology. The Indigenous Youth Storytellers Circle is gathering stories from Indigenous youth around the world … Continue reading Indigenous Storytellers wanted: submissions invited for special issue of Langscape Magazine

Geological time is happening now. Or, so the rock geeks joke. But it is a wonderful way to get out of one's head and the tiny little emergencies that often crowd out the wide open space of zen-mind, to remind ourselves that we are not just living in this short fraction of a moment, but … Continue reading The story of what shaped the Pemberton Landscape, presentation September 24

Last Thursday, at Village Yoga, Georgette Metcalfe taught her last class in Pemberton and Birken, after a 20 year contribution of teaching yoga, to firefighters, stiff guys, kids, and a host of other folk. She opened Tadasana Yoga Studio in 2012, eventually handing the reins over so it could evolve into Village Yoga last year. … Continue reading Farewell to Georgette and here’s to courting innocence

Give yourself a week to get back into the swing of back to school, and then, show up for a dose of inspiration and celebration at the Mountain Muse art and music festival. Chase the music all around town.

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Got old treasures you haven't been able to toss, because, you know, one day, you might be able to get them fixed?! Now's your chance? Come along to the Repair Cafe. Saturday, September 21, from 10am to 1pm. At the Pemberton Tool Library, behind the Visitor Information Centre on Hwy 99. There's life in the … Continue reading Repair Cafe, September 21, 10am – 1pm at the Tool Library

via Mason Ducharme 100 Whistler women have joined forces, to meet each season, and donate $100 each to a local cause. By harnessing the power of working together, their modest personal contribution makes a big impact. That impact, this quarter, has just sent a big love bomb and vote of support to Lil'wat Nation youth. … Continue reading 100 Women of Whistler support Lil’wat Nation Youth Centre

A difficult childhood isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Here's your permission to acknowledge it, and approach it, as a healing journey. (For a long time, I thought it was such a cliche to have "childhood issues", especially given that I wasn't horribly abused, and that my job as a grown … Continue reading A difficult childhood isn’t something you just get over as you grow up.