The United Nations declared 2019 the Year of Indigenous Languages.  My friend, a gifted linguist and world traveller, commented the other day that she drives through Mount Currie every day. In any other country she might have travelled, she would have tried to learn a few local phrases, or at the very least, a greeting, … Continue reading What does 2019 being the International Year of Indigenous Languages mean to you?

Join Pemberton & District Library for the launch of local author Jane Reid's new book, Freshly Picked: A Locavore's Love Affair with BC's Bounty. Freshly Picked: A Locavore’s Love Affair with BC’s Bounty is an essential read for any local food lover. Season by season, Reid offers stories, memories, and tales of love and affection … Continue reading Unleash your inner locavore at the library, with guest author Jane Reid, launching her new book, Wednesday November 21, 7pm

The David Suzuki Foundation appreciated this article from the British writer Rebecca Solnit so much that the CEO emailed it out to All Staff on the weekend, urging them to remember "we don't have the luxury of hopelessness and fear in response to scientific studies, climate releases and steady stream of depressing news." Rebecca Solnit … Continue reading Scale up. Speed up. But don’t give up.

My son came home from kindergarten with a new trick up his sleeve. He knows how to draw a peace sign. He's also been learning that Remembrance Day is for remembering those who fought in war. Every morning this week, he carefully pinned a poppy onto his shirt, just above his heart. Today, as a … Continue reading Peace, peace, peace

Because this stopped me in my scrolling tracks, I thought it might speak to you, too. Be who you needed when you were younger.  

With the rain, comes the worms. I love seeing them out and about, looking for love. Unearthed, as it were. (And with only the rain, and no other grunters, to call them forth.) As I stepped delicately down the driveway, to avoid squashing any lovelorn nematodes, I recalled that a teaspoon of soil might contain from … Continue reading Life everywhere

6am. We’re pulling into the gas station at the southernmost edge of Squamish, when we realize that my partner has forgotten his wallet and ID. We’ve been up since 3am, our plane is leaving in two hours, and we’re 100 km and 80 minutes from the living room where the black backpack containing crucial ID … Continue reading Falling upon kindness

Stewardship Pemberton's mushroom talk was over-subscribed when the Library hosted it last month - as in, they had to turn people away because there simply were not enough seats... so it's exciting to see another opportunity for any budding mycologists to learn to love (and not get poisoned by) local fungi. Not to mention, you … Continue reading Mushroom talk at Ts’zil Learning Centre Tuesday night, 5:45pm, presented by Stewardship Pemberton