It's strange, to live in such a globalized, sanitized, commodified, convenient-ized world, that a person could conceivably not know what food is actually in season, in any given month. Here's a post I found, for January: I do not have the same amount of energy this time of year that I'd have at high noon … Continue reading It’s January. What’s in season? What does it mean to eat in season, in the winter? Or simply to be in season?
The 2nd annual Pemberton Winterfest Adventure Hunt will have teams racing around Pemberton in search of answers on February 3. All you need is a smart phone...registration is free! Cash prize for the winning team!!
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
Last week, Hugh Naylor called in a sighting of pinegrosbeaks to fellow bird-watcher, John Tschopp, prompting John to head out for a photo session. Here is the result of that fruitful collaboration. They can be seen from the Naylor Trail, which runs from Urdal Rd below the railroad track to Lillooet river. 1 - 3pm … Continue reading Sighted: Pinegrosbeaks snacking on maple seeds down by Naylor Trail
Nice to see local talent recognised. Gary Martin's shot was broadcast to an audience of 360,000, when @hellobc shared it last week. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd5kj8jAKAL/?taken-by=hellobc
On August 4 2017, with 150 days left in 2017, Crystal Fraser and Sara Komarnisky, crafted a list of 150 acts of reconciliation -- small, everyday acts that average Canadians can undertake, as well as some more provocative ones to encourage people to think about Indigenous-settler relationships in new ways. Here they are. Let's work through … Continue reading #150Acts of reconciliation: it just begins with one
Something to consider: Sometimes, it makes sense to walk away from something - something that continually depletes you, so you can invest your energy, instead, into things you can grow. And to be clear, this isn't meant to be business advice. Although it might translate. Art by revelatori.
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
My friend Leslie Anthony, who describes himself on his instagram profile as a "half-decent writer, failed surfer, secret scientist, unrepentant skier, frisbee aficionado and iPhone sixtagrammer", is actually a brilliant writer, an amazing editor, and a bush-bashing biophiliac and friend to all snakes, who answers my smart-like-dump-truck questions about snakes with enduring grace and infinite … Continue reading From all the threads that surround you today, may you weave together something that will keep you warm and safe
Usually, my imagination provides me with a ready source of entertainment but sometimes it interferes a little too much with reality. When I was a kid, I experienced this lesson a few times, fortunately with no long lasting repercussions. This is one of those memories: The summer sun was baking down and I scuffed my … Continue reading The Power of Imagination
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