Today, Polek shares his photo journal entry from June 16, 2017. Feel like home?
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What are you waiting for? asks Shayla Wallace in today’s enticing photograph
Rumi said, "Don't sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun and immerse in the sea." Shayla Wallace is getting the message loud and clear and her feet are itching.
One person makes a difference. Kiran Pal-Pross explains
Kiran Pal-Pross is the other half of the takeover team on instagram this week and Logistics Director for the Pemberton Refugee Resettlement Group (prrg.ca). She explains in her post why she's motivated to help and where she learned that one person can move a heart, and a group of people can move a mountain. My … Continue reading One person makes a difference. Kiran Pal-Pross explains
Do you dare to call Pemberton home?
Who dares to call Pemberton home? It's an intentionally provocative question, to question a sense of entitlement many of us end up with, that can sometimes erode our generosity. And then I look around, and I see the wellsprings of generosity burbling away. Like on Sunday, when I took my 4 year old to Hooves … Continue reading Do you dare to call Pemberton home?
What does a cat-fight involving two birds look like? Dave Steers captures two stellar jays trying to decide who is the alpha
Got a tale to tell? The Museum needs 150 of ’em
The Pemberton & District Museum has a plan, to create a trove of memories and tales and jokes and funny sayings, from around these parts, as a way to commemorate the 150th year of confederation. I personally feel a bit conflicted about the whole Canada 150 years anniversary - especially if it's just a billed … Continue reading Got a tale to tell? The Museum needs 150 of ’em
May we present the 2017 Cumberland Provincial Mountain Bike Champions?
My sons and I had the opportunity to attend the BC Provincial Mountain Bike Championships last weekend in Cumberland, BC. Upon our departure from home Thursday evening, all we knew was that my eldest son was slated to compete on Saturday with the Pemberton Secondary School team and that all of us were excited at … Continue reading May we present the 2017 Cumberland Provincial Mountain Bike Champions?
Camp with care. Gary Martin digs into the archives to remind adventurers how much is at stake.
Gary has shared eye-candy and landscape porn with us from the beginning of the Wellness Almanac, but this weekend, with news about various fires starting around the province, he dug into the archives, to pull out this reminder of what a casually dropped cigarette butt in a dry forest can do. Not all fires are … Continue reading Camp with care. Gary Martin digs into the archives to remind adventurers how much is at stake.
A Barn Dance, June 17, with a mission, invites you to dance your ass off and defy cancer, war and all the other things that break our hearts every day but will not stop us from loving as hard as we can
When Riva Fisher did her instagram takeover for us, she dropped a hint that something fun might be coming for the Downtown Community Barn. https://www.instagram.com/p/BTFiPdID_U7/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac Well, word is out. Coming up, the crew behind the Pemberton Refugee Resettlement Group will takeover instagram and introduce themselves and their mission. But in the meantime, I wanted to … Continue reading A Barn Dance, June 17, with a mission, invites you to dance your ass off and defy cancer, war and all the other things that break our hearts every day but will not stop us from loving as hard as we can
Cougar Annie Tales live at the Library next Friday, June 9 at 7pm
Night out at the theatre? Next Friday, the Pemberton Library will transform into our theatre in the round for a one woman musical tribute to legendary pioneer of Vancouver Island, Cougar Annie. Katrina Kadoski moved to an off-the-grid historical homestead 33 miles north of Tofino in 2007. It belonged to a reclusive settler, Cougar Annie, … Continue reading Cougar Annie Tales live at the Library next Friday, June 9 at 7pm
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