When I met Connie Sobchak this summer at a party, she was freshly retired from teaching and I wondered how strange it must feel to suddenly be adrift from all the rhythm and schedules and order that a school provides. Some new habits might be warranted? She shared that she was currently reading a book … Continue reading Wellness Read: a book all about habits just might change your life
Great to see the folks behind PAWS getting their instagram on. PAWS is Pemberton's own animal rescue shelter, developed to provide support and relief to local animals in need. The shelter runs solely on donations provided by the community, and relies on dedicated volunteers to keep it going. Almost every week another stray puppy or … Continue reading Instagrammers of Pemberton welcome PAWS
Registration for winter programs opens today, Wednesday December 9 at 9:00AM. For the first time, residents will have the option of registering for recreation programs online, using a new web booking system. Registration can also be done in person or by phone, but the new system will streamline the process and make browsing the available programs much easier. On … Continue reading Registration opens for Winter Recreation programs at 9am
The Christmas Bird Count is set for next Tuesday. Here's the word from our man about bird-town, John Tschopp: The many birds in our yard tell me, that the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is not far off. This year's count will take place on Dec. 15, a Tuesday. We will meet at Grimm's Deli, next … Continue reading Snow, rain or shine, on December 15, we count birds.
I don't want to preach to anyone about where to spend their money. It's hard to come by. And we do seem to pay a kind of "luxury" tax for living where we live. I will admit, my kid wore Walmart diapers. Disposable ones. (Forgive me, Earth. I was barely coping. I'll make amends. I … Continue reading Buy Local Week is almost over, but thinking close to home doesn’t have to end
Good ideas are everywhere. Some things don't make headlines, but they should. That's the idea behind Upworthy, a website that curates inspiring content on "stuff that matters", and that's a big part of what the Wellness Almanac is all about too. This was one of those stories.
Thanks to Stu Armstrong, for training his lens on this gathering (seriously, it's called a convocation) of eagles in Pemberton on Wednesday.
Don't forget to vote for Stewardship Pemberton Society to help them win $10,000 in the B.C. Hydro Community Champions Award! Voting is easy. You don't have to register or provide any personal information. Just click. It takes literally 3 seconds. And you can do it every day until November 30th. Click on the link here … Continue reading There’s just one week left to cast some votes for Stewardship Pemberton to win $10,000 from BC Hydro
This is a repost from an article that ran earlier this year on Reset.Me, which offers a different way of looking at addiction. We're sharing it to acknowledge National Addictions Awareness Week. “The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection.” That quote came from Johann Hari's book, Chasing The Scream: The First and Last … Continue reading “The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection.”
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