Following up on my post earlier this week, I wanted to resurface Brenda Bakker's beautiful takeover for the Wellness Almanac from 2018. She offered to do an instagram takeover for us, wanting to use that opportunity to honour the beautiful carers who were supporting her life, and her babies, at Ullus daycare. https://www.instagram.com/p/BiM8DWnFkJK/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac So, it's … Continue reading The gift of being seen, the gift of showing up
https://www.youtube.com/embed/N9OFQUXpr8g Hands up to Jully Black and thank you to Tatush Peters for sharing this. “Toronto artist, Jully Black sings "Oh Canada at the NBA All-Star game. Changes lyrics to "Our home on native land". I'm grateful to live here and to be able to call myself Canadian. My people were displaced at some point … Continue reading Solid edit to the anthem, that we can all make
If you subscribe to the Arts Whistler newsletter (you can do it here), you would have scrolled down to discover that Lil'wat7ul Victoria Saddleman of Sziktsút Creations is the feature artist being showcased this month!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Sziktsút Creations is one of the newest additions to the art boutique at Arts Whistler. You can also find her … Continue reading Arts Whistler’s Feature artist: spotlight on Victoria Saddleman’s Sziktsút Creations
Experience what it is like to have dyslexia through simulation (by DTI), showing of film The Big Picture Rethinking Dyslexia by J.Redford. Reserve a spot, so they know you're coming, at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dyslexia-for-a-day-in-pemberton-tickets-541560210167?aff=efbeventtix&fbclid=IwAR0UkXDqS57ai9tOl3s4PNZobz1CTJVGyR42wwySXKbZB8jDxNlT5ZG0waY Please join the Signal Hill PAC on February 23rd at 7:00 pm at Signal Hill Elementary School in Pemberton for a session on … Continue reading Dyslexia for a Day: Signal Hill PAC offers a new way to see the world, Thursday 23rd at 7pm
“It is encouraging to see Indigenous communities who are collaborating and finding different ways to support their language work in all areas of the family and in the community, including schools and community events. The 2022 Report on the Status of B.C. First Nations Languages is a reminder that we must put all our hearts and minds … Continue reading Today is International Mother Language Day
Brenda sent a question with the photos: "what do you see?" I saw wrinkles. Lines I wasn't expecting. Lines that could not be avoided in the black and white still image, simply by moving faster away from a reflective surface. She'd mentioned earlier that she was sending the images to her retoucher, and I'd half-wondered … Continue reading Dance with Time
There is a beautiful Linda Hogan quote that reads, You are the result of the love of thousands. My parents divorced when I was eight or nine, and never really managed to find a post-divorce affection vibe, so if I stay stuck in that story, it's kind of laughable and improbable to imagine myself as … Continue reading You are the result of the love of thousands
I don't think there's a single person in this community who isn't aware of the disappointing condition of regional transit. But, it seems that the decision makers who actually have the power to do something about it, somehow aren't aware. Or don't care. I appreciate the initiative of the BC Greens to take up this … Continue reading Lend your name to the BC Greens petition urging more action on regional transit
The Whistler Pemberton Literacy Partnership is hosting an after-hours pop-up kitchen table meet-up, at Stay Wild Natural Health, tonight, 6:30 - 8:30pm. It’s a low-key friendly chance to engage in the Village of Pemberton’s official community planning process, and go through the kitchen table engagement package, with the people you are making community with. Jill Dawson, an … Continue reading An after-hours pop-up kitchen-table meet-up invites your playfulness, imagination and community passion out to play
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