When did timebecome that thing we allowedto micro managethe many liveswe seeminglylive in a day. Tick! Waking.Tock? Eating. Tick! Commuting.Tock? Schooling. Tick! Working.Tock? Paying. Til one day; you turnyour calendar self off&sleep in like its Saturdayfor a month. Eating only when hungry. While drinking coffeeat midnight as you write. Because tomorrowsa Saturday. @loisfay
I've hosted a few Thanksgiving dinners over the years, but never attempted to prep a feast on my own. Knowing my culinary skills, no-one expected it of me... but also, it's always been more fun to have a host of people tackling the prep, dividing and conquering, bickering and bouncing off each other. The number … Continue reading Pit cook at Signal Hill – Kúkwstum̓ckalap
The official results will be announced Wednesday October 19, but the preliminary count was finalized on Saturday night, and we can look forward to swearing in a new Council for the Village of Pemberton (and welcoming back Russell Mack for Area C and Mike Richman for the Village to the SLRD Board.) Thank you to … Continue reading Election results for Pemberton – congratulations and thanks to these community-servers
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/indigenous-cultural-awareness-workshop-november-3-tickets-429462853957?aff=erelexpmlt Join the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre and Whistler Community Services Society for an immersive course in Indigenous cultural awareness and connection through the lens of Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh and L̓il̓wat7úl to serve as the catalyst for change in Truth and Reconciliation in the Sea to Sky community. Learn from Ta7talíya Nahanee, Decolonial Consultant, Sk̲wx̲wú7mesh Nation, Tanina … Continue reading Sign up for a free day at the SLCC unpacking reconciliation and growing your Indigenous Cultural Awareness, Nov 3
You are invited to PORCA's Annual Fundraiser and Silent Auction Oct. 15th 7:00pm. @j_to_the_u_ will be throwing down the tunes, retro bike clothes welcomed, dance party is happening. $10 at the door!
Next Orange Shirt Day (Truth and Reconciliation Day), you'll be able to wear a t-shirt or hoodie featuring this design, by Jazmine Andrew, which was chosen as the winner of the logo contest run by the Lil'wat Nation Cultural Centre. Congratulations Jazmine!
My husband and I are having an argument about the word "colonization." I'm not feeling very accommodating these days. I'm like: you have to name it to change it. This is the diagnosis. It's not personal. It doesn't mean you're a bad person, because you come from colonizers, just as it doesn't make you a … Continue reading “Colonization” is not a dirty word
Freedom of choiceis ours and ours alone. It is and is notwithout consequence. But we own that with every space we enter&always always remember this is ourliving breathing story that will betold and retold without bias. Because we stoodwith the courageof our convictions. @loisfay
It feels good to be in the know... believe me, I know. But sometimes, what we need is to let go of our knowing, our certainty, our fixed sense of how things are... and hold it all a bit more lightly... so that wonder can breathe, as the beautiful poet @bentlily, Samantha Reynolds, writes, and … Continue reading Honour your uncertainty, because “I’m not sure” lets light in
Take two pieces of ID and the thrill of living in a functioning democracy... which is no small thing even if you wouldn't normally call it thrilling.
The Wellness Almanac 