I'm a fan of Pádraig Ó Tuama and his offering through On Being, called Poetry Unbound, in which he reads a poem in his lovely Irish accent, and offers some insight or interpretation. It's not an easy podcast to make time for - I tried listening to it while my kid was at soccer practice … Continue reading a poem about reconciliation by a poet who has both icelandic and metis ancestry

In partnership with the BC Wildfire Service, the SLRD is hosting a series of Virtual FireSmart Seminars. Join for a free 1.5 hour online session using the Zoom virtual meeting platform to learn about: How to protect your home from wildfires using the FireSmart principlesOpen burning best practicesThe SLRD Residential FireSmart ProgramOptions for vegitative debris removalAttractant Management: WildSafe BC presents … Continue reading Virtual Fire Smart seminar for Walkerville, Reid Road and Owl Ridge, May 31 7pm; and for Birken, Devine and D’arcy, June 7 7pm

Take 2 cups fresh chive blossoms. Photo by Rob Pumphrey on Unsplash Put into a clean mason jar and pour over about 2 cups of apple cider vinegar. Cover with some wax paper before putting on the lid, and let stand for 2 weeks. Then strain and use the infused vinegar for salad dressing or douse your cooked … Continue reading Spice up your spring with Chives

Natalie Rousseau keeps me grounded. I might be out of step with popular culture or the overculture, but thanks to her wisdom, I always know what astrological season it is, and I can notice what's happening in the natural world, and because of that, I feel more connected. (Whereas a quick skim of headlines leads … Continue reading Word of the week: tmicw (the land)

Am appreciating the constructive approach that Lil’wat Nation and the Pemberton Wildlife Association are taking to try and educate people to protect sensitive beautiful wetland areas. Check out the story below, as reported by Alyssa Noel, in the Pique. And please, opt just to walk to enjoy the Green River zone. Park the rig. Take … Continue reading Beaches are for walking. Park the rig. Proceed on foot.

The other night, my wonderful meditation teacher shared some present moment mindfulness practices to help navigate feelings. A phrase she used stuck with me : that part of what we want to do is create a big enough container for the feelings we're experiencing. The same day, Amanda, who has been holding the reins for … Continue reading A big enough container

My friend, who is familiar with grief, and tends to think deeply about things, shared this recently, and I copy and pasted it here, the way you might carefully fold down the corner of a page that you know you will return to. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash HEAVY That time I thought I could not go … Continue reading Heavy, how heavy grief can be. A poem from Mary Oliver

Monday was May 10th, the 111th anniversary of the Lillooet Declaration, an important day for all the St'at'imc Nations (Lil'wat, Xa'xtsa, N'Quatqua, Samahquam, Skatin, Sekw'elw'as, T'it'q'et, Ts'kw'aylaxw, Xaxli'p and Xwisten First Nations), on whose unceded territory we live, who remember, reflect and reassert what their leaders declared 111 years ago: that they belong to this … Continue reading Whose land is this? Acknowledging the Lillooet Declaration and our place in the story

Belonging has been something I've been thinking about since I first moved to Pemberton - a transplant. How could I tend my straggling roots and feel a sense of home in this place that was so deeply unfamiliar to me, having grown up on the opposite side of the world, speaking a completely different vowel-sounded … Continue reading The Gifts of the Land with Skícza7ul Heather Joseph, online, Thursday 7pm

When was the last time you laughed until you cried? (I did reading my kid The Witches, at the scene were the boy-turned-mouse runs down someone's pants and then the guy pulls off his trousers in the busy kitchen to get rid of the mouse, which was long-gone in another direction, and suddenly everyone was … Continue reading Prescription: Laugh your ass off.