The other week, my friend Kera wrote this (in her Mountain Horse school newsletter, which many people subscribe to, in order to find out when school camps and awesome nature programs on, but which I read devotedly because the woman is a poet.) What does it mean to be alive on this planet at this … Continue reading Come home to your body

https://www.youtube.com/embed/_2JPa_ymPGI Tanina Williams of Amawilc Consulting is a Lil'wat knowledge keeper and a teacher of culture through SD48, the region's school district. She recently shared this video, of a spring walk around One Mile Lake, featuring Saopalaz, Lucille Joseph, her mom, who is a knowledge keeper of plant medicine in Lil’wat Nation. The chance to … Continue reading Take a plant walk around One Mile Lake, and look with a Lil’wat lens, thanks to a new video from Tanina Williams and Saopalaz

The provincial government in interested in knowing how much I have drunk through the pandemic. It's complicated, because it actually went to zero, which might be interpreted as a sign that I'm flourishing, healthwise, as opposed to a recognition that I was floundering and had to make some changes. Surveys are hard. For that reason. … Continue reading Pandemic recovery starts with naming some of the stresses – share your thoughts with the BC COVID-19 SPEAK Round 2 Survey, by May 9

I knew Mother's Day must be coming up, because the brands I follow on instagram started posting stories about things that mom would like, when normally, they don't talk about motherhood at all. Oh, I thought, time to go shopping and honour the most vexing role and relationship there is. (Oh, the crushing cynicism.) If … Continue reading Mother’s Day is this weekend. So let’s practice holding all the contradictory things.

Skícza7ul Heather Joseph, who is the Ucwalmicts teacher at Signal Hill Elementary, pointed the school community towards this great video, on how to introduce yourself or greet someone in Ucwalmicts. (You can check it out on the First Voices site at https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/St̕át̕imc/Lil'wat/Líl̓wat/learn/phrases/70e93d12-3f91-40de-abea-ebe66556f1b6?fbclid=IwAR1LY9MAEhGpq5v87ikAyx8Vfp_S4CTMCTASwoZQalyfguVwqqRFvjPVlag) https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flilwatnationculturecentre%2Fvideos%2F245295260420609%2F&show_text=true&width=560 Coming up this month, on May 13, keep an eye out for … Continue reading Skícza7ul Heather Joseph teaches us how to introduce ourselves in Ucwalmicts

This spring the RCMP is initiating a Safe Place program. The RCMP Safe Place program involves participating businesses, organizations, schools, and other institutions identifying their premises as a safe haven for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Two spirited (LGBTQ2S+) people who are feeling unsafe or are in distress. To participate in this program, please email nathan.miller@rcmp-grc.gc.ca … Continue reading Can you be a safe place?

Last month, I discovered Jake the therapist's instagram account and shared my new word: temporal disintegration (aka, oh look, it's Blursday. Again.) Well, he's done it again. Shared something so good, I have to post it here. https://www.instagram.com/p/COORS4zjGEC/?igshid=z2ikkauma0rl You may have heard of the ACE's (Adverse Childhood Experiences) but have you heard about PACE's?⁣⁣PACE's are … Continue reading The “assets” that make or break us: Relationships and resources

The Pemberton Arts Council is putting together a community art exhibition, featuring your original postcard art! Inspired by the statement "Stronger Together", create a small work of art on the back of a postcard and mail it to us by June 15th to be a part of our upcoming exhibition at the Pemberton and District … Continue reading Stronger Together. Turn a hope into a postcard. Pemberton Arts Council postcard art project is building steam, invites you on board.

I'm in a bit of a phase right now, discovering the edible side of my yard's weeds. I have so many of them, I figured it made sense to stop battling them, and start eating them - then I could call them one of my more successful crops, as opposed to seeing them as evidence … Continue reading Weeds are plants, scraps are food

Turkey vulture. Photo by John Tschopp Here's the latest from our birding correspondent, John Tschopp. Hello friends, when one goes for a walk in our valley, one never knows what interesting sights await you out there. Today I'll include three pictures from three different days last week. I should also mention, my camera is a … Continue reading Sighted: Turkey vulture, tree swallows, greater yellow legs