On Tuesday, January 23, a powerful earthquake struck the coast of Alaska, triggering a tsunami warning down the coastline. Recent Pemberton resident, and our former guest emergency preparedness columnist, Rachael Low, was there. And because changing postal codes doesn't ever take the Pemberton out of you, Rachael offered to share some of her front-line, staring-down-a-tsunami … Continue reading In the Face of Disaster
"Life sometimes is hard. There are challenges. There are difficulties. There is pain. As a younger man I sought to avoid them and only ever caused myself more of the same. These days I choose to face life head on--and I have become a comet. I arc across the sky of my life and the … Continue reading Richard Wagamese on seeking stillness
This was the final column I wrote in the Whistler Question, and it's not lost on me, that this huge revelation to me, of thinking like an ancestor, is something built-in to indigenous ways of thinking. As radical as it is to me, I think it's fundamental to the life approach for many of my … Continue reading Think like an ancestor
With aging, comes invisibility. You don’t even have to do anything for a cloak to descend on you; it muffles your voice and refracts light on your body so that you pass through public spaces with no one noticing. In an old folk’s home, the invisible therefore abound, though some shake off the obscurity to … Continue reading On Becoming Invisible
Winterfest did a little pivot this year, and focussed its core efforts on a family-friendly New Years' Eve celebration. But the season isn't over, by any means. And as such, the Winterfest Committee is here to remind you to get outside, get together, and celebrate the season. Explains Winterfest Chair, Carlee Cindric: We wanted to … Continue reading The ongoing Winterfest schedule: a season-long line-up of wintery fun
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdvfmznBbX3/?taken-by=annalengstrand Anna Lengstrand was an instagrammer for us back in February 2017, and recently shared this on her personal channel, which inspired me to ask the same question of myself. What have you picked up along the way? What a fun list to make... as a reminder to yourself that, as much as you might … Continue reading You’re a work in progress. So what have you worked out so far? Anna Lengstrand’s list inspires me to ask
In a lovely, post-instagram-takeover conversation with Sam McKoy, he mentioned this talk to me. The honorable harvest are rules for humans, who cannot photosynthesize, and thus, cannot garner our sustenance simply from sunlight, but actually need to deplete other life forms, to sustain ourselves. Dr Robin Kimmerer recounts them in this 15 minute video, explaining … Continue reading The Honorable Harvest: thinking more mindfully about what it means to be a consumer, forager, hunter, human
I think this year I'd like to reclaim the word "prayer." If you're not churchy-religious, this word might trigger a reflexive response, turn you off, push you away. I get that. Yet, when I stumbled upon a beautiful picture of reindeer appended to this quote last week, I breathed in a deep sigh. https://www.instagram.com/p/BdIX1GTh9p5/?taken-by=globalonenessproject "If … Continue reading Things to light a candle for
"Food and medicine are not two different things: they are the front and back of one body." ~ Masanobu Fukuoka This quote was shared on a photo essay I saw at the Global Oneness Project. And it made me wonder what a photo essay from Pemberton and Mt Currie, covering this topic, might look like. … Continue reading “Food and medicine are not two different things: they are the front and back of one body” – an invitation to share your photos
There's a lot of talk about the importance of practicing gratitude - as a pathway to happiness, as a ladder out of depression. If you've heard about it, but are wondering how exactly to execute gratitude here, may I suggest trying writing a list? Take a peek at Kathryn Ast's second to last post, from … Continue reading Need a little help with your gratitude practice? I look to Kat Ast as my guide
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