Small birds don’t always get the recognition that larger birds do. Often unnoticed, they flit about in the undergrowth, scavenge under leaves and creep up the sides of trees. They tend to be dull in colour and furtive, yet sometimes they are outrageously brilliant to the point where you exclaim, “I had no idea we … Continue reading Little Birds
This is a guest post written by Harriet van Wart who leads the Land and Resources Department for the Lil'wat Nation, reflecting on the first ever team takeover for the Wellness Almanac. It was inspiring to meet the team and get a glimpse at the work they do. I was really excited when Lisa invited … Continue reading When the Lil’wat Land and Resources Department took over the instagram account
This Friday, let's make the entire Pemberton region, from the Meadows to downtown, to Mt Currie, to D'arcy, a sea of orange. Orange Shirt Day is a legacy of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) residential school commemoration event held in Williams Lake, BC, Canada, in the spring of 2013. It grew out of Phyllis’s account … Continue reading Dig out your best and brightest orange for Orange Shirt Day this Friday
Can we say no to disposable plastic this year? Guest post by Kathy Jenkins and the SLRD's Zero in on Waste team As with the start of each school year, there are always so many things to organise. Shoes, pants, shirts - check. Backpacks, crayons, markers - check. Lunch kits, healthy snacks, water - check. … Continue reading The zero waste lunchbox challenge
While big round bales are picturesque and practical, they fill a hay barn to the roof and leave little room for adventurous farm children to play. The old square bales could be made into forts and once a few passage ways were cleared we kids could set up the rope swing and entertain ourselves for … Continue reading The Hay Barn Rope Swing
https://www.instagram.com/p/BI2adpcj3Hb/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac In between university, camping trips, vacations, visiting family, working downtown and conferences, Kamana Bikadi managed to squeeze a week of instagramming into her schedule for us. https://www.instagram.com/p/BI7wke0D6vP/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac While she's based in Vancouver for school, we caught her on a week when her weekend was going to bring her back to Pemberton. https://www.instagram.com/p/BI-YPU7jPm7/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac I thought … Continue reading Kamana Bikadi had one week this summer that wasn’t jam-packed and she agreed to instagram for us. Here’s how it went down.
Happy Monday. Here's to the beginning of a beautiful week, with a takeover from Georgina Dan. Follow along. It's bound to be a great one. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ_Az86D_xn/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac The rest of this week, as Georgie rules the instagram account, we'll dedicate the blog to a review of the last month of takeovers - which all serve as … Continue reading Today, Georgina Dan’s takeover gets underway
Gardening angst is a whole new experience for me. Since we moved to an acreage, I have been happily harvesting the incredible variety of medicinal plants that inhabit the space. Hawthorn, devil's club, cottonwood, fir, wild geranium - a living, breathing apothecary that I just bumbled into by chance. I can hardly believe my good … Continue reading Confessions of a newbie gardener
When the crabapples starting dropping off the trees in town I thought to myself - Don’t panic. There is no way that they can be ready. It is two weeks ahead of last year, which was two weeks ahead of the year before. But then the heat set in and there was no doubt. The … Continue reading The Great Crab-a-thon of 2016
When I was teaching, I used to post reminders to myself around my desk. Some of these were very practical, such as acronyms I made up to remember my data entry password or computer login and others were more philosophical - meant to be used as springboards for lesson plans or guiding principles for educational … Continue reading Signs
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