The Pemberton Search and Rescue team took their boat down Lillooet Lake in advance of the Pulling Together paddling event which they are going to provide safety for . Happily, Dave took his camera along for the ride. This is the country that will sing to the paddlers. (Don't you wish you could be along for … Continue reading Dave Steers, of today’s feature photo, presents tomorrow at The Prospect Pub
"We all have bad days, but one thing is true; No cloud is so dark that the sun can't shine through." ~Miranda Kerr Photo and quote selection by Victoria Saddleman.
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. William Morris When my dad turned twenty-one, his younger sisters gave him a ceramic horse as a birthday present. They had work horses on the farm and dad liked to ride and work with them but it still seems … Continue reading Clutter
Bucket lists got me thinking. Living each day to the fullest. YOLO. Bucket lists. Top 10 places to visit before you die. Make sure you live today as if it were your last. No regrets. In a weird way, this obsessive focus on what to do while you’re alive leaves out the death part. In … Continue reading Mind if we talk about death?
Most of my experiences with bushwhacking (struggling through deep undergrowth) have been unpleasant at best, forays into the darkest side of my personality at worst. They were desperate attempts to navigate from one location to another brought on by a lack of knowledge of the terrain or lack of desire to take the long way … Continue reading Bushwhack
When they flew in 800 avocadoes from Mexico for the television commercial, to make sure they had one absolutely perfect fruit, Jenna Dashney knew that the money she was making wasn’t going to make this sit right. “You couldn’t even give them away to the crew afterwards, because they were constantly being fed by a … Continue reading Slow down for your supper – with Jenna Dashney, the Farmers’ Market’s new chef-in-residence
I’m not a big traveller and I’ve often wondered why. I know what I’m missing - opportunities to explore other cultures, chances to experience new climates, occasions to marvel at the creations of this world, and openings into new ways of thinking. Yet, I stay home more often than not. Saint Augustine said, “The world … Continue reading Travel Widely
Most people are aware that there are a lot of babies and young kids in Pemberton. There are also many activities for these youngsters; just check out the parking lot at the bike park on a Wednesday night, or peek in the great hall at the rec centre to see the little bodies tumbling around … Continue reading Out on The Town
I attended Therapeutic Conversations 13 (TC13), a gathering of Narrative Therapists last week in Vancouver and had the fortune of going to a workshop with Tom Carlson & Chene Stewart. Toward the end of this workshop we spent some time imagining how we wanted the people we worked with to feel we felt about them. … Continue reading (Updated) Value
There was the kid, on the cusp of two and three quarters, acting up. “Apparently it’s not the terrible twos,” stage-whispered my husband dramatically, from the wings of the boy’s wild air-slaps and projectile-tosses and whiny-growls. “It’s the terrible threes.” What are we in for? “Stop,” I said to the wee savage. “Do you need … Continue reading Pull up a naughy chair and take a deep breath
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