Author David Sheff explains (in this radio interview on NPR) why we shouldn’t wait for a person to hit rock bottom before getting them help — “I’ve heard over and over again, we’re told that they had to let their kids, you know, their husbands, their wives, whoever it was, they had to stand back, … Continue reading On the Shelf: “Clean”
We need more interpretive signs like this!
The trouble began at the public beach where my leashed, and consequently grouchy, dog did not like the other dogs running amok around him, and my two year old granddaughter, dressed to the nines in her Baby Gap beachwear, coveted all the brightly colored plastic toys strewn about the man-made sand bar. As she trotted … Continue reading A Lucky Life – A Trip to Nature’s Spa
Saturday, May 25, 2013, from 12:00pm until 3:00pm, join your neighbours in a working bee to spruce up and spring clean Gates Lake Community Park. This event has been organized by the Birken Fire Protection Society and Birken Recreational and Cultural Society. Free BBQ provided by the Sqamish Lillooet Regional District. Please bring: chair, water, … Continue reading Event: Gates Lake Park Spring Clean Up and Community BBQ, May 25
For gardeners, farmers and especially unwary children, nettles are sometimes a nuisance. Although they sting and are invasive, nettles are valuable plants in the garden: they attract butterflies and caterpillars feed on them greedily. Nettles (Urtica dioica) grow around the world, especially in rich and moist soils. The genus name comes from the Latin "uro" … Continue reading Nutrition: Celebrate Nettle Season by Discovering Nettle’s Many Great Uses
3 surefire signs that spring has come to Pemberton: dog poo, skunk cabbage and the Mosquito Lake trail run. Saturday, April 27th MOSQUITO LAKE TRAIL RUN/WALK: 9km, $15 goes to Pemberton Search & Rescue, 9:30am registration, 10am start! Want to know more? Here's a Q+A with Anna Helmer before last year's run, explaining how the … Continue reading Event: Mosquito Lake Trail Run, Saturday April 27, 9:30am
Prescription drugs are synthetic, two-dimensional, bioactive molecules that our bodies view as alien and potentially harmful. Drug dosing is therefore precisely calculated to overwhelm our capacity to detoxify and eliminate them completely. In this way, a portion of the dose remains in the body to effect the desired changes in the disease process and the … Continue reading Honour the Earth and Your Connection to her Healing Botanicals
A Pemberton Valley Trails Association membership is just $10 and the quickest, easiest way to support trail development and upkeep in our 'hood. (Do it online! )
Spring is here! After the inward time of winter, spring awakens our senses, brings new shoots and new growth and vibrant colours all around us. Naturally we want to spend more time outdoors in order to absorb the fresh air and welcome the return of vegetation all around us. In Chinese medicine, spring is the … Continue reading Nutrition: Garlic Scapes and the joy of eating in the spring time
The Wellness Almanac 