The Dark Season is here, and my dinner table is about to be given over to a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle. I feel a bit sheepish about confessing the grandma-ness of this, but I haven’t had to write a resume for over a decade, so I am now liberated of having to impress anyone with … Continue reading The Puzzle of Two-Eyed Seeing

because thanks, shout-outs and grassroots successes should be widely read and celebrated, we reprint this letter to the editor, via Signal Hill PAC Signal Hill Elementary Parent Advisory Council (PAC), and students in Pemberton, would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to all those individuals, local families, local businesses and sponsors who supported the rebuilding … Continue reading They shoot and score

Celebrate abundance with the Pemberton Community at the 2019 Fall Clothing Swap! Recycle your previously loved clothing, outdoor apparel, shoes and or accessories for a new treasure! Unite in collective action to divert and reduce textile waste in the sea to sky! SWAP, don't shop! Enjoy music by Cayley Fee and learn about environmental stewardship … Continue reading Clothing Swap at the Pemberton Community Centre gym, Nov 23, 1pm

When Tanina Williams shared this thread from reddit, that science can't solve our environmental challenges right now... that we need a spiritual and cultural transformation, to deal with the root causes, which are selfishness, greed and apathy, she added her own comment, that one of the solutions is "Learning culture by way of being care … Continue reading Honour the Stewards: check out this beautiful gallery of photos from the Cedar Brushing Ceremony at Joffre Lakes

Two months ago, I drove through Pemberton and one of the most beautiful 14 year old kids I know, was standing in the middle of the roundabout, shaking a sign and punching his fist in the air. The Climate Strikes had come to Pemberton. Nice work, gang, I thought. Good for you. I honked my horn in … Continue reading Finding the right outlet

When I first visited the Squamish Lil'wat Cultural Centre, it occurred to me that it was like an embassy, a place that attested to a dynamic culture, a place you could go for assistance and orientation when you were in a  new land, get your passport stamped... I've always loved that the frontline staff were … Continue reading SLCC shines light on local ambassadors with new ongoing exhibit

Earlier this summer, Kera Willis (who you might recognise as a Farmers Market musician, the Mountain Horse School founder, or from a million of her other wonderful contributions) shared this new research. (It seems that there is more in our bones than we realize... fish ear stones create a map of their world, our bones … Continue reading Poetry Break with Kera Willis

It's a journey. It's not an easy path. But when we bring people into the world, or into our homes, we have a chance to change history.

On October 5, in Manhattan's East Village, the writer Elizabeth Gilbert drew a  medicine wheel in her journal... and I made a quick screenshot and note to myself: try this. Circling back now, and sharing, because sometimes it helps to put a pen in your hand, draw a circle, and start scribbling. Over to Liz: … Continue reading Set off a gratitude bomb today

We say "Lest We Forget" and we mean the sacrifice that was made, but thanks to Squamish based veteran sharing his struggles recently with the Squamish Chief (see article below), we're reminded that for many people who have experienced combat, what they've gone through is impossible to forget. He urges others, and tries to remind … Continue reading Veteran urges people who are struggling to talk about it