You're invited to the 12th annual Mountain of Art. Art matters and Pemberton Arts Council is celebrating a community arts collaboration of mountain culture with live music, art, food, and festivities. We are lucky to have so many talented artists in the corridor. With over 30 artists displaying and selling their master pieces, don't … Continue reading 12th annual Mountains of Art show celebrates where we live, what we create, and the creators among us, November 24, 7pm – 11pm $25
Yesterday proved to be a good day for our birding correspondent, John Tschopp, with sightings of a portrait-ready snow bunting, a peregrine falcon in a roadside cottonwood, trumpeter swans, northern harriers and even a kestrel. Tschopp had already spied a small flock of snow buntings, the previous week. Rare visitors to Pemberton Valley, snow buntings … Continue reading Birds of November: raptors, snow buntings, and a great horned owl
In September, a British doctor who specializes in palliative care, wrote this op ed for the New York Times. I kept returning to the image of the 51 year old woman with untreatable breast cancer listening to birdsong outside her window, realizing as she tuned in to its cheery tune, that it was okay. She … Continue reading Open a window and let the “nowness” in
I outsource memory. I don’t trust mine. So, when I see something that inspires me, I reach reflexively for my phone. Snap. Screenshot. Store. As I offloaded hundreds of images onto my desktop the other day, to de-bloat my phone, I saw how pointless this had been – all these things I’d wanted to … Continue reading Forget freely, remember collectively
The United Nations declared 2019 the Year of Indigenous Languages. My friend, a gifted linguist and world traveller, commented the other day that she drives through Mount Currie every day. In any other country she might have travelled, she would have tried to learn a few local phrases, or at the very least, a greeting, … Continue reading What does 2019 being the International Year of Indigenous Languages mean to you?
Join Pemberton & District Library for the launch of local author Jane Reid's new book, Freshly Picked: A Locavore's Love Affair with BC's Bounty. Freshly Picked: A Locavore’s Love Affair with BC’s Bounty is an essential read for any local food lover. Season by season, Reid offers stories, memories, and tales of love and affection … Continue reading Unleash your inner locavore at the library, with guest author Jane Reid, launching her new book, Wednesday November 21, 7pm
The David Suzuki Foundation appreciated this article from the British writer Rebecca Solnit so much that the CEO emailed it out to All Staff on the weekend, urging them to remember "we don't have the luxury of hopelessness and fear in response to scientific studies, climate releases and steady stream of depressing news." Rebecca Solnit … Continue reading Scale up. Speed up. But don’t give up.
My son came home from kindergarten with a new trick up his sleeve. He knows how to draw a peace sign. He's also been learning that Remembrance Day is for remembering those who fought in war. Every morning this week, he carefully pinned a poppy onto his shirt, just above his heart. Today, as a … Continue reading Peace, peace, peace
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With the rain, comes the worms. I love seeing them out and about, looking for love. Unearthed, as it were. (And with only the rain, and no other grunters, to call them forth.) As I stepped delicately down the driveway, to avoid squashing any lovelorn nematodes, I recalled that a teaspoon of soil might contain from … Continue reading Life everywhere
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