The farmer in winter. Is a mess. She is gaining weight, most notably. She is unproductive, almost concerningly. She has probably created at least one cavity per week in her sugar assaulted teeth. The hard-working aspects of her life have been shoved aside by riotous leisure. To set the context, recall she is allowed a … Continue reading Anna Helmer’s creative non-fiction column for the New Year: Personal Issues Edition.
The numbers are in and added up from Pemberton's cold Christmas Bird Count on December 15. John Tschopp shares that the cold is reflected in the lower bird number, but the species number is surprisingly high. The surprise of the day was a Barn Owl at McEwans. A white-throated Sparrow was also a rare visitor. … Continue reading A cold Christmas Bird Count reveals a surprising number of species
This week's column is an expansion of an earlier blog post, about my big takeaways from the 2016 Instagram Project, which has just, thanks to Paul Charron, this week's guestagrammer, become the 2017 Instagram Project. Please join us - as a follower, or a contributor. It's really fun. https://www.instagram.com/p/BGmjQMOMraT/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac +++ I can tell you within … Continue reading A year of Instagram takeovers
We've been blessed by our amazing contributors. So contributors, or aspiring contributors, why not share your story with an even larger audience? The Whistler Question has launched a new personal essays section, a la the Globe and Mail's Facts and Arguments page: Here's the official Call for Entry When: Ongoing call for stories Where: The Whistler Question … Continue reading Share your story: Personal Essays wanted for the Question
Good morning. Happy New Year. And where do we go from here? Last year, we shared 365 posts from 24 instagrammers, 8 photographers and more than a dozen different contributors. 20,000 people visited the site. Our goal, for the most part, was to inspire you to look around and see the beauty, resilience, and courage all … Continue reading Where do we go from here?
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A week before Christmas, someone posted a poem by writer, L R Knost: Do not be dismayed by the brokenness of the world. All things break. And all things can be mended. Not with time, as they say, but with intention. So go. Love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally. The broken world waits in darkness for … Continue reading One Hundred and Ninety-Nine Antonyms for “dismay” and we shall use them all
Guest post and photos by Lindy Scott. When I was asked to step in for an Instagram takeover, I was equally intimidated and flattered. While I often put a lot of thought into my personal Instagram posts, I'm not a daily poster. But I knew I would be up to the challenge. As I started … Continue reading Lindy Scott reflects on a week as our Instagrammer-in-Chief
I spent the other night watching the memorial slideshow that Blake Jorgensen put together for Chili Thom, followed by the New York Times' Year in Pictures 2016, and was then so full of sadness for these darkening times that I didn't know where to turn. Back to love. I suppose that is the only answer. … Continue reading All things break
Lisa Vertefeuille's Christmas pop-up shop has popped away now, but I still wanted to share this column, because I was so inspired by her grounded wisdom and the idea of always checking in with your feelings, even if it means doing a U-turn. Lisa Vertefeuille is a purveyor of happiness. It’s not her official job description, … Continue reading What pops up when you go with what feels right
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