The Pemberton Library is running a wee little creative contest. And by wee, we mean tiny. A tiny story contest. All you have to work with is 420 characters. (That's three tweets, for you professional microbloggers.) Here are the details, from the Library. The 420 Characters Tiny Story Contest: CALL FOR ENTRIES Can you pack … Continue reading Tell a Tiny Story, with just 420 letters, and win
Why not write a poem? For the fourth year in a row, for Farmers Appreciation Week, the BC Farmers Market Association invites British Columbians to show their appreciation for BC farmers and agriculture through words. Whether it's a sonnet, limerick or haiku, get your creative juices flowing and send in your farm-themed poem. You could win … Continue reading We’re halfway through BC Farmers Appreciation Week. So. What have you done to show a farmer you care?
Delores Los brings out a little mason jar of light golden honey. She dips in the stir stick, swirls it around and offers me a taste. Time stops. Seriously, stops. I’ve eaten flowers before. There’s no mouthful of petals that tastes like this. Bees, what wickedly wonderful alchemy do you do? “What is it?” I … Continue reading Thank you, Bee Keepers
via the SLRD Officials pinpoint source of recent rockfall on Mt Currie Pemberton residents advised to anticipate ongoing rockslide activity as natural process At noon on Thursday, September 8, 2016, representatives of the SLRD accompanied an engineering officer from the Ministry of Land, Forests and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO), on a helicopter flight to inspect … Continue reading Mt Currie rockslide activity is “the new normal”
I’ve been thinking of being last. Not planning on it, just ending up in that position. There’s a trail run coming up in Whistler and I had considered entering until I really thought about the speedy, tough field of runners who would likely enter. I told my friends that I was not ready to come … Continue reading Last
https://www.instagram.com/p/BI2adpcj3Hb/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac In between university, camping trips, vacations, visiting family, working downtown and conferences, Kamana Bikadi managed to squeeze a week of instagramming into her schedule for us. https://www.instagram.com/p/BI7wke0D6vP/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac While she's based in Vancouver for school, we caught her on a week when her weekend was going to bring her back to Pemberton. https://www.instagram.com/p/BI-YPU7jPm7/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac I thought … Continue reading Kamana Bikadi had one week this summer that wasn’t jam-packed and she agreed to instagram for us. Here’s how it went down.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJYbO0Gj5G5/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac I finished my stint as "guestgrammer" on the Winds of Change Instagram account last week. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJbYebZD5kO/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac As I took photos and then chose ones to post I found they all had a common thread: There is simple beauty all around us if we choose to see it. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJi12t7jTIV/?taken-by=thewellnessalmanac Most of the time we are … Continue reading The Simple Life: a recap of a week spent with Michelle Beks
I cornered Ed in the kitchen at work. I knew he took amazing photos, that he has awesome energy and plays a lot outside, riding and building trails and adventuring throughout the region, so I asked him to takeover the Wellness Almanac instagram account. "Sure," he said. "I'll give it a go." So he did. … Continue reading Ed’s Week on Instagram
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