We're growing our community: 325 facebook followers, 246 blog subscribers, 279 twitter followers - and we're grateful to everyone who is making space for what we're sharing. Loved hearing from a new Pembertonian that someone had recommended following the Wellness Almanac as one of the best resources for local news. We've now welcomed our 35,000th … Continue reading Here’s what 2015 looked like on the Wellness Almanac
2015 was a time of transition for the Winds of Change, as the mandate that the organisation has operated under, for the past 10 years, was up for review. The WOC was formed in 2004 as a means of addressing substance abuse issues in Pemberton, Mount Currie and Area C of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, … Continue reading We don’t have resolutions for 2016, so much as resolve.
This seems to be Gary Martin's schtick - posting photos on his instagram account that make people salivate and wish they lived here. I've read that the true power of creative work lies in what you leave out, in what you're able to cull away, to pare back, in order to let what remains hold … Continue reading 12 photos that will make you wish you lived in Pemberton, if you don’t already
I invited our weekly photo contributors to go through their own archives and do a year-in-review visual extravaganza, to help us close out 2015. Polek said, "I didn't think I shot much this year. I thought I'd only have a couple." In the end, he had 13. And the whole retrospective process reminded me of … Continue reading A year in the life – Polek Rybczynski hand-picks his favourite 13 images of 2015
A friend of mine is shopping for sperm right now. She invited me and L, her two oldest friends, to help vet the candidates. So we logged onto the sperm bank under her name, and began wading through donor profiles. Once she’d winnowed the selection down to two guys, she suddenly stalled out, as … Continue reading May you find happiness under the tree
Even before John Tschopp, our birding correspondent, had finished crunching the numbers of the 2015 Pemberton Christmas Bird Count, things were looking good... A local feeder watcher at Erickson Rd, Annette, has been looking at a rare Sparrow for two weeks. John verified the sighting with his camera, proving the visitor to be a The … Continue reading Almost 3000 birds came to celebrate Christmas in Pemberton, including a never-before-sighted Harris’ sparrow
This country, we inhabit, was peopled by survivors of the great Flood. This mountain, Gunsight Peak, or In-SHUCK-ch ("split like a crutch") was the people's Ararat. In-SHUCK-ch have just posted this gorgeous animated video of the tale, which will resonate on some deep level, at least, if you ever attended Sunday School, or remember tales … Continue reading n-SHUCK-ch Nation Flood story as told by Laura Purcell, Lukcha7, Samahquam Elder
And so, last night, passed the shortest night of the year. Today, it is officially winter. And each day, from here on, the sunlight stretches a little longer. Happy solstice. Thanks to Tanya Richman and Paul Cumin for the photos below, which were captured a week ago... but seemed timeless enough to stand in for … Continue reading Happy Solstice. Bring on the light.
Ever wondered what to say when someone is having a shit day... or a so far beyond a shitty day that you're stuck for words entirely? Brené Brown, the shame and vulnerability researcher and TED talk celebrity, has a few suggestions about what NOT to say... Take the three minutes to watch this video, brilliantly … Continue reading I don’t want your sympathy. Your empathy, however, is most welcome. Confused? Brene Brown explains in under 3 minutes.
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