Winter and summer shoe couture, Lil'wat style. Snowshoes made from bent wood and twisted rawhide, and moccasins sewn from salmon skin with hide lacings, make me think the dictionary is missing a few words. Like "indigenuity" - what you get when indigenous meets ingenuity. (Thanks for finding and posting the photo, Johnny Jones.)
Three years ago, Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Constance Barnes drove her car into a house. It was a very public melt-down. After her DUI, she made extreme changes to her lifestyle. Last week, she celebrated 3 years of sobriety, AND, 3 years as a cyclist. She got a bike for the first time after her … Continue reading Coaches Corner: It Gets Better
Alas, no Spud Run this year. But here's a round-up of activities taking place in downtown Pemberton tomorrow.
The Tiger Lily (Lilium columbianum) is one of BC's 'day lilies' - short flowering, and in the final days of its show-off phase now - spotted around Mosquito Lake early this week, typical habitat given tiger lilies are most likely to be found in open damp woods and meadows. (One of the favourite places seems … Continue reading Sighted: Tigerlily
Artwork by Stephany Yaya Sungkharisma. Quote by Isak Dinesen.
Sunflower: séxem Listen to the pronunciation of séxem, here. (From the Lil'wat Community First Voices portal.)
It's been so cool and rainy lately that the only thing flourishing in my garden is kale. Thank you kale, for growing no matter what. Thank you, also, for being a most excellent source of vitamin K, C, manganese, calcium and copper. I've never had much success baking kale chips. They either turn out too … Continue reading Recipe: Kale Chips
Child and youth therapist at the Xit'olacw Community School, Tanya Richman, and director of the Pemberton and District Library, Shannon Ellis, were so inspired by their daughters' desires to change the world, that they decided to do something about it. This summer, from July 10-14, daily from 10-11am, the Pemberton Library hosts a 'Junior World … Continue reading You’re Never Too Young To Change The World
The Wellness Almanac 