Here's something to put on your calendar as 2022 gets underway... it's a chance to be the change you want to see in the world, and explore the question: how do we make this place feel like home? (because, if you make the effort to make it feel like home for someone else, a funny … Continue reading Building Inclusive Communities: talks on racism, immigration, and welcoming people “home”
Tickets are on sale until 31 December! Stewardship Pemberton is raising funds to support the One Mile Lake Nature Centre. Raffle tickets are $20 and there is also a 50/50 cash draw! Grand Prize: Two nights in Whistler at the Pan Pacific, 2 day passes for Whistler Blackcomb, 2 passes for Super Fly Zipline care … Continue reading Win a Staycation! and support the Nature Centre!
So. A major bummer occurred in the 'hood this month. Some unfortunate being hooked up the trailer that belonged to the Spud Valley Nordic Club, and drove away with it. !!! That means, they drove away with ALL THE SUPPLIES for a volunteer-powered kids' activity. Forehead-smack. This perplexing behaviour could lead me into a great … Continue reading This Boxing Day, let’s show the jackrabbity kids that there are way more good people than bad in the world
So, I read this online this week: "Being a parent is full of so much love and joy, and it also can have a big impact on the nervous system because of how much time, energy, and effort it requires." The post was related to living with chronic pain, but the tips seemed invaluable whatever … Continue reading Love and Joy AND fatigue and frustration…
On The Hive podcast, Natalie Nahai spoke with Dr Gillian Isaacs Russell, psychoanalyst and psychotherapist, and the author of Screen Relations: The Limits of Computer-Mediated Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, which examines how relationships, including that of analyst and patient, are affected by technologically-mediated communication. "We're wired to relate in an embodied way," she said. "65% of communication … Continue reading Presence is not just a warm body
Follow the Pemberton and District Chamber of Commerce with their local-love shenanigans at https://www.instagram.com/pembertoncofc/ -- the character of this place depends on you appreciating it, supporting it, backing it, as much as you possibly can.
Here's a shout-out to the snow plough drivers, the shovelers, the public works crews, the emergency managers and staff, the helpful neighbours and grandkids, who clear front steps and driveways and shovel off cars... and here's to the friends and relatives who send texts or call to check in, and to the people who lend … Continue reading Here comes the snow! Keep your shovel handy.
Some big trees came down in my yard during the recent atmospheric rivers - undermined by the churn and roil of immense volumes of water. It was a bit of a low point. That's what you get, I suppose, when you start talking with and hugging trees. A lot less detachment upon their demise. I’ve … Continue reading Solstice reflection: be of service, but don’t get obsessed with a narrow idea of usefulness
by Sharon Blackie Winter Solstice is the name we give to the shortest day and longest night of the year, when the sun’s elevation in the sky is at its lowest. The word ‘solstice’ literally means ‘sun stands still’, for at this time the sun appears to halt in its incremental journey across the sky … Continue reading Winter solstice approaches. It’s quite natural if you’re not feeling exuberant and outgoing.
Continuing with yesterday's theme of celebrating DIY gifts that come in jars, here's another option from Australian artist, illustrator and activist, @EcowithEm.
The Wellness Almanac 