On April 7, this was how Qwelísaoź, little hummingbird flower (or red flowering currant), was looking. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNYqawrssoz/ Ten days later, she's not feeling so shy. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNyjZbcsPXg/ Ribes sanguinem is one of the first bee-friendly plants of the season to appear. Thanks to Amanda, who is running instagram.com/thewellnessalmanac at the moment, for her nature-loving eye and her … Continue reading This is the season, for watching things unfurl. 10 days of growth for Qwelísaoź (red flowering currant)

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It's not his fault that he bears an uncanny resemblance to Jabba the Hutt. That's no reason to think unkindly towards Mr (or Mrs) Western Toad. When I read about these critters who co-inhabit this valley, I feel such privilege that we get to share our environs with them. The Pemberton Wildlife Association recently shared … Continue reading Western Toads are making babies. Be considerate of their walk home from the love swamp.

Madeleine Jubilee Saito nails it. When I saw this, I stopped hard. THIS. THIS. THIS is what "the environment" means. It's not something in constant tug of war against the economy. It's us. It's our interrelatedness. It's what is in us, around us and between us. Isn't that marvellous to think about?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNS3nY4sl2W/ Book a Saturday one hour skateboard clinic online at https://www.lifesportcanada.org/book-online And if you're in a position to donate a new or lightly used skateboard or equipment for a local youth (in particular demand are hard goods like trucks and wheels), help out! https://www.lifesportcanada.org/book-online

Asia Suler is a herbalist in the Appalachian mountains of the US, whose newsletter I get... You can follow her on instagram for earth-based perspectives on what we're doing and why we're here... Below is her most recent offering... and I'm still thinking about this. It spoke so deeply to my experience of the past … Continue reading The animal spirit guide you never thought to welcome

Wade Davis, in his TED talk, said, "A language is not just a vocabulary or set of grammatical rules. A language is a flash of the human spirit. It’s a vehicle through which the soul of each particular culture comes into the material world. Every language is an old-growth forest of the mind. A watershed … Continue reading What is the language of the people? Learn to say Ucwalmícwts, so we can learn to speak it.

This past year, I have taken refuge in the garden, in the kitchen, and in thoughts of my grandmothers and great-grandmothers - all the women going back, to the point where I no longer know their names, who endured plagues, famines, wars that lasted for year on end - and I let my hair grow … Continue reading Women’s Institute Plant and Bake Sale coming up, May 1

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNlG4HJMobV/ This week, Amanda, who is at the helm of the Wellness Almanac's instagram account, has been out spying all the little signs of new life. Follow along at @thewellnessalmanac, for poetry and provocations, powerful imagery and ideas, and invitations to pay attention to things that might have slipped your notice. How many of these … Continue reading 10 signals of hope: spring shoots

https://www.instagram.com/p/CNKtvx2DOdN/ One thing I loved about working seasonally, when I landed in Whistler, fresh from a lawyer's office, was the way working out of doors, with a seasonal start and end date, gave a different meaning to time, than the corporate treadmill had when every day had literally the same texture as the one before, … Continue reading Oh look, it’s Blursday