Take it to the river. Your sorrow, your longing, your aching heart. The river, somehow, always seem to have the capacity to absorb it, and to keep on flowing. Gary Martin shares this image as his monthly contribution to our Wellness Almanac photo blog: An early morning moment of reflection and contemplation after some sad … Continue reading This is what it looks like to take solace by the river, with @garypmartin, photographer
Maybe the reason they say "a picture is worth a thousand words" is because a picture isn't a story, it's an invitation to tell a story, and you could take that story in any direction, depending on what you see, what speaks to you, where you're at, how you're feeling. Any direction at all. If … Continue reading Is it just me? Or do you see something in Ruben Guibert’s Photo of the Week that fills you with hope?
This is the time of the year where we start thinking a lot about weather... whether the systems will align and deliver a banner snow year, or whether we're going to be riding bikes all winter long. The dry summer has left our local soils "hydrophagic" - meaning that for the next 3-5 years, they … Continue reading What’s happening to the climate: Vice magazine visited Pemberton this summer, to ask smart locals that very question
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In case you feel like howling, here's last week's supermoon, captured by our regular contributor Gary Martin. Feel free to let a little yawp rip through you.
Erin Stewart Elliot tries to explain how she’s feeling to her three-year-old son. “Well, I’m feeling grateful,” she says, waving her hand around the living room of the friends’ home where they’ve been staying since their house was destroyed by a mudslide. “And I feel sad, about the cat. And the chickens and the ducks. … Continue reading After the Slide: Checking In with the Elliots
Fall has arrived and the mountains are calling. Just back from an overnight in the alpine with a group of girls, I was stoked to find this image from Polek awaiting in my inbox. Polek soloed Mt Weart a few weeks back in a one day push from the carpark - a true gem. Gets Polek's … Continue reading Dial STRAIGHT-UP for mountain time, photo of Mt Weart by Polek Rybczynski
An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Doesn't get more wellness-themed than that. Crunch. PS Happy Slow Food Cycle Sunday.
There was a moment, fifteen years ago, when I knew I had chosen Pemberton and I wouldn’t unchoose it. I was walking along a quiet stretch of road, between town and the old high school, when a horseback rider came clip-clopping towards me. Before I could nod a greeting, the cowboy called out, “Is this … Continue reading Which Way to the Beach, You Lucky Bastards?
Yesterday was my first Canada Day parade. As a general rule, if a large crowd is gathering, I head off in the other direction. (The road less travelled, right?) But, not taking the two year old to see fire trucks just seemed wrong. So, we went. And I was glad to be wearing big sunglasses, … Continue reading That Canada Day parade *sniff*
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