Every year, the same resolution floats back up to the top of my list, accusatory as an oil slick. Floss. Every day. There’s no excuse for not flossing daily, yet I make them. For some reason, a daily habit creates resistance in me. It’s why Polek Rybczynski’s Valley of Light photo journal entranced me from … Continue reading Column: One Day at a Time
Students from Xit’olacw Community School and Pemberton Secondary School participated in a day long workshop on November 21, utilizing the games and exercises of Theatre for Living to explore what reconciliation means. Me personally? Stage-shy. So I can't think of anything more vulnerable than playing improv theatre games. Doing that on highly-charged topics like reconciliation - wow. Hats off to … Continue reading Reconciliation in stop motion
Gary Martin spent 50 days riding his bike back and forth between the Pemberton and Mount Currie, contemplating the distance between our communities. At the Wellness Gathering on Saturday, an event conceived to help bridge that gap, he said to me, “It seems like the things that really lie between us are mostly invisible.” A … Continue reading Column: We Were Children screens at the Library, Nov 27
There's no doubt. It's a busy weekend. With the Pemberton Library Wine and Cheese tonight, Growing Great Children's Girls Night Out tomorrow at 7:30, and Opening Weekend all battling for your energy, we hope you'll make some time tomorrow - any time between 1pm and 7pm - to swing by the Wellness Gathering. Check out … Continue reading Wellness Gathering – Preview the Program
The Winds of Change in partnership with Pemberton Rotary presents Dr Art Hister tonight at the Community Centre as part of its Speaker Series. On November 22, the Winds of Change hosts its 5th annual Wellness Gathering, and the pioneering drug and alcohol task-force is also calling for nominations for the 5th Winds of Change … Continue reading Wellness Q+A with Sheldon Tetreault
What does Wellness look like? The range of approaches people have taken with the #50DayWellnessChallenge has been inspiring - for some it's about finding stillness, or doing less. Others are logging miles on the bike or treadmill, making a date with the yoga mat or the water bottle. Or making a conscious effort to notice … Continue reading Nominate a Wellness Champion before Friday, November 7
I was thinking about fall the other day - the way the change of the seasons invites us to contemplate 'passings' - the passage of time, inertia, the fall towards decay... and how, if we can, instead of getting stuck into a fixed mindset of loss, sit with the rhythm and cyclical nature of … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Gary Martin
I pulled out an old James Barber cookbook the other night, for some assistance making risotto, and this elicited a long quiet hmm-mmm moment for me... The best recipes, he said, are the simplest. They just take time. ...and I'm very much taken with time as an ingredient. Cooking something slowly and meditatively is a … Continue reading Holiday Survival Guide: Wellness Tip #1 Do Nothing
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