Been quiet here the last couple of weeks but not in my life. Two weeks ago I visited The Shire near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to teach with Toke Moeller, Sera Thompson and Tim Merry in the Art of Hosting. It was a beautiful time, working on the land, working with people from Yarmouth, Montreal and the eastern US who are doing deeply important work with youth, food and community. And it was great working with my mates. A couple of pieces have showed up around the web about this training. Here is a post from Brian Hurlburt, a truly generous …
If you are anywhere near Victoria BC on August 24th, head down to Beacon Hill Park for a free salmon barbeque to celebrate the relationship between the T’Souke, Beecher Bay and Songhees First Nations and the neighbouring municipalities. The food is hot off the grill from 11:30 to 2:00 at the Cameron Bandshell. Having worked this past year with the City of Victoria and the local First Nations there, I can say that this event will be a great time, with good food and interesting people making a real effort at strengthening relationships.
Those of you who don’t live in Canada probably haven’t yet heard of the stand-off between Iroquoian peoples and developers in Ontario. The dispute concerns a piece of land called The Haldimand Tract, the jurisdiction of which is under dispute. The Six Nations people who live nearby, and on whose traditional territory the land lies, moved to stop a housing development there five months ago, with the idea that until ownership over the land is settled, building houses wouldn’t be a good idea. The dispute has been angry and a little violent, but recently, the provincial government and …
I haven’t posted much music lately, but here’s a track I was listening to last night. Gathered into this play list at Motel de Moka is a beautiful track from Alex Cline called Wreath of Rain. And here it is, an mp3 for your listening pleasure on a summer day when rain threatens. mp3: Alex Cline – Wreath of Rain
A beautiful photograph of a beautiful sculpture made of paper, by artist Peter Callesen. I love this because it is about flow and it required the same for its production. And it’s quite something to see where that little canoe is going! PS. This is my 1000th post here at Parking Lot, give or take a few. Thanks for reading along!