At the end of September I opened space for a group of citizens looking to support the Islands Trust here in British Columbia. The Islands Trust is a governance body that seeks to preserve and protect the character of the Gulf Islands, one of which is my home. Along with a team of four other island-based OST facilitators we convened a 1.5 day Open Space on the topic of citizens supporting the islands Trust mandate. During the meeting I was interviewed for The Island Tides newspaper out of salt Spring Island and the resulting article is a pretty good summary …
My neighbour up the road, Spider Robinson, has penned a beautiful obituary for Paul Pena a blues singer who died on October 1st. Pena was a blues man, a didgeridoo player and a world champion Tuuvan throat singer. Spider’s obit contains a live recording of Kargyraa Moan which is pure ear candy.
The other day, courtesy of things magazine, I stumbled across an amazing site full of old Cajun music for the 1920s oward. I made a playlist at Webjay for your streaming pleasure, and have added the track below to the Parking Lot playlist. mp3: Roy Fusilier – Valse des Grand Chemins
“Nature has no responsibility to be economic, this is a flawed ideology. A food producing farm is still a farm whether or not it is ‘economically’ viable, in that the food still provides a ‘living’ for people. Somehow we must allow farms to ‘be’ irrespective of whether or not they are economically viable, -after all society seems to be able to accept that parks don’t need to be profitable.” — from the comments on the 100 Mile Thanksgiving It was Thanksgiving here in Canada last weekend. Being a huge fan of local food, our family contributed a roasted squash soup …
Caitlin had another zinger last night while watching The Return of the King: Orc leader: The time of man is over! The time of the orcs has begun! Caitlin: What are they going to do with all that time? Open cafes? And the plot came crumbling down…!