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Written by Kelsey Dennison
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Sunday, 21 March 2010 |
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These have been an amazing past two weeks. I feel honoured to have been apart of the Olympics in such a unique way, and to have been able to spread the Olympic spirit to others.
Almost a year ago, I entered my name into a contest sponsored by Coca-Cola to join the Olympic Torch Relay. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I would be receiving the following email: it said that I was going to be an Olympic Torchbearer. What sealed the deal, in my opinion, was the essay I sent to them. I decided to write about how growing up in Lions Bay has influenced me to become conscious of the natural world I am lucky to live within, and how working with the Rockridge School Environment club has helped me to further pursue this passion. I also wrote about my experiences participating in a course sponsored by the BC Wildlife Federation, where we went out into the forest near Horseshoe Bay and learned how to survey wetlands. This experience really opened my eyes and reminded me of the sheer brilliance of where we live. It feels amazing to know that I was chosen to be a torchbearer by caring for the natural world.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 March 2010 )
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To Cruise or Not to Cruise |
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Written by Rafe Mair
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Saturday, 20 March 2010 |
Wendy and I came to cruising rather late – 1997 to be precise.
I had always resisted cruises mainly because I saw in my minds eye a
guy in a uniform, looking like a car salesman of the 60s, who would
insist that I be a good sport and play deck tennis, guess when we
crossed the equator then take my place at the bingo game. I knew that I
would want to deck him.
In 1997 I was asked to lead a tour of the Mediterranean. “Talk show
host leads tour etc” – and because the price was right, (free) we
decided to do it. The cruise was out of Athens and finished in Dover
and I had a marvelous time. The uniformed nuisance was there but likely
sensing my antagonism, left me alone so I could spend my day reading,
working on my laptop and, in season, drinking. The trip whetted our
appetite for more and we’ve been cruising for approximately 3 times
every 2 years ever since - and man oh man, have we seen lots of neat
places. We’ve been in the Mediterranean 3 or 4 times including Egypt
and Israel. We’ve been to Istanbul, Ephesus, the Greek Islands, the
Riviera, Spain and Gibraltar. We’ve done Holland America’s wind
sailors (smaller cruise ships with sails that are mostly for show) both
in Tahiti and the Med, the Baltic, South America three times,
Australia, New Zealand and the Far East, crossed the Atlantic three
times the Pacific twice and we’ve been to the Falklands. And on it goes.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 March 2010 )
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Lions Bay Native Plant Gardens |
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Written by Mary Comber Miles & Louis Peterson
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Friday, 19 March 2010 |
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This is a progress report about what a few dedicated "re-greeners" have
done recently at the semi-shade garden site on the slope of Lions Bay
Avenue below the highway - clearing Ivy, Himalayan Brambles, dead
trees, rubbish, and pruning or lopping the tall Mahonia and other trees
or shrubs as required. We have the basis of a visible, attractive and
informative selection of suitable native plants of our area. As Spring
advances so very quickly this year, we see more sun on the garden's
northern perimeter than we realised at first. This can only make for a
wider choice of plants to feature there, making this site a true
"Semi-Shade Native Garden".
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 March 2010 )
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A Reflection on Making Meaning |
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Written by traci osullivan
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
Continuing with the theme of Meaning Making I will mention another
famous author and therapist who wrote the important book Man’s Search
for Meaning. Victor Frankl was an amazing man who survived the Nazi
death camps. He chalked his survival up to holding on to what was
meaningful to him. His memories of loved ones, in spite of losing his
whole family, he made the decision to choose; even when no choice was
left. This gave him the strength to survive and create. He later
developed a type of therapy called logo therapy or therapy of meaning
from the Greek word logos.
We live in a time where there are many choices, sometimes too many! I
struggle over tooth paste options when I visit Canada….But really…
Some times too many choices are as bad as not enough. We can easily be
caught up in the game of keeping up with the status quo and forget to
consider what the important choices are in life. There is no set list!
However, each individual has their own answers. If you are not living
your own answers the outcome will be a life less well lived; may be
even a life lived in distraction or catering to expectations that are
long outgrown.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 March 2010 )
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Written by Janice Smith
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 |
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The Olympics 2010 were truly a symbol of coming into our own.
As time marches forward and evolution happens, we are needing to
embrace more of who we truly are and to let go of who we have thought
we needed to be. Each of us comes into this world as a divine spirit
and then we learn who we think we are supposed to be in order to be
loved and successful. The first time we get into trouble we assume we
are somehow not correct in who we are, then we go to school and get
graded, we learn who we think we need to bein order to be successful.
But all of these ideas may be going against who we truly are and what
gifts we are meant to bring to this world.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 24 June 2010 )
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