This website is updated often--sometimes several times a day. You can subscribe to the updates mailing list which is sent out every two weeks or so. However, a lot of material can pile up in that time. To keep current, bookmark and check often, or try making the WoM Blog your home page. That's where allnew content is posted! You can reset your home page in "File/Preferences" (Netscape), "Internet Options" (Internet Explorer), or "Tools/Options" (Firefox). Don't miss anything!

This website was inspired by HICEEC's community visioning process.

In addition to providing an informational and webvertising outlet for local people, small businesses and community groups,Word of Mouth serves as an online forum for Islanders, Hornby and Denman alike; wannabe Islanders, Hornby-friends and relations to express our viewpoints and get to know each other through the words and images posted here.

Kids' Words & Pictures are Welcome!

This site is a supplement to First Edition and the Grapevine, not a replacement--though we are primed to take over once paper becomes obsolete! Here all the pieces of writing that exceed the First Edition's 600-word limit may find a home. Stories, opinions, columns and articles that need more space to be unpacked fully can take all the space they need.

This is a community message board, open to all sorts of exchanges of ideas and information.

• Write as much as you want!

The only limitation is your reader's attention span. Escape from a boring article or story is only a click away, so do try to keep it interesting. Remember, less is more (I need to remember this myself)!

• Submit stories and photos!

Feel free to post your literary efforts and Hornby photos as well. Photos should not exceed 30kb in size; the smaller you can compress them, the better. Photos can be submitted in email or in hard copy; if necessary, I will scan and shrink them for posting on the site.

• Webvertise!

These ads are free

• seeking or offering a place to live
• jobs wanted or help offered, for individuals or the community at large
• help wanted of any kind (paid or volunteer)
• party or event announcements
• items for sale or to give away
• items wanted
• lost or found items
• updates from island societies & groups
• people seeking to meet or connect with like-hearted others
• musicians seeking bands or bands seeking musicians
• rides wanted or offered
• etc. - make a suggestion.

These ads cost--but not much

• You have a product or service to offer. There are a range of options from which to choose, from a paragraph to a full page describing what you offer and why it is valuable. There is scope to say as much as you like, including photos, and fees are reasonable and negotiable. Barters and flexible payment plans will be considered.Go to this page for more information
• This site accepts Visa & Mastercard through PayPal.

This site is an experiment in progress. Feedback, comments and suggestions are welcome. Please email comments as well as submissions, mail to 'WoMb, PO Box 85' on Hornby or drop a note in the 'W' box at the Hornby Free Post (for 'Word of Mouth') and I will respond as promptly as I can--given my level of busy-ness and the time of year!

- Namaste