Word of Mouth blog

from my blog 
My journey continues on its tricksy winding path, leading me to surprising endings and unexpected openings. For one, I’ve decided to cancel the ‘Salon Phoenix’ series. The first one was lovely, with several beaming faces encouraging and applauding, and with the added bonus of Selwynn sharing her beautiful song. Now there’s a rising [...]

If anybody is going to be in Vancouver for this, it sounds like a good thing…
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On June 20th and 21st, BC Citizens for Public Power will host a gathering of concerned British Columbians—from activists to academics, environmentalists to energy experts, as well as film makers, First Nations leaders and other public power devotees. [...]

Special Presentation by Margaret Eberle – Housing Consultant
(conducting a needs assessment of Hornby and Denman)
Sunday 1 June
New Horizons
11:00am
Come, learn, participate. ISLA needs new directors and volunteers. An exciting community project!

From my blog:
The assignment this month over on Northern Scribblers Online was to write about a windfall that happened to somebody. It made me remember the following true story. Go magic!
Miracle in the Parking Lot
Nothing makes you appreciate money more than not having any. Raising two boys on an income fixed at a [...]

submitted by Michelle Easterly
AHOY B.C FERRY USERS AND OTHER CONCERNED CANADIANS,
Direct action individuals from Hornby and Denman Islands have formed the Rock the Boat Coalition. We are faced with the challenge of organizing the “organizers list ” from all B.C. Ferry dependent communities thru out BC. A Call to Action letter, website and contact individuals [...]

This ballsy granny is a woman after my own heart. Go Betty!
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Am I Fanatic? Oh, Yes!
Yes, I am a fanatic. I am a fanatic for love of this earth and the earth’s creatures which include a few people I have to admit, that I don’t even like. But yes, I am a fanatic [...]

This is from Tony Law. Thanks, Tony, this should prove very helpful to islanders feeling frustrated about unfair ferry fares.
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Hi Folks:
People have asked for addresses to send letters about ferry fares.
Here they are below (they are easily obtained by googling):
Some suggestions…
1. Even if you have written before – write again!
(Otherwise they’ll think you [...]

The latest from Dar & Shu in Uganda. Fascinating!! Thank you Darlene for keeping us all up to date.
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Daily Life in Uganda
by Darlene Gage
Some of you have been asking about our daily lives here in Uganda. So, here you go… in lots of gory detail….
if you’d like to see some photos, try our [...]

Somebody (Neil?) was kind enough to mention that he enjoyed reading my occasional blogly blatherings here, so being the attention-whore that I am I’ll keep posting them.
This is the latest entry from my website ‘Spreading the Gaia Word‘, formerly ‘Truth is a Crazy Poet’. It’s spring. Life is good. Life is better than [...]