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| Edgware 1926 - Edgwarebury Lane and Mowbray Rd |
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| Edgware 2012 - Edgwarebury Lane and Mowbray Rd |
I lived on Mowbray Rd until I was 19. It was across from a farm in in the 1940's and even more rural in 1926. But oh brother look at in now.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Edgware then and Now
I lived on Mowbray Rd until I was 19. It was across from a farm in in the 1940's and even more rural in 1926. But oh brother look at in now.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Medicine Wheel Reunion on Gabriola
Hear
ye hear ye!
Many of you shared experiences with Medicine Wheel musical
collective in and around Gabriola BC in the 70s. We invite you and everyone
else who would like to celebrate the spirit of the 70s to join us for a
Medicine Wheel Reunion here on Gabriola the last weekend in July.
The main event will be held at the Community Hall on Saturday
July 28 from afternoon to evening, with other more informal gatherings over the
weekend. For the Concert/Dance portion of the evening, of the original
eight members, we have six confirmed, including: Kelly Cavanagh (huckle),
Frank Patrick (Straw), David McVittie, Cher (Starshine), Chris Sherlock and me.
We are bringing in my son Josh Gellman (bass, charango, keys, etc.) and Luke
Nixon (drums) so we will have at least eight people! We will also invite
some other locals and former members to sit in, so it should be a special
evening of music old and new, plus lots of other activities.
We are sending this message to spread the word to those of you
who would appreciate being here for the event.
Please send it on to others you know who might like to attend.
This is a special inclusive event. All ages and all kinds
of folk are invited to attend and participate. We are inviting our
aboriginal community from Nanaimo (Snuneymuxw Band) to come and present songs
and stories. We are hoping that some of Gabriola’s next generation (our
kids!) will also contribute to the musical activities.
This event is in collaboration with the Gabriola Historical and
Museum Society, who have already been gathering materials and documentation of
the “hippy” era on Gabriola. If anyone has pictures, audio files, video
(I guess that would be Super 8 movies!) and so on, please either send them
along by email or bring them along on loan. The Museum will have a
display set up at the Community Hall, and have resources to help gather, scan
and store whatever is brought.
For those who are planning to come, if you can make arrangements
for yourselves for places to stay that would be great. If you need
assistance, please reply to this message and we will see how we can help.
Schedule July 28
• 3
PM: We come together for
the preliminary celebrations with the native community presentation. Then
Gabriolans and others from far and wide, past and present, will share stories
and experiences of the spirit of the 70s through a “Medicine Wheel Community
Circle” facilitated to maintain focus and time.
• 5 PM: Vegetarian dinner around 5
...breaking bread together
• 7 PM: Music and dancing till we get
too tired and run out of fun
Come one and all. We look forward to seeing you again,
being together and celebrating and sharing music!
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“Let the music keep our spirits high.” – Jackson Browne
Sincerely,
Paul
Gellman, Gabriola resident 'Medicine Wheelie'
with
help from Tsiporah Grignon, Paul Grignon (including the great poster!), and Amy
Block
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Gabriola Home Garden Tour - Nanaimo Shaw TV channel 4 - YouTube
Gabriola Home Garden Tour - Nanaimo Shaw TV channel 4 - YouTube
Published on 21 Jun 2012 by ShawTVCentralVI
People help people as local home owners and gardeners come together to raise funds in support of services and organizations on their island. Visitors can go behind closed gates and doors to see some of the more unusual and fascinating places this area has to offer. Melissa Hall has the story which first aired June 2012.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Gabriola clinic shows what community can do
Gabriola clinic shows what community can do
Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Gabriola+clinic+shows+what+community/6793567/story.html#ixzz1xyHNSToI
I live on Gabriola Island, and our community has come together to build a new medical clinic which has just been completed. Apart from a grant of $100,000 from the Vancouver Island Health Authority, the whole project from start to finish has been made possible by donations from the public and volunteer workers to design and build the entire clinic.
It has taken a long time (years) and many, many fundraising efforts on the part of the volunteers. This new clinic has to be seen to be believed, along with a helicopter pad, and all the work done by Gabriola volunteers. Apart from VIHA contribution, no handouts from any other government organization. What an achievement.
Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Gabriola+clinic+shows+what+community/6793567/story.html#ixzz1xyHNSToI
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Gabriola Islanders ramp up their protests over pipeline
Gabriola Islanders ramp up their protests over pipeline
It was quite a spectacle at Oceans Day on Gabriola Island as solemn local citizens in this otherwise quiet community lined up to participate in a protest against the risks of potential expansion of oil tanker traffic and pipelines along the BC coast.
It was quite a spectacle at Oceans Day on Gabriola Island as solemn local citizens in this otherwise quiet community lined up to participate in a protest against the risks of potential expansion of oil tanker traffic and pipelines along the BC coast.
New York Times Comment
- Jeo
- New York
NYT Pick
FLAG
Walking across a bridge one day, a man saw another man standing on the edge, about to jump off, ran over and said "Stop!
don't do it!"
"Why shouldn't I?"
"Well, there's so much to live for!"
"Like what? I'm not married, I have no job..."
"Well... are you religious or atheist?"
"Religious."
"Me too! Are you Christian, Buddhist...?"
"Christian."
"Me too! Are you catholic or protestant?"
"Protestant."
"Me too! Are you episcopalian or baptist?"
"Baptist"
"Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist church of god, or
Baptist church of the lord?"
"Baptist church of god!"
"Me too! Are you original Baptist church of god,
or are you reformed Baptist church of god?"
"Reformed Baptist church of god"
"Me too! Are you reformed Baptist church of god,
reformation of 1879, or reformed baptist church of god,
reformation of 1915?"
"Reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915"
"Die, heretic scum!", the man said, and pushed him off.
don't do it!"
"Why shouldn't I?"
"Well, there's so much to live for!"
"Like what? I'm not married, I have no job..."
"Well... are you religious or atheist?"
"Religious."
"Me too! Are you Christian, Buddhist...?"
"Christian."
"Me too! Are you catholic or protestant?"
"Protestant."
"Me too! Are you episcopalian or baptist?"
"Baptist"
"Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist church of god, or
Baptist church of the lord?"
"Baptist church of god!"
"Me too! Are you original Baptist church of god,
or are you reformed Baptist church of god?"
"Reformed Baptist church of god"
"Me too! Are you reformed Baptist church of god,
reformation of 1879, or reformed baptist church of god,
reformation of 1915?"
"Reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915"
"Die, heretic scum!", the man said, and pushed him off.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
The Clinic is finally opened for business.
Clinic sign updated
You’ve driven past this sign (on Church Street at North Road) a zillion times. Were you there for the Updating of the Sign yesterday? (Or was it Friday? I forget.) I was; I watched as a fellow modified this sign to add the now open part.I presume he was a volunteer, and what a satisfying thing it must have been to to update that sign.
(From Gabriolan.ca.)
The Grand Opening will be August 5th.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Just the Bear Facts
Letter to the Editor: Dead trees and BC Hydro poles
I am emailing to communicate my support for hydro pole painting.
Hydro poles are not natural. They are dead trees and they did not die by natural causes. The trees were killed by humans who then erected the dead trees to carry electricity for human consumption. If the issue was whether we should paint live trees I would argue against tree painting.
Did we, as a community, decide we wanted dead trees festooned with electrical wires – with the occasional pair of shoes or human signage to relieve the tedium – decorating our streets? I hope not, but if so, I would have voted no to that – but I was never given the choice.
Now however, we have a legacy of many dead trees attached to electrical wires circling the island with dead cement as support, not to mention all the dead tree material used in building human dwellings as these encroach on the still living, but shrinking, live tree wooded areas.
I say paint and decorate the dead trees as monuments to the ‘nature’ of human folly and the legacy of wanton killing of live things. The divide between nature and human/culture is a false divide. If we are really worried about living in the natural world perhaps we should just get rid of the BC Hydro poles. In the event that this won’t happen, I look forward to having some of Gabriola’s dead trees, including the dead tree on the street in front of my home, painted by one or many of Gabriola’s fine artists.
With all due respect,
~ Gloria Filax
Hydro poles are not natural. They are dead trees and they did not die by natural causes. The trees were killed by humans who then erected the dead trees to carry electricity for human consumption. If the issue was whether we should paint live trees I would argue against tree painting.
Did we, as a community, decide we wanted dead trees festooned with electrical wires – with the occasional pair of shoes or human signage to relieve the tedium – decorating our streets? I hope not, but if so, I would have voted no to that – but I was never given the choice.
Now however, we have a legacy of many dead trees attached to electrical wires circling the island with dead cement as support, not to mention all the dead tree material used in building human dwellings as these encroach on the still living, but shrinking, live tree wooded areas.
I say paint and decorate the dead trees as monuments to the ‘nature’ of human folly and the legacy of wanton killing of live things. The divide between nature and human/culture is a false divide. If we are really worried about living in the natural world perhaps we should just get rid of the BC Hydro poles. In the event that this won’t happen, I look forward to having some of Gabriola’s dead trees, including the dead tree on the street in front of my home, painted by one or many of Gabriola’s fine artists.
With all due respect,
~ Gloria Filax
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