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Art and beauty abound in Lighthouse Country’s 2013 “G-Art-Den Tour”,

sponsored by the Bow-Horne-Bay Community Club. On Sunday June 23rd, from 10am until 4 pm, seventeen artists will be painting and crafting in twelve stellar gardens located from Qualicum Bay to Deep Bay in beautiful Lighthouse Country. Begin your green adventure at Erncliffe on Island Highway West by Qualicum Bay in their beautifully appointed garden and Raintree Studio/Gallery. There, five artists in this decorated garden will be sure to please every discerning eye. Or start your tour on the west side at the family-run Streamside Nursery with their collection of Native Plants and a sustainable edible family garden. Passport map tickets can be purchased in advance, or on the day of the event, at the above two locations as well as at Kendor Nurseries in Qualicum Beach, Buckerfields in Parksville, or the Salish Sea Market in Bowser, and other select gardens. To top it all off, included

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in your $15 garden tour, the Lighthouse Community Centre will serve a delicious post-tour Strawberry Shortcake and Tea featuring well-known artists’ creations from Cindy Mawle, Dan Gray, Susan Schaefer, Greg Swainson, Peggy Burkosky, Barbara Botham, Kathryn Manry and Elissa Anthony, to name just a few! The work they complete in their designated gardens will be offered at a Silent Auction in addition to a raffle and valuable door prize which can also be won!

Tour the playful park-like and terraced gardens and challenge yourself in a game of Bocce or Croquet on Bald Eagle Crescent. Relax for a few tranquil moments by the stream running through an acreage on West Thompson Clark Road. Capture the scenic beauty of Chrome Island at gardens on Maple Guard Drive and Ocean Trail in Bowser. Be astounded by over 50 types of exotic plants and perhaps even buy some unique ones on Laurel Crescent. Feel like you’re an eagle with a bird’s eye view of the

majestic garden and ocean views on Seaview Drive and Gainsberg Road in Deep Bay. These are just a few treats we have in store for you here in Lighthouse Country. During your tour, you can also enjoy a lunch at one of our many eateries, experience additional galleries and visit the well-appointed shops in Bowser and Deep Bay - a real community event!

The tour features gardens of intriguing design, with interesting water features or architectural appeal. There are theme gardens of a specific collection and ones with such beautiful views, your breath will be taken away. Get some new ideas and have a chat with our gardeners who possess a quirky sense of adventure and humour. Mark your calendar for June 23! Don’t miss the premier G-Art-Den Tour of 2013! For more info call 778-424-0107. P.S. While you’re in the area, take a peek at the soon-to-be-opened new kids’ park at the intersection of East Thompson Clark and Henry Morgan Drive – there’s no park like it, and there’s no place like our super-natural Lighthouse Country!

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Imagine there stands a formidable cedar, standing quietly in the mist. Suddenly, it pixalizes, and bursts forth from it’s own flesh a large,

exquisite eagle, it’s wooden plumage gently rattling in the wind. Off the tree, out into the world and back. Like life. As a west coast girl myself, I have seen a lot of eagles. They gather in stoic, whistling groups along the beach by my home in Bowser. If I were to lie on my front lawn for even just a few minutes on any given day, I would likely see one in transit overhead. I have also seen a lot of eagle art. And quite frankly, the bird that captures our imagination in its fierce talons, sharpened beak, and icy eyes, is not always captured in the most flattering light. With good intention, and alternate expression,

I have seen them stiffly stuck to fence posts, flattened over fireplace mantles, vaguely carved into stone walkways, their essence construed on anything from table cloths to flower pots. They certainly have our attention. Our beloved and signature brother eagle. But, none have really come to life in the way Wes Seeley’s painstakingly carved eagle’s do...life size, suspended, moving. Born and raised on Quadra Island, the ‘Eagle Guy’, as some refer to him, lived a Tom Sawyer lifestyle in a vast, coastal

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ARTIST WES SEELEY

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IMAGINE THE FLAVOUR

If you have ever grown your own vegetables or had tree-ripened fruit, you know how much better it tastes than produce that has to be picked

and shipped earlier so it can reach the consumer in good shape. If you haven’t had this adventure yet, there is no better time than the present to get started. Local grower, Jesse Jacobs and his company, Outrageous Edibles & Bedibles, have starter plants ready for you to put in the ground today.

Jesse and his crew start the plants locally, in greenhouses in Coombs, BC. High quality plants are their first priority, and all their herb & vegetable starter plants are pesticide-free. Jesse is constantly trying new varieties and admits to a passion for tomatoes, and many of the ones he grows are heirloom or important heritage class varieties.

With skyrocketing food costs globally, homegrown just makes sense, and growing your own food is as easy as picking up a few of Jesse’s vegetable starter plants in local grocery stores like Quality Foods. This accessibility helps home gardeners grow a variety of plants without having to spend a fortune on seeds. It sounds strange, because most seeds aren’t that expensive, but when you have to buy a whole package of seeds for every variety you want to grow, it can add up quickly! With pre-started vegetables plants, gardeners get a jump on the growing season, and since each plant has a different finish time, your garden can provide a year-round food supply! With a well-timed and healthy starter plant, you have the edge in your backyard garden! You can even grow these in pots on your patio.

Another way to ensure you’re growing the best tasting vegetables is to grow heirloom varieties. Heirlooms are vegetable varieties that are

open-pollinated and have evolved naturally. Outrageous Edibles & Bedibles collaborates with Eagle Ridge Seed Company on Salt Spring Island to choose select varieties to grow for local gardeners. They grow seeds from varieties that have been tested and grown here in BC, and that have been found to have exceptional flavour and local adaptability. They do this because Outrageous Edibles & Bedibles is committed to propagating the finest vegetable starter plants around! Their non-edible bedding plants look just as healthy.

Outrageous “Vegstarters” and other bedding plants are sold to local retailers here on Vancouver Island and the surrounding Gulf Islands. Though you can’t buy plants directly from Outrageous, Quality Foods carries them, and John Bruilo from Quality Foods says “they are proud to support local growers.” Twenty years ago Outrageous Edibles & Bedibles started working with Quality Foods to raise the bar in locally grown bedding plants. Recently they have been working on raising awareness about growing our own food. According to Jesse, Quality Foods “does everything they can to support me and other Island farmers”. Thanks to locally rooted businesses like these, your local food supply will be closer to home than ever!

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The Denman Island Home & Garden Tour is back this June, celebrating its 20th anniversary. Over the years, this Tour has won accolades from

national media and attracted visitors from all over BC and even internationally, who often return year after year.

But with 12 properties on the Tour, it can be hard to know where to begin, or how to prioritize. As the Tour’s Media Coordinator, I offer the following guide, which divides the gardens into five categories. Full details of the gardens, including a map, are included on the Tour ticket.

Glorious Gardens

Of course, the Tour is full of ‘glorious gardens’ but this category is for visitors who above all crave jaw-droppingly beautiful blooms and inspiring vistas abundant with colour, texture and fragrance.

Sandy and Des Kennedy: A grassy clearing ringed with tall conifers invites you into an enchanting hollow brimming with colour and intrigue. Extensive flower and shrub gardens feature hand-crafted arbours, stone pathways, terraces, a cascade, a pond, clipped evergreens and stone structures amid sentinels of eremurus and delphiniums, heritage roses, clematis, and ornamental grasses.

Maresia: Maresia means the ‘scent of the ocean’ in Portuguese. This garden was created and tended for many years by Jo Hepburn, a Master Gardener from Van Dusen Gardens in Vancouver. The new owner has respectfully added to Jo’s beloved flower garden, creating stunningly abundant beds which seem to change colour monthly. Multiple ponds, a mature orchard and art throughout add to the magic.

Jayne Ann O’Reilly: As you pass through the old wooden gate, you will find yourself in one of Denman’s secret gardens. This is an intimate garden brimming over with established perennials – peonies, crocosmia, irises and

much much more. Somewhat off the beaten track, the garden has been quietly nurtured by caring hands for many years.

Also consider: Linda and Glen Pollitt, Leslie Dunsmore, Dragonfly Knoll, Susan-Marie and Yoshi Yoshihara.

Art-lovers’ Tour

The beauty of nature is surely augmented by the creative output of the Island’s many artists. Why not enjoy both?

Leslie Dunsmore: An accomplished painter, Dunsmore opens her studio to Tour go-ers, offering an intimate view of the artist at work. Her talent and vision is apparent everywhere – from the owner-crafted home and interior woodwork, to the remarkable original paintings, cement sculptures, and stained glass windows in the house, garden and woodshed. The terraced garden features lush flower and veggie beds with a sweeping view of Lambert Channel.

Dragonfly Knoll: The art begins as you approach – in the form of John Tallerino’s beautiful shrines placed along an enchanted woodland walk to a charming, hobbit-like home and perennial garden. One could spend the better part of a day just browsing through all the art and other whimsical details in this home. And don’t miss the studio with its exquisitely-painted interior, much like a Faberge egg.

Also consider: Maresia and Kennedys (full of art!), Rapatis (ditto + sculptures inside and out); Ruby Slipper Ranch (mosaic murals embedded in the walls).

Farms and Food

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Twelveuniquepropertiesawaityourpleasure.Award-winninggardenwriterandbroadcasterDesKennedyandhispartnerSandyreturnafterasixyearhiatus.Theirextensivegardensarepureenchantment.Youcouldspend hourswanderingthroughtheirhand-craftedarbors,stonepaths,andterraces,orsittingonthedeck beside thecascadeandpondgazingatthemassesofbloomingdelphiniums,oldroses,herbaceouspeoniesandclematis.AnotherTourfavourite,theScrutonfarm,offersa180’curvedpergolacoveredingrapes,clematis,honeysuckleandroses;anaviaryfilledwith cockatielsandlovebirds;richvegetablebeds;awalk-inenclosedberrygarden;arefurbished1922heritagebarnandawoodworkingshopwhereDr.Scrutonproduceshismasterfully-craftedfurniture.NewthisyearistheamazingRapatihouse,anadventurousfeatofengineering,design,craftsmanshipandexquisitetaste,builtinatear-dropshapewithcustommadecurvybeamsandcabinetrythroughout.OnyourTour‘roundtheisland,you’llalsoseeexamplesofnaturalbuildingtechniques,asecretgardennestledalongsideamagicalmarsh,gardensbythesea,outstandingviews,innovativesustainabilitypractices,workfromDenman’sfinestartistsandsculptors,andmuchmore.

IN BRIEFtheir own beauty, especially when augmented by copious ornamental gardens.

David and Joan Scruton: Step through the breezeway into the inner courtyard of this beautiful owner-designed home to discover a happy, working farm. The 180’ curved pergola with grapes, clematis, and roses encircles an active outdoor aviary filled with cockatiels. Stroll into the wonderful refurbished heritage barn and see all the well-loved animals, horses, goats, chickens and dogs.

Oyster Beach Farm:

This waterfront farm features a 100-year-old barn shipped here from Scotland, one of the very first metal barns in the world. Today it is a picturesque working blueberry farm. Sheltered behind the virginia-creeper covered house you will find a substantial veggie garden which specializes in winter crops.

Denman Island Community School: This garden exemplifies a growing movement in education to teach our kids about nutrition and where our food comes from. Freshly expanded this Spring with tremendous volunteer involvement, this garden nurtures growth of all kinds – not just botanical.

Also consider: Ruby Slipper Ranch (permaculture farm); the Yoshihara, Kennedy and O’Reilly properties (amazing vegetable beds)

Construction and Craftsmanship

Alongside all the gardens are some outstanding and unique homes, offering plenty of inspiration for builders, designers, lovers of fine architecture, and anyone with an interest in green building techniques.

Ruby Slipper Ranch: This straw-bale farmhouse has been lovingly built by the owners with wood from within a 100 mile radius and using no drywall or plastic. The natural plaster walls are decorated with Tracy’s hand-sculpted, collaged murals, using bits of tile, mirror, shells and even her mother’s antique tea set! Shayne, a European-trained woodworker, contributes his gorgeous cabinetry and woodworking throughout.

Kathy and Michael Rapati: Built with super-insulating pre-fab panels covered in concrete, this owner-built house makes an impression from a distance and from up close, thanks to its unique leaf shape, its flowing curves, and the incredible detail of the interior craftsmanship. All of the timbers in the house were salvaged and the wooden arch-ribs were made in the cellar.

Also consider: Maresia (light-filled, architect-designed West Coast home), Scrutons (a fully-tooled furniture workshop and hand-crafted period furniture throughout the house).

Wonderful West Coast settings

Waterfront, oceanview, Douglas Fir forest and inland marshes all make spectacular settings, acting not just as beautiful backdrops but also shaping the atmosphere and tone of these gardens.

Glen and Linda Pollitt: This garden melds gently into the beach and features a large variety of plants carefully chosen to thrive in the shoreline environment. Rocks and driftwood are used throughout, helping set off the garden’s many secret spaces and transitional areas.

Susan-Marie and Yoshi Yoshihara: A serene clearing in a mature, second-growth forest provides a gorgeous setting for an elegant, comfortable home incorporating Japanese design elements with West Coast design. The well-established flower garden features perennials, a pond and artfully laid stonework.

Also consider: Jayne-Ann O’Reilly (tranquil Morrison Marsh, with waterbirds, swans and frogs); Leslie Dunsmore, Oyster Beach Farm, Maresia (incredible ocean views)

Denman Home & Garden Tour, June 15 – 16, 9:30 – 5:00 pm. Tickets $18 on-sale at www.denmanconservancy.org/, 250-335-2148, The Salish Sea Market (Bowser), Ken Dor Garden Centre and Arrowsmith Garden (Qualicum) and Cultivate Garden and Gift (Parksville). More ticket outlets listed on the website. Kids free. Visit us on Facebook for photo albums of each property.

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Anyone cycling around the Tour can enter their name for a free draw to win some fun prizes. Just come to the ticket table at the Denman Community Hall to enter.


Hello to all the residents of Area H

The weather has been great and I have been busy with RDN business

as well as gardening and not catching fish. Indeed, as I type, there are a great many coho off Flora Island and Tribune Bay. This is exciting as it has been some years since coho have been seen in significant numbers in our area. This is good news and credit needs to go to the good work at the Qualicum Bay Hatchery (a great place for a hike) and the efforts of the volunteers at the Nile Creek Enhancement Society.

Remember to check the DFO regulations if you are going out, they change regularly. At this moment, hatchery coho are open, but you cannot keep wild fish. For the recreational regulations in our area see: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/rec/tidal-maree/a-s14-eng.htm

If you have questions or comments, please contact me at [email protected]

RAVEN COALAs most of you are probably aware, the Provincial Environmental Assessment Office rejected the Raven Coal Project because it did not contain enough information on topics ranging from tailings disposal, to the effect of a mine on water and air quality. It also said there had been a lack of consultation with First Nations.

At the time of this writing Compliance Coal seems to be intent on resubmitting their proposal after which it will get additional Provincial and Federal scrutiny followed by a 180 day public consultation period. See: http://www.eao.gov.bc.ca/pdf/EAO_User_Guide_20100415.pdf

I have asked that I be advised as soon as possible when it is known when this phase begins; I will pass that information on to you.

HOMELESSNESSUnder the leadership of the SOS, there was a count of homelessness people in D69 (Parksville to Deep Bay) on 8 May. I sit on the Homelessness task force and this is an issue in our area. In D69 the homeless are not as visible as they are in places like Vancouver. Determining the numbers of homeless is important as it helps determine service need (help) and funding.

I will promulgate the results of this survey when I have it.

POTENTIALLY FREE SHAW SATELLITE TV In coordination with the CRTC, Shaw has implemented a program of providing free very basic satellite TV to Canadians who lost TV signals due to the switch from analog to digital TV signals.

Initially, I wasn’t sure if this applied here in Area H, but a local Horne Lake resident applied for this and was approved for the program. Thus, if you meet the criteria below, you should be able to get free very basic Shaw Satellite TV.

From their web site, (http://www.shawdirect.ca/promotions/english/DigitalTransition/default.asp):

“If you haven’t been a cable or satellite customer in the last 90 days, you may be eligible for the Local Television Satellite Solution (LTSS) program. This program will allow you to continue receiving the same or similar Canadian over-the-air channels you’ve always enjoyed courtesy of Shaw

Direct. Please call one of our service representatives before November 30, 2013 at 1.888.782.7602 to see if you qualify.”

BAYNES SOUND INVESTMENTSThe RDN Board approved going forward on beginning to process the application Baynes Sound Investments, (BSI) has made to create a large development in Deep Bay. This means that BSI’s application is at its beginning stage. The immediate (near term) process that we are now following is:

1. Staff will develop a public consultation plan. This plan will include a survey of area residents. I expect this plan by the end of May.

2. Public Consultation will occur followed by the survey. This consultation is still some months out.

3. Depending on the survey outcome, I will vote for the application to proceed or not. First the EAPC will vote on the OCP amendment. Next, the entire Board will vote on the RGS amendment. The OCP amendment cannot proceed if the RGS amendment is not granted first and second reading.

4. Assuming a survey in favour of the development and EAPC and Board votes to let the application proceed, then the OCP and RGS amendment process would proceed. If the majority of residents don’t want this development, then I do not expect that the EAPC or the Board will vote to let the application proceed and hence no changes to the RGS and OCP.

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“There are many great illustrators -what makes a difference between Gladys’ work and most of others is that she does not draw a still subject, but her drawings have life because they capture a moment, a situation.” ~ Valentino.

The glitter, glitz and glamour of the haute couture fashion world of Paris,

Milan and London is a long way from bucolic Denman Island, but after a hectic season of designer showings, renowned fashion illustrator, Gladys Perint Palmer or GPP, returns to her oceanfront home for some well deserved R&R. Last month her husband, Simon Palmer, a member of the Deep Bay Yacht Club entered his Ranger 3 Princesa sailboat in the Swiftsure International Yacht Race, the premier long distance sailing race in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia area. Starting and ending in Victoria, the Swiftsure is international because the midpoint markers are in U.S. waters. Organized by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, the race is most popular with sailors from British Columbia and Washington, but it has drawn boats from as far away as California, Hawaii, New Zealand, and even Russia.

Named by the 1998 Fashion Book, one of 500 people of influence in fashion since 1860, Gladys is not only an esteemed illustrator and writer but also Executive Director of Fashion at San Francisco’s Academy of Art. In honour of her achievements, Mayor Gavin Newson dedicated May 24th, 2006 as Gladys Perint Palmer day in San Francisco. She has drawn for some of the most luminous names in fashion including Armani, Missoni, Versace, Geoffrey Been, Oscar de la Renta, Valentino and John Galliano at Dior.

Gladys’ artistic talents have been showcased in international fashion magazines, in film and on television, as well as in numerous books, galleries and museums, most notably the prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She spent the spring of 1994 working for director Robert Altman on the Paris set of his film “Pret a Porter”.

Published in 2003, her widely successful book “Fashion People” contains wickedly witty caricatures of such celebrities as Cher, Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minelli, Madonna, Celine Dion, even Margaret Thatcher.

Her latest book, Adam & Yves, rolls off the press this month, chock-full of elegant sketches of influencers, designs and signature moments through sartorial history. “Adam & Yves is a tongue-in-cheek history of fashion, crammed with delicious historical items and quotes,” she says. “These are in chronological order beginning with Adam and Eve, the snake, the apple and the fig leaf.”

Just how, I want to know, did someone so immersed in the sophistication, glitter and glamour of London, Paris and Milan discover our laid-back Denman Island?

“That’s a story in itself” she laughingly tells me. “At a wedding in Vancouver in 2003 we were told we should check out Galliano Island with its micro Mediterranean climate. Then back at a party in San Francisco this micro climate was mentioned again so I thought there must be something to it and when we were invited to stay for a couple of nights in the San Juan Islands we chartered a boat and started looking. Sailing north we ended up on Denman Island. Our realtor mentioned a house that had been taken off the market and when we saw it, Simon and I looked at each other and said this it!”

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Is it just thinkers and artists who explore questions of identity? Just the young and

the very old? Does mainstream western culture encourage such exploration? Jessie Recalma is just twenty-three years old, but his embracing of questions surrounding culture and identity have shaped his life.

“I spent my early years on the Nanoose Reserve, and started my schooling there too. I grew up with a strong sense of culture which was shaken when I went to other schools in the District. My eyes were opened as to how the rest of the world viewed Indians, and what it meant, in the eyes of others, to be one. It discouraged me from wanting to associate myself with my indigenous identity.”

“I saw a lot of discrimination as a result of the prevalence of the belief in the ‘dumb Indian.’” In high school, Jessie spent as much time as he could in video class; as a member of the Travel Club he also made three trips to Europe. “At Vancouver Island University I found myself drawn to History, Philosophy and Liberal Studies, the study of Culture and Civilization through Art, Science, Religion, Philosophy and Literature.”

As Jessie continued to explore questions of identity, he developed a love for philosophies that allow for self-discovery, that are open-ended and encourage searching and seeking rather than being descriptive or prescriptive. With a Philosophy Degree from VIU and his acceptance into the Indigenous Governance Masters Program at the University of Victoria this September, one wonders how the academic and the philosophical will connect with the practical, with the lived life.

“I try to make sure that I know the reasons for what I’m doing—whether it’s working at the fish hatchery or reading a book. I believe everyone is capable of living with self-awareness.”

Jessie has had the opportunity, though not an easy one, to move from one culture to another, and to observe the cracks that develop between cultures. “Roots are such

HIS SONG CARRIES THE BEAT OF HIS ANCESTORS AND OF THE FUTURE

an important part of where I’m from—to forget those roots is wrong. It took me a long time to see why I should hold onto and honour my indigenous roots and traditions.”

Placed alongside the philosophers who have influenced him – the likes of Nietzsche, Heidegger and Camus—are the inspirational forces of his two grandfathers. “My paternal grandfather, Ray Recalma, rebelled—he ran away from the residential school; he was able to look the oppressor in the face and say, ‘No.’ My maternal grandfather, Gordon Reid, has also put up with a lot of discrimination, and he has given continued support to his people through education, by being aware of himself and by being able to carry on that knowledge.”

It is a knowledge that Jessie is immersing himself in. “Three years ago the Qualicum Band acquired a thirty-six foot ocean-going canoe, which allowed us to have a canoe for Tribal Journeys. Last year I took the skipper-training course. Being on the water, I feel such a strong connection with my culture, and a strong desire to preserve it.”

“When we travel to other Coast Salish communities, the tradition is to give gifts, sing and drum for the hosts. We now have a singing and drumming group that meets on a regular basis, so that we can have more songs for our hosts and also to maintain our forward-moving energy.”

They have drummed and sung for School Districts events, for World Water Day in Qualicum, and at Idle No More demonstrations. “It feels good to have the songs and to compose new ones.” Jesse’s drum is pretty special too, as it is one that his grandfather Gord made. “There was one

drum I kept using when we would meet to drum and sing; when Gran realized I didn’t have one of my own, she told me to keep it.” Who could ask for more, from one generation looking towards another--the sound of the drumming, shared; the songs, new and old, shared; and the drum-making, the promise of that being carried on as well?

Jessie’s own song carries the beat of his ancestors and of the future. “There are not many highly influential indigenous academics. I’d like to bring indigenous philosophies into the academic world as a valid discipline of study. Right now I’m focusing on learning the language of my people. There are no fluent speakers on the Reserve; I’d like to change that. The power of the land, of what was there before, still exists now. As indigenous people, we need to rediscover that strength and power. I see myself living the majority of my life on the coast—there’s a lot that I have to do around here…

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HOW TO NOT TURN INTO STONE By Joanne Sales

Looking for calm reading at the end of days of stress, I pulled out a book of very old stories rewritten for children by Nathanial Hawthorne. Well,

as you probably know, old myths and tales are not exactly light reading. They had important lessons to teach, and they didn’t mess around.

The grand finale of two stories was that somebody (or many bodies) were turned into stone. Heart, breath, and body too – nothing but stone.

One “turn to stone” event was caused by the gang mentality of delight in war, violence and revenge; the other caused by greed and the love of wealth more than the love of life and living creatures around us.

Hawthorne was a great writer, and I was moved primarily by what he put in one of the first lines of his version of the King Midas story. “At length (as people always grow more and more foolish unless they take care to grow wiser and wiser) Midas became so exceedingly unreasonable that he could scarcely bear to touch an object that was not gold.” How simply stated. We become foolish unless we take care to become wise.

These old stories were told in times when darkness abounded on earth; well, there is still enough foolishness and darkness on earth to warrant such stories. And, our ancestors survived themselves, as I pray we do as well.

We know the story of King Midas. He loved gold so much that when a golden smiled stranger appeared before him, Midas wished for the Gift of the Golden Touch. “Let everything I touch turn to gold.” Oh foolishness, he was to find out the next morning, when his roses, porridge, drink, and finally his beloved daughter all turned to stone. King Midas learned his lesson. He was sharper and luckier than those in the other story.

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as hair. He would have failed miserably (as planned by the king) except for the help of a stranger. (Those marvelous strangers would always show up just in the nick of time. We would be wise to keep our eyes open for them when walking on cobblestones streets, lost in the woods, or shopping at the S.O.S.) This good stranger set Perseus to work polishing his shield, for if anyone set eyes upon the face of Medusa or her sisters, he would be turned to stone. With the stranger’s help, Perseus safely returned to the wicked king with Medusa’s head.

The wicked king and the vicious raucous crowds wouldn’t listen to Perseus’ warning to not look at the face of Medusa. “Slay him!” they shouted, “He’s tricking us.” Well, as soon as they looked at Medusa’s head, there was silence. They were stone. Perseus walked back to his mother and the fisherman who had sheltered them, and we know him as a hero of Greek Mythology.

Again, I think of Hawthorne’s commentary: we become more foolish unless we are take care to become wiser.

How do we confront foolishness and evil without being turned into stone? How can we generate wisdom in a world that is dying from want of it? It’s not just a good idea; as it was for King Midas, so it is for us - a matter of life and death.

In these times, we have really new technology, but we don’t appear to have new wisdom. We’re not generating wisdom at the same rate that we’re generating trash - physical, social, and mental trash. We’re throwing things into the dumpster at an unprecedented rate. Throwing out traditions, belief structures, family structures, cultural patterns, stories, resources, recipes, heritage breeds, forests, species and time tested seeds. True, the expiration date for many things have passed long ago, but we’re being frighteningly shortsighted and indiscriminant. Far too much is disappearing.

Why are we doing this? There have been a few wealthy winners, but 99% of us are losing. Hopefully the gift-giving, golden smiled spirit that gave King Midas the Golden Touch will give the “Kings Midas” of today a second chance as well. Hopefully they will get a chance to reverse the gift of the Golden Touch before it becomes a permanent curse. King Midas didn’t care much for gold after he realized it would cost him his food, friends, flowers, the sweetness of the earth, and the happiness and life of his beloved child – and therefore, future generations.

We can’t just do nothing and hope we don’t turn to stone. As Hawthorne said, we have to actively seek to become wiser.

So, how do we avoid the hardhearted, calcified fate of those who were turned to stone - by greed, violence, or by blindly following the crowds? No hints on that here today. Look for a stranger in the woods, or a book on the shelf, or a message from a child. Catch that dream or thought that flashed by. Polish your shield. And your intuition is right – the mass-mind crowds don’t know what they’re doing! Heroes often have to start out on their own, but they don’t end up alone.

If there were ever a time to revive old-fashioned ideals of justice, compassion, generosity, acceptance, vision, and kindness to strangers, now would be that time. ~

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For a person who works up a sweat and a few curse words knitting a pot holder, I couldn’t help asking him if he has ever had a meltdown making all these feathers work. “Not really. I think I’m pretty patient by nature.” No kidding. The closest he’s gotten to frustration turned out to be a blessing in disguise when he discovered all of the feathers from one wood block had a knot in them. “I was moving to put them in the fire, and then I took a step back, splayed them all out and said, ‘I think I have something here’.” That something could very well be the “Seeley signature spot”, because his latest piece, an eagle braking before landing, has incorporated this knot to form distinct feather markings. Another unique aspect about his latest piece is that this eagle’s wings are arched in such a way that the piece can sit on its wing-tips rather than be hung from the ceiling. It is truly as elegant as it is powerful. A similar piece hangs in a gallery in Seattle, WA. “It’s been quite the learning curve,” says Seeley. It’s been a real leap from his first eagle piece, which was created using a prefab modeling kit, he says. “The kit was terrible, the feathers were flat. I wanted them to look like they were doing something so I took to the band saw and gave them a curve. I’ve been learning and creating each piece from scratch ever since.” Four years later we the viewer are able to enjoy this amazing homage to our amazing coastal spirit, its symbol of freedom, power, and the divine. If you haven’t already seen Seeley’s largest eagle at ArtWorx Gallery at 707 Primrose Street in Qualicum Beach, you can be one of an expected 8,000 viewers to catch sight of it over the course of the Sooke Art Festival happening July 27th to the 5th of August. For more information on Wes Seeley and to view more of his work, visit www.wesseeley.com.

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June20UNIONBAYHISTORICALSOCIETY-UNIONBAYPOSTOFFICE100thANNIVERSARY2DAYCELEBRATION-From8:30amto5:00pmCanadaPostwillbeissuingacommemorativeONEDAYONLYcancellationstamp.AlsoCanadaPosthasdesignedapostagestampwiththePostOfficeonit.TheHistoricalSocietywillhaveantiquepostcardswiththesecolorfulpostagestamps(legaltender)onthemforsale.($4.00)Comeandbuyapostcard,addressit,andhaveyourstampcancelledatthebrasswicketbyourPostMistress.June21UNIONBAYHISTORICALSOCIETY-UNIONBAYPOSTOFFICE100thANNIVERSARY2DAYCELEBRATION-Twoshows,2:00pmand7:00pm.Tickets$10.00atthedoor.AHistory&HumorShowwillbepresentedatUnionBayCommunityHall.Theshowwilldepictalltheproblemsencounteredinbuyingandrestoringthebuilding.Aswell,Fred&SallyBrownandtheirbroodwilltakeyoubackintimeduringUnionBay’sheydays.Comeforsomehistory,funandbirthdaycake.June23G*ART*DENTOUR–June23intheLighthouseArea.Ticketsincludetourof13stunninggardens,artistscreatinginthegardensandastrawberrytea! Artcompletedinthegardenswillbeavailableforauctionatthestrawberrytea. Tickets$15availableattheSalishSea(Bowser),StreamsideNativePlants(Bowser),Ken-DorNursery(QualicumBeach)andonthedayofthetouratselectgardenentrances. Formoreinformationseewww.communityclub.ca,call778-424-0107andseepage4ofthisissue.

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direction.(Whaaat?)Tensionorcompetitionwithafriendoramemberofagroupisalsolikely.You’retreadingwater,waitingforyourbreak-outmove.

Leo(July23-Aug.22)You’repopular!Goforthandspeaktoyoursubjectsinfulldazzle.You’lllovehangingoutwithyounger,creativepeople.Becauseyourambitionisaroused,you’renotsittingaroundgettingdusty.Aucontraire,you’reouttherewithyourcoloursflying.Sinceyou’retalkingtoothersandsharingideasaboutasecretdream–quitelikelysomeonewillhelpyou.Somethingunusualwillexpandyourworldthroughtravel,politics,religion,brilliantideasandphilosophicalconcepts.Expectathrilling,promisingmonthahead.

Virgo(Aug.23-Sept.22)Therearemoreplanetsatthetopofyourchartnowthaninmorethanadecade.Thismeansyou’rehighviz.intheeyesofmany,especiallyauthorityfigures,bossesandparents.Italsomeansyou’reputtingoutenergytotravel,exploreideasandexpandyourworld.Youmightbesoenamouredofsomeoneinapositionofauthority,inpartbecauseyouattractfavourableattention.It’salmostasifyoucandonowrong,youlookthatgood.(Opportunityknocksonlyonce,buttemptationbangsonthedoorforyears.)

Libra(Sept.23-Oct.22)Thismonthlifeisexcitingbecauseyoucanexpandyourexperienceoftheworld.Mostofyouwilltravelorgetfurthertrainingandeducation.Onethingiscertain—youwillmeetpeoplewhostimulateyou,teachyouandintroduceyoutonewconceptsandideas.Someofyouwilldevelopaloveaffairorromancewithsomeonefromadifferentbackgroundoradifferentcountry.Becarefulbecauseradicalchangeswithpartnershipsandclosefriendsmightcatchyouoffguard.

Scorpio(Oct.23-Nov.21)ThisisapowerfultimebecauseyourrulerPlutoiselectricallychargedbyUranustriggeringexplosivesituations,whichmightsetyouoffonanewpath.Marsoppositeyoursigncreatestensionwithothers.Bepatientbecauseangerservesnopurposeotherthantomakeeveryonemiserable.Bymid-June,thisinfluence

ofMarsisover.Inthemeantime,itmakesyouannoyedwithothers.Ofcourse,fromyourpointofviewtheyareannoying!Goodnews:Inthenextsixweeks,gifts,goodiesandfavoursfromotherswillcomeyourway.

Sagittarius(Nov.22-Dec.21)You’reworkinghardnowplusdashingaroundanddelegatinglikemad.Plusyouarefocusedonpartnersandclosefriends.Thingslookgoodbutyoumightwanttoredefinearelationship.Quitelikely,youwillhaveamoreaccurateappreciationofothers.Conversationswillbemeaningfulandthemonthaheadwillbetheperfecttimetopatchupmisunderstandings.Butdotakenote:Youwillbemoretiredinthecomingmonth,whichmeansyouneedtogetmoresleep.Gotobed.

Capricorn(Dec.22-Jan.19)Surprisingchangesathomemakeyoukeentogetbetterorganized.You’realmostdirectingtraffic.You’reworkinghardbecauseyouhavegreatjobopportunitiesnoworchancestoimproveyourjoborgetabetterjob.You’llalsowanttomakewhereyouworklookmoreattractive.Andspeakingofattractive–co-workersandbosseslookappealing,whichiswhyawork-relatedromanceislikely.Fortunately,it’snotallworkandnoplay.Marsmakesyoufeisty,prankishandeagertoexploresportsandcompetitiveactivities.

Aquarius(Jan.20-Feb.18)Thisisafun-filledmonth!Takeavacation.Plansocialactivities;maketimeforsports,picnics,barbecues,shorttrips,movies,theartsandplayfultimeswithchildren.Romancecanflowerbeautifullynow.Thisisalsoawonderfultimeforcreativeandartisticventuresbecauseyourproductivitycansurge.You’refullofinnovativeideasthathelpyouputanewspinonthings.However,dobecarefulbecausethisweekisamildlyaccident-pronetimeforyou.Payattentiontoeverythingyousayanddo.

Pisces(Feb.19-March20)Home,familyandyourdomestic,privateworldareyourprimaryfocusnow.Youcanenrichyourhomelifeandenhanceanddeepenyourfamilyrelationshipsatthistime.Enjoyentertainingathomeandtacklinghomerepairs.Conversationswithaparentwillbesignificant.You’llloveredecoratingandmakingwhereyoulivelookmorebeautiful.You’reaggressiveincommunicationswithothersnow.Keepaneyeonfinancialmattersbecausesomethingunusualmightoccur.Asuddenjobofferorajobchange?

Aries(March21-April19)Thismonthyou’llbebusierthanaone-armedpaper-hangerwithhives.Acceptthisacceleratedpace;gowiththeflow.Shorttrips,busyerrands,conversationswithneighboursandsiblings,increasedreadingandwritingplusanambitiousTo-Dolistwillmakethismonthflybyinablurofactivity.Butitwillbefun,upbeatandstimulating!Youareexperiencingbigchanges--changesforthebetter.We’retalkingradical--appearance,personalityandstyleofrelating.Thewholeenchilada.

Taurus(April20-May20)Money,money,money.Inthemonthahead,yourfocusisonearnings,cashflow,financialmattersandmajorexpenditures.You’llbecheckingyourbankaccountsonlinetoconfirmwhatyouhaveandwhatyoudon’t(almostwishingyourdoughcouldgrowbymagic).Actually,thisisapossibilitybecauseyou’refullofmoney-makingideasrightnowandtheForceiswithyou.Ohyes.(“Luke,Iamyourbanker.”)Nowandformonthsahead,youhaveoneofthebestchancesinmorethanadecadetoboostyourincome.(“Sparechange?”)

Gemini(May21-June20)Fourplanetsinyoursign!Youhaven’thadthiskindofattentionsince2001.TheSunenergizesyou,givingyouachancetorechargeyourbatteriesfortherestoftheyear.Mercurymakesyoutalkative,whileVenusmakesyoudiplomaticandcharmingashell.Ofcourse,luckyJupiterboostsyourenthusiasm,increasesyourconfidenceandattractsfortunatepeopleandfavourablecircumstancestoyou.astimulating,funmonthaheadfullofnewexperiencesthatblowyourmind.Hooah!

Cancer(June21-July22)Someofyouarehavingasecretloveaffair.Othersareenjoyingsolitude,especiallyinbeautifulsurroundings.Ahyes,thegoodlife.Someofyouaremakingplansanddoingresearch,whileothersareexploringspiritualideasandgettingmoreintunewiththeirinnerworld.Nevertheless,surprisenewsfromauthorityfiguresmightactuallychangeyourlife

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