EDITOR’S FIX

Contributors

ANDREW VALLANCE is a cinephile nerd who currently lives on the west coast. Girlfriendless, he spends his time going to movies, buying DVDs and flirting.

ANGE QUALIZZA is a nutty economist who has a passion for policy, governance and everything to do with municipal government! Let’s lift up the carpet and take a closer look inside City Hall.

ASHLEY KRISTINA has studied astrology for over twenty years and has been reading/teaching for five. For an in depth natal chart reading, email mountainashastrology@gmail.com.

BRAD PARSELL is the manager of the Fernie Chamber and loves working with our local vibrant business community. He is also a music nerd with an ever-growing collection of records in his basement.

CARTER NIEUWESTEEG is an avid biker now living back in Fernie, BC. This September, he is hosting the first annual Fernie Gravel Grind event and is looking forward to hosting gravel biking enthusiasts and showing all that Fernie has on offer. DANYAL TAYLOR is an all year-round adventurer. You can find him hiking in the remote wilderness, crossing crevassed icefields in winter, and bagging peaks at any opportunity possible. You can see more of these adventures @danyaltaylor. JESSICA BOZOKY quit her editing job in Australia to chase the snow. Having settled in Fernie, she’s found herself at home surrounded by mountains (of books). JULIE KELLY is the Manager for the Fernie Trails Alliance and loves spending time on the Fernie trails. KEVIN MCISAAC haunts the coffee shops and streets of Fernie to find his column source material.

MICHAEL HEPHER is a painter, printmaker, sculptor and musician living and working in Fernie. His work is collected internationally and can be seen at Clawhammer Press and a variety of galleries in Western Canada. Every month SADIE ROSGEN teams up with some of Fernie’s brightest young writers collaborating on a given theme. If you are reading this and think that you are that person, drop her a line at sadiepumps@gmail.com.

TAINA TURCASSO is a naturopathic physician, midwife, and new mama who is at long last practicing in Fernie. She is enjoying getting reacquainted with all of Fernie’s offerings with her family. TYLA CHARBONNEAU is a Registered Psychologist (CPBC2385), dog momma, and nature lover. She loves talking with others about mindfulness, self-compassion, and human nature. When we were young, the days felt endless and the memories vivid and bountiful. Why? Well, some say it could be due to our age. In our youth time seems slower because our experiences were ‘being processed in rapid fire.’ Each second of actual time is packed with more mental images, in comparison to fewer as we age and thus a perceived quicker passing of time.

Researcher Professor Adrien Bejan adds that being rested can help slow this passing of time. Which makes sense - we are more alert and aware of our surroundings allowing us more ‘time’ to take it all in. But perhaps there is more we can do.

There is a change that occurs as we age. Responsibility increases substantially and the never ending ‘to do’ list is always in the backdrop. In the process, we lose the natural playfulness of our youth. Of course, many responsibilities are hard to disregard. The mortgage or rent needs to get paid. Kids need to be taken care of. Work needs to get done. But what would happen if we added a little whimsy back into our day-to-day lives? Slow things down, play games, be spontaneous, sing and dance and be silly?

Last month, my family and I went to Shred Kelly’s Tiny Concert in the Annex Park. It was early into phase three of BC’s Restart Plan and we were excited and curious and a bit nervous. It’s hard to describe what unfolded… dancing barefoot in the grass for the entire show with smiles and belly laughs and tears of joy. It was beautiful and energetic and unabashed and every person there was part of it. Time slowed down, we felt and experienced every second and the images are forever etched in our memories.

Here’s to making time for whimsy this August.

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By Krista Turcasso, Editor

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