Watching my community vote conservative feels like...

I often reflect on these words of wisdom, "You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." - Marcus Aurelius “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response.” - Victor Frankl

Let's eat maple flowers, This is one of those foods that's available in massive quantities but for a limited time. So pick and eat at your leisure. But don't pick more than 20% of any food resource. they taste like broccoli sprouts! Sp'e'qum tu Ts'alhulhp - Flowers of Maple Tree #Hulquminum

When we get the the top our next move must be to reach back and help others join us. We didn't get here alone, so it would be immoral to enjoy the view alone. #IndigenousForestPunk

I found some cool Indigenous Food resources I wanted to share. Day cares, and child care places, have all plastic versions of western foods. I always wondered why we don't represent our foods. Well now you can with all these cool toys. #IndigenousFoodSovereignty

With yi'yuq in the air I thought I'd reshare one of my favorite language videos of them all. Lemut tu yi'yuq, aa muy' u' #indigenousforestpunk #Hulquminum #IndigenousLanguages

Please come to our Cowichan District Hospital Indigenous Foods Project community input forum, 11am - 2pm February 2nd 2025, Fill out our survey to get an Indian Taco Lunch prepared and served by King Diaz Catering and a chance to win one of several door prizes. #Cowichan #IndigenousFood

I thought making videos that were under 90 seconds was hard. This app wants to videos of only 60 seconds or less. I'll take the challenge, but will need to start recording shorter videos. Picture is of the Stz'uminus River Estuary #WeAreTheNewAncestors

Now I can never run out of China Lily! I remember the great China Lily scare that kept it off our shelves for almost a whole year. 🫣 And the struggle, as the elders chef, of trying to find a replacement soy sauce. we never did find a substitute. Art by Ruby Bruce, ink by Makwa Greaves.

Dont forget; The homeless and the addicted are knowledge keepers too. Their knowledge was the harshest to aquire.

On behalf of the Indigenous Foods Project with the new Cowichan District Hospital I would like to invite you to attend an in person gathering at the Si'em' Lelum Gymnasium, 5574 River Road in Duncan, on Sunday February 2nd 2025. #IndigenousFoodSovereignty

Honoured to be made the chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food,

This was a good day, It's not every day that I get to cook for 250+ people using traditional technology. #WeAreTheNewAncestors #IndigenousForestPunk #salishfire #cheflife #rezlife #indigenousfoodsovereignty #salmon