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Robson Valley Music Festival at Dunster, BC
August 21, 2009 at 6pm to August 23, 2009 at 10pm
It's something we do every summer! Held at the McDonald's on the bank of the Fraser River in Dunster it is always a relaxing, fun way to enjoy summer, music , and other like minded folks.
Camping and local food vendors are there. The Festival is ...
Sounds like a great way to wrap up the summer!
Good grief ... 2009 and Ning doesn't transform URLs into links. *sigh*
1) Hal's HomePage; his book, "Peep Diaries"; his blog; on Twitter (@halpen)
2) CBC Radio "Q" Podcasts (Hal was on June 2nd)
I"Ve pretty much always trusted that there was a substantial aspect to what is so often just fluff and posturing, which is why I set my project aside for my "later years" (i.e. some sort of quasi-retreat experience in the mountains. FWIW setting u...
Good to hear your thoughts, Ben! Although "sex, drugs, & rock- in- roll" are still very much a part of the world, I'm pleased to experience the serious side of many of the young people in the enviromental/ecovillage movement, today. I think we hav...
I was "on the bus" at 14 ... 1968. Can't recall things ever being that good since.
So I carried those values forward ... or tried to, at least.
It sure ain't about being slack and sloppy ... nothing about keeping a bus on the road is slack and sl...
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- Hometown:
- Edmonton, AB Canada
- Relationship Status:
- single / divorced / Dad
- If you are friends with someone a lot older or younger than you decribe that relationship
- hunh? I've been a home-body for the past coupla years, but busking over the decades (autoharp, recorder, djembe) put me in touch with a lotta folk from a lot of age-groups/backgrounds.
- Skills you can bring to a community
- back to the land skills (chainsaw anyone?); music (also sound/recording, and lights); meditation (Sote Zen + Karma Kagyu)
- About Me:
- desire to live in community, I've got some obstacles
- Favorite Website:
- http://twitter.com
- Favorite Music:
- Kraftwerk; Kate Bush; Ferron; Stan Rogers
- Perfect day consists of:
- crisp air, smiles, crackling fire
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I was "on the bus" at 14 ... 1968. Can't recall things ever being that good since.
So I carried those values forward ... or tried to, at least.
It sure ain't about being slack and sloppy ... nothing about keeping a bus on the road is slack and sloppy.
And nothing about relationships, either.
But basically I've watched our society in a dangerous tail-spin.
World politics radicalized me. I was in the military when we (Canadians) helped other developed countries over-throw the democratically elec… Continue
So I carried those values forward ... or tried to, at least.
It sure ain't about being slack and sloppy ... nothing about keeping a bus on the road is slack and sloppy.
And nothing about relationships, either.
But basically I've watched our society in a dangerous tail-spin.
World politics radicalized me. I was in the military when we (Canadians) helped other developed countries over-throw the democratically elec… Continue
Posted on June 2, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments
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- At 12:00pm on June 2, 2009,
Russ said…
- Hey Ben,
Welcome, how's Edmonton these days?
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