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This column was going to be about the outcome of the Tlell Community Association AGM. However, due to general disarray, we had to postpone that AGM to April 12 at 4:30 p.m. at the Tlell Firehall. If you doubted my assertion that we are in n

Janet Rigg · 2026-03-27

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January Change

It is January. It is a dark month, full of weather delays and changing plans. The faster you try to go, the more the universe seems to say, “Sit down. We will wash out the highway if we have to. Oh, you made a temporary fix for that? Then w

Janet Rigg · 2026-01-16

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The December Sun

Her low, blinding illumination makes it hard to hide from the weathered truth. She is stingy with her gifts, a coy sun, sometimes barely peeking above the trees. The weather is sharper, the light cooler. It filters through the forest like w

Janet Rigg · 2025-12-19

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Giving Through Loss this Holiday Season

Here it is, December. The traditions of stringing up lights and bringing a tree into the house have origins long before Christianity. Some say evergreen trees exist because one once sheltered a Winter Spirit and, in thanks, the spirit grant

Janet Rigg · 2025-12-05

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Pathways to Care

We are getting close to the longest night of the year. All signs are pointing to Haida Gwaii hibernation time. Around this time of year there is a bit of a reckoning occurring. Many relationships begin in November, the fight for a living be

Janet Rigg · 2025-11-20

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Cooling Air

The air is cooling and the darkness stays longer each night. October is upon us, her musty crunch, hearty food, and promises of a cozy evenings are dancing hand in hand with the reality of cleaning the chimney, winterizing the garden, and g

Janet Rigg · 2025-10-14

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How Do You Eat a Sandwich?

My apologies to the gluten intolerant among us. This introspective exercise may fall short, given the unlikelihood you’ve recently eaten a sandwich. But the wisdom may transcend. I think we can all agree there are good parts of a sandwich a

Janet Rigg · 2025-09-28

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Start at the Ceiling

Apparently, people who know things know that when you clean an interior space, you start at the ceiling and work your way down. This was relayed to me as an obvious fact, not told to me directly but through a story about how someone else ha

Janet Rigg · 2025-09-12

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The Art of Ambiance, the Art of Life

It’s Sunday morning, the sun is shining, and a raven is chatting. A car alarm sounds, and a dog that doesn’t sound like it’s used to being in the woods barks with a mixture of delight and fear. These are my surroundings, as I reflect on the

Janet Rigg · 2025-08-16

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They’re here!

First—the news! Adriene has sold her business at the Crow’s Nest, or the Tlellian Mega Mall, as I like to call it. For the past 12 years, Adriene has provided us with the basic necessities, milkshakes, coffees and legendary cinnamon buns. H

Janet Rigg · 2025-07-05

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Lantern Legacy in Need of a New Lightbearer at the Edge of the World

For nearly two decades, the lantern parade has cast a magical glow over the Edge of the World Music Festival, thanks to the dedication of volunteers who shaped it into a beloved tradition. But this year, with no one left at the helm, the fe

Janet Rigg · 2025-05-22

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Easter Gardening

I’m writing this on the tail end of an Easter long weekend that was a lot of fun. Not being religious myself, the weekend is more about time with friends and family than about anything Jesus got up to. A small egg hunt was done for my son a

Janet Rigg · 2025-05-01

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Soccer Saturday!

It’s April, and spring is sprunging! Trees are budding, grass is growing, and seedlings are being nurtured and planted in gardens all over Tlell. The nettles are perfect this time of year — fresh and delicious. Use them as you’d use spinach

Janet Rigg · 2025-04-13

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Newsworthy Tellagram

I am increasingly humbled by the people whom I run into who mention they read my column regularly. My biweekly musings sometimes seem of little import, but I do write them earnestly and with vulnerability, hoping to inspire others to live t

Janet Rigg · 2025-03-29

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Costa Rica, loving challengers retreat

Do you listen to your own inner voice? Not the voice that tells you did it wrong, not the one that wonders why you said that silly thing, not the one that says it’s never enough. I’m talking about your own voice. The voice that already know

Janet Rigg · 2025-03-26

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Whimsy

Here we are, half way through the longest shortest month of the year. How do we keep going? With whimsy. The world is particularly bleak at the moment, in ways that bewilder and defy. It all seems somehow out of our control. But I saw one p

Janet Rigg · 2025-03-09

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A viral post of an unwanted nature

As a columnist, I spend time considering what I’m going to write and the audience that is likely to enjoy it. I try to make my writing humorous or interesting—hopefully both. I’m sure, for some, I fall flat, but I rarely hear about it. Perh

Janet Rigg · 2025-02-23

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Have a heart

In the summer of 2022, blue spray-painted hearts began to appear at the end of Wiggins Road in Tlell. I had to look up that date and am mildly shocked it’s been two and a half years since these started to appear. Amazing how we become accus

Janet Rigg · 2025-02-01