Sunday May 26th, 2013

Registration at 11:45am at Lions Park walk at 12:15.

There are all kinds of dogs that have to be walked every day in Oliver, please come over to Lions Park with a small donation and walk with friends and neighbors. BBQ by donation. The dogs get presents and their walkers get prizes. You do not need a dog to walk just come on over and have fun.

2. Half Corked Marathon on this weekend – busy day getting registered at the CPR station in Oliver

A touch is light, soft, may even be tender. We can be touched by a story and if someone is a bit touched they may not be mentally well. When we touch each other we can communicate a positive intent, could be love. That touch needn’t be physical, could even be just a look, a certain kind of look at a certain moment. When something is touching it stirs emotion and empathy.

This touch thing has a lot to do with emotion. I can be touched by the angel of death or by an angel of light, hope, love. It seems that we are touched a lot by other people and not just physically. I guess that means I touch a lot of people in my day to day interactions. I wonder which angel I feel like when I touch someone?

A touch is like a whisper, light, soft, could be missed if I am not paying attention. When trying to touch me, if I miss it, you may try again and touch more strongly. When the touch is not physical (sending vibes), it may escalate into a phone call. One can yearn for another, one can send a message or piece of info. We are somehow connected beyond the physical in the same room and we can communicate by touch.

Rizzo says that Sandi is “so touchy” after the girls in Grease sing that she is “lousy with virginity” (and other things). When someone is ‘touchy feely’ they are sensitive and highly intuitive. In the sport of fencing, touché, is to touch your opponent with the foil, and it means “I admit that you have me”, as the one being touched is the one who speaks it. Sometimes admitting touché can be a very helpful thing. Yes?

It is a privilege to receive or give touch. To do so requires a rare level of attention, a connection on a level beyond just physical. A story can touch me because I relate, I feel the story and absorb the emotions in it. We need and crave touch, to be seen, as expressed in the movie Avatar, to be caressed as new born babies must be or they can die, to be acknowledged. Go out and touch someone, let someone touch you.

Author of the forthcoming book, Up From Paralysis, a true story

Joseph Seiler CPCC  MCC        250 498 4017                      www.yournaturaledge.com

Poor pollination caused by the cold and wind and a late frost have damaged this year’s crop of cherries in the South Okanagan.

Newman Weather Service

Cherry farmer Greg Norton says his crop will be less than 50% and he believes based on reports that Osoyoos will be even worse. Keremeos damage about the same as Oliver.

Norton says apple and peach blossom damage could be bad as well.

There were three cold nights in April  (shown left)  and on May 1st it was minus 1.3 at 6am

All readings in celsius

Photo by Ernie Race

Thanks to Brian Highley, Okanagan Sun Magazine