My Domicile

I chose the name of this blog to encapsulate all facets of my life that are serving to bring me 'home' or to the place that I reside.  By reside I don't mean in time and space although this dwelling and this community I live in are facilitating the process.  The title is broad enough to focus on family, community, work, anything I am involved in that is both grounding me and feeding the fire.

The topic of this post is community.  Never before have I been been someplace that I knew I wanted to stay.  Maybe it was timing; maybe it is family; maybe it is the great fortress of rock to the east or the wind that comes in off the sound.  Maybe it is the cross section of cultural make-up, poverty, affluence, health, illness, change, stagnation, potential, disappointment, smiles, insanity, passion, babies and the elderly.  Squamish seems to have it all - common struggles and common themes found globally and issues representative of those throughout the province.  One thing, however, that is hard to find is ambivalence.

Up until now I have mostly been a sampler of culture, a cultural spectator and soaker-upper and a learner.  Never before have I wanted in such a way to be a creator of culture, or a contributor to culture.  I want for this town, I want for the people here and it feels good.  I want for our common vision and direction and for the betterment of our most marginalized.  Less and less do I want to go away and contribute; more and more I want to stay and contribute.  This is my community; it is the community of my children and hopefully they will learn from it and contribute to it by simply being allowed to be their beautiful selves.