Creator Provides
Elder Peduhbun Migizi Kwe/Dr. Catherine Brooks (left) blesses the feast. With Betsy Anderson and Robin Buyers (holding strawberries)...
Soil, Water, Sun, & Love
Dan and Mary Lou Smoke teaching in August 2023. When Elder Mary Lou Smoke teaches "The Water Song," she urges singers to "sing as if your...
Good Food for All
The Medicines--as Joseph Pitawanakwat calls all Plants--are teaching we gardeners the subtleties of “green” these last sunny days....
James and His Listening Ears
By Robin Buyers The Rushton Road steps of St. Matthew’s United Church are often a community gathering space: for Wychwood Open Door...
Small Changes. And Big
Elder Catherine often reminds us that “change is the only constant,” and nowhere is this truer than in a garden. By human design or no,...
Ba’wezhiganag? Luskinikn? Palauga?: Delicious!
By Robin Buyers Jacob and Robin cook Bannock in the Na-Me-Res kitchen. Photo by Betsy Anderson Whether named in Anishinaabemowin,...
Every Child Matters
By Robin Buyers At such a time as this It is necessary to respond to the finding of 215 undocumented graves in what is now British...
Service Berries: Ozigwaakomin
By Robin Buyers July 2020 On Wednesday morning, The Stop’s Wychwood Open Door Volunteer Program Assistant EveenMohammad came round to the...
Water is Life
By Robin Buyers Elders say that the First Teaching is Gratitude for Life. When Elder Jimmy Dick holds a Sunrise Ceremony, he shares this...
