Out for Brunch

Tahsis Time Grill is on winter hours, which means we are down to Sunday Brunch and special occasions.  The tasty brunch menu is worth the week's wait, however.  My current favourite is the traditional Eggs Benedict.  I enjoyed mine with a bowl of Chorizo Chicken soup today.

On the way home, we noticed members of the Tahsis Volunteer Firefighters Association up in a tree.  They are preparing for our annual Christmas Tree Lighting which is on Wednesday, December 3rd.

Everyone is invited to the large tree opposite Tahsis Supermarket Wednesday night at 6:30pm.  The tree will be lit, Christmas music will be sung around the tree and the bonfire, and the Tahsis Lions will have hot dogs and hot chocolate for sale.

Esperanza Valenteen Retreat Information

Esperanza is a very special place close to Tahsis.  This excerpt is from their website:

Esperanza is a community of convergence, a meeting grounds for people of various abilities, interests, denominations and ethnicities. It is a place where people learn about our Creator, about one another, and about themselves. It is a community where some come to live, some come to rest, and some simply visit. Others come to volunteer and serve for a day, and others a lifetime.  

Some of our CMESS students come from Esperanza by boat every morning, and many Tahsis community members love to accept the invitation to join the families at Esperanza for Easter or Thanksgiving Feasts and Celebrations.  Esperanza Ministries often have programs for young people throughout the year, and it looks like plans are underway for a Teen Retreat in February.

Improv

Our school is unusually small.  We have about 34 students, from Kindergarten to Grade 12.  That rules out many activities, like soccer since we don't have enough of the same age of kids to make one team, let alone two!  But one thing our kids excel at is drama.

Year after year, our kids hone their skills onstage in various productions and shows.  We have a great interest in Theatre Sports, and our students travel and compete in the Canadian Improv Games.  Two days ago, our improv team (the CMESS Pirates) competed in a North Island exhibition round in Comox.  They did well and had a lot of fun!    

Wreath and Arrangements Workshop

Today I attended an excellent workshop organized by Stephanie Olson.  It was held at the Tahsis Recreational Centre and was taught by Sharon Stembridge, who has years of experience as a florist.  Sharon and Stephanie had gathered up fresh local greenery, and 11 of us had a great time wrestling branches onto wire hangers and into vases.

It was a very enjoyable afternoon, and our projects turned out beautifully.  Mary, a newcomer to town, pointed out how much nicer our wreaths were than the ones from the store, since we have had the meaningful experience of making them.  Something to remember this time of year, when it's easy to get caught up in the shopping shopping shopping mentality.