Jeff & Joan Stanford: HUMAN CONNECTION
We read three stories this morning about human connection. In the first, a 92 year old mathematician and a teenage girl connect through their passion for math (92 and [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: EARTH’S MEDICINE CHEST
“We have the best medicine chest right here outside our door,” Jeff remarked this morning. He meant that he’ll walk up to the Inn through the garden, in our pure [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: A MONTH OF CELEBRATION
“May is the month of expectations, the month of wishes, the month of hopes.” Emily Bronte May ushers in celebrations: Mothers’ Day, Memorial Day, graduations, weddings, anniversaries, end of [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: EVERYDAY IS EARTH DAY
We’ve been thinking a lot about hope. Usually we are “hoping for” something, an outcome. Rev. Cameron Trimble writes about a “braver form of hope.” Introduced centuries ago by [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: SPRING INTO ACTION
When we think about spring we think of renewal, rebirth, growth, and rightfully so—The natural world certainly embodies these concepts this time of year. But what do these ideas [...]
Jeff & Joan Stanford: NATURE-BASED EXPERIENCES & VALENTINE’S
We’ve been reading that the latest trends in tourism are authenticity and nature-based experiences. At the Stanford Inn we have always stressed both. We want our guests to enjoy [...]
Joan & Jeff Stanford: CARING INNKEEPERS
We just returned from an extended vacation/holiday (our first in 45 years since beginning innkeeping here). We drove to Vancouver, B.C. to visit family, ferrying to Bowen Island for a [...]
Our Take on Intermittent Fasting
By Sid Garza-Hillman Seems like intermittent fasting is all the rage these days – restricting eating to an 8 - 10 hour window (during daylight) and no calories outside [...]
Joan & Jeff Message: Thoughtful Meditation
Here's a short Meditation Jeff sometimes mentions when teaching his "What Meditation Isn't" class at the resort's wellness center. Meditation is not necessarily a solo pursuit nor is it [...]
Joan & Jeff Message: Welcome Spring
"You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep spring from coming." - Pablo Neruda ~ Trees are in bud and bloom, fat robins hopping and days lengthening: [...]