Fall festival time…harvest, abundance, wine, food. A time of celebration!

The stock markets are plummeting, there’s talk of recession, people are losing their jobs and financial giants are crumbling.I live in a rural area, and as I have been thinking about this article the last few days, I have been looking forward in anticipation to writing about the Fall Wine Festival, harvest celebrations, and the general feeling of being thankful for such abundance. The apple trees out my window are laden with dark red apples contrasted against a brilliant blue sky.

Traditionally, this is the time of great celebration. Here in the Okanagan in South Central British Columbia, Canada, life is pretty much the way it always has been. The late summer is traditionally warm this year, and the orchardists, vineyards and wineries are all gearing up to bring in the last of the ripened fruit. The grapes will be crushed, and we will all celebrate at the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival. Two weeks of celebrating abundance.

If you are one of those hit hard by current circumstances, my hope is that you will find some small reason to celebrate too.Beth is a Certified Professional Life Coach who loves to combine her passion for food, wine and good living with her coaching practice. She specializes in working with “Culinary” Boomers to help them re-discover their passions, experience more balance and fun, and create the quality of life they want and deserve.Beth believes that life is a lot like a good wine. You have to slow down and savour it. Use all your senses to fully experience every nuance.