Bodhi Cole believes that eating well is one of the best things we can do for ourselves and our planet. She is totally committed to using all organic ingredients, and sourcing from the abundance of local farms here in Northern California. Bodhi has been cooking for over 20 years, and loves cooking [...]
In keeping with the monthly tradition of writing about new experiences from a fresh set of eyes, my wife and I recently went outside our comfort zones to see first hand what the holistic healing powers of a Tibetan Cranial can do for us, and with Robert Helliesen serving as one of Wilbur Hot [...]
“All the leaves are brown and the skies are gray, I’ve been for a walk on a winter’s day…” Happy New Year’s everyone! 2020 is upon us, and along with a new year for Amy and me comes a whole new perspective! Everywhere we look and everywhere we go is new and alive! Winter time in [...]
Dear Friends of Wilbur: In the late 1970s the Sun Oil Company, owned by the Pew family of Philadelphia, arrived in Colusa County, and expressed their desire to engage in geothermal electricity production at Wilbur Hot Springs. I declined their offer. Sun proceeded to sign contracts with Wilbur’s [...]
Thanksgiving – November 27-29 Chefs Marion Cascio and Liam McDermott invite you to our 5th Thanksgiving Celebration. Come fill yourselves with joy, community, and delightful food! Marion wants you to know that most of the ingredients will be organic and locally sourced. Call now to make your [...]
As a society, we are lonelier than ever before. With social media’s false offering of connection, our primal need to gather has fallen to the wayside. Studies have shown that an individual thrives when closely surrounded by others sharing most of life together. Community focused living can [...]
It’s the first thing you see after coming through the gates at Wilbur Hot Springs – a sign that reads “Time to Slow Down”. The first time I read the sign, I really didn’t give it much thought, as that isn’t the way we have spent the past three years of our lives in southern Utah. Amy [...]
The title to this short story can be interpreted in two different aspects: in one way, it could mean “how did we actually settle upon Wilbur Hot Springs as our new home?”, and in another light, it can mean “how we reconnected with our inner selves here at Wilbur Hot Springs?” Both questions [...]
Not only is it relaxing, but soaking in a hot spring can have great benefits for your health too. The healing powers of hot springs have been used for thousands of years and have been widely accepted in Europe and Japan as natural treatment options for various common ailments. Hot springs are known [...]
The 1970s were times of great experimental creativity at Wilbur. Home birthing seminars, medical seminars, poetry seminars, and gestalt therapy seminars and my own Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program. Then along came Homestake Mining with interest in digging for gold in “them thar [...]