a ski getaway in a historic cabin in telluride, colorado

This historic and charming Rungi Chungi cabin (that's colourful in Nepalese) is nestled in the mountain village of Telluride, Colorado, a five-minute walk away from these truly legendary lifts.

The cabin sleeps four guests comfortably, or ten ski bums and one squatter on the front porch (that would be me ~ Kate). Complimentary lift tickets are included for two guests for five days of skiing each. Or, visit in the summer, when the village comes alive with great music, art, food, and wine festivals, as well as mountain biking and all other pursuits of the green season.

Nightly rental value is $200.00. Some availability restrictions apply -- the family will work with you to determine the best time for all.

~ a conversation with Lara Young, proprietor of Rungi Chungi ~

Kate: Telluride?!? Justin and I and the boys will be at your doorstep in six hours. We will arrive hungry and talking all your ears off. Are you the lifestyler, or is your husband, or both? Meant with all affection. Justin was a ski patroller for eleven years and we both miss it so much. The mountain life, the skiing, the everything. I've heard so many good things about Telluride, the town as well as the mountain. Neither of us have ever really skiied proper powder. Good dreams tonight.

Lara: I assume a lifestyler is some queer Canadian term for ski geek! My husband was a ski patroller for 20 years between Vermont and here. He also worked for the Heli-skiing operation here for 3 years. Right now we caretake a large property of 25 homesites. Mikey does the manly trail grooming, plowing, etc. I do the experience and fun-making for people. I am exhausted from my teething nursing monkey keeping me up and then having to ski fresh powder today. We are in a big storm cycle and it is a winter ski town come to life...

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Ski getaway in Telluride, Colorado: includes one week (1) accommodation in historic village cabin plus complimentary lift tickets for two (2) guests for five (5) days of skiing each.

Starting bid: $800.00

classical acting session (Vancouver) with Donald Adams, founder, 'The Shakespeare Centre'

Being a skilled and effective classical actor requires training. If you show up at an audition for the VSO and say, “I have this violin and I really like playing it but I’m kind of self-taught. Anyway, here goes!”, you won’t get very far. It’s the same with classical acting. You need the tools to bring the great language and characters and plays to life. This class will focus on four areas of training: voice and movement, text analysis, rehearsal techniques, and performance.

All you need to get started are two contrasting Shakespearean monologues (one of which you have memorized in advance). Whether you’re a near-beginner who wants a solid footing for your work, or a seasoned professional looking for a brush-up, this is the class for you!

Donald Adams co-founded The Shakespeare Centre over five years ago with partner Jo Bates. While continuing to teach, and coach privately, during that time, Donald has appeared with Bard on the Beach (Macbeth, Shylock, and many others), Touchstone Theatre (numerous productions, including "Little Mercy's First Murder", "Prodigal Son" ", and "Influence"), the Christ Church Cathedral PAL benefit ("Agamemnon"), Blackbird Theatre ("Peer Gynt"), and Electric Co. Theatre ("Brilliant"). He has worked with such notable classical mentors as Douglas Campbell, John Neville, Robin Phillips, and Patsy Rodenburg, and performed Shakespearean roles across Canada for Stratford Festival, Canadian Stage, Citadel Theatre, The Playhouse, The Arts Club, and Carousel Theatre.

A long-time teacher for Bard's Young Shakespeareans, Donald has also taught at Maggie Bassett Studio (Toronto), and conducted workshops at Stratford Festival, and various universities and schools. Most recently, he received a Jessie nomination for his work as Hephaestus in "Influence", played Sir Galahad in the tv movie "Merlin and the Book of Beasts", and will appear in the mini-series "Riverworld".

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

One two-hour classical coaching session with Donald Adams for a Vancouver actor or student. May include voice and body work, text analysis, and performance feedback.

Starting bid: $50.00

a photography session with quadelle -- either in melbourne Australia, toronto ontario, or Nova Scotia

 

Enjoy spending time with your favourite people and Quadelle will follow with her camera to capture laughs, energy, and personalities. The session can be done in Melbourne, Australia in the near future, or in Nova Scotia in June or July (or even downtown Toronto in mid-June). Quadelle will gear the session to capture the kinds of images you are most interested in having from the day. Within three weeks of the session you will receive a CD of high-resolution images which you can print or share freely.

Quadelle rarely strays far from her camera and loves the beauty of everyday moments. Quadelle is looking forward to having an extended visit with family and friends in Nova Scotia, and as much as she loves her husband's Australian accent, she is wildly hopeful that the visit will be long enough for her children to sound even a bit more Canadian.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

A photo shoot for a family, couple, baby, individual or friends with Quadelle -- either in Melbourne, Australia in the near future, Nova Scotia in June or July, or downtown Toronto, Ontario in mid-June.

Starting bid: $100

one-year advanced blogging plan with squarespace: new! revised starting bid

Squarespace is divine. Not only does this platform allow me to achieve exactly the kind of websites I envision aesthetically, but it gives me the tools to make those websites and communities highly compelling and functional.

Every blog I've founded or contribute to is built on the Squarespace platform -- Glow in the Woods, Shutter Sisters, my author site, my book site, the Haiti auction site and my personal blog, sweet | salty. Anyone who expresses an interest in blogging gets tackled to the ground with my Squarespace enthusiasm. I can't recommend it enough. ~ Kate Inglis

Squarespace is defined by our insistence on software that provides an unparalleled user experience from a robust core. Every pixel of Squarespace’s software is engineered and animated to be flawless. Squarespace was conceived to be — and will remain — a departure from the sea of free products and "me too" services that pollute today’s web marketplace.

The Squarespace Advanced Package is great for more sophisticated websites requiring multiple editors and more robust site structures. Features are listed here, including a custom URL for a clean, brandable blog name; plenty of storage and bandwidth; tools for deep and flexible navigation; and the ability to host multiple audiences, memberships and email subscriptions, and private views.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

One-year advanced blogging plan with Squarespace (total value: $240.00/year)

NEWS! Because I know how great it is, and how much of a deal it is, I set the starting bid at $125, and Squarespace said "Hey, let's sweeten the deal!", and so wow, new starting bid: $60.00

authentic mothering session with amelia maness-gilliland

During this one-to-one workshop with Amelia Maness-Gilliland, you'll complete the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, MBTI, to gain a better understanding of your personality type. Amelia will apply this insight to your mothering to gain a realistic and objective picture of your strengths, struggles and needs -- so that you have the tools and understanding you need to become your own unique 'ideal' as a mom.

Amelia Maness-Gilliland is the founder of Mom's Daily Retreat in Mesa, Arizona. As a Myers Briggs Type Indicator® Certified Professional, Amelia works with moms to understand the influence our personality has on how we parent, how we manage the bliss and the chaos of life, and career related issues that moms face who are either currently working or planning to return to work.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Mothering Authentically: Individual Session with Amelia Maness-Gilliland

Starting bid: $95.00

two tickets to the premiere of 'paradise garden', a play, at Vancouver's Stanley Theatre

Local boy Day, a free spirit, lives next door to worldly Layla, a career-driven intellectual. The two have nothing in common. Or do they?

Over time these divergent souls come to understand each other in a way neither thought possible. A contemporary tale of romance and cultural divides so engaging it will change the way you see the girl (or boy) next door!

~ Paradise Garden by Lucia Frangione

Award-winning playwright and actress Lucia Frangione has emerged from Canada’s independent theatre scene to take her place as an important, young post-feminist voice on the lives of women in the post-modern world, boldly questioning the institutions of family, religion and sexual iconography.

Lucia is the recipient of the 2006 and 1998 Gordon Armstrong Playwright Awards and won the Sydney Risk playwright award for Cariboo Magi in 2001. Espresso was nominated for seven Jessie awards, toured Western Canada in 2004 and was translated into Polish and performed for a year at teatr Jeleniogorski in 2007. Her twenty plays have been produced by theatres such as The Belfry Theatre, Alberta Theatre Projects, Lambs Players San Diego, Ruby Slippers, Solo Collective, Chemainus Theatre and Prairie Theatre Exchange. She is currently world premiering two new plays in 2010: Paradise Garden at the Arts Club Theatre and Leave Of Absence at Pacific Theatre. Her play Sanctuary is in development with co-writer and composer, Aaron Krogman.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Two (2) tickets to the world premiere of the new play Paradise Garden at the Stanley Theatre in Vancouver, BC from March 16-April 11th 2010 (rating: 14+)

Starting bid: $15.00 (value $80.00)

an open conversation: attend the 'mom 2.0 summit' 2010

The Mom 2.0 Summit is a place for marketers, mompreneurs and social media enthusiasts to get to know one another. A place to connect, converse, and build relationships. This year’s Summit discussions will focus on three smart paths you can take to even more enlightenment in social media, marketing, networks, and brand building...

Laura Mayes is one of the founders of Kirtsy ("a social media platform of pure goodness. A plaza for the peachy. A portal to the pretty. A place to find cool things. To read smart scoop. To connect with fab ideas, exceptional people, useful information, excellent products."). She spends her daylight hours working as a VP at an ad agency, where she writes for a variety of Fortune 500 companies and metaphoric rock stars. A lover of great finds, bargains, and design, she also writes for a variety of new-fangled blogs, review sites, and publications including The Queso and Cool Mom Picks.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

One (1) participant pass to the Mom 2.0 Summit in Houston, Texas February 18-20, 2010 (value: $450)

Starting bid: $300

ticket to dreams: the mondo beyondo online class

What happens when you give an unspoken wish a place to become a dream come true? How do you gather the courage required to help a new found dream soar? Join seasoned dreamers Andrea Scher and Jen Lemen as together we explore Mondo Beyondo -- the powerful point of view that transforms our deepest dreams into practical realities.

This five week online class complete with inspiring lessons, real life stories, secret missions, audio interviews and hands-on activities will help you take your dreams from the realm of wishing into everyday motion. Supported by Andrea and Jen as your able guides and exclusive access to a community of dreamers, you'll find yourself equipped with the perfect tools and the just right atmosphere to take the risks you've always dreamed of.

Andrea Scher is a creative entrepreneur, writer and life coach in Berkeley, California. Through her company Superhero Designs and award-winning blog Superhero Journal, Andrea inspires other creative souls to live authentic, colorful and extraordinary lives. Andrea first introduced the Mondo Beyondo concept in 2004 and is widely recognized as a seasoned practioner of the kind of practical and outrageous magic Mondo Beyondo espouses.

Jen Lemen's Mondo Beyondo dreams have carried her across continents and back again to her artist studio where she generates hope in every essay she writes and every illustration she creates. Jen recently won $50,000 from Lenovo/Microsoft to travel the world and gather images of hope. Jen is a regular contributor to pbsparents.org/supersisters — a child development blog she writes with her two real life sisters. Jen is the the author of Beginnings, a Mondo Beyondo inspired e-zine about making your dreams come true. You can read more about her adventures here and abroad on her influential blog jenlemen.com and at shuttersisters.com/picturehope.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

The Mondo Beyondo online class with Jen Lemen & Andrea Scher

Starting bid: $60.00

a photographic afternoon with sweetsalty kate

No need to pose -- play as you always do. I'll just follow you. ~ Kate Inglis

Capture the movement, humour, and spirit of your loved ones with photographer and Shutter Sister Kate Inglis (browse her personal work here). Kate will travel to a location of your choosing within Nova Scotia's Halifax Municipality, South Shore, or Annapolis Valley. You'll collaborate on creative options to best fulfill your vision, including setting and post-processing treatments. After the shoot, Kate will deliver a CD of high-resolution images for you to print or share as you wish.

All proceeds from items sold on the To Haiti with Love auction go directly to the St. Joseph's Family in Haiti. To make a bid, simply leave a comment with the amount of your bid and your email address. The auction will wrap up on February 8, 2010, and winners will be contacted right away to arrange payment and shipping. Good luck!

Family, maternity, or baby photo shoot with Kate Inglis of Shutter Sisters -- or simply a chance to capture a rare portrait of you or anyone or thing or creature that moves you.

Starting bid: $125.00