Opinion Archives - theOrcasonian.com

Guest Opinion | Should Washington lawmakers hide their records from the public?

By Community|2025-12-06T22:54:56-08:00December 6th, 2025|0 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | Dang it! There is love

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-12-05T19:43:29-08:00December 6th, 2025|0 Comments

Letter to Editor | Regarding OPALCO rate hike

By Community|2025-12-05T14:31:35-08:00December 5th, 2025|5 Comments

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-12-04T16:28:39-08:00December 5th, 2025|0 Comments

Letter to Editor | Odd Fellows hall Thanksgiving dinner gratitude

By Community|2025-12-03T12:43:27-08:00December 3rd, 2025|0 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Thinking about Japan

By Jackie Bates|2025-11-28T21:28:55-08:00November 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-11-27T00:25:25-08:00November 27th, 2025|3 Comments

Friends of Rural Public Transportation comments on SJCs’ Comprehensive Plan transportation element

By Community|2025-11-26T13:02:28-08:00November 26th, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Yes, no, and the space in between

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-11-22T15:11:19-08:00November 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-11-20T19:31:52-08:00November 21st, 2025|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | Winter Garden: What my grandfather’s war garden still teaches me

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-11-17T12:05:05-08:00November 17th, 2025|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | The future of democracy in the United States

By Community|2025-11-16T16:27:31-08:00November 16th, 2025|6 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | The right to be fat

By Jackie Bates|2025-11-14T14:02:26-08:00November 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-11-13T14:56:41-08:00November 14th, 2025|Comments Off

A Community Conversation on Island Transportation

By Community|2025-11-11T12:40:00-08:00November 11th, 2025|11 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | Letting go and letting the universe be the alchemist

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-11-07T14:50:51-08:00November 8th, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-11-06T14:34:53-08:00November 7th, 2025|Comments Off

This is Actually Good | Bubble & Squeak

By Rachel Factor|2025-11-05T13:53:01-08:00November 5th, 2025|Comments Off

The Path Less Taken: Part 1

By Community|2025-11-05T13:35:33-08:00November 5th, 2025|1 Comment

No Place Like Loam | Growing Wine Grapes in Seattle? Part 3: Earth, Wind, and Wire

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-11-17T11:58:26-08:00November 4th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Odd Fellows Hall Halloween gratitude

By Community|2025-11-03T13:32:52-08:00November 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings |This coming winter

By Jackie Bates|2025-10-31T23:37:18-07:00November 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-10-30T14:43:14-07:00October 31st, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | In support of the November 4, 2025 school levies

By Community|2025-10-29T10:51:36-07:00October 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Fire Commissioner breaks down reasons to support levy

By Community|2025-11-04T11:51:59-08:00October 27th, 2025|6 Comments

There’s No Place Like Loam | Less sugar, more soul: Making maple syrup at home in the Pacific Northwest

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-10-27T13:21:06-07:00October 27th, 2025|1 Comment

As the Paradigm Shifts | To be or not to be woo-woo

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-10-24T13:31:13-07:00October 25th, 2025|1 Comment

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-10-23T14:06:13-07:00October 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | In support of school levies

By Community|2025-10-20T14:13:40-07:00October 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Please support the Orcas Island Public Library – Vote YES for Proposition #1

By Community|2025-10-20T13:43:49-07:00October 20th, 2025|1 Comment

No Place Like Loam | Growing wine grapes in Seattle? Part 2

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-10-20T13:29:21-07:00October 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | No Kings?

By Community|2025-10-19T13:34:15-07:00October 19th, 2025|8 Comments

Guest Opinion | Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good

By Community|2025-10-18T14:12:56-07:00October 19th, 2025|8 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Goals vs practices

By Jackie Bates|2025-10-18T11:06:30-07:00October 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Why I’m supporting OIFR bond levy

By Community|2025-10-17T14:18:03-07:00October 17th, 2025|6 Comments

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-10-16T13:48:42-07:00October 17th, 2025|Comments Off

This is Actually Good | Big Fall Salad

By Rachel Factor|2025-10-16T09:30:48-07:00October 16th, 2025|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | I have great concern for our Democracy

By Community|2025-10-15T18:29:27-07:00October 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | The time to establish a Lopez Island Park and Recreation District is now

By Community|2025-10-14T10:03:34-07:00October 14th, 2025|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | Growing wine grapes in Seattle? Part 1

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-10-20T13:27:32-07:00October 13th, 2025|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | Celebrating National Coming Out Day

By Community|2025-10-13T13:34:51-07:00October 13th, 2025|1 Comment

As the Paradigm Shifts | Self-Deprivation

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-10-11T14:08:51-07:00October 11th, 2025|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | Vote NO on the Orcas Fire District bond proposition 1

By Community|2025-10-10T14:21:19-07:00October 10th, 2025|5 Comments

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-10-08T16:04:52-07:00October 10th, 2025|Comments Off

This is Actually Good | Tahini Cauliflower recipe

By Rachel Factor|2025-10-09T16:40:02-07:00October 9th, 2025|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | A strawberry tree grows in Seattle: Rediscovering an ancient evergreen

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-10-06T14:47:45-07:00October 6th, 2025|1 Comment

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-10-06T18:19:53-07:00October 6th, 2025|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | AI’s dirty secret

By Community|2025-10-04T13:20:03-07:00October 4th, 2025|5 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Florynce Kennedy

By Lin McNulty|2025-10-04T11:36:08-07:00October 4th, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-10-02T16:46:55-07:00October 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

Orcas Center is ready to rock and roll

By Community|2025-10-02T09:24:02-07:00October 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | Growing figs in the Pacific Northwest

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-09-29T12:15:18-07:00September 29th, 2025|2 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | Knitting as a metaphor for how I do life (or want to do life)

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-09-26T16:36:35-07:00September 27th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Should Orcas Island (and SJC communities) have public transit?

By Community|2025-09-26T13:53:12-07:00September 26th, 2025|12 Comments

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-09-25T13:46:50-07:00September 26th, 2025|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | Growing olives in the Pacific Northwest

By Community|2025-09-24T10:52:33-07:00September 24th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Losing

By Community|2025-09-20T13:00:16-07:00September 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Thoughts on these turbulent times…

By Community|2025-09-19T13:24:43-07:00September 19th, 2025|1 Comment

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-09-18T21:22:00-07:00September 19th, 2025|6 Comments

Guest Opinion | Request by OPALCO for essential public facilities

By Community|2025-09-18T14:30:46-07:00September 18th, 2025|9 Comments

Letter to Editor | Waldron cats in need of home

By Community|2025-09-17T13:27:40-07:00September 17th, 2025|2 Comments

Guest Opinion | OPALCO owes us more options for meeting electricity demand

By Community|2025-09-15T13:04:26-07:00September 15th, 2025|9 Comments

No Place Like Loam | A chestnut is true generational wealth

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-09-13T15:09:16-07:00September 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Resilience or overreach?

By Community|2025-09-12T17:33:33-07:00September 13th, 2025|25 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | A modern take on an old Zen proverb

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-09-12T14:43:59-07:00September 13th, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-09-11T11:55:16-07:00September 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Vote-at-Home is the law—and it works

By News Source|2025-09-09T13:10:14-07:00September 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | Human intelligence research lab, amid LLMs?

By Community|2025-09-08T16:13:26-07:00September 8th, 2025|8 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Snails

By Jackie Bates|2025-09-06T14:41:39-07:00September 6th, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-09-04T19:46:27-07:00September 5th, 2025|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | How about some solar-operated speed signs?

By Community|2025-09-04T13:25:19-07:00September 4th, 2025|3 Comments

Letter to Editor | As I bid farewell…

By Community|2025-09-03T15:03:29-07:00September 3rd, 2025|3 Comments

Letter to Editor | Data Centers invalidate AI rights, AI welfare, AI morality

By Community|2025-08-31T13:40:56-07:00September 1st, 2025|1 Comment

As the Paradigm Shifts | What could I possibly offer?

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-08-29T16:55:09-07:00August 30th, 2025|1 Comment

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-08-28T13:54:41-07:00August 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Flotsam & Jetsam | Of beavers and bears, OH MY!

By Maurice Austin|2025-08-27T12:12:11-07:00August 27th, 2025|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | Will Orcasonians lose our fitness center?

By Community|2025-08-24T12:50:42-07:00August 24th, 2025|4 Comments

Adrift | I am sickened by these ICE Escapades

By Lin McNulty|2025-08-24T14:50:58-07:00August 23rd, 2025|6 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Carrie Newcomer poem

By Jackie Bates|2025-08-23T11:33:24-07:00August 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-08-21T14:55:49-07:00August 22nd, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Mastering the art of being you

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-08-15T17:02:34-07:00August 16th, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-08-14T13:27:19-07:00August 15th, 2025|3 Comments

Letter to Editor | Thanks to all who supported the third annual Qwack Wace

By Community|2025-08-11T12:05:55-07:00August 11th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Competition

By Jackie Bates|2025-08-09T13:53:44-07:00August 9th, 2025|1 Comment

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-08-07T15:13:55-07:00August 8th, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Where can you breathe?

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-08-01T14:12:36-07:00August 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-08-06T21:31:17-07:00August 1st, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-07-28T20:25:14-07:00July 29th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | A new kind of medical school

By Jackie Bates|2025-07-26T13:24:32-07:00July 26th, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-07-24T13:46:47-07:00July 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | You can’t make this stuff up

By Community|2025-07-19T13:32:48-07:00July 19th, 2025|1 Comment

As the Paradigm Shifts | I’m nothing like them. So how am I like them?

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-07-18T16:15:07-07:00July 19th, 2025|Comments Off

If the Trump administration ran a service organization on Orcas Island

By Community|2025-07-18T11:38:02-07:00July 18th, 2025|7 Comments

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-07-17T13:58:45-07:00July 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Let’s Brunch raises nearly $30,000 for Senior Center

By Community|2025-07-17T00:21:02-07:00July 16th, 2025|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | When public service meets public fury

By Community|2025-07-16T14:58:22-07:00July 16th, 2025|16 Comments

Flotsam & Jetsam | Purses

By Maurice Austin|2025-07-15T13:33:35-07:00July 15th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Gardens and another island

By Jackie Bates|2025-07-12T14:38:08-07:00July 12th, 2025|Comments Off

Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson

By S. C. Watson|2025-07-10T14:30:13-07:00July 11th, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Why I’m still a poopy-head sometimes

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-07-04T17:47:50-07:00July 5th, 2025|Comments Off