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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Midnight Mutterings | Goals vs practices

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

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

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

As the Paradigm Shifts | Self-Deprivation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-07-03T14:26:03-07:00July 4th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Near misses

By Jackie Bates|2025-06-28T13:08:20-07:00June 28th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-06-26T12:39:55-07:00June 27th, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | I did all the right spiritual stuff and still feel like crap: WTF?!

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-06-20T13:56:48-07:00June 21st, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-06-19T16:51:06-07:00June 20th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Breaking up?

By Jackie Bates|2025-06-07T09:01:17-07:00June 14th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-06-12T10:17:02-07:00June 13th, 2025|Comments Off

Island Ways | Nantucket Land Court decision could upend short-term rentals in residential zones

By News Source|2025-06-06T19:46:25-07:00June 7th, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | The Benny Baxter effect: Becoming nobody special

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-06-05T12:09:53-07:00June 7th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-06-05T15:21:28-07:00June 6th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-05-29T15:01:06-07:00May 30th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Kohlberg’s stages

By Jackie Bates|2025-05-24T10:23:40-07:00May 24th, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Letting the ache be sacred

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-05-22T16:48:21-07:00May 24th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-05-22T12:33:00-07:00May 23rd, 2025|Comments Off

Long-term islanders offer long-term islanders a long-term island home

By Lin McNulty|2025-05-20T12:19:38-07:00May 20th, 2025|6 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | I (don’t necessarily) love a parade

By Jackie Bates|2025-05-17T10:58:20-07:00May 17th, 2025|1 Comment

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-05-15T14:25:12-07:00May 16th, 2025|1 Comment

As the Paradigm Shifts | Asking for magic, one day at a time

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-05-09T15:55:01-07:00May 10th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-05-08T15:07:46-07:00May 9th, 2025|Comments Off

Adrift | The housing search, sadly, goes on

By Lin McNulty|2025-05-11T20:21:54-07:00May 7th, 2025|4 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Pink smoke

By Jackie Bates|2025-05-03T11:31:36-07:00May 3rd, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-05-01T12:09:20-07:00May 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

Loyalty to the Earth | Bound

By Elisabeth Robson|2025-04-29T12:05:04-07:00April 30th, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | The power of being Middle C

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-04-26T10:16:57-07:00April 26th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-04-24T15:02:23-07:00April 25th, 2025|Comments Off

Loyalty to the Earth | There is no room for more

By Elisabeth Robson|2025-04-22T13:02:13-07:00April 23rd, 2025|10 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | PlayFest 2025

By Jackie Bates|2025-04-18T12:58:01-07:00April 18th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-04-18T13:17:33-07:00April 18th, 2025|Comments Off

Loyalty to the Earth | Earth Day was born in the Age of Machines

By Elisabeth Robson|2025-04-16T20:20:00-07:00April 16th, 2025|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Becoming nobody special

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-04-11T15:00:28-07:00April 12th, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-04-10T14:01:37-07:00April 11th, 2025|1 Comment

Loyalty to the Earth | How to connect with the natural world

By Elisabeth Robson|2025-04-08T14:50:33-07:00April 9th, 2025|19 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-04-07T16:13:48-07:00April 7th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | April 5, 2025

By Jackie Bates|2025-04-05T10:41:29-07:00April 5th, 2025|3 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-04-03T15:46:53-07:00April 4th, 2025|1 Comment

Loyalty to Earth | Loyalty to the natural world

By Elisabeth Robson|2025-04-02T11:35:17-07:00April 2nd, 2025|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-03-27T11:27:42-07:00March 28th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Olding

By Jackie Bates|2025-03-22T10:39:19-07:00March 22nd, 2025|3 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2025-03-20T12:58:32-07:00March 21st, 2025|Comments Off