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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

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

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-01-12T12:24:59-08:00October 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

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

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

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

Midnight Mutterings | Florynce Kennedy

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

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

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

Midnight Mutterings | Snails

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

As the Paradigm Shifts | What could I possibly offer?

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

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

As the Paradigm Shifts | Mastering the art of being you

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

Midnight Mutterings | Competition

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

As the Paradigm Shifts | Where can you breathe?

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

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

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

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

Midnight Mutterings | Near misses

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

Midnight Mutterings | Breaking up?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Midnight Mutterings | April 5, 2025

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

Loyalty to Earth | Loyalty to the natural world

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

Midnight Mutterings | Olding

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

Midnight Mutterings | Quaking

By Jackie Bates|2025-03-08T11:59:40-08:00March 8th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Report from Bellingham

By Jackie Bates|2025-02-23T11:49:42-08:00February 22nd, 2025|2 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Vaccines

By Jackie Bates|2025-02-08T13:07:36-08:00February 8th, 2025|1 Comment

Midnight Mutterings | How circumstance might influence our behavior and ethical choices

By Jackie Bates|2025-01-25T11:07:16-08:00January 25th, 2025|3 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | The right to rewrite

By Jackie Bates|2025-01-11T12:00:56-08:00January 11th, 2025|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Wet Christmas

By Jackie Bates|2024-12-28T10:15:49-08:00December 28th, 2024|3 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | Am I doing Christmas, or being Christmas?

By Rosie Kuhn|2024-12-21T11:37:03-08:00December 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Huh?

By Jackie Bates|2024-12-14T10:51:51-08:00December 14th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | A book

By Jackie Bates|2024-11-30T12:02:15-08:00November 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | News from the Election Recovery Unit

By Jackie Bates|2024-11-16T10:58:28-08:00November 16th, 2024|4 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Jeff changes his mind

By Jackie Bates|2024-11-02T10:43:01-07:00November 2nd, 2024|9 Comments

Adrift | Algorithms, reality, choice, free speech

By Community|2024-10-28T11:22:21-07:00October 28th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | The Boys

By Jackie Bates|2024-10-05T10:55:49-07:00October 5th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | At last, or too good to be true?

By Jackie Bates|2024-09-21T10:00:27-07:00September 21st, 2024|1 Comment

Editorial & Adrift | Another beautiful day on Orcas Island

By Lin McNulty|2024-09-16T14:12:41-07:00September 16th, 2024|10 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Taking sides

By Jackie Bates|2024-09-07T10:10:45-07:00September 7th, 2024|Comments Off

Adrift | Visiting Kamala and Tim

By Lin McNulty|2024-09-02T13:38:39-07:00September 2nd, 2024|6 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Fall? Already?

By Jackie Bates|2024-08-25T11:05:17-07:00August 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Island Ways | Nantucket Select Board approves $450,000 for lease to locals

By News Source|2024-08-18T15:22:21-07:00August 18th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Have a nice day

By Jackie Bates|2024-08-10T10:36:32-07:00August 10th, 2024|5 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Bird in the house, again

By Jackie Bates|2024-07-27T11:53:06-07:00July 27th, 2024|1 Comment

Midnight Mutterings | Debate

By Jackie Bates|2024-07-13T11:12:13-07:00July 13th, 2024|1 Comment

Midnight Mutterings | Celebration

By Jackie Bates|2024-06-29T10:19:48-07:00June 29th, 2024|1 Comment

Midnight Mutterings | Cognitive disuniformity

By Jackie Bates|2024-06-15T10:30:16-07:00June 15th, 2024|6 Comments

Earthrise | We need your help!

By Community|2024-06-11T12:17:29-07:00June 11th, 2024|5 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | I’m tired

By Rosie Kuhn|2024-06-06T15:46:07-07:00June 8th, 2024|3 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Tools

By Jackie Bates|2024-06-03T11:13:08-07:00June 2nd, 2024|4 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | Be happy for others; it can be contagious

By Rosie Kuhn|2024-05-24T17:36:03-07:00May 25th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Milkman

By Jackie Bates|2024-05-18T10:33:50-07:00May 18th, 2024|2 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | Aging – Who me?

By Rosie Kuhn|2024-05-10T14:53:31-07:00May 11th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Fiction

By Jackie Bates|2024-05-04T11:45:55-07:00May 4th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Tools

By Lin McNulty|2024-06-01T11:42:46-07:00May 1st, 2024|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Each and every one of us is evolving—Hooray!!

By Rosie Kuhn|2024-04-26T17:45:45-07:00April 27th, 2024|2 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Grey Whale migration, with a side trip for lunch

By Jackie Bates|2024-04-21T11:29:22-07:00April 21st, 2024|1 Comment

As the Paradigm Shifts | Spirituality takes a back seat to success

By Rosie Kuhn|2024-04-14T15:10:42-07:00April 13th, 2024|2 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Eclipsed

By Jackie Bates|2024-04-07T13:41:46-07:00April 7th, 2024|2 Comments

Sun Days on Orcas | An honest Easter prayer

By Edee Kulper|2024-03-31T12:05:34-07:00March 31st, 2024|2 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | Resisting the habit of resisting

By Rosie Kuhn|2024-03-29T19:23:04-07:00March 30th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Shirley: A movie

By Jackie Bates|2024-03-23T14:20:45-07:00March 23rd, 2024|1 Comment

Island Ways | Can we work our way out of the housing crisis?

By Community|2024-03-20T12:17:30-07:00March 20th, 2024|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Oh, hello! I see you now

By Rosie Kuhn|2024-03-15T14:32:22-07:00March 16th, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Domestic division of labor

By Jackie Bates|2024-03-09T11:44:09-08:00March 9th, 2024|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | “Here honey, I left this for you to clean up! I love you, Mom.”

By Rosie Kuhn|2024-03-01T15:09:35-08:00March 2nd, 2024|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Worm composting

By Community|2024-02-24T14:19:16-08:00February 24th, 2024|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | Beginning to live for real

By Rosie Kuhn|2024-02-16T15:18:03-08:00February 17th, 2024|Comments Off

Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Philana Goodrich

By Edee Kulper|2024-02-21T14:34:47-08:00February 11th, 2024|Comments Off