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Kruse Reviews | How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

By Jens Kruse|2021-07-14T17:47:14-07:00July 15th, 2021|1 Comment

Midnight Mutterings | Plastic

By Jackie Bates|2021-07-11T12:19:05-07:00July 11th, 2021|4 Comments

Climate Eyes | Tennis, anyone?

By Steve Bernheim|2021-07-05T11:47:50-07:00July 6th, 2021|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Return to Glacier Bay

By Jackie Bates|2021-06-26T10:02:13-07:00June 26th, 2021|3 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | More cat stuff

By Jackie Bates|2021-06-12T11:39:55-07:00June 12th, 2021|3 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Of crows and cat: A bit more

By Jackie Bates|2021-05-29T13:13:41-07:00May 29th, 2021|7 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | A little more on voter suppression

By Jackie Bates|2021-05-15T10:45:12-07:00May 15th, 2021|1 Comment

Climate Eyes | Taking an inventory of where we are in this climate crisis

By Steve Bernheim|2021-05-05T13:03:44-07:00May 5th, 2021|3 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | A (?) murder of crows

By Jackie Bates|2021-05-01T10:04:39-07:00May 1st, 2021|2 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Crows ll (no cats this time)

By Jackie Bates|2021-04-16T23:00:52-07:00April 17th, 2021|3 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Of cats and crows

By Jackie Bates|2021-03-30T12:04:09-07:00April 3rd, 2021|6 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Back to Georgia

By Jackie Bates|2021-03-13T11:16:21-08:00March 13th, 2021|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | There was this thing

By Jackie Bates|2021-02-27T11:05:09-08:00February 27th, 2021|5 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Zooming into matrimony

By Jackie Bates|2021-02-13T10:25:59-08:00February 13th, 2021|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Crowds

By Jackie Bates|2021-01-30T12:01:06-08:00January 30th, 2021|1 Comment

Midnight Mutterings | Ruthie and the Supremes

By Lin McNulty|2021-01-16T11:04:56-08:00January 16th, 2021|5 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Who is Selena Montgomery?

By Jackie Bates|2021-01-04T15:57:23-08:00January 2nd, 2021|4 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Rudolpha

By Jackie Bates|2020-12-19T12:18:08-08:00December 19th, 2020|10 Comments

Village Voices | What are you feeling gratitude for in the midst of these difficult times?

By Community|2020-12-05T18:05:06-08:00December 5th, 2020|Comments Off

Orcasional Musings | Something about bigotry

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:33-08:00December 5th, 2020|7 Comments

Flotsam & Jetsam | An irregular feature

By Community|2020-12-01T17:57:02-08:00December 2nd, 2020|1 Comment

Orcasional Musings | Thanksgiving, the Odd Fellows, and Bill and Monique

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:33-08:00November 28th, 2020|9 Comments

Orcasional Musings | Hey! What about Thanksgiving dinner?

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:33-08:00November 21st, 2020|21 Comments

Orcasional Musings | The war hero

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:34-08:00November 14th, 2020|2 Comments

Village Voices | What are your thoughts about the election results?

By Community|2020-11-09T11:03:36-08:00November 8th, 2020|6 Comments

Orcasional Musings | Car and title: What about that?

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:34-08:00November 8th, 2020|1 Comment

Kruse Reviews | What Were We Thinking

By Jens Kruse|2020-11-14T15:31:36-08:00November 1st, 2020|4 Comments

Orcasional Musings | Newspapers: What about them? (Part two)

By Community|2020-12-06T12:41:35-08:00October 31st, 2020|Comments Off

Orcasional Musings | Newspapers: What about them (Part One)

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:35-08:00October 24th, 2020|Comments Off

Kruse Reviews | What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism

By Jens Kruse|2020-11-14T15:31:36-08:00October 18th, 2020|4 Comments

Orcasional Musings | Community Chest, Food Bank, Community Resource Center, Community Foundation

By Community|2020-12-06T12:41:35-08:00October 17th, 2020|1 Comment

Orcasional Musings | Mike Stolmeier, the Studebaker Avanti, and Raymond Loewy

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:36-08:00October 10th, 2020|6 Comments

Orcasional Musings | Island (Market) time

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:36-08:00October 3rd, 2020|Comments Off

Kruse Reviews | Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy

By Jens Kruse|2020-11-14T15:31:37-08:00September 20th, 2020|1 Comment

Orcasional Musings | You don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:36-08:00September 19th, 2020|3 Comments

Orcasional Musings | On the Black Ball Ferry line up in Seattle

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:37-08:00September 13th, 2020|7 Comments

Village Voices | What will you most remember about the summer of 2020?

By Community|2020-09-08T12:26:57-07:00September 5th, 2020|8 Comments

Orcasional Musings | What shall we do about illegal aliens?

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:37-08:00September 5th, 2020|5 Comments

Orcasional Musings | Grandpa said, “Take my grammar. Please!”

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:38-08:00August 22nd, 2020|10 Comments

Orcasional Musings | No!

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:38-08:00August 15th, 2020|9 Comments

Kruse Review | Demagogue for President, by Jennifer Mercieca

By Jens Kruse|2020-11-14T15:31:38-08:00August 10th, 2020|1 Comment

Kruse Review | Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump

By Jens Kruse|2020-11-14T15:31:39-08:00August 9th, 2020|16 Comments

Orcasional Musings | Say, Sheriff, who was that masked man?

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:38-08:00August 8th, 2020|5 Comments

Village Voices | What have you read or watched recently?

By Community|2020-08-01T16:15:00-07:00August 1st, 2020|3 Comments

Orcasional Musings | Are the Olympics coming to Orcas?

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:39-08:00August 1st, 2020|Comments Off

Aging Like a Guru | I don’t like being told what to do

By Lin McNulty|2020-07-26T09:41:00-07:00July 26th, 2020|2 Comments

Orcasional Musings | The five platonic solids…or is it six?

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:41:39-08:00July 25th, 2020|4 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | People’s death affects us more than we imagine

By Lin McNulty|2020-07-19T12:09:54-07:00July 19th, 2020|1 Comment

Orcasional Musings | A wild turkey mystery story

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:25-08:00July 18th, 2020|7 Comments

Get organized before you die. Who me?

By Lin McNulty|2020-07-10T13:14:10-07:00July 12th, 2020|Comments Off

Orcasional Musings | The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men…

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:25-08:00July 11th, 2020|2 Comments

Kruse Reviews | Epidemics and Society

By Jens Kruse|2020-11-14T15:31:39-08:00July 7th, 2020|4 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | Regardless of age, I don’t know how to do me

By Lin McNulty|2020-07-03T14:10:15-07:00July 5th, 2020|Comments Off

Orcasional Musings | That small trapezoidal pasture

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:26-08:00July 4th, 2020|5 Comments

Village Voices | What are your plans for the 4th of July?

By Community|2020-07-03T14:14:29-07:00July 3rd, 2020|Comments Off

Aging Like a Guru | It’s not if you die …

By Lin McNulty|2020-06-28T11:12:33-07:00June 28th, 2020|Comments Off

Aging Like a Guru | I’m my own executioner and I didn’t even know it

By Lin McNulty|2020-06-19T15:48:30-07:00June 21st, 2020|Comments Off

Aging Like a Guru | The HOW is the entire point of this journey

By Lin McNulty|2020-06-12T14:38:31-07:00June 14th, 2020|Comments Off

Aging Like a Guru | Trying to out-do God; not me!

By Lin McNulty|2020-06-06T18:10:58-07:00June 7th, 2020|Comments Off

Village Voices | How are you feeling about all that’s going on in the world?

By Community|2020-06-07T12:43:49-07:00June 6th, 2020|2 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | I am so alone or am I?

By Lin McNulty|2020-05-31T14:58:31-07:00May 31st, 2020|Comments Off

Aging Like a Guru | Space – The final frontier of aging

By Lin McNulty|2020-05-22T15:09:28-07:00May 24th, 2020|Comments Off

Kruse Reviews | Nemesis

By Jens Kruse|2020-11-14T15:31:41-08:00May 17th, 2020|Comments Off

Aging Like a Guru | You are here in no-man’s land

By Lin McNulty|2020-05-15T15:20:29-07:00May 17th, 2020|1 Comment

Aging Like a Guru | Sometimes aging ain’t so pretty

By Lin McNulty|2020-05-02T14:33:41-07:00May 3rd, 2020|Comments Off

Village Voices | When do you think tourism activity should resume on the island?

By Community|2020-05-02T15:26:35-07:00May 2nd, 2020|24 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | Ah, Malaise

By Lin McNulty|2020-04-25T12:33:53-07:00April 26th, 2020|1 Comment

Aging Like a Guru | Can you know how great you are?

By Lin McNulty|2020-04-18T13:25:08-07:00April 19th, 2020|Comments Off

Aging Like a Guru | What is divine will, and what’s it got to do with aging?

By Lin McNulty|2020-04-11T12:20:25-07:00April 12th, 2020|Comments Off

Village Voices | At home edition

By Community|2020-04-11T11:55:10-07:00April 11th, 2020|1 Comment

Aging Like a Guru | All habits die hard

By Lin McNulty|2020-04-05T11:21:04-07:00April 5th, 2020|Comments Off

Village Voices

By Community|2020-04-04T18:05:41-07:00April 4th, 2020|1 Comment

Aging Like a Guru | The fear virus

By Lin McNulty|2020-03-27T16:43:13-07:00March 29th, 2020|2 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | What can a fishpond teach us?

By Lin McNulty|2020-03-16T13:05:10-07:00March 22nd, 2020|1 Comment

Orcasional Musings | I guess that I’m on vacation

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:26-08:00March 21st, 2020|3 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | What’s really happening when life gets scary

By Lin McNulty|2020-03-14T14:28:52-07:00March 15th, 2020|Comments Off

Orcasional Musings | International women’s day? Black history month? What about all that?

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:27-08:00March 14th, 2020|2 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | Depression is so depressing

By Lin McNulty|2020-02-29T12:34:04-08:00March 8th, 2020|Comments Off

Orcasional Musings | Rabbits, Sex, and Leonardo of Pisa

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:27-08:00March 7th, 2020|3 Comments

Village Voices | How are you feeling about the coronavirus situation?

By Community|2020-03-28T15:49:37-07:00March 1st, 2020|6 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | Life without angst? Impossible!

By Lin McNulty|2020-02-28T17:32:29-08:00March 1st, 2020|Comments Off

Orcasional Musings | What about minks?

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:27-08:00February 29th, 2020|4 Comments

Aging Like A Guru | Karma? What’s that got to do with aging?

By Lin McNulty|2020-02-22T20:11:06-08:00February 23rd, 2020|Comments Off

Orcasional Musings | What I did on my winter vacation

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:28-08:00February 22nd, 2020|5 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | So, you think you are losing your marbles, eh?

By Lin McNulty|2020-02-15T11:51:14-08:00February 16th, 2020|Comments Off

Kruse Reviews | A Very Stable Genius

By Jens Kruse|2020-09-15T11:59:05-07:00February 15th, 2020|3 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | Allow play, just for the fun of it

By Lin McNulty|2020-02-08T17:46:55-08:00February 9th, 2020|Comments Off

Kruse Reviews | Mephisto

By Jens Kruse|2020-09-15T11:58:52-07:00February 4th, 2020|Comments Off

Village Voices | What is one of your favorite winter activities on Orcas Island?

By Community|2020-03-28T15:49:58-07:00February 2nd, 2020|3 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | Depression is so depressing

By Lin McNulty|2020-02-01T20:59:11-08:00February 2nd, 2020|Comments Off

Aging Like a Guru | What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? Age!

By Lin McNulty|2020-01-25T18:52:02-08:00January 26th, 2020|Comments Off

Orcasional Musings | Colonoscopy? Over my dead body!

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:28-08:00January 25th, 2020|13 Comments

Aging Like a Guru | The courage to change the things you can

By Lin McNulty|2020-01-17T12:53:07-08:00January 19th, 2020|1 Comment

Orcasional Musings | Otters? Where?

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:28-08:00January 18th, 2020|2 Comments

Aging like a Guru | Death by aging: Failing to thrive

By Community|2020-01-11T14:57:57-08:00January 12th, 2020|4 Comments

Orcasional Musings |What else is missing?

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:29-08:00January 11th, 2020|1 Comment

Aging Like a Guru | Be the legacy you wish to leave behind

By Lin McNulty|2020-01-03T12:42:30-08:00January 5th, 2020|Comments Off

Orcasional Musings | Something’s missing

By Steve Henigson|2020-12-06T12:43:29-08:00January 4th, 2020|4 Comments

Village Voices | What are your hopes for the New Year?

By Lin McNulty|2020-01-01T14:44:54-08:00January 1st, 2020|Comments Off

Aging like a Guru | I have no time for serenity … As if I’ve got something better to do

By Lin McNulty|2019-12-27T15:55:57-08:00December 29th, 2019|Comments Off