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Letter to Editor | Passing San Juan County’s levy lid lift is critical to aging well in the islands

By Community|2026-04-05T11:51:55-07:00April 5th, 2026|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Gentleness

By Jackie Bates|2026-04-04T11:07:46-07:00April 4th, 2026|3 Comments

Guest Opinion | The solar promise that wasn’t

By Community|2026-04-03T12:34:37-07:00April 3rd, 2026|16 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-04-02T12:49:49-07:00April 3rd, 2026|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | When growth ends and maintenance begins

By Community|2026-03-30T14:52:28-07:00March 30th, 2026|4 Comments

No Place Like Loam | Legacy Landscapes: The three design forces of time, experience, and structure

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-03-30T14:36:59-07:00March 30th, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | No Kings rally missing an issue

By Community|2026-03-29T12:13:54-07:00March 29th, 2026|2 Comments

Letter to Editor | Vote YES for county levy: save the services we value most

By Community|2026-03-27T14:00:04-07:00March 27th, 2026|1 Comment

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-03-26T12:42:12-07:00March 27th, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Vote YES for county levy, save the services we value most

By Community|2026-03-26T12:09:48-07:00March 26th, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | In support of public safety

By Community|2026-03-26T11:33:46-07:00March 26th, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | OPALCO board candidate observations

By Community|2026-03-23T13:34:43-07:00March 23rd, 2026|2 Comments

Guest Opinion | The ClearWater commitment is a framework for institutional integrity

By Community|2026-03-23T12:43:06-07:00March 23rd, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Tightening our belts, for real

By Community|2026-03-21T15:39:50-07:00March 21st, 2026|5 Comments

Letter to Editor | Springing forward

By Community|2026-03-21T11:12:33-07:00March 21st, 2026|1 Comment

Midnight Mutterings | Radio

By Jackie Bates|2026-03-21T10:57:51-07:00March 21st, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Thank you for making Soda Shop Sock Hop a success

By Community|2026-03-20T11:10:29-07:00March 20th, 2026|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-03-19T14:58:22-07:00March 20th, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Eastsound Water’s Clark Well update raises more questions than it answers

By Community|2026-03-19T15:00:41-07:00March 19th, 2026|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | Paul Ehrlich was early, not wrong

By Community|2026-03-18T12:58:24-07:00March 18th, 2026|7 Comments

No Place Like Loam | The pruning mistake creating water sprouts

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-03-16T15:12:26-07:00March 16th, 2026|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | Congratulations to OPALCO … but

By Community|2026-03-16T14:00:41-07:00March 16th, 2026|9 Comments

Guest Opinion | Getting ready to tighten our belts

By Community|2026-03-13T12:19:37-07:00March 14th, 2026|9 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-03-12T14:17:18-07:00March 13th, 2026|5 Comments

Guest Opinion | Another Eastsound Water essay

By Community|2026-03-12T14:28:53-07:00March 12th, 2026|3 Comments

No Place Like Loam | The myth of pruning

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-03-09T12:22:55-07:00March 9th, 2026|2 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Columnists

By Jackie Bates|2026-03-07T11:06:04-08:00March 7th, 2026|1 Comment

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-03-05T14:16:04-08:00March 6th, 2026|1 Comment

No Place Like Loam | Edible landscape design

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-03-02T11:02:28-08:00March 2nd, 2026|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | What EWUA members should pay attention to

By Community|2026-03-01T11:52:38-08:00March 1st, 2026|4 Comments

Guest Opinion | Why we must speak up on deep sea mining in Alaska

By Community|2026-03-01T11:43:47-08:00March 1st, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Local democracy at work

By Community|2026-02-27T10:22:44-08:00February 27th, 2026|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-02-26T15:53:40-08:00February 27th, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Grandparents for vaccines

By Community|2026-02-23T12:52:38-08:00February 23rd, 2026|1 Comment

No Place Like Loam | Four season gardening in the maritime northwest

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-02-23T10:00:10-08:00February 23rd, 2026|1 Comment

Midnight Mutterings | The Mighty Hunter

By Jackie Bates|2026-02-20T23:12:18-08:00February 21st, 2026|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-02-19T22:32:35-08:00February 20th, 2026|3 Comments

Letter to Editor | Open letter to Legislature about WSF card surcharge

By Community|2026-02-20T08:57:37-08:00February 20th, 2026|4 Comments

Letter to Editor | Compare: OPALCO General Manager compensation is huge

By Community|2026-02-19T11:54:48-08:00February 19th, 2026|3 Comments

Letter to Editor | Solar power just doesn’t work here; doesn’t make sense

By Community|2026-02-18T11:06:52-08:00February 18th, 2026|17 Comments

EWUA Union Update Notice | Public accountability notes & questions

By Community|2026-02-15T12:26:05-08:00February 15th, 2026|8 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-02-12T15:27:25-08:00February 13th, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | Did OPALCO think we wouldn’t read the report?

By Community|2026-02-12T14:46:51-08:00February 12th, 2026|11 Comments

Letter to Editor | New issue before Council: Post-purchase revision of recorded protective covenants

By Community|2026-02-12T13:13:50-08:00February 12th, 2026|6 Comments

Guest Opinion | A thousand days of chaos

By Community|2026-02-11T22:11:15-08:00February 12th, 2026|6 Comments

Letter to Editor | Awash in water bills

By Community|2026-02-11T09:14:52-08:00February 11th, 2026|3 Comments

No Place Like Loam | Defiance as stewardship and self-reliance: Growing perennial vegetables

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-02-09T12:08:04-08:00February 9th, 2026|1 Comment

Midnight Mutterings The best place on Orcas Island for fainting

By Jackie Bates|2026-02-07T12:57:31-08:00February 7th, 2026|1 Comment

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-02-05T19:08:01-08:00February 6th, 2026|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | OPALCO and the double entendre

By Community|2026-01-31T16:44:53-08:00February 2nd, 2026|3 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on

By Rosie Kuhn|2026-01-30T16:36:01-08:00January 31st, 2026|2 Comments

Adrift | They both bring me to tears

By Lin McNulty|2026-01-30T18:43:26-08:00January 30th, 2026|3 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-01-29T16:59:22-08:00January 30th, 2026|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-01-27T16:41:26-08:00January 27th, 2026|Comments Off

Guest Opinion | OPALCO is building without consent

By Community|2026-01-26T14:50:24-08:00January 26th, 2026|1 Comment

No Place Like Loam | Landscape as orientation: Inheritance

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-01-26T10:10:35-08:00January 26th, 2026|1 Comment

Midnight Mutterings | Crafting a life (at 72)

By Jackie Bates|2026-01-17T13:37:50-08:00January 24th, 2026|3 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-01-22T19:04:14-08:00January 23rd, 2026|Comments Off

No Place Like Loam | Landscape as orientation

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-01-19T15:06:20-08:00January 19th, 2026|1 Comment

Letter to Editor | And now the end is near and so we face the final curtain…

By Community|2026-01-19T10:48:48-08:00January 19th, 2026|12 Comments

Guest Opinion | When a Water Board stops listening, a community loses its voice

By Community|2026-01-17T13:25:59-08:00January 17th, 2026|6 Comments

As the Paradigm Shifts | Let there be peace on earth — and let it begin with me

By Rosie Kuhn|2026-01-17T12:35:40-08:00January 17th, 2026|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-01-15T18:55:24-08:00January 16th, 2026|Comments Off

Letter to Editor | An open letter to Eastsound Water Users

By Community|2026-01-12T12:09:35-08:00January 12th, 2026|8 Comments

No Place Like Loam | A woman at work in the garden

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-01-12T12:00:27-08:00January 12th, 2026|2 Comments

Letter to Editor | So, you are thinking about investing in silver or gold?

By Community|2026-01-11T13:30:14-08:00January 11th, 2026|Comments Off

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-01-08T23:15:22-08:00January 9th, 2026|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | A gentle dismantling of poor them, lucky me

By Rosie Kuhn|2026-01-06T23:01:37-08:00January 7th, 2026|Comments Off

Midnight Mutterings | Thinking about Japan: Part 3

By Jackie Bates|2026-01-06T15:55:02-08:00January 6th, 2026|1 Comment

Guest Opinion | EWUA continues to seek off-island contractors

By Community|2026-01-05T12:08:05-08:00January 5th, 2026|5 Comments

Adrift | Just back from an adventure with caring strangers

By Lin McNulty|2026-01-04T15:36:34-08:00January 4th, 2026|10 Comments

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

By S. C. Watson|2026-01-01T14:56:04-08:00January 1st, 2026|Comments Off

As the Paradigm Shifts | The love that arrives because of you

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-12-27T17:50:51-08:00December 25th, 2025|1 Comment

As the Paradigm Shifts | ‘Tis the season

By Rosie Kuhn|2025-12-20T13:10:40-08:00December 20th, 2025|3 Comments

Guest Opinion | L&I workplace safety citations issued to Eastsound Water

By Community|2025-12-19T12:36:13-08:00December 19th, 2025|2 Comments

No Place Like Loam | You don’t prune heritage trees. You keep them company

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2026-01-12T12:23:05-08:00December 17th, 2025|2 Comments

Midnight Mutterings | Thinking about Japan-Part 2

By Jackie Bates|2025-12-13T13:21:37-08:00December 13th, 2025|3 Comments

No Place Like Loam | The last apple standing, Part 1

By Alex Tamaya-Wolf|2025-12-08T14:46:24-08:00December 8th, 2025|1 Comment

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

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

As the Paradigm Shifts | Dang it! There is love

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

Letter to Editor | Regarding OPALCO rate hike

By Community|2025-12-05T14:31:35-08:00December 5th, 2025|8 Comments

Letter to Editor | Odd Fellows hall Thanksgiving dinner gratitude

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

Midnight Mutterings | Thinking about Japan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Letter to Editor | In support of school levies

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