Here’s a thought…
“Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life.”
GIORGOS SEFERIS
Recovery in Community Director receives grant funds
||| FROM MADS HALL for RECOVERY IN COMMUNITY ||| Mads Hall Recovery in Community is happy to announce that Mads Hall, Recovery in Community’s Operations Director, has been selected to receive funds from
Update | Improv class for seniors coming to Senior Center
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND PARKS & RECREATION ||| In this Improv Theatre for Seniors class, we will focus on the core tenets of improv: to say “yes!” to the action, to listen closely, to work
Community Band presents island-favorite Holiday Concert
||| FROM KAREN KEY SPECK for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY BAND ||| The Orcas Island Community Band favors the number 35. Averaging thirty-five musicians-strong each season, the Orcas Island Community Band is concluding its 35th year
Now, it’s just rain, rain, rain; and then flooding
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Seattle WA 131 AM PST Mon Dec 8 2025 San Juan County-Cascades of Whatcom and Skagit Counties- Cascades of Snohomish and Northern King
Protect What Makes Orcas Island Home: Support the Salish Sea Dome Project
||| FROM AYN GAILEY for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Friends of the San Juans has joined this year’s OICF GiveOrcas campaign with a project designed to spark wonder, deepen local knowledge, protect the Salish Sea, and empower the
CRW logs two encounters with two eco-types
||| FROM CENTER FOR WHALE RESEARCH ||| Two Encounters with Two Eco-Types! Encounter #71 • Bigg's killer whales T36/T36Bs + T137s • November 9, 2025 ObservBegin: 09:16 AM ObservEnd: 09:20 AM Vessel: KCB III
No Place Like Loam | The last apple standing, Part 1
||| NO PLACE LIKE LOAM by ALEX TAMAYO-WOLF ||| I walk a lot on this island, and this is my favorite time of year to do it. Why? Because walking now is an act of
Running on Empty | What copper teaches us about the limits of ‘clean energy’
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| We live in a moment when the word renewable has taken on a near-mythic glow. The story goes like this: if we electrify everything—cars, heating, ferries, industry—and generate that electricity
The Co-op Way | Capital credit checks are in the mail
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| Just in time for the holiday season, more than $1.2M in capital credit checks are going out to longtime OPALCO members this month, as
News Brief | Artificial intelligence technology is ‘changing every sector of society’
||| FROM THE COOL DOWN ||| At its current rate of growth, 26-48.5 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent will fill the atmosphere, and 731 million to 1.125 billion cubic meters of water will be
Ukulele Kanikipila and/or Chair Yoga at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join the Musical Fun Experience the joy of making music at Ukulele Kanikipila, Hawaiian for "play music," Mondays from 1 to 3 pm at Orcas Senior
News Brief | WA man mauled by ICE dog
||| FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is calling for the immediate release of a Clark County man whose attorneys say was mauled by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement dog despite
Coastal flood advisory
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Seattle WA 1006 AM PST Sat Dec 6 2025 San Juan County-Lowlands of Western Whatcom County- Lowlands of Western Skagit and Northwestern Snohomish
As the Paradigm Shifts | Dang it! There is love
What happens when I stop whining long enough to see what’s real? ||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| A while ago, in the middle of one of my self-pity parties — wailing
Sheriff’s Report | November 26 – December 1, 2025
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 25-008132 Unwanted Person 11:16:38 11/26/25 An Orcas Island Deputy responded to an unwanted person incident at a business in downtown Eastsound. The business owner
Give Orcas | Every gift matters
||| FROM LINDSAY JENNINGS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| A heartfelt thank you to the 500+ community members who have given gifts that matter this week! As of this morning, we are nearly a
