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
Wind, again
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 1251 AM PST Tue Dec 17 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County- Including the cities of Bellingham, Mount
Health Care District Board Meeting
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold a Special Board Meeting on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM in the Community Room at the Orcas
OCS students volunteer to build classrooms for nursing students in Belize
||| FROM ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| A group of 14 high school students, three parents, and two teachers from Orcas Christian School (OCS) are giving up their spring break this year to travel to Belize
Sing in Orcas Youth Chorus or Kids’ Chorus this Winter!
||| FROM LYNNE BAKER for ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| All Orcas kids and youth are invited to have fun making music together this winter with the Orcas Youth Chorus (grades 6-12) and Kids’ Chorus (grades
Poetry | ‘Twas December on Orcas
||| BY HELEN HUBER, ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB |||
Holiday Music Celebration at Orcas Adventist Chapel
||| FROM ORCAS ADVENTIST CHAPEL ||| A festive holiday music celebration will take place at the Orcas Adventist Chapel, featuring island musicians of all ages. The event will begin at 11:00 AM on Saturday, December
Candlelight Labyrinth Walk
||| FROM JEFFRY STEELE ||| Candlelight Labyrinth Walk (indoors), 12/31/24, 5-7:00 PM, Emmanuel Church Parish Hall, 242 Main, Eastsound This annual ritual to be accompanied this year by Jeffry Steele, offering 8-string guitar improvisations through
How everything became surgery
Removing a wee splinter? Treating a wart? If a doctor does it, it can be billed as surgery. ||| FROM THE WASHINGTON POST ||| When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son to
2024 Bullitt Prize winners weave culture and conservation together for environmental justice
||| FROM WASHINGTON CONSERVATION ACTION ||| SEATTLE, WA – Washington Conservation Action announces Free Borsey and Raven Borsey, of the Lummi Nation, as the winners of its 18th annual $100,000 Bullitt Prize. They dedicate themselves to
First Sounder gray whale of season spotted in Salish Sea, continues early arrival trend
||| FROM KOMO NEWS STAFF ||| The first of many Sounder gray whales returning to Puget Sound was seen in the Salish Sea earlier this week. The whale’s appearance marks the continuance of a recent
Holiday Jammie Jam
||| FROM ANITA ORNE for FLOATING UKULELE JAM ||| It’s December, and the Floating Ukulele Jam is slightly different…still bring your uke, your voice, and maybe a song (holiday or otherwise) to share, but for
LWVSJ Observer Corps | County Council December 10, 2024
||| FROM NECIA QUAST for LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ||| During public access eight people from Orcas Island spoke in favor of the cultural access program. A person from Lopez supported the tree planting plan for Lopez
Midnight Mutterings | Huh?
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I had planned to write about something much different, something academic that happened a half century ago in California that has repercussions today, that is still controversial and
Wind, coastal flooding in forecast for tonight / tomorrow
||| FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ||| URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Seattle WA 157 PM PST Fri Dec 13 2024 San Juan County-Western Whatcom County-Western Skagit County- Everett and Vicinity-Admiralty Inlet Area-Central Coast-
Medical Assistants: A guided path to helping others
||| FROM GRAY GAILEY for ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| From left to right: Kailley, Bridget, Mary, Alenna, Gabi, Syann, & Noah. Medical Assistant Kailley describes her work at Island Primary Care - Orcas
Last week, I asked: How far can we go together?
||| FROM LINDSAY JENNINGS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| You, our amazing and generous Orcas Island community of friends, neighbors, kids, leaders, superheroes…answered the call by donating an incredible $278,303. OICF rounded out our shared
