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
Politics and family feel more fraught this Thanksgiving. Data shows they are
This year's election split voters down the middle. Now, as the nation sets the table for the winter holidays, it's doing the same thing to families. ||| FROM USA TODAY ||| Thanks to his years
SJC WSU Extension welcomes Clinton Gauthier as 4-H program coordinator
||| FROM CAITIE BLETHEN for WSU EXTENSION ||| San Juan County WSU Extension is pleased to announce that Clinton Gauthier starts as new San Juan County Extension 4-H Coordinator on December 2nd. Clinton brings skills
Midnight Mutterings | A book
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Recently, I read Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital, by Eric Manheimer, MD. I don’t remember how I came to know about the book, whether I
Sheriff’s Report | November 20 – 26, 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 24-007425 Trespassing 10:26:57 11/20/24 It was reported an unknown person had slept in one of the employee rooms at the Orca Inn. After an
Drawing for Beginners at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for an engaging Drawing for Beginners class every Thursday at 9:30 am, starting November 6. Led by the talented Robbie Walker, an experienced instructor
Create your own holiday potpourri at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Get into the holiday spirit with a hands-on potpourri workshop on Wednesday, December 4, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, led by local artisan Andrea Cohen! Craft
Happy Holidays from The Exchange
||| FROM ORCAS RECYCLING/THE EXCHANGE ||| It’s the giving time of year, and The Exchange needs your support! Did you know we are one of the ONLY 501(c)(3) non-profit recycling centers with a ‘zero-waste’ mission
San Juan County certifies general election results & celebrates high voter turnout
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| On Tuesday, November 26, the San Juan County Elections Office certified the November 5, 2024 General Election results. San Juan County had 86.89% of registered voters casting a
Save the Deer Harbor schoolhouse
||| FROM BRIDGET MEYER for DEER HARBOR COMMUNITY CLUB ||| For the past 120 years, the Deer Harbor Schoolhouse has served Orcas Island from yesterday’s school memories to 2024’s chamber music concerts, potlucks, yoga and
Making a difference in school music: Mariachi, winter concerts and instrument goals
||| FROM SHARON HO for MUSIC ADVOCACY GROUP ||| Providing access to a reliable musical instrument to learn on is an important part of the school music program, making music education more affordable for families.
Wearing a salmon on your head is back in fashion for orcas, after a 37-year break
In 1987, there was a strange trend amongst killer whales. Recent sightings show it's back in fashion. ||| FROM IFLSCIENCE ||| As anyone who follows fashion knows, certain trends like indie sleaze and cargo pants
Explore the Vibrant Watercolors Art Show at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us at Orcas Senior Center for the colorful Watercolors Art Show, running through November and December. This joint exhibition features works from Robbie Walker’s watercolors
The real Alice of Arlo Guthrie’s ‘Alice’s Restaurant’ dies at 83
||| FROM OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ||| The hippie-era icon who inspired folk singer Arlo Guthrie’s epic, anti-establishment song “Alice’s Restaurant” has died. Alice Brock suffered from health issues, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and passed
Food Bank shares Happy Thanksgiving with community
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND FOOD BANK |||
Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
||| FROM CBS NEWS ||| Certain holidays are associated with different foods, and for Thanksgiving, that's turkey — but why is that what we eat? We asked a history expert to learn more. Turkey's spot on
Cancer means 9th-annual dinner will look different for Thanksgiving Grandma and the stranger she once texted who’s now family
||| FROM CNN.COM ||| Despite a breast cancer diagnosis, Thanksgiving Grandma and the young man she met nearly a decade ago via an accidental text will continue their holiday tradition today for the ninth year in a
