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
Socrates Cafe to continue into 2024
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Socrates Café @ Orcas Senior Center – Wednesday, January 3, 1 pm Join us every first Wednesday of the month at 1 pm, following Senior Lunch,
Orcas Island Garden Club opens grant process
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| The purpose of the Orcas Island Garden Club is to stimulate knowledge and love of gardening, to cooperate in the protection and conservation of nature, and to assist
Dec 30: Jazzin’ with the Classics for Christmas on Orcas at Emmanuel
||| FROM CANDLELIGHT CONCERTS NORTHWEST ||| In our first post-pandemic Jazzin' with the Classics for Christmas, artists and friends from classical and jazz realms meld their musical perspectives and personalities for the fourteenth (!) year
Upcoming movement classes at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Feldenkrais/Eurythmy Class @ Orcas Senior Center: Tuesdays in January at 11 am Join Andrea Preiss, a seasoned Feldenkrais Practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, for a relaxing movement class
Community Church invites you to worship in upcoming services
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| The Orcas Island Community Church will be will be having their scheduled worship service at 10 am on Christmas Eve, December 24. In the evening, join us for
Sheriff’s Report | December 14 – 20, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 23-009500 Domestic Dispute or Assault 13:52:54 12/14/23 San Juan Deputies responded to a report of a domestic. An individual was arrested and booked for
As the Paradigm Shifts | The re-enchantment of our inner-Santa
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| At this time of year, we are celebrating the presence of miracles. We are celebrating the coming of the light. We are celebrating the potentiality for
Letter to Editor | Should we take the ferry situation into our own hands?
||| FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY WATER TAXI ||| The sorry shape of the Washington State Ferries fleet increasingly leaves riders stranded. The crisis belongs to those state officials who
Hundreds of islanders turn out for Winter Solstice Parade
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| Hundreds of friends and neighbors joined in the Winter Solstice Parade Thursday night. Invited to ‘Be the Light’, Orcasonians showed up with hand made luminarias, bedazzled with string lights, some
In case you didn’t know, holiday ferry travel will be busy; plan accordingly
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Customers traveling for the two upcoming holidays should plan for busy sailings and stay up to date on the latest schedules online. Many routes will be operating holiday schedules on Christmas (Monday,
Welcome to our newly elected Health Commissioners
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| We are honored to welcome our newly elected commissioners, Mark Salierno and Chelsie Guilford, to the board of the Orcas Island Health Care District. You can read
WSF will be holding a new series of virtual community meetings next year
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SAVE THE DATE! We’re hosting a series of virtual community meetings on 1/17 and 1/18. WSF staff will answer questions and give updates on what’s happening at the Washington
Free course for caregivers coming up in 2024
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County and Northwest Regional Council are offering a free six-week course for unpaid family caregivers of San Juan County. This course, Powerful Tools for Caregivers, is an
Ring in the holidays with RADIANCE concert of early American music at Community Church
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI for ORCAS COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| Get ready to experience the heartwarming sounds of early American music as RADIANCE, the renowned Seattle-based vocal ensemble, returns to Orcas Island Community Church for their
Take action by December 22nd for a healthy Salish Sea
||| FROM FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Please join us in seeking to prevent additional big-oil vessel traffic that would pose a threat to endangered Southern Resident killer whales. Don’t let the holidays distract
