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
Modified burn ban in San Juan County
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Fire Marshal, in conjunction with the San Juan County Fire Chiefs, have modified the BURN BAN posted from July 21st, 2023. (View previous burn ban
Permits required for building, grading, other construction activities
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The San Juan County Department of Community Development (DCD) reminds the public that permits are essential to ensuring safe building practices and the long-term safety of buildings and
Midnight Mutterings | My current favorite book
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I haven’t read Oppenheimer yet, so I might change my mind about favorite books, but at this point, The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read by Curtis Manley,
‘Seattle Chanteuse’ Jacqueline Taylor returns to Wild Island this week
||| FROM OLIVER GROENWALD for WILD ISLAND ||| Jacqueline Tabor, 4-time Earshot Jazz Vocalist of the Year and Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association Award Winner, also known as the "Seattle Chanteuse," will return to our stage, August 10-12,
Chamber Music Festival annual children’s concert coming up — rain or shine
||| FROM MARY TAYLOR for OI CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is thrilled to invite children and their families to our annual Children’s Concert on Aug. 9 at 1pm. Rain or
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival to feature HALO visual collaboration
||| FROM AYN GAILEY for HALO ||| This August, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (OICMF) and HALO* are collaborating to project the original artworks of Orcas Island fine artists. The works are projected onstage (close up) at Orcas Center to accompany the Festival's world-class musicians playing
100% of OCS 2021 graduates now enrolled in college or university
||| FROM TERRY POTTLE for ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| “We are proud to announce that every member of the class of ’23 has graduated, been accepted and are now enrolled to attend their chosen college
Fun In the Sun for Families: ‘Seed to Sprout’ classes offered this summer
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Department of Health & Community is proud to offer hands-on learning opportunities in the garden this summer! Families are welcome to join the fun and
Artworks features works by Ina Drosu for August
||| FROM B.J. ARNOLD for ORCAS ISLAND ARTWORKS ||| The Orcas Island Artworks features charcoal drawings and a lime plaster panel by Ina Drosu through the month of August. These works were generated from Ina’s
Art exhibit opening event | Sacred Forces: Paper + Wood at Orcas Island Winery
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND WINERY ||| Orcas Island Winery’s pop-up modern & contemporary art gallery, MUST, presents: “Sacred Forces: Paper + Wood '' featuring never before seen works of long time, established local artists, Kate
What a combo: Slow yoga, chair yoga, ukulele at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Slow Yoga and Chair Yoga with Susie Frank @ Orcas Senior Center – Slow Yoga: Thursdays, 9:15-10:15 am; Chair Yoga: Tuesdays, 9:15am-10:15 am and Thursdays, 10:30-11:30
Orcas Artists Open Studio Tour this coming weekend
||| FROM SARA FARISH for ARTIST OPEN STUDIO TOUR ||| This August 11th - 13th colorful koi fish flags will guide locals and tourists down country roads and private driveways to the studios of 43
It’s time for bluegrass on The Village Green
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| This Thursday, August 10 at 6pm, the Village Green stage comes alive with LIVE Bluegrass music! And it’s all part of the FREE Summer Concert Series presented
‘It’s good medicine’: Intertribal celebration marks completion of canoe journey
||| FROM KNKX-NPR ||| Posted at request of Orcasonian reader Crowds filled beaches near Seattle last weekend, as tribal members stood drumming and chanting to mark the arrival of dozens of canoe families coming in
Letter to Editor | Toni — Filled with gratitude!
||| FROM TONI KNUDSON ||| I’m deeply grateful to the voters of Orcas for their wonderful support they gave me in our effort to elect a Fire Commission as good as our terrific firefighters, paramedics,
As the Paradigm Shifts | There’s so much more to aging than meets the eye
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| My friend Daisy, who worked in hospice for many years, shared with me that from her experience, it appeared that most people make the greatest spiritual
