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
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
Full Moon Tarot | The gift of love leads to generosity then withdrawal
||| FULL MOON TAROT by NIK SCHULZ ||| Ace of Cups The Ace of Cups I read as the divine gift of love that underpins all life. It is this divine gift that gives life
Latest from Lekanoff | Yellow Island
||| FROM REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| It’s already August! I hope this message finds you well and enjoying a beautiful Washington summertime. In this newsletter, I’d like to share some upcoming legislative priorities from mine, as
WSF Weekly Report | It’s all about the construction at Colman Dock
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Entry building, elevated pedestrian connector open at Colman Dock Our flagship terminal in Seattle has a new “front door.” The new entry building and elevated pedestrian
Making connections
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| I have been thinking about how we grow connection to community. For me, volunteering has been the best route to learning more about the island and meeting more local residents.
Chamber Music Festival to open its 26th season this weekend
||| FROM MARY TAYLOR for ORCAS ISLAND CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| The Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival kicks off this week with a 26th Season Concert Series that promises superb talent, brilliant programming, and musical
You are invited to share in Makers Hub Forum
||| FROM ORCAS CHAPTER, SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| The interest in an Orcas Tool Library, Repair Café, community Makerspaces, and access to a commercial kitchen continue to be topics of strong community interest across
County to remove A-frame signs in unpermitted areas of Eastsound
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County reminds businesses and event organizers of important ordinances regarding signage – particularly signs placed alongside the road in the County right-of-way. During the week of
A red-tailed hawk’s journey to Orcas Island
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| A young female Red-Tailed Hawk trapped at SeaTac Airport and later released in the Skagit Valley has been spotted near West Sound. It may be the first relocated
Primary election results are in
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY ELECTIONS ||| August 1, 2023 Primary Last updated on 08/02/2023 1:53 PM Number of Precincts 15 Number of Registered Voters 9,669 Total Ballots Counted 3,307 Estimated Ballots Left to Count
53rd Annual Shaw Island Classic race coming up soon
||| FROM PEG GERLOCK for SAN JUAN ISLAND YACHT CLUB ||| The 53rd Annual Shaw Island Classic Sailboat Race, sponsored by the San Juan Island Yacht Club, will be held Saturday, August 12 th ,
Crow Valley celebrates 25 years of David Ridgway painting Orcas
||| FROM CHRIS MORRIS for CROW VALLEY GALLERY ||| David Ridgway first came to Orcas in 1959 for YMCA summer camp at Orkila. He and his wife Ginger returned in 1997 for a visit. The
