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
Why we need to ‘electrify everything,’ according to this ‘genius’ inventor
||| FROM WASHINGTON POST at request of Orcasonian reader ||| Saul Griffith has a plan to combat climate change while creating millions of new jobs. It boils down to two words: "electrify everything." The Australian American
San Juan Makers survey: Let’s identify & quantify our actual housing challenges
Invitation to Farmers, Restaurants, Food and Beverage Producers, Grocers, Farmers Market Food Vendors, and Ag Product Artisans ||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| If you own or manage a farm or food system business,
Orcas Library is recruiting for a new Library Director
||| FROM MADELINE SHEPLOR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Orcas Island Library has begun the recruitment for a new Library Director. Our award-winning library is advertising on various social media platforms, websites, through associations and
Here are the newest numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,440,632 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 13. There have been 12,219 COVID-19 deaths
Seismology pinpoints location of two previous Orcas detonations
||| FROM MICKEY CASSAR, PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEISMIC NETWORK, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ||| A little over a week ago a colleague and retired seismologist, Tom Owens, who now lives on Orcas Island in the San Juans,
U.S. Senate unanimously approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent
||| FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ||| WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent across the United States next year. The bipartisan bill, named the Sunshine
Library to host Outdoor Talk: Staying active, at any age or stage
March 27, 2022 Talk + Q&A with Katy Bowman (from Sequim!) from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. on the Library's South Lawn, Book signing to follow. ||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY |||
In Memoriam | Theodore Francis (Ted) Driggers, 1936-2022
||| FROM ANN LEWIS ||| Theodore Francis (Ted) Driggers, 1936-2022 Theodore Francis (Ted) Driggers, 85, of Orcas Island, WA, passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2022. Ted was born on December 2, 1936
A Spring poetry discovery while passing through Warm Valley
||| FROM RICK MARKOV ||| The lambs are dropping Both Black and White in Warm Valley So soon So Quick As if from the Sky
It’s finally time to celebrate history again, in person
||| FROM SANDY STREHLOU for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| Now that Covid is over (mostly), it’s time to celebrate history again, in person! So, get ready, start planning, and let us know what fabulous
Join Katy Bowman for Nutritious Movement talk at The Funhouse
March 26, 11 a.m. on the sport court at The Funhouse ||| FROM NICOLE SPINOGATTI for FUNHOUSE COMMONS ||| Walking is a major “movement food group” for human bodies. Kids’ developing bodies need the
SJIMA’s spring shows are like nothing you’ve seen before
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| The spring shows at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA) are wholly novel, dramatic and totally unique. Recently installed, enjoy INTO
Some people aren’t ready to stop masking, but it can be tough to go against the grain
||| FROM NPR.ORG POSTED AT REQUEST OF theORCASONIAN READER ||| Like everyone else, Devin Golden is thrilled omicron is in retreat. But he isn't ready to let down his guard. He's not even close. "I
Airhawks Flying Club has a ribbon cutting ceremony coming up on Saturday
||| FROM ROBERT WAUNCH for AIRHAWKS FLYING CLUB ||| The Airhawks Flying Club will be having our official ribbon cutting ceremony next Saturday the 19th [Note: Corrected date] at 10 a.m. at my aircraft hangar;
Board? OICF has support and training available for nonprofit board members
||| FROM ED ANDREWS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Have you ever considered joining a nonprofit Board? Board service is a wonderful way to support causes you care about, meet new people, and connect
Bored? You just might be game to play with this monthly group
||| FROM INGRID KJELSTRUP ||| The Orcas Board Game Society meets the 3rd Sunday of every month at the Orcas Library (including this coming Sunday, March 20th). We play a variety of board games, some
