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
Vigil calls for more urgency to save endangered salmon, orca
||| FROM SALISH CURRENT ||| Bundled up in the cold, about 60 people gathered at Maritime Heritage Park on Saturday night (Nov. 20) in Bellingham for a vigil in support of endangered salmon in the
Poetry | Murmuration by Barbara Crooker
||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF JOELLEN MOLDOFF ||| Murmuration by Barbara Crooker Cold morning. November, taking a walk, when up ahead, suddenly, the trees unleave, and thousands of starlings lift off, an immense river of
Interested in a workshop on government contracting essentials?
||| FROM VICTORIA COMPTON for ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ||| Interested in doing business with the government? Join Washington PTAC and the EDC for a workshop outlining the basics of government contracting and procurement. The workshop
Santa has installed a mailbox in Emmanuel Episcopal church garden
||| FROM STEPHIE MAC for EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH ||| For the next month, in the church garden at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, we will have Santa's Mailbox in which children of all ages can leave letters
School Board will meet on Tuesday evening, in person and Zoom
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| The Orcas Island School District School Board will be hosting their meeting on Tuesday, November 30, at 5 p.m. IN-PERSON in The OISD Multipurpose Rm behind the Old
This week, we have 27 new COVID cases in the islands
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN for DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT||| Since the last update on Friday November 18, there have been 27 new confirmed or probable cases in San Juan County. Current case count is now
Latest from Lekanoff | Native American Heritage Day, flood response
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. DEBRA LEKANOFF ||| A huge thank you to all of our frontline workers, fire fighters, police officers, community organizations, community members, and the Whatcom, San Juan and Skagit county
You really don’t want to not see this Go Figure! exhibit
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| Islanders and visitors alike are raving about the current exhibit, Go Figure! at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA). “Spectacular!” “We
Orcas Primary Care clinic update for holiday season
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND PRIMARY CARE ||| Gratitude Pumpkins - A Message of Thanks Island Primary Care – Orcas has been embracing the month of November by noting what we’re thankful for each day. Our
This Fall’s Makers Stroll was an exciting, creative, festive fusion
||| FROM MARCY MONTGOMERY for SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| The San Juan Makers Guild hosted an Eastsound Village Makers Stroll that featured Orcas Island and San Juan County grown and made products on October
Poetry | Belonging by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
||| SUBMITTED BY JOELLEN MOLDOFF ||| Belonging ROSEMERRY WAHTOLA TROMMER And if it’s true we are alone, we are alone together, the way blades of grass are alone, but exist as a field. Sometimes I
Thankful for blessings of having ‘swallowed the anchor’
||| FROM JEFF STRUTHERS ||| It is Thanksgiving Eve, and I find myself recounting the many blessings of having “swallowed the anchor” on Orcas Island now more than two decades go. Yes, serious threats are
Keeping food safe during the holidays
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| OLYMPIA -- Each year the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 48 million people get sick from foodborne illness and 128,000 are hospitalized. As families and friends gather for
Update from State Health Department
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Note: There will be no bulletin on Thursday, Nov. 25, in observance of Thanksgiving Day. Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total
Letter to Editor | Contributions to Community Emergency Fund help direct resources where they are needed most
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Recently, the Orcas Island Community Foundation (OICF) received a significant anonymous gift to the Community Emergency Response Fund (CERF). This fund was established in March
Celebrating our island farm heroes
||| FROM MARCY MONTGOMERY for SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| Fall is a great time for learning about local food and supporting island farms. As we move into Thanksgiving after the successful Farm Tour events, ‘where’
