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
Ready to make your gift to Orcas? Time is running out
||| FROM LINDSAY JENNINGS for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Hello Community and Friends, The close of Holiday GiveOrcas is Thursday at midnight. That means we have just a few more days to reach a
The Co-op Way: Capital credit checks are in the mail
||| FROM KRISTA BOUCHEY for ORCAS POWER & LIGHT COOPERATIVE ||| Just in time for the holiday season, more than $1.1M in capital credit checks are going out to longtime OPALCO members this month, as
Festival of lessons and carols
||| FROM EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL PARISH ||| Come and sing favorite carols and hear again the familiar but ever-new Christmas story in words and music at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish of Orcas Island on Sunday, Dec. 15,
New winter sailing schedule released by WSF
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| The new winter sailing schedule for the Anacortes/San Juan Islands route begins Sunday, Dec. 29. Vehicle reservations are currently open for the new schedule. Working closely with the community, we developed the new
Christmas at Orcas Island Community Church
||| FROM CAROL KULMINSKI for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| Celebrate the Christmas season at the Community Church with Advent Services and Vespers, Concerts, and a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service.
Community Band is back for Holiday Concert
||| FROM KAREN KEY SPECK for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY BAND ||| It's been a long hiatus since the Orcas Island Community Band presented a Holiday Concert - last in 2019! The Band is excited to
County Council considers extending agreement with Lopez Solid Waste to allow for more collaboration
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| During the Council meeting on Monday, December 9, 2024 (2:26:45), San Juan County Council discussed recent community feedback regarding the proposed update to the Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District
Great news for San Juan County arts, cultural, heritage, science access
||| FROM SAN JUAN ISLANDS MAKERS GUILD ||| County Council has passed the new Cultural Access Initiative that will invest 1/10th of 1% of sales tax in valuable programs that enrich all ages of our
Plunge like you’re a Polar Bear and its 2025
||| FROM TOBY COOPER ||| Wednesday, January 1, 2025 – Plunge at 11 am sharp! Grounds open at 10 am. Gather at the Boathouse Beach, South End of Cascade Lake.
In Memoriam | Joseph Richard Murphy
||| FROM ANNE GARFIELD ||| Joseph Richard Murphy was a man of many threads: an aspiring writer; an ardent student of philosophy, religion, and life; a lover of jazz; a Buddhist; a husband and a
A Ferry Fate Ball Christmas Poem
||| BY BRIAN LEONARD ||| Twas the week before Christmas, and all through the isles Travelers were wondering if the ferries would be a trial The reservations were made months in advance But being on
Blue Health | How the sea benefits our physical and mental wellbeing
||| FROM THE CONVERSATION ||| Have you ever gazed out at the sea and felt the world become smaller? Perhaps you have swum in its waters and felt that time stood still, that the noise
OCS Culinary class prepares pies for school-wide Thanksgiving Dinner
||| FROM ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL STAFF ||| The Orcas Christian School (OCS) high school culinary class recently ventured into the art of pie-making for their annual school-wide Thanksgiving dinner. This year marked the return of
Sea Island Nutcracker | An On-Screen Encore Production
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center and the Orcas Dance Collective are proud to present an encore screening of 2023’s Sea Island Nutcracker on December 14 at 6pm and December 15
Chair Yoga
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us for Chair Yoga, a soothing practice tailored for seniors and those with disabilities, held every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 10:45 am. This
Yuletide Baroque: Jazzin’ with the Classics for Christmas
||| FROM JEFFREY COHAN for SALISH SEA EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| For the 15th year, our annual Yuletide Baroque: Jazzin' with the Classics for Christmas, presented as always by Emmanuel Episcopal Church, will feature jazz
