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.”
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New COVID-19 case on Orcas has possible connection to previous case
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN, DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| One new positive COVID test result has been reported in San Juan County, for an Orcas Island resident. This is the 37th case reported in San
Senior Center, Doe Bay Wine preparing for a ‘virtual vineyard’ fundraiser
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join Orcas Senior Center and Doe Bay Wine Company’s Cole Sisson in the virtual vineyard for a fun, festive and informative hour of wine tasting and food pairing on
Our place in the Universe and what we share with all life
A HUMBLE PERSPECTIVE: Focus on how similar we are, and what we share with all life, and all of the Universe. ( visual — image of Chicago area, the northern lights, and
Boards, commissions, committees need your service
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| The County Council is searching for San Juan County citizens to fill current and upcoming vacancies on various boards and commissions. Additional information about each committee is available
These folks have been harvesting bee cocoons at Orcas School garden
||| FROM DIANNE MACONDRAY FOR ORCAS MASTER GARDENERS ||| On October 19th. a small contingent of the Orcas Master Gardeners harvested Mason and Leaf Cutter Bee cocoons from nesting materials at the Orcas School garden.
Pandemic? These local witches don’t care
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, EDITOR ||| A bevy of witches -- or is it a coven?-- came from seemingly nowhere on Saturday to sweep about the shores of Eastsound aboard a fleet of paddle boards,
Kruse Reviews | What Were We Thinking
||| BY JENS KRUSE ||| Carlos Lozada, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning nonfiction book critic of The Washington Post, has done us a great service. With a heroic combination of persistence, diligence, stamina and masochism he has read
Today’s Poem | You are who I love by Aracelis Girmay
You Are Who I Love by Aracelis Girmay You, selling roses out of a silver grocery cart You, in the park, feeding the pigeons You cheering for the bees You with cats in your voice
Skagit Valley College offering free Mindful Meditation via Zoom
||| FROM ARDEN AINLEY for SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE ||| Skagit Valley College’s South Asian Student Club, in collaboration with the Black Students Union, warmly invites everyone to participate in Mindful Meditation, a weekly series of
It’s back to school next week for our island grade schoolers
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT ||| Next week grades kindergarten thru 2nd + Montessori 1st - 3rd will be coming back for in-person school. Here are the videos we just put out to parents
Poem for today | Vote!
VOTE Nikki Giovanni It’s not a hug Nor mistletoe at Christmas It’s not a colored egg At Easter Nor a bunny hopping Across the meadow It’s a Vote Saying you are A citizen Though it
Kiwanis Club of Orcas Island installs new officers
||| FROM VALA ROSS for KIWANIS CLUB OF ORCAS ISLAND ||| The Kiwanis Club of Orcas Island is proud to welcome new members and confirm new officers to take leadership of the organization. It is
Orcasional Musings | Newspapers: What about them? (Part two)
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| Why did four of New York City's seven large-circulation newspapers die? It happened quite suddenly, all in the same year. And why did The New York Times change its format
Recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 105,557 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on October 28. There have been 2,359 COVID-19 deaths in Washington.
Island Hospital partners with Orcas Island to operate a primary care clinic
||| FROM LAURA MORONEY for ISLAND HOSPITAL ||| ANACORTES, Washington – Beginning March 2021, Island Hospital (Skagit County Public Hospital District #2) will operate a single clinic providing primary, same day and after-hours services on
UW Medicine prepares for Orcas Island clinic transition
||| FROM DEBRA GUSSIN for UW NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS ||| UW Medicine has been proud to provide high-quality primary care at the Orcas Island Clinic for the past three years. As your partners in health, we
