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
Recap of recent COVID-19 news and updates
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH |||Statewide Response Updates Newest numbers. The Department of Health reported a total of 110,011 confirmed cases as of 11:59 pm on November 2. There have been 2,400 COVID-19 deaths in
Another new Coronavirus case on Orcas Island
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN, DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ||| Another positive COVID test result has been reported for an Orcas Island resident. This is the 38th case reported in San Juan County. The case has occurred
Wolf and Minney lead in race for County Council seats
||| BY MINOR LILE, ORCASONIAN REPORTER ||| With approximately 83% of the vote counted, Cindy Wolf has received 5,861 votes (52.94%) and holds a 682 vote lead over incumbent Rick Hughes (5,179 votes, 46.78%) in
There’s a moon on the rise
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, EDITOR ||| Whether it is a bad moon on the rise, or a good moon on the rise remains to be seen and, of course, is subject to a multitude of
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center earns top rating for cardiothoracic survey program
||| FROM DEBRA ELLEFSON for PEACEHEALTH ||| October 3, 2020 — FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash., — PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center located in Bellingham, Wash., has earned a distinguished three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Food Bank recruiting two AmeriCorps service members for their team
||| FROM ORCAS FOOD BANK ||| Join our amazing team! We are currently recruiting 2 AmeriCorps service members starting Dec 1st, 2020. Service members are eligible for a monthly stipend of $1,938, and if the
Hot Topic #33 | Let’s be honest: A discussion about the holidays and minimizing transmission risk
||| FROM BRENDAN COWAN, DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT ||| Everything about the COVID crisis has been uncertain and ever-changing. Partly as a result of that, we’re all left scratching our heads wondering why some things are
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
