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
Maximize your future | Essential estate planning workshop
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Join us Wednesday, July 8 at 1 p.m. for a valuable estate planning session led by local attorney Barbara Nesbet, JD, MBA. This presentation will cover
EWUA meeting marked by escalating calls for transparency, accountability, leadership change
||| FROM CORY HARRINGTON ||| The Eastsound Water Users Association Board meeting was attended by approximately 50 members and reflected a night of significant tension alongside moments of earnest, heartfelt concern from community members deeply
Here’s a sneak peek at 2026 OIGC Tour Gardens
||| FROM PERRI GIBBONS for ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Garden A: Warm Valley Farm If you think you know this farm from the many times driving by it to the ferry…. think again!! You
News Brief | World’s leading deepfake expert no longer trusts his own eyes
In the age of A.I., Hany Farid is struggling to prove what’s real before the internet decides for itself ||| FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES ||| Hany Farid has invented software to identify deepfakes. But
County recognizes Juneteenth with proclamation and a day of observance
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County is proud to recognize Juneteenth as National Independence Day. During the June 9 meeting, the County Council issued a proclamation recognizing and celebrating June 19
Communitywide climate survey extended through June 19
Take the survey to help build the next phase of the Climate Action Plan ||| FROM SJC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ||| We want to hear from the community! To allow for additional inputs on
Larsen receives support from current and former elected officials
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| EVERETT, Wash. – Current and former San Juan County elected officials have resoundingly endorsed Rick Larsen for his reelection to Congress. Larsen has received endorsements
Summer sailing schedule starts today (Sunday, June 14)
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Our summer sailing schedule starts Sunday, June 14, and runs through Sept. 19. Anacortes/San Juan Islands: We’ve made schedule adjustments to improve on-time performance. Fauntleroy/Vashon/Southworth: The #3 vessel will operate a full-day schedule on Saturdays and Sundays this summer. Last year, it operated half days on weekends due to
I’m Not the Church Lady | It’s Spooky
||| I'M NOT THE CHURCH LADY from ROSIE KUHN ||| Whether you call it awakening, enlightenment, ascension, grace, expanded consciousness, or simply being fully alive, something seems to be happening. Ordinary people are having extraordinary
Midnight Mutterings | Planning for cats
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Planning for cats. is, at best, an oxymoron. As is the term ‘domesticated cat.’ I could have called this column ‘Oh no! Not cats again.’ One more thing
Tuesday’s EWUA board meeting is a ‘must attend’
||| FROM CORY HARRINGTON for EWUA STEWARDSHIP ALLIANCE ||| We are calling upon all concerned EWUA members to attend the upcoming Tuesday board meeting 6/16 5pm at the Firehall. The EWUA board has rejected calls for
SJI Museum of Art | SJIMA Summer Exhibitions June 12
Two Parents, One Son. A Century of Vision. ||| FROM BARBARA MARRETT for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| For the first time, the work of world-famous photographer Imogen Cunningham, her husband, Roi Partridge,
Sheriff’s Report | June 3 – 9, 2026
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3 26-003240 Citizen Assist 09:54:21 06/03/26 An Orcas Island Deputy responded to a citizen needing assistance in the Eastsound area. The Deputy learned that the
The Big Chautauqua show is coming to Odd Fellows Hall
||| FROM ERIC MORRIS ||| The Big Show is at the Odd Fellows Hall on Haven Road @ 7pm Saturday June 20. Featuring internationally known performers including the Flying Karamazov Brothers, Artis the Spoonman, The
Join Us for Orca Sing 2026
||| FROM CONOR AGNEW for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| Join your friends and neighbors at Lime Kiln Point State Park on Saturday, June 20th at 7:00 PM for Orca Sing 2026! Bring your friends, family,
Harvesting immature Chinook is shrinking salmon and reducing future returns, new research finds
Study shows that millennia-old practice of fishing in rivers could restore salmon size ||| FROM EMMA HELVERSON for WILD FISH CONSERVANY ||| A new study by researchers at the Wild Fish Conservancy and Raincoast Conservation
