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
Out of the shadows and onto Orcas Center stage
Saturday, February 22, 4:30 Dinner, 6:15 Show, Orcas Center -- from Norm Stamper for Woman in the Woods Productions -- What do you get when you combine sensational movement and spoken word artists with a
Liz Smith named 2020 WSF Writer-In-Residence
-- from Iris Graville, Inaugural WSF Writer-In-Residence -- The table tent has been passed. Liz Smith of Friday Harbor, WA has assumed the role as the 2020 Writer-In-Residence (WIR) on the Washington State Ferries (WSF).
Dance the winter blues away at Orcas Center
Saturday, February 15, 8 p.m., Orcas Center Black Box -- from Bethany Marie for Orcas Center -- Dance away the winter blues with An Off-Center Dance Party in Orcas Center’s Black Box on Saturday, February
Vacation Rental Working Group invites Lopez to timely dialogue
Saturday, February 8, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., Grace Hall on Lopez -- from Toby Cooper for Vacation Rental Working Group -- On Saturday, February 8 the Vacation Rental Working Group (VRWG) will hold a public
Knitting, coding among what’s happening in the stacks at Orcas School library
-- from Orcas Island School District -- Remember your old school library? Summer reading lists? The Dewey decimal system? Silence? Things have changed in the world of school libraries. No longer just a place for reading and research, the
Mozart quartets for flute, strings to be performed
Sunday, February 2, 8 p.m., Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church -- from Jeffrey Cohan for Salish Sea Early Music Festival -- The complete Mozart Quartets for Flute and Strings will be heard in arare performance on
PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center honors health coach graduates
-- from Deanna Ellefson for PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center -- PeaceHealth Peace Island Medical Center recently recognized the first group of caregivers earning health coach certification as a result of its Integrated Nutrition Pathways Scholarship
Junior SeaDoctors night, free dinner at Camp Orkila
Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 p.m., Camp Orkila -- from SeaDoc Society and Camp Orkila -- On Wednesday, February 5, the SeaDoc Society and Camp Orkila will serve a free spaghetti dinner as part of the
Ayurveda: Feeling the Kapha blues?
-- from Jule Eron -- Ayurveda, an ancient Indian medical science, teaches everything is made up of the five great elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether. Each of us is a unique combination of these
Community set to celebrate Annie Moss-Moore as she retires from Orcas Center
Sunday, February 2, 1 - 3 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Bethany Marie for Orcas Center -- Orcas Center cordially invites you to the retirement party of Annie Moss-Moore on Sunday, February 2 from 1
Update on vacation rental permits
-- from Island Stewards, Vacation Rental Work Group -- As of 23 January 2020, almost 2200 people have signed the petition asking County Council to impose an immediae moratorium on the issuance of Vacation Rental Permits. Immediate action
Agricultural community to get together for Hoedown
Friday, February 7, 6 - 9:30 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall -- from Rhys Hansen for San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit -- Those who love local food (and farmers) are invited to join the agricultural community
Guest Opinion | When paradise isn’t, but could be
-- from Kevin Carter, Gregory Kramer, and Jari Andrea Brenner -- Orcas Island is this perfect backdrop for creating and living your best life, but for some, there is an undercurrent of intolerance and, in
Orcasional Musings | Colonoscopy? Over my dead body!
||| ORCASIONAL MUSINGS BY STEVE HENIGSON ||| One of the "features" of aging past 50 is the quinquennial colonoscopy, "just to make sure that nothing bad is happening in there." And now it was time for
OPALCO Board rescinds dam resolution in favor of collaboration with membership
-- from Suzanne Olson for OPALCO -- At the January 23 board meeting on Lopez Island, the OPALCO Board voted unanimously to rescind Resolution 2-2019, which was enacted in September 2019 in support of the
Get your act together to be a County Fair performer
-- from Adrienne Bourne for San Juan County Fair -- Planning is underway for the San Juan County Fair August 12-15, 2020 and we are hoping you want to be part of the show! Are you
