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
Orcas News and Views Retrospective: 2015 Notable Moments
— by Margie Doyle, Publisher and Historian — 2015 Stories and Links -- an incomplete list, browse our archives (go to the link in the left-hand sidebar) and add your interests: Southern resident orcas increase,
Thanksgiving Poem: When Giving Is All We Have
-- by Alberto Rios -- One river gives Its journey to the next. We give because someone gave to us. We give because nobody gave to us. We give because giving has changed us. We
Thanksgiving Poetry Reprise: When Father Carves the Duck
When Father Carves the Duck by Ernest Vincent Wright We all look on with anxious eyes When Father carves the duck And mother almost always sighs When Father carves the duck Then all of us
Orcas News and Views Retrospective: 2014 Notable Moments
--by Margie Doyle, Publisher and Historian -- — 2014 Stories and Links an incomplete list, browse our archives (go to the link in the left-hand sidebar) and add your interests: Orca whales' baby boom gives
Salmon Preservation in Salish Sea At Risk
-- by Samantha Larson for Crosscut.com -- I was traveling from Seattle to Juneau up the Inside Passage with the small-cruise outfitter called Sea Wolf Adventures, but to navigate the shallow delta of the Stikine,
Historic Property to Become OPAL’s April’s Grove
-- from Leith Templin -- Gathering before Thanksgiving of the Templin-McGlinn pioneers: Jason Linnes, Leith Templin, Don Gerard, Barbara Rodenberger Griffin, Ron Griffin, John Willis, Peg Nicol, Catherine Peterson, Joyce Burkhard and Cherie Cunningham
Thanksgiving and Remembrance of Governor Dan Evans
-- by Sheila Cain for Crosscut.com -- “I hope for a kind of government where people listen to and work with each other,” he says. "Accomplishing good things takes bipartisan effort, because often what we’re
Ralph Kaplan 1934- 2018
Orcas Island resident Ralph Kaplan passed away at Swedish First Hill Campus Hospital in Seattle, Washington, on the morning of November 17, 2018. The cause was complications from pancreatic cancer. Ralph was born in 1934
Senior Center Gears Up For Holiday Events
-- from Sara Boyle for Orcas Senior Center -- It's the Holiday Season and the Senior Center is switching it up for 2018. Get ready for lots of fun activities and events to wrap up
Holidays Unfold in OICMF Leaves of Gold Concert
Thursday, December 13, 5:30 p.m., Rosario Mansion -- from Linda Slone for Chamber Music Festival -- Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival’s founder and Artistic Director Aloysia Friedmann is pleased to announce the Festival’s annual Leaves
Orcas News and Views Retrospective: 2013 Notable Moments
— by Margie Doyle, Publisher and Historian — 2013 Stories and Links an incomplete list, browse our archives (go to the link in the left-hand sidebar) and add your interests: The Mt. Baker Road Reconstruction
The Whale Museum Seeks a Collections Volunteer
-- from Rebekah Cousins for The Whale Museum -- The Whale Museum is seeking a long-term Collections Volunteer. The volunteer would be involved in two projects. The first is updating the Sightings database, which involves transferring
Montessori School Achieves a Dream
Saturday, December 1, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Orcas Montessori School -- from Teresa Chocano for Orcas Montessori School -- It is a beautiful thing when a vision comes true! Having a labyrinth to call
Artist Nicola Wheston’s Exhibit at SJIMA
-- from Diane Martindale for San Juan Islands Museum of Art -- Our planet is drowning in pollution and plastics and we still worship consumerism… Artist Nicola Wheston is not afraid to talk trash, but
School Board Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, November 20, 5 p.m., Orcas School Library -- from Orcas Island School Board -- The Orcas Island School District Board will meet on Tuesday, November 20, at 5 p.m. in the Orcas School Library.
Orcas News and Views Retrospective: 2012 Notable Moments
— by Margie Doyle, Publisher and Historian — 2012 Stories and Links an incomplete list, browse our archives (go to the link in the left-hand sidebar) and add your interests: Principal Kyle Freeman addresses the
