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
EDC Offers Workshop on Advanced Business Writing
Wednesday, May 10, 10 - 11 a.m., Windermere Real Estate, Friday Harbor -- from Victoria Compton -- Effective business writing is not only a key tool, it defines one’s image as a business person or
Orkila’s Spring ROAR Will be Annual Event
-- by Gray Gailey (6th grader) -- [metaslider id=51992] This year, on Apr. 23, Camp Orkila hosted their first annual ROAR, or Rogue Obstacle Adventure Race, on a windy, rainy afternoon. Before the race began,
OHS Graduate Honored at Gonzaga University
-- from Patricia Hunt -- A 2016 OHS graduate, Anthony Kaskurs, has been chosen as the recipient of the Freshman Class Award at Gonzaga University in Spokane WA. He was among the honorees on Tuesday, Apr.
April Poetry | In a Room Full of Diamonds an Oyster Stands Out
In a Room Full of Diamonds an Oyster Stands Out ( for Tish ) -- Bruce Adkins -- She said When you are with gorgeous women you know where the focus will be but he
April Poetry | Apotheosis of the Dive Coast
Apotheosis of the Dive Coast -- Jim McKeon -- A few miles south along that coast, the ruins of an old Arab settlement seem strange, alternating calm and submerged disquiet. Bright late afternoon light outline
April Poetry | Second Passage from a Work in Process (to be called The Dive Coast)
Second Passage from a Work in Process (to be called The Dive Coast) -- Jim McKeon -- The gauzy veil obscuring what Goethe called the eternal feminine ever so briefly clears… Gillian suddenly moves in
You’re Invited to an “Open Forest”
Monday, May 1, 3:30 - 5:30 p.m., Orcas Island Forest School Open Forest Curious about what a Forest School looks like? Orcas Island Forest School will hold an Open Forest Monday, May 1 from 3:30-5:30
Orcas Rotary Features Eric Webb at Meeting
Friday, April 28, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Jeanne McPherson -- Orcas Island Rotary presents School Superintendent Eric Webb in a presentation entitled, “Bond Bound⎯ Caught in the Webb” on Friday,
Great News for Orcas Island School District
-- from Cathy Ferran -- U.S. News and World Report just announced their 2017 Best High Schools rankings. The rankings award the top 6,041 public high schools with gold, silver and bronze medals, indicating their
April Poetry | Bad Villanelle – Oh Well!
Bad Villanelle - Oh Well! -- Sadie Bailey -- What I'm writing now is not the Great Poem, no Masterpiece - it's really not so hot. Doesn't matter that I'm on the spot, or if
East Coast Swing is May’s Community Dance Class
Monday, May 1, 7 - 9 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall -- from Bill Gincig -- Local instructors are again offering their community dance class on Monday, May 1, from 7 to 9 pm at the
Morris: Victoria to Get Sewage Treatment Plant
-- from Rep. Jeff Morris -- This year has...seen the resolution of a problem that has affected our shores for decades. Victoria, BC does not have full sewage treatment for their city and most waste
April Poetry | What The Leaves Say
What The Leaves Say -- JoEllen Moldoff -- The leaves are in conversation this morning as always, discussing how foolish we are to run from place to place as if we expect to find something
Great Islands Clean Up Cleans Up on Orcas
-- from ORS/The Exchange and Orcas Elementary School -- Some of the litter gathered in three hours of clean up by caring volunteers on Saturday Big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in
“The Universe in Verse” Live-Streamed
Streamed live at 4 p.m Pacific time, Monday, April 24 -- from Brain Pickings by Maria Popova-- This "labor-of-love [is a] celebration of science and protest against the defunding of the arts. (Original announcement below.)
SJIMA Introduces “Paint and Sip” Evenings
-- from Debbie Pigman -- Paradise Cove The San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA) will kick of its 2017 Art for Fun program in May. Art for Fun is a “paint and
