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
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
Coming of Age – Regardless of Age
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- One theme of Aging- Who Me? is that we are never not aging. We are never not developing, growing, unfolding, evolving. We are in fact in a constant state of
Orcas Center Invites Public to Meet New Executive Director
Sunday, April 30, 3 - 5 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Tom Fiscus -- Orcas Center’s Board of Trustees is pleased to invite its members and the general public to a welcome dessert potluck reception
April Poetry | At The Foundation
At The Foundation -- Carla Stanley -- Small house with big intentions in suspension sits near the forest waist clutch close in field it rests with bricks thick as they could be made by hands
This Senior Project Event All About Prom Dresses
Sunday, April 30, 3 p.m., Eastsound Fire Station -- from Alex Conrad -- Orcas Island High School senior Ella Conrad announces “Sirens of Orcas,” a fun, charitable formal/prom dress fashion event for our island community.
Celebrate Mother Earth All Weekend
SATURDAY, APRIL 22 GREAT ISLANDS CLEAN-UP ON EARTH DAY (Saturday, April 22, 9 - 12 pm) It is time for the 2017 Great Islands Clean-Up, the annual county-wide greening event where volunteers collect litter from
April Poetry | Come With Me
COME WITH ME -- Ingrid Karnikis -- Come with me along the path around the barn, through summer-scented, tall-grown hay, to the orchard where grape vines tangle thick and green. There you will find a
Ranker: Senate Republicans Refuse to Negotiate
-- from Dave Pringle, State Senate Democrats -- Sen. Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, released this statement today after Gov. Inslee said he would call the Legislature back for a special session beginning on Monday, Apr.
Special & Regular School Board Meetings Scheduled
Thursday, April 27, 5 p.m., Orcas School Library -- from Cathy Ferran -- Notice of Special and Regular School Board Meetings Thursday, April 27, 2017 Agenda Morning Session: Waldron School, Waldron Island, WA Evening Session:
Letter to Editor | Fair Solutions Needed for Vacation Rentals
-- from Cathy Ferran -- Between my husband and I, we've raised four kids on this island over the last 37 years. We worked for years to build a guest cottage that we could then
April Poetry | One Morning
One Morning -- David Kobrin -- Lying a-bed one morning in a very old house our bed frame creaked and settled. I followed its lead settled quietly to watch flowers bud on the crepe myrtle
Immigration Rights Group Drafts Resolution for San Juan County
-- from Orcas Women's Coalition -- In line with the recommendations of Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s Guidance Concerning Immigration Enforcement, the Immigration Rights Group, a sub-group of the Orcas Women’s Coalition (OWC), has
Ranker: Senate Must Act to Ensure Online Transparency
-- from Dave Pringle, Senate Democratic Communications -- State Senator Kevin Ranker Following the Washington state House of Representatives passing SHB 2200, protecting internet privacy, with a vote of 87-10, sponsor of the Senate
Animal Acupressure Will be Demonstrated at Animal Shelter
Saturday, April 29, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m., Orcas Animal Shelter -- from Mariann Carrasco -- A demonstration of how animal acupressure works on our dogs, cats, and horses will be given by Mariann Carrasco of Blue
