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
Donate Items for Granny’s Attic Sale
-- from Arron Redford for the Senior Center -- Spring is on the doorstep and it’s time to clean out the attic! Once again the Orcas Island Senior Center is collecting donations of interesting and
April Poetry | pan·e·gyr·ic
pan·e·gyr·ic -- Leif -- Bread: in complexity and difference, small discoveries. Not lovingly handled warm, breastlike, beautiful softly powdered, rising lump of goodness more like Children. sticky unpleasant unruly and wet flour wants to become
Survivability Group to Talk About Cancer
Thursday, April 13, 5 p.m., Orcas Community Church -- from Sue Lewis -- Cancer. The one word no one wants to talk about. If you were recently given this unexpected diagnosis, the last thing you
Farm to Classroom Expands Students’ Knowledge of Edible Plants
-- from Ashley Randall -- During the month of March, the sun began to shine brighter on our school garden. With spring on our minds, we tested our knowledge of edible and medicinal herbs by
Orcas Distillery Brings Home Medals
Charles West and Carie DeRuiter at 11th Annual Judging of Craft Spirits in Baltimore Maryland. -- from Charles West -- Orcas Island Distillery was awarded Best in Category Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals
April Poetry | Crows’ Skin
Crows’ Skin -- Samuel Webster -- this morning I woke up with my crows’ skin on kyrie, eleison I shall find my father now whose soul took flight christe, eleison or my friend who took
Jackpot Bingo Winner Shares With Community
-- from Mindy Sonshine -- Before 9-year-old Chase Connell ventured into a Bingo hall for the first time, on Thursday night, Apr. 6 at the local American Legion, he made a deal with his sister and another friend
Just Another Leg of the Journey
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- A young individual new to the world may come to perceive that there is only one long leg on the journey of life. As one proceeds, they will most likely
April Poetry | Orchard in Afternoon
ORCHARD IN AFTERNOON -- Ingrid Karnikis -- You brought a bench from the barn so I could sit in the shade of an ancient apple tree It is harvest time; early this year, just mid-September.
April Poetry | Writing On The Rail
Writing On The Rail -- Carla Stanley -- The journal train going that way tonight now today paint out plays bold names colored in square car frames plain sight rolling daisy chain linked boxes holding
Governors Association Responds to Federal Student Aid Outage
-- from The National Governors Association -- The National Governors Association released a statement Wednesday urging a quick resolution of an outage that impacts students’ ability to file for financial aid through the Free Application
Ranker Outdoor Early Learning Pilot Passes House
-- from Dave Pringle, Senate Democratic Communications -- Sen. Ranker's bill to start a four-year pilot program for outdoor early learning passed the House of Representatives today and is on its way to the Governor’s
Emmanuel Episcopal Officially Declares as Sanctuary
-- from Margaret Payne -- We, the members of the Emmanuel Episcopal Parish of Orcas Island, as a community of faith and a people of conscience, have pledged in our baptismal covenant to seek and
Funhouse Commons is Seeking Mentors
-- from Sarah McKay -- Do you have some free time each week to spend with a younger child in need of adult guidance? Are you an artist, an outdoor enthusiast, an athlete, a chef?
The Exchange Now Digs In For the Long Haul
-- by Sam Gailey -- Paula Treneer, ORS; Mike Greenberg, ORS; Rick Hughes, SJC County Council; Tim Blanchard, ORS; Pete Moe, ORS; Greg Sawyer, SJC; Mike Thomas, SJC On Wednesday, Apr. 5, the
Explore the Wonders of a Day at Salmonberry
Thursday, April 13, 8:45 a.m. - 3 p.m., Salmonberry School -- from Mandy Troxel -- Salmonberry School is excited to welcome any interested families in the community for a drop-in day this Thursday, Apr. 13
