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
Advance Directives Topic of Senior Center Class
Monday, April 10, 1 - 3 p.m., Senior Center -- from Arron Redford -- Hilary Walker returns to the Orcas Senior Center this month for another hands-on tutorial in filling out one’s Advanced Directives paperwork.
Guest Opinion | Eastsound Vision Needs Many Voices
-- from Marilyn Jonassen -- I attended the event for public comment on the recently crafted Vision Statement for Eastsound on Friday night and was reassured by the amount of citizen interest in the future
April Poetry | incendiary, We
incendiary, We [Germany, 1930] -- Leif -- unquenchable fires: We can always find a person stranger than we would like, “A Threat!” to exclude, and from exclusion the well-crafted excuse, from excuses grow fire We
WA Poet Laureate to Read at Orcas Center
Monday, April 3, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center Madrona Room -- from Susannah Weaver -- Gonzaga professor and award-winning poet, Tod Marshall, was appointed the fourth Washington State Poet Laureate by Governor Jay Inslee in January
Book Review | “Revolutions We’d Hoped We’d Outgrown”
-- by Lin McNulty -- Orcas poet Jill McCabe Johnson recently released a new collection of her luscious poetry in a book entitled "Revolutions We'd Hoped We'd Outgrown." (Finishing Line Press) Good poetry is a
Ah, Malaise
-- from Rosie Kuhn -- I woke up this morning sad, frustrated, and disappointed. "Why?" I ask myself. It's a beautiful day on Orcas, you are healthy, you have money in the bank and a
Dreamers Meet Realists in Visioning Meeting
-- by Ayn Gailey -- The behind-the-scenes of the Eastsound Vision Committee will never be a reality TV show, but it would make for an interesting one. One of the unspoken challenges for this committed
April Poetry | What I Don’t Remember
What I Don’t Remember --Nancy Reas-- I don’t remember crawling because I could not yet walk nor my first words that made sense to others. I don’t remember not knowing how to dress myself (except
Public Forum Explores Reasons for Bond Failure
-- by Ayn Gailey -- Where do we go from here? That was the question of the evening on Thursday, Mar. 30 at the first community forum since the Orcas Island School District’s (OISD) Phase
Trump Budget Details Indicate WSF to be Renamed WALL
-- a Maurice Austin Special Investigation into Stuff -- According to recently released documents from the Governmental Organization for Open Process (GOOP), the much-debated Trump fiscal budget for 2017-2019 mandates a restructuring of the Washington
April Poetry | Stars in Your Eyes
Stars in Your Eyes -- Samuel Webster -- into your eyes oceans of luminescence l'lumière like trails of phosphorescence along a moonlit ocean crossing I'm lost in the blue and tangled you cast adrift, it's
Eastsound Water To Conduct Routine Flushing
Tuesday - Wednesday, April 4 - 5 -- from Eastsound Water Users -- Eastsound Water will be conducting a routine flushing of the water mains in the area of: Blanchard Seaview Mountain View Bunny Donahue
There’s Still Time to Speak-up About Your Vision for Eastsound
-- from Jeff Otis -- On Apr. 6 from 3 – 6 p.m. at the Eastsound Fire Station, the Eastsound Planning and Review Committee (EPRC) will be taking public comment on the Vision for Eastsound.
Larsen Announces 2017 Congressional Art Competition
-- from Douglas Wagoner -- Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) is inviting high school-aged students in the Second Congressional District to showcase their artistic talents in the 2017 Congressional Art Competition. The U.S. House of Representatives
Random Acts of Foolishness Will Be Committed
-- from George Post -- The first day of April is the one day of the year that gives us cultural permission to be foolish or be fooled. Citizens of Orcas, don't waste this precious
Orcas Center Hires Brian A. Kemp as Executive Director
-- from Tom Fiscus, Orcas Center Board President -- Orcas Center is pleased to announce its hire of Brian Kemp as Executive Director. Kemp has held business development and creative programming positions at several well-known
