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
April Poetry | She Still Thinks She Can Change Him
She Still Thinks She Can Change Him -- Bruce Adkins -- She walks loneliness tightroped between the desire for love and the constancy of despair Convinced this is her only chance for love she holds
Don’t Miss Annual Master Gardeners Spring Plant Sale
Saturday, May 13, 9 a.m., Mullis Center -- from Mo Sloane -- Hundreds of organic vegetable starts and perennials, all lovingly grown and nurtured by San Juan County Master Gardeners, will be on sale at
Senior Center Art to Exhibit “A Gentleman’s View”
Reception: Saturday, May 6, 5 - 7 p.m., Senior Center -- from The Senior Center Visual Arts Committee -- There are many talented and accomplished artists who live on Orcas Island. Although women make up the majority,
SJ National Monument Not on Trump’s List
-- by Lin McNulty -- On Apr. 26, 2017 the White House initiated an executive order authorizing the review of national monuments designated since Jan. 1, 1996. The order targets monuments of more than 100,000 acres
Rock of Orcas Spotlights Orcas Center Benefit
May 11 - 13, 18 - 20, 7:30 p.m., Orcas Center -- from Susannah Weaver, Orcas Center -- Opening on May 11, Orcas Center will feature Rock of Orcas, a concert celebrating the 4rth Annual
Governors Issue Statement on Offshore Drilling
-- from Chase Gallagher, Gov. Inslee's Office -- Governor Jay Inslee, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., and Oregon Governor Kate Brown issued the following statement today in response to a presidential executive order to revise
Pigs, Plants, and Pickett: A Peek into Our History
-- from Amy Nesler, San Juan Visitors Bureau -- Who would have thought a trespassing pig could start a war? Only in Washington’s San Juan Islands. Discover this and other colorful stories during History Lives
April Poetry | South
South -- Carla Stanley -- Marty Graw Sister Purse of the Clasped Hands Queen of the Leaning Mean part party part zydeco she'll go out with the bad the good or her own flow and
Inslee on Renewed Efforts to Repeal ACA
-- from Governor Inslee's Office -- Gov. Jay Inslee released a statement today on renewed congressional efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The bill under consideration, if passed, would shift $1.4 billion a year
April Poetry | The Cloud Bird
The Cloud Bird -- David Kobrin -- Oh yes, I saw the cloud bird Heading north, northwest it was Against the current Of the clouds. It’s head and beak a shrouded gray through the background
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
