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
Health Care District Board to meet on Wednesday
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD ||| Board Meeting - June 25, 2025 The Orcas Island Health Care District Board will hold a regularly scheduled board meeting on Wednesday, June 25th from 5:00 - 7:00
Bruce Langford choral workshop June 28
||| FROM LYNN BAKER for ORCAS CHORAL SOCIETY ||| If you love to sing, now’s your chance for some fun. Join vocal conductor Bruce Langford Saturday, June 28, 10-noon at Emmanuel’s Parish Hall for a
County Council to travel to Waldron Island for July 1 meeting
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Council will hold its next regularly scheduled July 1 meeting on Waldron Island. The public is invited to join the three councilmembers and County staff
Trump’s federal land sell-off proposal includes 5M acres in Washington
||| FROM KING-TV SEATTLE ||| A sweeping federal budget bill making its way through Congress is sparking outrage among some in Washington state. The proposal, part of what former President Donald Trump is calling his
Orcas Island Garden Tour 2025 is just around the corner
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| Gardeners are natural teachers and learners who love to share what they know about growing plants. This year’s garden tour theme highlights Orcas properties that offer Beauty, Bounty
Killer whales ‘massage’ each other using kelp
||| FROM THE BBC ||| Orcas in the North Pacific have been seen "massaging" each other - rubbing pieces of kelp between their bodies. Using drones, researchers filmed the animals selecting and biting off the
A Soulful Summer Tribute | Kaylee Cole performs Carole King’s classics
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center is excited to present Cole Does King, a heartfelt tribute to the legendary Carole King from Kaylee Cole, as part of the Summer Concert Series
In Memoriam | Ruth McBride 1948 – 2025
||| FROM MATT CORDDRY ||| Ruth McBride Ruth was born in St Louis, Missouri on June 22nd 1948, the first child of Melanie Levy Malewitz, an artist and stay at home mom, and
Island Stewards | Ferries, foundations, transportation, taxes, and taking care
||| FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| The light is long, the market lines are longer, and the wildflowers are giving it their all—the island feels both stretched and in bloom. We’re grateful you’re here, holding the
Art Opening at Orcas Center | Zoe Osenbach
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| Orcas Center’s Visual Arts Committee (VAC) is pleased to present the next Art Opening, Friday, June 27 from 5:30pm – 7pm with featured artist, Zoe Osenbach in
Senior Center offers hearing services, grief support, Feldenkrais, and Art
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Monthly Hearing Services Stacie Nordrum, Au.D., CCC-A, from Island Hearing Healthcare, provides hearing care at Orcas Senior Center every first Thursday of the month. To secure
Crescent Beach Preserve forest work on Orcas Island to begin in July
||| FROM PETER GUILLOZET for SAN JUAN COUNTY CONSERVATION LAND BANK ||| The San Juan County Conservation Land Bank is advancing plans for a forest thinning and fuels reduction project on Crescent Beach Preserve. The effort
Larsen tours Tacoma ICE facility and meets with Lelo Juarez
||| FROM THE OFFICE OF U.S. REP. RICK LARSEN ||| TACOMA, WA – Yesterday, Representative Rick Larsen toured the privately-run ICE detention facility in Tacoma and met with Lelo Juarez, and today he released the following
Higher fares on the horizon for Washington State Ferries
A state transportation panel proposed 3% hikes this year and next, while lawmakers and the governor boosted a surcharge to build boats and added a credit card fee. ||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE STANDARD ||| Travel
Port Commission will meet on Monday
||| FROM CHIP LONG for PORT OF ORCAS ||| The Port of Orcas Board of Commissioners will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, June 23rd at 4:00 p.m. online via Zoom and in-person at the
As the Paradigm Shifts | I did all the right spiritual stuff and still feel like crap: WTF?!
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| When spirituality seems like the consolation prize for not becoming somebody special. Is “becoming spiritual” a consolation prize? Are we settling for less when we give
