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 | Sadie Bailey
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April. Epiphyllum Anguliger in Bloom --
Orcas Issues Announces Subscription Drive & Subscribers’ Party!
Sign up to Support Orcas Issues and Come to our Party on April 8 Keeping our eyes on the prize of excellence in community journalism, we who work to bring you Orcas Issues were surprised
Join the Fun in Moran Park Clean Up
Saturday, April 9th 9am to 4pm at Moran State Park -- from Jackie Daigle -- Friends of Moran in 2011 Come lend a hand at the Annual Clean Up Day at Moran State
Guest Opinion: OPALCO Bylaw Change is Straightforward
-- from Rob Thesman -- If you’re an OPALCO member, you’re being asked to vote up or down on a bylaw change contained in the ballots that are being distributed. While opponents are characterizing the
Choral Society Brings the Masses to Orcas
-- from Lynn Baker -- Orcas Choral Society, 2011 Orcas Choral Society performs two 19th Century masses, one famous, one rediscovered, April 23 and 24 at the Orcas Center. The 1826 Missa Solemnis
Special Fire Commissioners Meeting on Monday
Monday, April 4, at 5:30 pm in the Eastsound Fire Hall A special meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners (BOFC) for San Juan County Fire Protection District #2 (Orcas Island) will be called to
Public Comment Period Open for Tesoro Xylene Project
The public only has until April 15th to weigh in. You can submit comments here. -- from Skagit Valley Herald -- Skagit County will require an environmental review for the Tesoro Anacortes Refinery’s proposed $400
April Poetry | Jill McCabe Johnson
In recognition of Poetry Month, and to celebrate and highlight our treasure trove of Orcas Island poets, Orcas Issues is pleased and honored to again offer daily poetry during April. First Kill -- Jill McCabe
County Council to Meet on Orcas Today
Tuesday, April 5 from 10:30 AM until 3:30 PM at the Eastsound Fire Station -- from Ingrid R. Gabriel, Clerk to the San Juan County Council -- The San Juan County Council is holding a
New Chef at West Sound Café
-- from Nanae Nagaoka Fralick -- West Sound Café will open for the 2016 season re-energized by new Chef Dirul Shamsid-Deen. Dirul is not new to Orcas Island. After training at the Western Culinary Institute (Le
Shakespeare Fourth Night: Tragedies are Truly Funny and Comedies are Truly Sad
--by Cara Russell-- The fourth night of the Annual Shakespeare Festival on Orcas Island once again took place in the lovely space of Random Howse. The stage was set, the garlands were hung, and the
Guest Editorial: The Creek and The Culvert
-- by Tom Welch -- Cascade Creek has, like most creeks, small beginnings. It’s an ignonimous little tumbler as it scoots over, around, under and through the rocks, logs, sticks, eddies, falls and stillwaters. Suddenly,
Letter to the Editor: Midsummer Night’s Dream is a Gift
-- from Barbara Bentley -- What a gift! I can’t say enough about Jake and the entire cast and staff delivered incredibly professional performance! Yeah, yeah, I know there is a tendency (at least on my
Annual Poetry Service at UUF this Sunday
Sunday, April 3 at 11:30 a.m. at Benson Hall - Emmanuel Episcopal Church -- from Suzanne Olson and Susan McBain -- Please join us for our Annual Poetry Service, led by Suzanne Olson. Bring your
Shakespeare Third Night | “How Many Goodly Creatures are There Here?”
-- by Cara Russell -- [metaslider id=42867] “Shakespeare was always meant to be a living form of communication and read out loud,” chanted lifelong Shakespeare enthusiast Jane Alden as she participated in ‘Community Night,’ at Random Howse
April Spoof: Deer Harbor Toll Gate Installed
-- from Charles Binford -- It is April 1st 2016 in beautiful Deer Harbor, WA where the sun is shining brightly, the breezes are blowing lightly and the temperature is a mild 60 degrees. Just
