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Letter to Editor | Tidal change?
||| FROM ELISABETH BRITT ||| Investing in equitable treatment for all Washington State Ferries (WSF) workers is not just about fairness, it is vital to the system’s long-term stability and resilience. In the Pacific Northwest,
Letter to Editor | Health District thanks community
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD & STAFF ||| Thank you for your strong support of the healthcare district's temporary levy lid request. As of Wednesday evening, the provisional results show it passing
As the Paradigm Shifts | The power of being Middle C
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| Today, I want to offer you a story that beautifully illustrates the dance between wanting to be special and learning the art of being ordinary. I
Letter to Editor | About that public works project on Shaw
||| FROM ELIZABETH HANCE ||| Public Works is planning a future for Shaw Island that it neither asked for nor wants. This future would include heavy industrial activity inconsistent with the spirit and intent of
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Loyalty to the Earth | There is no room for more
If there is a lot, we take a lot; if there is a little, we take it all. — Lyle Lewis, Racing to Extinction ||| LOYALTY TO THE EARTH by ELISABETH ROBSON ||| We are captives
Letter to Editor | Keep Shaw Shaw
||| FROM BARBARA, TED, AND PETER HUSTED ||| Dear County Council, County Mgr, and Community Planner: Public works is planning a future for Shaw Island that it neither asked for nor wants. This future would
Midnight Mutterings | PlayFest 2025
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| You still have a chance to see PlayFest 2025 at the Grange. (Or even see it again, as I will have done by the time you’re reading this.)
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Letter to Editor | About that Public Works plan on Shaw…
||| FROM JENNIFER WOODBRIDGE ||| Dear County Council, County Manager, and Community Planner: Public Works is planning a future for Shaw Island that most Shaw residents have neither asked for nor want. Public Works’ plan
Loyalty to the Earth | Earth Day was born in the Age of Machines
We do not live in the world. We live in a picture of the world. — Joseph Campbell ||| LOYALTY TO THE EARTH by ELISABETH ROBSON ||| What does it mean to be alive in
As the Paradigm Shifts | Becoming nobody special
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| “I’m learning to be ordinary, Rosie.” Sarah declares this—not with sadness or anger, nor with despair or bitterness—but with a clarity rooted in truth. In the
Letter to Editor | Health Care District support letter
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| I am deeply grateful to the Hospital Taxing District for their support of our Community Dental Program. This pilot program provides dental care to neighbors who have medicaid or Apple
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
Welcome to our weekly feature, Occam's Razor, from local artist S.C. Watson.
Loyalty to the Earth | How to connect with the natural world
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." —John Muir ||| LOYALTY TO THE EARTH by ELIZABETH ROBSON ||| The first thing to understand is that we are already connected. We breathe
