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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.
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 | Orcas is changing
||| FROM JOHN ERLY ||| Let's start with "Pet Parade" where there were goats, horses, cows, rabbits, chickens, ducks, goldfish in bowl, snakes, and other farm animals we are used to seeing. We did have
Letter to Editor | Where are we going?
||| FROM SUSAN MUSTARD ||| On April 30th, I was at SeaTac Airport. After having been thoroughly vetted (passport, etc), we were finally ready for our overseas flight. The airline called for our boarding. My
Midnight Mutterings | Kohlberg’s stages
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Recently, I stumbled across (on the web) mention of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development. I realized I hadn’t thought about his work in decades and so I
As the Paradigm Shifts | Letting the ache be sacred
||| THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| After dinner, I stepped out into the night to toss a bit of organics into the compost. That’s when I heard an urgent, aching cry from the
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.
Guest Opinion | Regarding OPALCO solar project proposed for Decatur Island
||| FROM BRIAN L. GRANT, M.D. I am a longstanding homeowner on Decatur Island. I and a great many others strongly oppose the project proposed for the heart of Decatur, to create a solar farm
Guest Opinion | Thinking bigger picture on electricity
||| FROM ELISABETH ROBSON ||| The message we as a community have received recently from OPALCO is that we are in trouble related to electricity supply meeting demand on the Northwest Grid. Recent articles in
Long-term islanders offer long-term islanders a long-term island home
||| BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| Following three months of desperate house hunting on Orcas Island, long-term islanders have offered long-term islanders a much-needed long-term island rental home. When we were notified that our
Letter to Editor | Odd Fellows thank you to community
||| FROM DIDIER GINCIG for ODD FELLOWS ||| The Odd Fellows would like to extend gratitude to our generous community for your support of our quest to upgrade sound and lights at the Odd Fellows Hall. Thanks
Midnight Mutterings | I (don’t necessarily) love a parade
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| There are a lot of nice things to say about some parades and I won’t bore you here with what I think makes a parade worth watching. Except
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.
Guest Opinion | What are we really protecting?
||| FROM ISLAND STEWARDS ||| Island Stewards began this year with a simple belief: the future of the San Juan Islands should be shaped by those who live here — not just by markets, mandates,
Letter to Editor | We need your help
||| FROM SAN JUAN COMMUNITY HOME TRUST ||| The Town is blocking our development of affordable housing. For the past two years, we have been diligently trying to satisfy the Town of Friday Harbor’s requirements
