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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
Guest Opinion | Which side are you on?
||| FROM MINOR LILE for SALISH CURRENT ||| (Originally published in the Salish Current on April 7, 2025) Perhaps you’ve noticed that there’s a lot happening out there lately. The wild swirl of commotion and
Letter to Editor | Temporary health levy will strengthen our island economy
||| FROM RICK HUGHES ||| I’m never a fan of any new tax and especially in this current environment, but I feel that this levy is a good investment for the good of the island.
Letter to Editor | Additional info on OIHCD temporary levy lid lift
||| FROM TREY HOLLAND ||| As we approach the April 22 deadline for voting on Proposition 1 — San Juan County Public Hospital District #3 10-year temporary levy lid lift ballot measure — it might
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 | More lifeboats or less people?
||| FROM JOE SYMONS ||| I write to invite a conversation about OPALCO’s future vision as indicated in the most recent Ruralite magazine. The page 8 letter from the OPALCO board notes that SJC’s size
Midnight Mutterings | April 5, 2025
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| When you read this, what happened across the country on April 5, 2025, will already have happened or is, at least, in progress. I am muttering at midnight
