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Guest Opinion | No Kings?
||| FROM MISHA RAUCHWERGER ||| I come from immigrant families: fleeing the pogroms where the Czar was burning Jewish villages, and the holocaust. Situations far worse that what we are experiencing today. I became fascinated
Guest Opinion | Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good
Orcas needs public transit today ||| FROM COLIN WILLIAMS for FRIENDS OF RURAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ||| We believe residents should have choices—both in whether to raise additional taxes for enhanced service and in selecting among
Midnight Mutterings | Goals vs practices
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| From Dictionary.com: Goal and practice: Goal: ’First recorded in 1325–50; Middle English gol “boundary, limit”; further origin. The result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
Letter to Editor | Why I’m supporting OIFR bond levy
||| FROM BRIAN EHRMANTRAUT ||| Orcas Island Fire & Rescue’s fire engines have served this community well for decades, but the fleet is aging and needs urgent attention. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), which
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.
This is Actually Good | Big Fall Salad
||| THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD by RACHEL FACTOR ||| Have you ever had one of those absolutely delicious big salads at some fancy restaurant but it cost you $25? You probably thought to yourself then
Guest Opinion | I have great concern for our Democracy
||| FROM SAN OLSON ||| Our country is in an existential fight for our democracy. It is of utmost importance that elected leaders truly comprehend what is at risk and view all actions by the
Guest Opinion | The time to establish a Lopez Island Park and Recreation District is now
The time to establish a Lopez Island Park and Recreation District is now. ||| FROM JANE FULLER ||| To my fellow Lopez Islanders, As your San Juan County Council member and mother of a recent
No Place Like Loam | Growing wine grapes in Seattle? Part 1
Finding wine-growing promise in a place that doesn’t give it away ||| NO PLACE LIKE LOAM by ALEX TAMAYO-WOLF ||| Growing wine grapes west of the Cascades isn’t for the faint of heart. The rain
Guest Opinion | Celebrating National Coming Out Day
||| FROM JUSTIN PAULSEN ||| First celebrated in the United States in 1988, National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an annual LGBTQ awareness day observed each October 11th to support anyone "coming out of the closet".
As the Paradigm Shifts | Self-Deprivation
Cracking open the door to who knows what ||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN Who knows what will shift when I finally stop saying, “I can’t have that.” Manifestation is something people long
Guest Opinion | Vote NO on the Orcas Fire District bond proposition 1
||| FROM ROBERT DASHIELL ||| A NO vote on the Orcas Fire District bond proposal on the November 4, 2025 ballot can result in an estimated $10 Million in Fire District additional capital funding at
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.
This is Actually Good | Tahini Cauliflower recipe
||| THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD by RACHEL FACTOR ||| We're at the time of year when summer veg is a thing of the past. Our tomatoes aren't ripening like they used to, zucchini is long
No Place Like Loam | A strawberry tree grows in Seattle: Rediscovering an ancient evergreen
Why this overlooked Mediterranean native belongs in Pacific Northwest landscapes ||| NO PLACE LIKE LOAM by ALEX TAMAYO-WOLF ||| The strawberry tree, Arbutus unedo, never seems in step with its neighbors. While other trees surrender
