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As the Paradigm Shifts | Five reasons why I don’t tell people what to do
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| I’ve just come back from a visit with my daughter and her family in Edmonton, Canada. It was probably one of my best visits yet. Why?
Letter to Editor | Rick Fant for Port of Orcas
||| FROM CHIP LONG ||| As a new to the island resident, what’s immediately apparent is how generous our neighbors can be in volunteering their time and expertise in ways that solve problems, create opportunities,
Guest Opinion | Why I support a San Juan County motor vehicle fee
||| FROM BILL APPEL ||| The recent draft of Destination Management Plan (“Draft Plan”) proposes a charge on all (nongovernmental?) vehicles that travel within the county. While this charge would appear to be in response
Guest Opinion | Destination Management Plan is still open for public comment until end of this month
||| FROM BRIAN WIESE ||| The County's Department of Environmental Stewardship, in coordination with the San Juan Visitors Bureau and with funding from the Lodging Tax, has issued its Draft Destination Management Plan, proposing its
Midnight Mutterings | Cassidy Hutchinson’s new book
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| I try to keep politics out of my mutterings online, mostly because I think it’s unfriendly (as well as futile) to try to influence another’s thinking and/or personal
Full Moon Tarot | Sorrow and hidden action give way to deep appreciation
||| FULL MOON TAROT by NIK SCHULZ ||| Pain and sorrow, accepted and transformed, perhaps aided by hidden action leads to a deep, passionate appreciation of life. Here’s my interpretation for what Spirit offers for
As the Paradigm Shifts | Called to Walk the Camino—the Way, in Spain
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| “Recognizing that invitation within the depths of one’s heart, is the beginning of the process. And as the smile of inner recognition spreads across your face,
Climate Eyes | Council grasps at greenhouse gases, gets grant
||| CLIMATE EYES by STEVE BERNHEIM ||| The San Juan County Council met last Monday, September 18 to release its greenhouse gas study which attempts to quantify human-caused greenhouse gas emissions originating in the county
Midnight Mutterings | Revolting appliances
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Although there were no obvious signs of a revolution in process, i.e. no rallies with placards sporting a giant X over a depiction of my face, no whispers
Letter to Editor | Human nature
||| FROM JENNIFER SMITH ||| As a writer and observer of people, I notice patterns, both here in the Pacific Northwest and back on the Plains where we grew up. I suspect it is throughout
Guest Opinion | Quality of life vs. quality of economy
||| FROM MICHAEL JOHNSON ||| Anecdotal evidence tells us that there is, once again, a rising number of Covid cases spreading throughout our island communities at this very moment in time. But, as we no
As the Paradigm Shifts | Love resides everywhere, always
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN||| This week, after 14 years of love and joy, I said goodbye to my companion Gracie, my dog. My experience in the first few days has been
Guest Opinion | This is what happens when challenges hit our Orcas community
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Thank you for this honor. I am deeply appreciative. Community Leadership is a team sport and I thank the Orcas Island Community Foundation staff, Board,
Letter to Editor | Are our tourism and growth policies dysfunctional?
||| FROM MICHAEL JOHNSON ||| "There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about." -Margaret Wheatley The unanswered questions repeatedly asked over the years by concerned citizens regarding how
Midnight Mutterings | Letter from America
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Yesterday, I left Orcas Island to spend a few days on the mainland, In addition to some appointments, I wanted to visit Rose and Molly. Their first birthday
