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Guest Opinion | Change is possible with our housing crisis
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| The County released the Point in Time data for this year noting 148 people countywide counted as either unsheltered or at risk of becoming so, up
As the Paradigm Shifts | How we choose at our everyday crossroads
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| Whenever I’m about to share an idea with you in one of these columns, I always ask myself, what’s the point? What is the intention of
Letter to Editor | Who’s who in this homeless count?
||| FROM BEA VON TOBEL ||| Even though I’ve been officially retired for 10 years, my mind continues to ponder life on this island of residence, and has prompted several observation/questions. Some of them may
Earthrise | How the Chinese spy balloon can inspire climate action
||| EARTHRISE BY JAY KIMBALL ||| The Chinese spy balloon entered North America on January 28th. Eight days later, it was shot down off the coast of South Carolina. During those eight days, the spy
Sun Days on Orcas | Helping Hands Noramise
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Winter is an internal time here on the island. Not as many people are out and about, and it's a reminder of how many residents are
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Eric Peter
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| San Juan County Sheriff Eric Peter We are all familiar with the name Eric Peter, as well as his face on signs in windows
As the Paradigm Shifts | Resonance is the sweet spot of living gracefully
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| What are you listening For? Where are you listening From? For those of you reading this or any of my previous offerings, I suspect that you
Letter to Editor | Wild Snake River salmon and steelhead could begin their path to recovery
||| FROM LIN LAUGHY via HEATHER NICHOLSON ||| According to the Inslee-Murray Lower Snake River Dams (LSRDs) Benefit Replacement Report, power generated by the LSRDs must be replaced before these four dams can be breached.
Earthrise | A Poem for the Snow Leopard
||| EARTHRISE BY JAY KIMBALL ||| At the end of Marie Amiguet’s sublime observational documentary, The Velvet Queen, we are entranced by beautiful heart-tugging images of a Tibetan snow leopard. In an emotional voice-over, a
Sun Days on Orcas | Meet Jay Sack
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Jay Sack I have known only bits and pieces about Jay Sack over the years - I know he loves basketball and coaches it,
Midnight Mutterings | GrabAGun (and a brief cat update)
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| So here’s what showed up in my e-mail this morning: About GrabAGun "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of
Letter to Editor | Mike Krieger’s contribution to saving Orcas Village recalled
||| FROM PATRICIA PIRNACK ||| I was so saddened to hear about Mike Krieger’s accident and passing. I read the obituary in The Islands’ Sounder but felt like I needed to also add to Mike’s
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Yotam Zohar
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Sometimes you meet someone intriguing and immediately think, Wow, I've got to know more about how this person thinks. That was my immediate impression upon meeting
As the Paradigm Shifts | Wiggly-squiggly truth: Here’s what I believe…
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| Creating is one of the most important practices in life. Each individual being is an expression of the Divine energy of LIFE. We are each unique
Earthrise | Extreme Rain
||| EARTHRISE BY JAY KIMBALL ||| Buckets of rain Buckets of tears Got all them buckets comin' out of my ears ~ Bob Dylan I woke up to the roar of extreme rain pelting the
