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Letter to Editor | Thoughts on litter funding
||| FROM WILLIAM THOMPSON (AKA THE ROAD GUY) ||| I've been removing litter from Orcas roads on pretty much a daily basis for twenty years. It's my way of honoring the privilege of living on
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 | WA lawmakers keep undermining public records law. We need an Office of Transparency
||| FROM TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE ||| REPRINT AT REQUEST OF ORCASONIAN READER More than a century ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously wrote: “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” It’s
Earthrise | Healing nature
||| EARTHRISE BY JAY KIMBALL ||| Some years ago, I struggled with mild depression, fueled by delayed grief over the loss of my sister to breast cancer at the too-young age of 43. With the
Guest Opinion | InTERNAL YOUTH
||| FROM STEPHANIE ROSENBLATT ||| "To be, or not to be: that is the question..." Shakespeare It seems to me society is offering us various methods to be outwardly, "forever youthful." My personal lifetime quest
Salish Sea Chronicles | It’s whale flag time of year
Grab a flag and know when to use it ||| SALISH SEA CHRONICLES by NATE AVERNA ||| Boating can be challenging for new boaters and old. Recreational boaters as well as commercial operators need to
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Maddie Olson
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| The first time I saw Maddie Olson was at Orcas Center. It was midwinter of 2019, when we all needed to be transported to an idyllic
As the Paradigm Shifts | Stop working so hard at trying
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| My Friend Joy This morning I had the delight to hang with my friend Joy for an hour on the phone. Joy is a joy-bunny. Her
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.
Zwilling Health | Does health simply mean freedom from disease?
||| ZWILLING HEALTH by REGINA ZWILLING ||| Is health simply the state of being free from disease? According to etymonline.com, “Health” derives from Old English "wholeness, a being whole, sound or well” and from Old
Sun Days on Orcas | 27 things about Ron Griffin
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS BY EDEE KULPER ||| I was born and raised in Seattle and the surrounding area. We entertained ourselves a lot growing up with not much money. For a couple of
Guest Opinion | Rep. Ramel strongly supports OI EV Charging Project
||| FROM ALEX RAMEL, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ||| via Orcasonian reader I am writing to express my strong support for the Orcas Island EV Charging Project which was submitted by the Port of Orcas for
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.
Island Kids | The dreaded stomach bug
||| ISLAND KIDS by EVAN BUXBAUM, MD, MPH, FAAP ||| Hello, and welcome to my new column “Island Kids,” where we will be talking a few times a month about issues that affect the health
Earthrise | The future of clean transportation in island communities
||| EARTHRISE BY JAY KIMBALL ||| By far, the most significant chunk of local direct greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in San Juan County come from transportation – about 78%. County transportation emissions primarily come from
