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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
‘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 | 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
‘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.
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
Sun Days on Orcas | The dreaded EMS call
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDIE KULPER ||| I always wondered if I'd get the call. I always felt that statistically, the odds were high. My husband bikes these roads every single day, and
Midnight Mutterings | Life With Rose and Molly
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| The Tabby Sisters, from the bucket of kittens, are six months old now and are huge. While they weigh only about seven pounds each, they are lanky and
‘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 | Thanks to all who make the Dental Van Clinic possible
||| FROM HILARY CANTY for ORCAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ||| Thank you to the many people who made the recent Dental Van Clinic possible. To the Community Church, who hosted the van and provided the reception
Guest Opinion | Corrections, updates to previous Port column
||| FROM SADIE BAILEY ||| My guest editorial of January 23 concerning the Port Special Meeting generated interest; I am grateful. However, some of my facts were wrong or misleading. The Port was concerned about
Sun Days on Orcas | Growing up in the Orcas Hotel, Part II
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Without further ado, here is the continuation of Clark Cundy’s stories from last week about growing up here on the island and in The Orcas Hotel…
As the Paradigm Shifts | In sickness and in health: Illness as a rite of passage
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| My client, Martha, emailed me before our session yesterday, to say she was in the hospital. She had had an asthma attack so severe that her
