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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
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
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
