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Sun Days on Orcas | I don’t fit it and so don’t you
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I love emotion. I love happy. I love love. When you’re in a community of Christians, you sometimes hear that someone “heard” God speak to them.
Midnight Mutterings | Curmudgeonly yours…
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Admittedly, English is my second language. Sort of. Southern English is a dialect, one widely considered inferior and sometimes (especially when unintended) pathetically comic. In my experience, Southern
Occam’s Razor | Our island, our world through the eyes, pen of S.C. Watson
||| OCCAM'S RAZOR by S. C. WATSON ||| [EDITOR'S NOTE: Apologies to Mr. Watson. This formatting is hopefully temporary as we play catch-up to the internet.]
Sun Days on Orcas | Communing
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| We’ve come to the time of year when I start thinking, ‘What are we doing here?’ The place is a ghost town except for the market,
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 | An open letter to the sensible
||| FROM EDWIN WORDSWORTH ||| An open letter to the sensible, How few of us there are, of late. I know I don’t speak for myself alone when I announce that I for one have
Guest Opinion | Coronavirus and our island ecosystem
||| FROM RUSSEL BARSH for KWIAHT ||| Thus far, efforts to contain and combat the SARS-Cov-2 virus that causes Covid-19 have focused on humans. Reasonable enough, given that there are billions of us, mainly packed
Guest Opinion | We need to resolve our working community housing crisis
||| FROM BILL BANGS ||| Most of us know or have heard of someone who has been a hardworking neighbor in our county for many years and who has lost their long-term rental home. Some
Sun Days on Orcas | What do you exude?
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS BY EDEE KULPER ||| There was a tragic accident here a few weeks ago. I’ve been thinking about the person whose life completely changed after the moment of impact. Seeing
Midnight Mutterings | Stacey’s extraordinary words
|||MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| Yep, I’m muttering about Stacey Abrams again. She has a new book out. This time it’s a children’s book. Her first, and in addition to the wide range of
Letter to Editor | Concern expressed in open letter to OIFR, et. al
||| FROM TONI KNUDSON ||| An open letter to Orcas Island Fire and Rescue Chief Scott Williams, Orcas Island Board of Fire Commissioners and Jeff Richey, Executive Director of Airlift NW: There is concern in
‘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.
Guest Opinion | When did questioning behavior at OIFR become personal?
||| FROM AMANDA MONTAGUE ||| I feel compelled to respond as a former OIFR Commissioner and someone who cares deeply about the Department to the "Firehouse Foundations" piece written by Mia Kartiganer and the comments
Sun Days on Orcas | Inspiration
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| Even after living on Orcas Island for almost a decade, I’m still not accustomed to one very all-encompassing aspect of life here… Constant rain naturally drives
‘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.
