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Guest Opinion | When a Water Board stops listening, a community loses its voice
||| FROM ELISABETH BRITT ||| Water is a public trust, and on an island it is a lifeline. That is why the recent direction of the Eastsound Water Users Association should concern every member it
As the Paradigm Shifts | Let there be peace on earth — and let it begin with me
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| Peace isn’t an idea. Nor is it a concept to agree with or a value to defend. Peace is a manifestation of energy. That’s all!! I want
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 Eastsound Water Users
||| FROM DAN GOTTLIEB ||| In June of 2024, my wife was assaulted in the parking lot of Eastsound Water. In October 2024, Eastsound Water’s insurance company acknowledged the claim. In March 2025, the insurer
No Place Like Loam | A woman at work in the garden
Defiance Part 2 ||| NO PLACE LIKE LOAM by ALEX TAMAYA-WOLF ||| The Order to Appear When the German leader—that one—rolled through Zirndorf, Germany with his lacquered cavalcade and pillbox mustache, the village was expected
Letter to Editor | So, you are thinking about investing in silver or gold?
||| FROM ROBERT AUSTIN ||| Some of you may have noticed that the price of gold and silver has gone a little bit crazy, of late. For example, silver, which rarely has changed much 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.
As the Paradigm Shifts | A gentle dismantling of poor them, lucky me
Seeing the courage, not the victim ||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| I’ve been listening lately—really listening—to how I talk about those who are struggling. People who lost their jobs. People standing
Midnight Mutterings | Thinking about Japan: Part 3
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Kyoko and her family moved to a less expensive house after a year or so, and as a result, we saw less of each other, without the convenience
Guest Opinion | EWUA continues to seek off-island contractors
||| FROM CORY HARRINGTON ||| As EWUA continues to lose operators they seek off-island contractors to fill vacant positions. There is already one contractor in place, this will be the 2nd. Eastsound Water is working
Adrift | Just back from an adventure with caring strangers
||| ADRIFT BY LIN MCNULTY, theORCASONIAN EDITOR ||| I've just spent an unexpected week at St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham. Time to get back to work, I guess.
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.
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.
As the Paradigm Shifts | The love that arrives because of you
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| Yes, We Need a Little Christmas, and a little Hanukkah, and a little Solstice, and a little … A few years ago, just days before Christmas,
As the Paradigm Shifts | ‘Tis the season
True Generosity — You’ll Know It When You Feel It ||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| These holidays—Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa—arrive each year offering opportunities to experience our hearts expressing the joy and love
