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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.
Letter to Editor | Behavior at last night’s Fire Commission meeting was appalling
||| FROM ALI BOE ||| It was disheartening (to put it mildly) to see how a recent tragedy was discussed in this public meeting [Board of Fire Commissioners]. I came to the meeting grieving for
Letter to Editor | Disastrous handyman encounters
||| FROM KEVIN and JENNIFER BERRINGER ||| I am writing in about our recent encounters with so called handyman on San Juan Island. An epic topic amongst most all my neighbors. Do qualified, skilled and
Sun Days on Orcas | Cohabitating with moss, mud, and mold
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| You experience your worst winter of mold because you’ve foregone burning wood and running the heater over 62°, and instead worn your knee-length down jacket inside.
Midnight Mutterings | David and me
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS BY JACKIE BATES ||| David Sedaris. I don’t have a much in common with David Sedaris, but we do share a couple of things. Notably, while Sedaris was born in
