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As the Paradigm Shifts | A modern take on an old Zen proverb
Before Enlightenment—Cook Meals, Do Laundry. After Enlightenment—Cook Meals, Do Laundry ||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| My client, Badrah—a Pakistani woman living in Texas with her husband and two teenage sons—has traveled
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 | Vote-at-Home is the law—and it works
||| FROM WA STATE COUNTY AUDITORS ||| This oped was inspired by a thoughtful inquiry from a Stevens County voter, curious about the origins, security, and integrity of Washington’s voteathome system. Pend Oreille County Auditor
Guest Opinion | Human intelligence research lab, amid LLMs?
||| ||| FROM DAVID STEPHEN ||| There is a recent [September, 1, 2025] report on SciTechDaily, “AI Is Not Intelligent at All” – Expert Warns of Worldwide Threat to Human Dignity, stating that, “AI is not intelligent
Midnight Mutterings | Snails
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| A few days ago I invited myself to join a neighbor (you know who you are) who was walking her dog on Obstruction Pass Rd. As we passed
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 | How about some solar-operated speed signs?
||| FROM JOHN ERLY ||| I wonder what the cost would be for two (2) solar operated speed signs. The kind that tells the driver how fast they are going. Should this be a county
Letter to Editor | As I bid farewell…
||| FROM TONI KNUDSON ||| As I write this letter, it is with mixed emotions that I bid farewell to an incredible chapter of my life’s journey. After 17 years of hard work, creating, growth,
Letter to Editor | Data Centers invalidate AI rights, AI welfare, AI morality
||| FROM DAVID STEPHEN ||| Whenever there is an announcement of a new data center anywhere, it is equal to AI right, AI peoplehood-neighborhood, AI care, AI welfare and if possible, AI morality. Nothing indicates
As the Paradigm Shifts | What could I possibly offer?
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| There is a weightedness of grace at the core of being present. There is an ache in the question, “What could I possibly offer?” that becomes the
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.
Flotsam & Jetsam | Of beavers and bears, OH MY!
||| FLOTSAM & JETSAM by MAURICE AUSTIN ||| Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if
Letter to Editor | Will Orcasonians lose our fitness center?
||| FROM SYLVIA ALBRIGHT ||| I write this only as a member of Orcas Island Fitness Center; the views I express are merely my own. According to a Notice of Trustee’s Sale, the property at 188
Adrift | I am sickened by these ICE Escapades
||| ADRIFT by LIN MCNULTY ||| It was a big treat as I was growing up when I got to see the Ice Capades in Seattle. Somehow, I owned a pair of ice skates, which
Midnight Mutterings | Carrie Newcomer poem
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| This poem was brought to my attention by Nita Couchman. (You may know Nita from the Orcas Island Library and other sacred spaces on Orcas Island.: Until Now:
