Here’s a thought…
“The politician wants men to know how to die courageously; the poet wants men to live courageously.”
SALVATORE QUASIMODO
Nightwalkers Come to the Kwiáht Beach Walk
Saturday, Jan. 9 at 9 p.m. on the beach in front of Outlook Inn .-- by Margie Doyle -- Community scientists help BeachWatchers and Kwiaht maintain the health of East Sound and Indian Island in April, 2011. Photo courtesy of Susan Slapin. The Indian Island Marine Health Observatory
First Baby Boomers Turn 70? No Way
-- by Lin McNulty -- The first Baby Boomers turn 70 this year? Are you kidding me? Nobody ever told me Baby Boomers would get old. Who was it that said, "If you can remember the 60s, then you weren't there." Well, I do remember the 60s and I can now
Orcas Issues Makes New Year Predictions
-- by Margie Doyle and Lin McNulty-- Given the way things have been going, this is what we foresee will happen in the next 366 days (it's a Leap Year!) The ORS/Exchange will open its new building on the Orcas County Transfer Station site this year. With the Library Expansion
Orcasians Jump into 2016 with the Polar Bear Plunge
“And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been.” — Rainer Maria Rilke The Polar Bear Plunge 2016 --photo courtesy JoEllen Moldoff, Andrea Cohen Andrea Cohen writes about the picture above: "wonderful, crazy Orcas folk who welcome the New Year with a bracing
How’d We Do in Our 2015 Predictions?
-- by Margie Doyle -- Making predictions is a fun way to square our perceptions and philosophies with reality. So tomorrow, we'll be posting our predictions for the Year 2016. And in the reflective spirit of New Year's Eve, we present our 2015 predictions with a year-end update. Some tanked,
Library Board Calls Special Meeting
Tuesday, January 5, 8:30 a.m., Library Meeting Room -- from Mary Pugh -- The Orcas Library Board is having a special meeting Tuesday January 5 at 8:30 am in the meeting room of the library to discuss the building expansion.
County Art Museum’s 2016 Exhibit Highlights Human Rights
-- from Diane Martindale for the Islands Museum of Art -- Art intrigues all ages -- San Juans Islands Museum of Art opens 2016 with three exhibits on the common thread of human rights San Juan Islands Museum of Art opens 2016 with a powerful set of exhibitions
Orcas Center Holding True West Auditions
Sunday, January 3 – 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Monday, January 4 – 6 to 8 p.m. Orcas Center -- from Artha Kass -- What: Auditions for True West by Sam Shepard, directed by Robert Hall at Orcas Center. Adults – 3 males, 1 female Performance dates: March 17 – 19, 24 – 26,
It Was a Very Good Year
--Some noteworthy events -- All in all, 2015 was a very good year, especially for the uptick in southern-resident killer whales born -- eight new calves born since Dec. 30 2014, bringing the number to 85. New whale in J pod. Photo by Dave Eliff And we had
This Year’s Plunge Theme Presidential
Friday, January 1, 2016, 11 a.m., Cascade Lake -- from Martin Taylor -- Plunge 2011, photo by Marten Jager Be Orcas and be alive on New Year’s Day 2016! Revel in a wonderful Orcas Tradition: Orcas Island Rowing's annual “Polar Bear Plunge.” Residents and visitors alike will charge
Purdue Lake Benefits From Recent Rains
-- from Paul Kamin, EWUA -- After a taxing 2015 Purdue Lake is now at 100% capacity! Eastsound Water’s Purdue Lake on Buck Mountain has refilled to overflowing. Our wetter than expected, and wetter than normal November and December have raise the lake level eight feet! Below is a previously published picture of
Writers’ Roundtable: Finding Your Place
Saturday, January 9, 3-5:00 pm, Orcas Island Library -- from JoEllen Moldoff -- Finding Your Place: Ways to Suggest a Particular Place in Writing Please join Jill McCabe Johnson and several of this year's Artsmith Artists in Residence, including writers Yvonne Garrett, Jason Kirk, Jill Kolongowski, Nancy Lord, and Caitlin
Yes, That Jolt Was an Earthquake
UPDATE from Brendan Cowan Director, San Juan County Emergency Mgmt: Info on recent quake felt throughout the San Juan Islands is online. We appreciate islanders going to this link above to report if they felt the quake, and how it felt. That sort of information is very useful to seismologists
Sharon Abreu to Lead UU Service in “New Year”
Sunday, January 3 at 11:30 a.m. in Benson Hall at Emmanuel Episcopal Church The Orcas Unitarian Universalist Fellowship service, "The New Year" will be lead by Sharon Abreu this Sunday. "We'll have a brief service, including the sharing of joys and concerns, and everyone who wants to will have an
Hughes Foresees 2016 Focus on Orcas Infrastructure
-- by Margie Doyle -- The San Juan County Council will next meet on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016 and after a year of achievements, Council Member Rick Hughes foresees a "big infrastructure year ahead." Some of the projects ready for the shovel next year are: the Prune Alley streetscape plan
Ring in the New Year at Orcas Celebrations
Whether you choose to celebrate the last day of good old 2015 with the great music of Martin Lund and dinner at the Orcas Hotel, a movie for kids, or later for adults at the SeaView Theatre, a gourmet dinner at Odd Fellows, or live music and dance at Doe
