Here’s a thought…
“Old age is no joke, but it can feel like one.”
TAD TOMPKINS
Socrates Cafe to continue into 2024
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Socrates Café @ Orcas Senior Center – Wednesday, January 3, 1 pm Join us every first Wednesday of the month at 1 pm, following Senior Lunch, for Socrates Café—an inclusive gathering where individuals with diverse perspectives come together to discuss intriguing
Orcas Island Garden Club opens grant process
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB ||| The purpose of the Orcas Island Garden Club is to stimulate knowledge and love of gardening, to cooperate in the protection and conservation of nature, and to assist in the beautification of the community. Giving grants to organizations within our community is one
Dec 30: Jazzin’ with the Classics for Christmas on Orcas at Emmanuel
||| FROM CANDLELIGHT CONCERTS NORTHWEST ||| In our first post-pandemic Jazzin' with the Classics for Christmas, artists and friends from classical and jazz realms meld their musical perspectives and personalities for the fourteenth (!) year at Emmanuel Parish in Eastsound in this unusual collaboration and festive celebration of the Yuletide
Full Moon Tarot | We seek help and learn our natures but it’s not yet time to leap
||| FULL MOON TAROT by NIK SCHULZ ||| December 26, 2023–January 25, 2024 Here’s my interpretation for what Spirit offers for the coming lunar cycle starting on December 26th. Seeking help and really looking into what we want and how to get our needs met is great. Taking a leap
Upcoming movement classes at Orcas Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Feldenkrais/Eurythmy Class @ Orcas Senior Center: Tuesdays in January at 11 am Join Andrea Preiss, a seasoned Feldenkrais Practitioner and therapeutic eurythmist, for a relaxing movement class at Orcas Senior Center this January. Sessions take place on Tuesdays at 11 am, excluding
Community Church invites you to worship in upcoming services
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH ||| The Orcas Island Community Church will be will be having their scheduled worship service at 10 am on Christmas Eve, December 24. In the evening, join us for our traditional Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 6 pm to celebrate the amazing birth of Jesus
Sheriff’s Report | December 14 – 20, 2023
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ||| THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14 23-009500 Domestic Dispute or Assault 13:52:54 12/14/23 San Juan Deputies responded to a report of a domestic. An individual was arrested and booked for felony harassment - DV. 23-009508 Assault - Body Force 23:53:09 12/14/23 A Deputy on Orcas
As the Paradigm Shifts | The re-enchantment of our inner-Santa
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| At this time of year, we are celebrating the presence of miracles. We are celebrating the coming of the light. We are celebrating the potentiality for peace, an engaged presence, love, joy, harmony. We imagine the possibility. We hope for the
Letter to Editor | Should we take the ferry situation into our own hands?
||| FROM THE SEATTLE TIMES ||| POSTED AT REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY WATER TAXI ||| The sorry shape of the Washington State Ferries fleet increasingly leaves riders stranded. The crisis belongs to those state officials who responded, for more than a decade, with little more than feckless shrugs — all while
Hundreds of islanders turn out for Winter Solstice Parade
||| FROM HILARY CANTY ||| Hundreds of friends and neighbors joined in the Winter Solstice Parade Thursday night. Invited to ‘Be the Light’, Orcasonians showed up with hand made luminarias, bedazzled with string lights, some dressed as woodland creatures, others as magical beings, all happy to welcome the return of
In case you didn’t know, holiday ferry travel will be busy; plan accordingly
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Customers traveling for the two upcoming holidays should plan for busy sailings and stay up to date on the latest schedules online. Many routes will be operating holiday schedules on Christmas (Monday, Dec. 25) and New Year's Day (Monday, Jan. 1). Those intending to travel on either of
WSF Weekly Report | Time for a new chapter
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Time for a new chapter Following 33 years at WSDOT, I’ve decided to leave the agency and WSF to explore a new chapter in my life. After losing my father this fall and learning that I will soon be a brand-new
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.
Welcome to our newly elected Health Commissioners
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND HEALTH CARE DISTRICT ||| We are honored to welcome our newly elected commissioners, Mark Salierno and Chelsie Guilford, to the board of the Orcas Island Health Care District. You can read a little more about Mark and Chelsie below. To our departing commissioners, Marie Michnich and
WSF will be holding a new series of virtual community meetings next year
||| FROM WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| SAVE THE DATE! We’re hosting a series of virtual community meetings on 1/17 and 1/18. WSF staff will answer questions and give updates on what’s happening at the Washington State Ferries. Go to bit.ly/WSF-public-meetings for more information about how to participate. Hope to hear from you!
