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A sure sign of summer is the Guest Chef cooking series that benefits Children's House. Throughout the month of June, visiting chefs will be conducting classes at the Red Rabbit Farm in West Sound. The weekly classes begin on June 2, with Cynthia Nims chef and author. Chef Nims is the author of over ten cookbooks,
||| FROM ELLEN ROBERTS for FRIDAY HARBOR FILM FESTIVAL ||| Friday Harbor Film Festival’s FREE Best of the Fest series begins with showing The Space Race at the San Juan Island Grange on Friday, January 19 at 7 pm, followed by a livestream Q&A about the film. Details are available at fhff.org. The First Film:
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| So here’s what showed up in my e-mail this morning: About GrabAGun "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." We are defenders. We are sportsmen. We are outdoorsmen.
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES || During my second year as the head of Washington State Ferries I was focused on service restoration and workforce development. 2022 was a year of rebuilding – our ferry service, our new flagship terminal, our workforce and investments to our fleet. In March 2022, we had
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| In 1968, when I was about six years old, on a wintry Christmas Eve, my father was driving my five siblings and me home from an adventure in the City of Detroit. He was a doctor at Detroit Memorial Hospital. And, to cheer up some of
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| I love to hear people's points of view. Especially the thoughts of my oldest sibling, Jack. I am the fifth of five, born 11 years after my closest sibling. Jack was 15 when I came along, which means he was 18 when I was three. We
||| MIDNIGHT MUTTERINGS by JACKIE BATES ||| Right now the kittens are trying to separate the blinds in my room from their moorings. They climb up the inside of the curtains (usually one at the time, but occasionally together which means I can’t bear to watch) then hang onto the curtain with three clawed feet
||| FROM DOUG MARSHALL for WOMAN IN THE WOODS PRODUCTIONS ||| Woman in the Woods Productions will bring a major figure in contemporary American thought to Orcas Center on Saturday, September 24. Dr. Cornel West is a prominent and provocative intellectual who styles himself a practitioner of “public philosophy.” Even though he has spent five
||| SUN DAYS ON ORCAS by EDEE KULPER ||| In March, I interviewed Kate Jewell about her upcoming trip to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland (https://theorcasonian.com/sun-days-on-orcas-kate-jewell-is-headed-to-poland/). She has returned, and I asked if she would write about her experiences in her own words: My reason for going to Poland was to work with Ukrainians displaced by
||| FROM PATTY RUBSTELLO for WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ||| Join us for a virtual public meeting, June 14 or 15 Mark your calendar! We’re hosting two virtual public meetings to provide our customers with insight about the coming months and respond to questions and concerns. Advanced registration is required to participate in the 1 p.m. Zoom