Here’s a thought…
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.”
ANNIE DILLARD
‘Seattle Chanteuse’ Jacqueline Taylor returns to Wild Island this week
||| FROM OLIVER GROENWALD for WILD ISLAND ||| Jacqueline Tabor, 4-time Earshot Jazz Vocalist of the Year and Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association Award Winner, also known as the "Seattle Chanteuse," will return to our stage, August 10-12, 12:30 -2pm We are officially in our second half of our summer series. We had
Chamber Music Festival annual children’s concert coming up — rain or shine
||| FROM MARY TAYLOR for OI CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL ||| Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is thrilled to invite children and their families to our annual Children’s Concert on Aug. 9 at 1pm. Rain or shine, bring a blanket or lawn chair and join us in front of the whale
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival to feature HALO visual collaboration
||| FROM AYN GAILEY for HALO ||| This August, Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival (OICMF) and HALO* are collaborating to project the original artworks of Orcas Island fine artists. The works are projected onstage (close up) at Orcas Center to accompany the Festival's world-class musicians playing some of the most evocative chamber music on the planet. The paintings are carefully and
100% of OCS 2021 graduates now enrolled in college or university
||| FROM TERRY POTTLE for ORCAS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ||| “We are proud to announce that every member of the class of ’23 has graduated, been accepted and are now enrolled to attend their chosen college or university as they continue their success and move toward fulfilling the Orcas Christian School
Letter to Editor | I am honored, grateful for your support
||| FROM KATE HANSEN ||| Thank you to everyone who engaged and voted in the August primary! I am honored by so much support, and grateful for the opportunity to move on to the general election for Orcas Fire Commissioner. I look forward to community discussions and continued feedback from
Fun In the Sun for Families: ‘Seed to Sprout’ classes offered this summer
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County’s Department of Health & Community is proud to offer hands-on learning opportunities in the garden this summer! Families are welcome to join the fun and learn about vegetable gardening through the ‘Seed to Sprout’ program. The program is offered on
Artworks features works by Ina Drosu for August
||| FROM B.J. ARNOLD for ORCAS ISLAND ARTWORKS ||| The Orcas Island Artworks features charcoal drawings and a lime plaster panel by Ina Drosu through the month of August. These works were generated from Ina’s extensive studies of the work of nineteenth century American painter James McNeill Whistler. The plaster
Auditor seeks writers of argument for and against Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District ballot measure
||| FROM SAN JUAN COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS ||| San Juan County Auditor, Natasha Warmenhoven, is seeking people interested in writing arguments for and against the Lopez Solid Waste Disposal District ballot measure for the voters’ guide. To ensure an informed electorate, and in accordance with state law, every district that places
Art exhibit opening event | Sacred Forces: Paper + Wood at Orcas Island Winery
||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND WINERY ||| Orcas Island Winery’s pop-up modern & contemporary art gallery, MUST, presents: “Sacred Forces: Paper + Wood '' featuring never before seen works of long time, established local artists, Kate Geddes and Aleph Geddis, an aunt and nephew duo. The art installation opens with a
What a combo: Slow yoga, chair yoga, ukulele at Senior Center
||| FROM LENA KASSA for ORCAS SENIOR CENTER ||| Slow Yoga and Chair Yoga with Susie Frank @ Orcas Senior Center – Slow Yoga: Thursdays, 9:15-10:15 am; Chair Yoga: Tuesdays, 9:15am-10:15 am and Thursdays, 10:30-11:30 am Slow Yoga, offered on Thursdays, 9:15-10:15 am at Orcas Senior Center, incorporates the use
Orcas Artists Open Studio Tour this coming weekend
||| FROM SARA FARISH for ARTIST OPEN STUDIO TOUR ||| This August 11th - 13th colorful koi fish flags will guide locals and tourists down country roads and private driveways to the studios of 43 working island artists participating in this years Artist Open Studio Tour. This free, self-guided tour
Orcas are teaching each others to ram into boats for fun: ‘It’s Only a Game’
Scientists believe the animals appear to be 'playing,' and are not acting aggressively ||| FROM THE MESSENGER.COM ||| Orcas off the Spanish coast are having a ball interacting with and targeting small sailing and fishing boats. This behavior is believed to date back to 2020 when two orcas began displaying
It’s time for bluegrass on The Village Green
||| FROM BETHANY MARIE for ORCAS CENTER ||| This Thursday, August 10 at 6pm, the Village Green stage comes alive with LIVE Bluegrass music! And it’s all part of the FREE Summer Concert Series presented by Orcas Center, OrcaSong Farm, Country Corner, and The Outlook Inn. Like the powerful mandolinist
‘It’s good medicine’: Intertribal celebration marks completion of canoe journey
||| FROM KNKX-NPR ||| Posted at request of Orcasonian reader Crowds filled beaches near Seattle last weekend, as tribal members stood drumming and chanting to mark the arrival of dozens of canoe families coming in to shore. One by one, the skipper of each of the crews introduced themselves and
Letter to Editor | Toni — Filled with gratitude!
||| FROM TONI KNUDSON ||| I’m deeply grateful to the voters of Orcas for their wonderful support they gave me in our effort to elect a Fire Commission as good as our terrific firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs. In my many years on Orcas, I’ve learned that people here are smart,
As the Paradigm Shifts | There’s so much more to aging than meets the eye
||| AS THE PARADIGM SHIFTS by ROSIE KUHN ||| My friend Daisy, who worked in hospice for many years, shared with me that from her experience, it appeared that most people make the greatest spiritual advancement in the last few weeks of their lives. I find that fascinating! Why is
