Here’s a thought…
“Deep breath. Deep breath. The air is free. You can take as many as you want.”
BUDDHIST MONK
San Juan Makers survey: Let’s identify & quantify our actual housing challenges
Invitation to Farmers, Restaurants, Food and Beverage Producers, Grocers, Farmers Market Food Vendors, and Ag Product Artisans ||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD ||| If you own or manage a farm or food system business, we need your help to fill knowledge gaps and help local housing efforts better address
Orcas Library is recruiting for a new Library Director
||| FROM MADELINE SHEPLOR for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Orcas Island Library has begun the recruitment for a new Library Director. Our award-winning library is advertising on various social media platforms, websites, through associations and anticipates drawing experienced candidates. Reporting to the five-member Board of Trustees, the Library Director serves
Abreu, new 40th Legislative District chair, invites your participation in upcoming process
||| FROM SHARON ABREU for 40TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT DEMOCRATS ||| About a week ago, I became the Chair of the 40th Legislative District (LD) Democrats! And I want to let you know that, on March 26, I'll be helping run the 40th LD Democrats' Caucus. The purpose of the LD Caucus is
Here are the newest numbers from State Health Dept.
||| FROM STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ||| Newest numbers. The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) reported a total of 1,440,632 confirmed cases as of 11:59 p.m. on March 13. There have been 12,219 COVID-19 deaths in Washington. Data note (Monday, March 14): Due to a technical issue in our data systems, the
Seismology pinpoints location of two previous Orcas detonations
||| FROM MICKEY CASSAR, PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEISMIC NETWORK, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON ||| A little over a week ago a colleague and retired seismologist, Tom Owens, who now lives on Orcas Island in the San Juans, sent a note to the PNSN about being awoken in the early morning of March
Big day planned by the Whale Museum
Virtual “Gear Up” Workshop for Marine Naturalists on April 8, 2022 ||| FROM TRACIE MERRELL for THE WHALE MUSEUM ||| The Whale Museum (TWM) is holding an exciting virtual Gear Up Workshop for Marine Naturalists this spring on Friday, April 8. This workshop will be held from 10:00 am to 5:00
U.S. Senate unanimously approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent
||| FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ||| WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent across the United States next year. The bipartisan bill, named the Sunshine Protection Act, would ensure Americans would no longer have to change their clocks twice a
Library to host Outdoor Talk: Staying active, at any age or stage
March 27, 2022 Talk + Q&A with Katy Bowman (from Sequim!) from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. on the Library's South Lawn, Book signing to follow. ||| FROM CAROL DAPOGNY for ORCAS ISLAND LIBRARY ||| Human bodies require regular and diverse movements, but our societies are becoming more and more
In Memoriam | Theodore Francis (Ted) Driggers, 1936-2022
||| FROM ANN LEWIS ||| Theodore Francis (Ted) Driggers, 1936-2022 Theodore Francis (Ted) Driggers, 85, of Orcas Island, WA, passed away on Saturday, February 26, 2022. Ted was born on December 2, 1936 in San Francisco, CA, to Carl E. Driggers and Irene A. Driggers. He was the
Researchers find they could lure Murder Hornets to their deaths with sex
||| FROM GIZMODO.COM.AU ||| Birds do it, bees do it — even the wasps that kill bees do it. A clever team of scientists now has an idea to use the Asian giant hornets’ horniness against them, in hopes of stopping the invasive species from decimating U.S. bee populations. They’ve
Friends of the San Juans scores a win for orca protection
||| FROM SHANNON DAVIS for FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ||| Friday Harbor, WA: Friends of the San Juans, a small environmental nonprofit based in the San Juan Islands, recently scored a decisive legal victory against fossil-fuel giant Phillips 66, representing an important win for critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales.
A Spring poetry discovery while passing through Warm Valley
||| FROM RICK MARKOV ||| The lambs are dropping Both Black and White in Warm Valley So soon So Quick As if from the Sky
It’s finally time to celebrate history again, in person
||| FROM SANDY STREHLOU for TOWN OF FRIDAY HARBOR ||| Now that Covid is over (mostly), it’s time to celebrate history again, in person! So, get ready, start planning, and let us know what fabulous local history-related event you have in mind for May 2022. This is a great opportunity
Join Katy Bowman for Nutritious Movement talk at The Funhouse
March 26, 11 a.m. on the sport court at The Funhouse ||| FROM NICOLE SPINOGATTI for FUNHOUSE COMMONS ||| Walking is a major “movement food group” for human bodies. Kids’ developing bodies need the specific loads that come from traveling on foot, and establishing this habit early can make
SJIMA’s spring shows are like nothing you’ve seen before
||| FROM DIANE MARTINDALE for SAN JUAN ISLANDS MUSEUM OF ART ||| The spring shows at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA) are wholly novel, dramatic and totally unique. Recently installed, enjoy INTO THE BREACH Sculpture, Drawings and Prints by Tom Gormally, What Was: unmarked by Helen O’Toole,
Some people aren’t ready to stop masking, but it can be tough to go against the grain
||| FROM NPR.ORG POSTED AT REQUEST OF theORCASONIAN READER ||| Like everyone else, Devin Golden is thrilled omicron is in retreat. But he isn't ready to let down his guard. He's not even close. "I know a lot of people have stopped wearing their masks," says Golden, 33, of Palm
