Vote – It Matters
This was Kamala’s final 18-minute pre-election-day speech: And this was Trump’s 2-hour verbal vomit (fast forward the video 2 hours and 15 minutes, where he begins speaking): It is inconceivable to me that a person this negative, narcissistic, petty, immature, insulting, and rambling, who says nasty things about anyone and …
The Now-Infamous Cedar Hill Haunted Barn
Shawn and Kaleena McGarry outdid themselves. Their Halloween Haunted Barn was so pro. Not to mention all of the extras like a haunted forest trail, haunted barn sweatshirts and merchandise, a bar and hang-out tent, an ongoing bonfire, and treats, jewelry, and taco tents. If you missed it, come along …
The 2nd Annual Adult Spelling Bee at Orcas Center
You CANNOT Miss Cedar Hill’s Haunted Barn III on Halloween Night
Halloween Cover Band Show at Sea View Theatre Last Thursday
Fall Begins: Our Scenes, Our People, Our Activities
Orcas Island Farm Tour 2024
Photo of the Day (Well, Yesterday!)
A Last Glimpse of Summer Scenes
The Hollyhocks of Summer
Annual Orcas Island Farm Tour: October 4th-6th
Last Sunday’s 3rd Annual Family Tides Farm & Lummi Nation Fall Festival in Deer Harbor
Adult Spelling Bee October 25th, 6-8 PM at Orcas Center
Life on Orcas Island Radio Show: Rafe Pearlman Interview Today from 1-3 PM (Repeated)
The Lovable Good Lovelies
An Impromptu Rainy Day Photoshoot at Orcas Bakery
Summer Farmers Market Finale: Harvest Festival
Life on Orcas Island Radio Show: Live Today with Rafe Pearlman from 1-3 PM
Letting Go All the Time
UPDATE: Life on Orcas Island Radio Show Begins Next Saturday: My First Guest is Rafe Pearlman
Goodbye for Now, Brother Charlie
Fall Festival This Sunday: Family Tides Farm
Please Support Sarah Burns’ College Fund
Water Board: Responses from Individuals Involved
Boardwalk Collective & The Bubblery
Navigating the Water Board: Soliciting a Statement from Each Involved Person for a 7 PM Post Wednesday
Future College of Integrated Medicine
The Crane Truck Circus Came to Town
Navigating Cerebral Palsy, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Disability, and Depression: Grace Grantham
Reliving Our Island’s 4th of July Festivities
Where Jellyfish, Jack Johnson, Michael Franti, Lex Fridman, and Nuclear War Intersect
Eth-Noh-Tec’s OrcAsian American Storyfest This Week
Why I Decided Not to Sell Canvas Prints of the Island
A Week in Turkey (the Land of Cats and Dogs)
Work I Am in Search of…
My Co-Captain Jumped Ship Yesterday
Photo of the Day
Locals Livin’ Life Here in the Past Several Months
Watch the Seasons Change…
Treasure Hunting in Kay’s Antiques & Collectibles
Glimpses of the Saturday Farmers’ Market
Peter Möhlman’s New Waterfront Gallery
I Will Not Stand Down Any Longer
The Solstice Celebration Today
All Kinds of Things Happening!
A Quick Jaunt to Seattle
Canvas Prints
Coming Soon! Check back here in the next few weeks for information on ordering large prints of Orcas Island photos…
Goodies Right Now in Front of Island Market
Come Celebrate Tree Plantings at the Elementary School at 11:30 Today!
Music Recommendations for Times of Deep Flow
We islanders are always working on art projects, theater projects, music projects, garden projects, woodworking projects, writing projects, event projects, technology projects, and the list goes on infinitely. While I love absolute quiet for much of the time that I’m writing, reading, thinking, and creating, I put the following message …
Upcoming Events…
Portrait Opportunity by Satya Curcio
The Northern Lights on Orcas!
Free Mexican Dinner at Orcas Christian School NOW
Why I Knit by Lori Maxfield
Thank you Funhouse for Saturday Science Nights!
Earth Day
Daphne’s Easter Egg Hunt
Easter Morning Sunrise Service
Today’s Earth Day Events
How to Listen to Music with Bruce Langford: 5 PM Tonight at the Library
Tonight’s Movie Looks Really Good: Cabrini
Upcoming Easter Events
Orcas Island Community Church: Emmanuel Episcopal Church: Good Friday March 29, 2024 5:30 PM With the Passion according to John, the veneration of the cross. Easter Vigil, Part 1 March 30, 2024 8:00 PM With Lighting of the New Fire and the Paschal Candle, the chanting of the Exultet, and the Liturgy of the …
Put These Events on Your Calendar!
Ladybug Pizza – Awesome Location and Flavor!
Our Tiny But Lively St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Navigating Marriage, Family Life, and Polyamory: Chelsie Guilford
20 Seconds on Orcas Island
Navigating Love, Relationships, and Polyamory: Anonymous Responder
San Juan Islands Agricultural Summit
Monday Morning Mountain Snow
Alexei Navalny ~ Murdered Hero
An Animal Trip to Florida and the Bahamas – Manatees, Dolphins, Pigs, Iguanas, and Nurse Sharks
27 Things About Philana Goodrich
Navigating Burlesque and its Deeper Meanings
Share Your Written Work at the Library March 1st at 6 PM
Friday Night Writing at the Library till 9 PM – Everyone is Invited
❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️
Terrarium-Making at the Library
Some Recent Photoshopped Scenery
Valentine Cookies – Are There Any Left?
Photo of the Day
More on Chandler O’Leary, On Island Time’s Author and Illustrator
Check Out This Book! ~ On Island Time
Navigating Love, Companionship, and Sexuality: Serena Burman
Orcas Bakery is Coming Soon!
Goodbye Chimayo and Redemption Salad
Celebration Dinner & Karaoke Party Tomorrow ~ a Sail Orcas Fundraiser
Not Seeing These Blog Photos on Your Phone?
People Speaking Out on Hard Topics: A Series Coming Soon on this Blog
There are so many experiences people have to navigate that don’t fit the expected, hoped-for, happy, traditional, comfortable, practical, standard, narrow, familial, cultural, societal, or accepted path. Not feeling able to express a journey into what feels like uncharted territory is isolating until people realize they are not alone by …
The Library Has MasterClass!
The Frozen Falls at Moran State Park
Scenes from December and January
MasterClass Just Electrified My Future Evenings
Some Final Shots Before the Snow Melted
Life Changes Abruptly Here in a Rare Snow
New Year’s Day – a Ship, a Horse, and a Mexican Tequila Factory
One of the trade-offs of living out on this beautiful island in the Salish Sea is that special occasions can be fairly mellow unless there is a community-wide celebration planned. And boy, do we have our community celebrations and events here in general! We have myriad memorable festivities for almost …
Tired of Movies Looking Like Video Games on Your TV?
Mandy Troxel’s Wool Artwork
Hunting Down Ice Formations and Finding a Hurt Seagull
We Almost Moved Away for a Year
Parents Beware of Frozen Ponds Thawing
A Dog, a Bowl of Chili, and the 2° Midnight Tundra
Sea Island Nutcracker by Orcas Dance Collective
Gingerbread House Winners at Island Market
It’s a Wonderful Life NOW at Sea View Theatre
Winter Solstice Luminary Parade
Winter Solstice Luminary-Making for Upcoming Parade
And the Festivities Continue…Schedule of Upcoming Events
December 17, 5 PM at Emmanuel Episcopal: Festival of Lessons and Carols (yesterday) December 21, 4 PM in Eastsound: Winter Solstice Luminary Parade – Bring your craftsy candles, lanterns, and lights December 23, 2 PM at the Community Church: Radiance Choral Concert December 23, 7 PM at The Grange: Annual …
Winter Artisan Market at Odd Fellows Hall
Daniel Fast: Why You Should Only Do It Once Book is Making the Rounds in Eastsound This Weekend
Gigi Carter and Sersie Blue are visiting multiple places this weekend with their new book, Daniel Fast: Why You Should Only Do It Once. Here’s their schedule: Click here to read an article from my column last year about Mindy Nuñez’s life-changing story involving Gigi and Sersie’s interactive Daniel Fast …
Book Signing at Darvill’s Tomorrow 10-12
The Boys in the Boat – the Movie
Life on Orcas Island – A Christmas Gift for Everyone on Your List
Go See the Public High School’s Art Exhibit at Orcas Center
Winter Artisans Market Dec 8-10 at Odd Fellows Hall
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Sea Island Nutcracker at Orcas Center from Dec 8th-17th
A Few Shots from the Winery’s Solstice Mercantile
The Library’s Annual Holiday Tea
The Children’s Holiday Market – Amazing as Always!
Evergreen Crafting at Moran – A New Winter Favorite of Mine!
Solstice Luminary Making This Saturday 12-4 PM and Parade Dec 21st at 4 PM
The Olga Symphony
A Simple Weekend Schedule of Events
SATURDAY 10-3 Moran Swag- & Wreath-making Event 10-3 American Legion Bazaar 11-3 Historical Museum Open House & Crafts 11-3 Warm Valley Winter Faire 11-5 Lum Farm Christmas Trees & Wooly Pop-up Event 11:30-12:30 Turtleback Brass Carols in Eastsound 12-3 Library Tea 12-5 Solstice Mercantile 7 Handel’s Messiah at Orcas Center …
Village Green Tree Lighting and Fun
A Sneak Peak at Orcas Choral Society’s Handel’s Messiah
How fun to be a fly on the wall and capture the dress rehearsal moments as the Choral Society prepared for their concerts tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday! Flat Berto was even there! Concerts: Friday, December 1st at 7pmSaturday, December 2nd at 7pmSunday, December 3rd at 2pm – Sing-a-long! Adult Pricing: …
Tree Lighting at the Village Green Now! 4-7 PM
Lum Farm Christmas Trees & Wooly Pop-up Now Till Sunday, 11-5 PM
Solstice Mercantile Tomorrow at Orcas Winery from 12-5 PM
Turtleback Brass Quintet in Eastsound Tomorrow, 11:30-12:30
Moran Holiday Swag Event & Open House Tomorrow, 10-3
Holiday Bazaar at the Legion Tomorrow, 10-3
Historical Museum Open House Tomorrow, 11-3
A Great Way to End November – Novel Writing
The Library’s Holiday Tea is Saturday, 12-3 PM
November, You Were Amazing!
I Do Not Envy Her
This is something I wrote a week ago, before happening upon Red Paint. Interesting how things come in our lives when we are thinking in similar veins… The world tells me to envy her The world tells her to pity me I live on dirt She lives on tile and …
The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
Tree Lighting at the Village Green Friday at 3 PM
Handel’s Messiah This Weekend
Warm Valley Winter Faire December 1st-3rd, 11 AM-3 PM
Orcas Center’s Handmade Craft Market This Past Saturday
What is Friends of the Orcas Island Library (FOIL)? What Do They Do?
Final Week to Work on Your Gingerbread Contest Submissions!
Children’s Annual Holiday Market This Sunday at the Library 12-2 PM
The Perfect Christmas Gift: Life on Orcas Island Book – at Fall Market at Odd Fellows Today
Orcas Island Small Business Saturday
Thanksgiving Day
Everyone Welcome at Community Thanksgiving Potluck Tonight at Odd Fellows Hall at 4:30
Sequel’s Got You Covered – Literally
Go to Thanksgiving at the Odd Fellows Hall!
Frank’s New Christmas Book is Now at Darvill’s
A Day in the Life ~ A Fall Saturday in Eastsound
Dolly Parton Library Party
“I’ll Be Frank” Today at 3 PM and New Book Preorders
“I’ll Be Frank” at Orcas Center Sunday at 3 PM
Inspiration on These Cold, Clear Nights
Youth Center Location, Perhaps
Lorna, Your Nursery Will Be Missed!
Library Dolly Parton Party Friday at 5 PM
Tokitae’s Story (aka Lolita)
Listening… The Little Things Are the Big Things
Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs
Writing at the Library Until Midnight
The Morenos’ Día de los Muertos Party
Día de los Muertos Party Nov 5th at Tony and Jenna’s
Whale of a Show This Weekend!
Writers, Head to the Library for These Events…
This Friday: This Saturday: The library says: This unforgettable night of creativity will take place on November 4th, from 6 pm until midnight, offering aspiring and seasoned writers the chance to ignite their imaginations and pen their masterpieces. Open to writers 13 to 113, the event will provide an engaging …
Happy November, Y’all
Halloween 2023!
Letting Go of Your College Kid
A New Day Dawns
The Sun Sets on a Tough Day in Jelly World
Thank You, Sea View Theatre, for Evening Entertainment
Get Your Firewood Raffle Tickets Right Now!
Restore Massage with Sarah Hane
Eastsound Visual Pop Quiz
If You’re Hurt, Don’t Delay with Physical Therapy!
Island living ingrains in us an enduring patience at every turn, whether we’re rolling with cancelled ferries, scheduling doctor appointments on the mainland, or yearning for sunlight amid months of rain. That patience can gradually morph into a lapse in being proactive if we’re not careful. If you are injured, …
Orcas Center’s Art of Recycling Exhibit Ends
Meet Valeri Aleksandrov
Painters in Their Zone
Bollywood Dance with DJ Prashant!
Ahhh, That Fall Beauty
Goodbye Julia, Ger Duany, and Club Paradiso Party
Bollywood Dance Party TONIGHT ~ 8 PM to Midnight
Why Is It Dark But the Sun Is Shining?
“LOUD!” – Music at the Community Church Tonight at 7 PM – UPDATED
A Catching-Up Mishmash: September Beauty, Triathletes, Knapp Historic Barn, Visiting Tibetan Monk, and Super Moon
Well, Aren’t They Having Fun!
Announcements Around Town
The 9th Orcas Island Film Festival is ON!
This One’s for You, Deer Harbor Charters!
Whale Watching with Outer Island Expeditions
Fall Is Starting Off Stunning
The New Seniors Paint the Barn
Last Chance to Win a Car ~ 2 PM Drawing Saturday (Tomorrow!)
Final Summer Author Signing of Life on Orcas Island at Darvill’s Today 9-11 AM
Barbie’s Opening Night on Orcas
The Barbie Movie at Sea View Theatre
So Many Fun Events!
Frank Loudin’s Library Talk – Aug 2 at 5 PM
Frank Loudin’s Author Signing at Darvill’s
A Beautiful Morning Jaunt to Friday Harbor
Olga Daze – Quintessential Orcas Life
The Realities of Rain Here
Frank Loudin Publishes New Book YARNS: Stories From the Way We Were
4th of July Weekend in Town ~ Four Days of Fun
Sound of Freedom Movie Tonight – 7 PM at Sea View Theatre
Locals on Canvas for Sale during 4th of July Festivities
The Orcas Food Project
The Solstice Parade on Saturday
2023 High School Graduates
Graduation is a big deal anywhere. Especially here. This small community holds and cares for our children all through the years, and graduation is one of those necessary closures and commencements we all need in order to process the changing seasons of our lives. Here’s a smattering of photos from …
Bonzi Concert at Sea View Theatre This Wednesday
Updated 4th of July Events!
Orcas from Above: Short Drone Film
Go See the FACES Exhibit at Orcas Center!
Orcas Youth Conservation Corps Needs a Leader ASAP
Photo of the Day: Tent Caterpillar Takeover
A Tombolo Kind of Day
Soon-to-Be Graduates…
Orcas Island Lit Fest This Weekend
This has become an annual event here on the island, and it’s this Friday and Saturday. The schedules below are straight off the Lit Fest website – go there for more information. Buy tickets here. Featured guests are author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, singer-songwriter Haley Heynderickx, author, writer, producer, and podcast host …
Fun Library Events and Things to Check Out
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Ticket Sales Begin Soon!
Material Wit’s Permanent Jewelry Event
The New Coffee Bar at Darvill’s Bookstore Overlooking the Sound!
The 15th Annual Eastsound Mayoral Race (a Cat, a Duck, 3 Dogs, and a Cow!)
Wandering Soul Art Gallery Open House Thurs 4-8
Unexpected Archaeology Finds
Narnia Characters Backstage
This Saturday ~ Pet Parade!
The Bliss of Sunny May Days
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Starts Tomorrow!
Matinee Today at 1 PM: Jesus Revolution
Saturday Farmers’ Market Starts Today!
Ocean Night is Back!! Woohoo!
This Year’s Rock on the Rock Performance is Happening Now!
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Coming to Orcas Center
Mark your calendars! Orcas Christian School is at it again. This time, their spring drama performance is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (dramatized by Joseph Robinette, from the story by C.S. Lewis). Students, teachers, and staff are busy organizing, marketing, memorizing lines, designing costumes and sets, and practicing. It’s going …
27 Things About Maddie Olson
27 Things about Ron Griffin
Yarns: Stories From the Way We Were by Frank Loudin
Game Night at the Library: Tuesdays 6-9 PM
Kids’ Science Event at the Library Now!
Saturday’s Earth Day Activities (Tomorrow!)
Orcas Community Participatory Agriculture
Orcas Community Participatory Agriculture is going into full swing now that it’s springtime. According to its website, “since 2014, the OCPA team has been working to deepen community connections, grow nutrient-dense produce, and contribute to island resiliency through shared knowledge and shared work. OCPA offers a means to organize our …
Wednesdays in Warm Valley Farmers’ Market
Local Spring Happenings
Jacob Wright’s Affinity for Trains
I met Jacob Wright a few years ago, and within moments I learned that he is an intelligent, enthusiastic, well-spoken young man who loves learning about, thinking about, and hunting down trains. His knowledge about them is mind-bending, and I asked him if he would be the subject of today’s column. …
Fun Little Encounters on a Mainland Day
Oh, the Sunshine!
Island Youth Need a Hangout Place
Helping Hands Noramise
Winter is an internal time here on the island. Not as many people are out and about, and it’s a reminder of how many residents are inside their homes working on all kinds of projects – quilts, plays, poetry, culinary recipes, college scholarship applications, advanced degrees, nonprofits, you name it. It won’t …
27 Things About Eric Peter
What Sights to End the Day
What a Sight to Awaken to
Meet Jay Sack
Life on Orcas Island is Now Available at Island Market
27 Things About Dave Blisard
Laurel Wrye’s Cards for Afghanistan
27 Things About Marcia Spees
Growing Up in the Orcas Hotel
27 Things About Yotam Zohar
The Dreaded EMS Call
Mike on the Bike’s Birthday
Bake Sale Outside Island Market till 4PM Today!
Photo of the Day: Stocking Up on Mainland Groceries
Goodnight 2022
Scenes of Life Here Before the New Year Begins
Farmer to Farmland Program & Farmer Mentorship Program
Robert Dash’s Micrographs in National Geographic
Come to the Carters’ Concert at the Community Church Tonight at 7 PM
High Tide Engulfs the Road at Crescent Beach
Hahaha! This Sticker Sums it Up…
Merry Christmas!
Rosario’s Festival of Trees
Life on Orcas Island Book Signing at Ray’s, 10:30-6 PM Today
The Power is Out
Scenes from Today
Upcoming Events…
Solstice Mercantile at Orcas Winery
The Annual Children’s Holiday Market at the Library
Keep Your Radar Out for Rafe Pearlman
Savoring the Snow Day
Our Midnight Snow Globe
A Look at the Winter Holiday Artisans Market Last Weekend
Santa Came to Deer Harbor
Life in Our Little Snow Globe
Book Signing All Day at Ray’s Today!
Orcas Island Community Foundation – Highest Gifts Per Capita in the Nation
Upcoming Author Signings at Ray’s Pharmacy
Orcas Choral Society & Youth Chorus Concert TONIGHT at Orcas Center!
Amanda Sparks Is Our Flat Person of the Year
Food Bank Director Amanda Sparks is the 2022 GiveOrcas Flat Person, serving as the ambassador for the GiveOrcas Holiday Campaign. I just happened upon her at Orcas Center, as the Choral Society was rehearsing for their weekend concerts. She now joins the Flat Person Family – the people chosen from previous years… Flat …
Winter Artisan Market & Night Market at Odd Fellows Hall This Weekend
Book Signing NOW at Ray’s Pharmacy, 1-3 PM
Photo of the Day: Sun Sparkling Over the Labyrinth
Gingerbread Creations at Island Market – WOW!
The 2022 Holiday GiveOrcas Campaign
This annual tradition continues, and if you haven’t heard about it, it is a fundraiser that turns out AMAZING results for local organizations, thanks to the INCREDIBLE GENEROSITY of this community. Here’s the lowdown from their website: Today is one of the game days mentioned above, so if you read …
Photo of the Day: Christmas Trees at Lum Farm
Family Day at the Historical Museum till 4 PM!
Auction: Local Winter Artisan Market
Photo of the Day: Christmas Tree Lighting
Recent Patterns – Seals, Gulls, and Jellies
Upcoming December Events – Updated!
Life on Orcas Island Book for Christmas Gifts
From One Emerald Isle to Another
Mindy’s Story
Vulnerability opens doors in people’s hearts. Raw, brave sharing is inspirational and powerful. It lifts, encourages, and builds all those who are on the receiving end, and the sender soon hears how supported and how very un-alone they actually are. It’s a win-win. (In contrast, remaining hush-hush about hardships, while …
Karl Krüger and the Arctic
Crazy Swirling Snow Night!
27 Things About Ezekiel Barr
Reliving Halloween Weekend
Au Revoir, Très Fabu
Honoring Skyler
Free Clothing Drive This Weekend at Orcas Christian School
A Friday Harbor Morning
October Scenes
Whale of a Show!
Happiness and Difficulty
Every person has a different natural bent. My natural state is happy contentment (unless someone else’s negative bent is put upon mine). Some have a natural state that rests in anxiety. Some are low and heavy. Some can’t sit still, and their comfortable place is an uncomfortable freneticism, perhaps even …
Orcas Choral Society is Singin’ It Up!
Seasonal Change and Halloween Are Upon Us
Smoke
Orcas Community Resource Center
27 Things About Tony Ghazel
Hey Creative Folks: The Orcas Glass Challenge
Meet Marjorie Blaine
You may pass Marjorie along the road every day. She walks into town by choice each morning, wearing the funnest colors, patterns, and shoes regardless of weather and rain. I love that about her! She doesn’t let the gray weather of winter dissuade her from some personality, individuality, and flair. …
The Enchanted Food Forest at Orcas Christian School
Glimpses of the Weekend
Being Healthy in a Nutshell
Silver Hair: Teezer’s Episode III by Frank Loudin
Three Farms on the Farm Tour Last Weekend
Last Saturday’s Farmers’ Market Finale
Orcas Center’s Local Art, Food, and Agriculture Show
Still Need Senior Portraits?
The Orcas Island Film Festival Begins in 2 Days!
Island Bounty Art & Agriculture Begins Tonight and Lasts All Weekend – Don’t Miss These 3 Events!
Cross Country’s Only Home Meet Today – 3:30 – Come Cheer Them On!
All-Island Dance Tonight! – 7 PM at Odd Fellows
Orcas Youth Chorus Begins Sunday at 4 PM ~ Any 6th to 12th Graders Welcome
Sign up: orcasparkandrec.org Questions: Tom Baldwin: tbaldwin@ucr.edu For more information, contact the Orcas Choral Society. Welcome to all students grades 6-12 from Orcas Middle School, Orcas High School, Orcas Christian School, Spring Street International School, Salmonberry, Homeschool, and OASIS.
Whale of a Show Auditions!
This I Believe by Joshua Treleven
Today’s Cross Country Meet Cancelled – Ferry Delays
Thanks so much if you were planning on coming! They hope it can happen next Wednesday…
Biologist and Author Thor Hanson’s Talks
Vikings Sports Are in Full Swing
Oh, how invigorating it was to show up at the track this afternoon and see parents, teachers, students, community members, concessions, hot dogs, normalcy, and excitement for the soccer and volleyball games! Life is returning in all its forms here! If you’re ready for more rooting, come to the track …
Olga Rising – What a Lovely Place!
Simulcast Event Saturday at the Community Church
Boundaries
Remember when there was no such thing as an answering machine? I remember the day my parents bought one. It was so exciting! We all took turns recording a message and laughing at our mess-ups. It was fun to come home every day and press the button on the machine …
Need Senior Portraits ASAP?
Watch This Video by Islanders!
Darvill’s Book Signing Today, 10 AM to Noon
27 Things About Sharon Abreu
Meet Sharon Abreu and you’ll immediately feel how positive, talented, and humble she is. She is always upbeat, and when she feels there needs to be change in the world, she uses the performing arts to kindly, respectfully, and creatively confront environmental and political issues. I have observed her from …
Running Late Because of Turkeys
Women’s Water Day Tomorrow
Stephanie Clair’s Open House Art Show Tomorrow & Sunday
Rug Sale at the Odd Fellows Hall – Today and Tomorrow!
Prune Alley’s New Street Lamps – First Night On!
Prune Alley is Open!
Tonight Prune Alley officially opened at 6 PM with lovely speeches, a non-motorized parade of people walking down the street for the first time, KIND bars and homemade cookies, and middle-of-the-street socializing. Speakers starting off the event included Councilperson Cindy Wolf, Project Manager Colin Huntemer, and Contractor Mike Carlson, and …
Rise Up – Wow, Fantastic Renditions of Hamilton & Broadway Songs!
“This I Believe” Essay – Your Turn to Write
Chris & Eliza Morris of Island Thyme
Emy & Lisa Carter, Steven Baker and Friends in Concert Tonight
Live Music of Hamilton and Broadway at the Village Green Tomorrow!
A Visual Summary of Italy in August
Rubbing Literary Shoulders with John Muir
Girl Meets Dirt Wine, Sea Starling Rings, and Musicians at the Farmers’ Market
Please Help Troy O’Neal and His Family
Family Life with the Carters
Meet Denny and Cindy Carter’s four children and there is no doubt that their parents have done more than a few things right in raising them. Matthew, Nathan, and twins Emy and Lisa are kind-hearted, intelligent, polite, respectful, and respectable young adults. They all know how to work hard, have …
Sequel Deserves Some Sort of Grant, Aid, or Subsidy After All This Road Work
All Kinds of Music Around Town!
A Summer Day in Seattle
Public Works: Teezer’s Episode II by Frank Loudin
I Love Zumba with Alyson Stephens
27 Things About Didier Gincig
Author Signing at Darvill’s Bookstore from 3-5 Today
Life on Orcas Island at Farmers’ Market Today
“Village on the Green” – Rock the Ages Tonight 6-9
Meet Jon Welch – He’s Running for Congress – UPDATED
Farmers’ Market and Book Signing at Darvill’s Tomorrow
Good Morning: Teezer’s Episode I by Frank Loudin
Scenes of Summer So Far
“Village on the Green” Event Tomorrow: “Amplify Her”
Tomorrow’s community-weaving evening is the second of three “Village on the Green” events from 6-9 PM. People will be gathering to share their island projects, especially those in which women are leading Orcas Island workshops, classes, organizations, and events. Bring your family and a picnic. There will be music by …
Susan Slapin’s Art, New Books, and Exhibit
Tune In to 1150 AM ~ Lift Your Spirits with Dena Marie & Gretchen Krampf
Vacation Bible School July 5-8 (Starts Tomorrow!)
All kids from kindergarten to 5th grade are welcome to Vacation Bible School at Orcas Island Community Church, which starts tomorrow and goes through Friday, from 12:45-3:15. Register ahead by emailing stephanie@orcaschurch.org or show up at the church at 12:30 tomorrow. It’s always a blast with games, music, funny skits, …
Thoughts on 4th of July by Former Marine John Erly
4th of July Parade, Pet Mayor, and Martin Lund’s Concert
Firefighter’s Breakfast – Hooray! (7-11 AM Today)
Buy Life on Orcas Island Today 11-5 on the Street!
Life on Orcas Island at Darvill’s Bookstore
Garden Touring on Electric Bikes
Kate Jewell’s Experience in Poland
Life on Orcas Island Book Signing at Darvill’s
Land of the Sandwich-Board Announcements
Summer Concert Series: The Good Lovelies
Best Laundromat Experience Ever
The Solstice Parade!
Seaport Books in La Conner: Life on Orcas Island
27 Things About Christopher Evans
Gay Field Day Yesterday
Last Night’s “Village on the Green”
The Northwest just can’t help but rain – especially this year! That didn’t stop Orcas Islanders. Smiling faces, dancing bodies, and jolly Odd Fellows practiced and prepared for Saturday’s Solstice Parade last night at the first of three “Village on the Green” events… See you at the Solstice Parade, if …