I can’t believe the sky was perfectly clear. We’ve had beautifully crystal-clear nights (and days) this winter. We watched intently from our back patio as the earth’s shadow slowly covered the moon. About a half an hour later, the clouds began to cover the moon as it started moving back …
The internal nature of winter here on Orcas, aside from bringing out our creativity, provides a wonderful excuse to cozy in and watch lots of movies. It hasn’t really been a tough winter, so the sun has actually pulled me outside much more than previous winters. But my mom and …
I love my life. I am grateful that I happened to be born into a loving, middle-class family in a free country. I never missed a meal, a night of sleep, or an educational opportunity. I am now 44 and the ways of living that I learned aren’t feeling right …
There are a lot of things that happen on Orcas that don’t happen anywhere else. Or at least I never experienced them until moving here. One thing that’s “so Orcas” is the monthly Community Dinners at Orcas Christian School every January, February, and March. These are not potlucks. They are …
The other day the wind was whipping and the ocean was crazily choppy. Not the kind of conditions in which you’d expect to look out your window and see someone kayaking out in the middle of the Sound. Alone. Dwarfed by whitecaps. My older son got out the binoculars. “I …
It’s mid-January. I’m having to remind myself of that all the time right now. Usually by this point in the winter, it’s been dark and gloomy for months on end, no sun or blue sky in sight for another month or three. Usually by now, I’ve gotten sick a few …
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