Actually, the day began with pouring, blowing, sideways rain, unlike the usual pitter-patter of Orcas. In the middle of a morning walk, I ducked into Darvill’s Bookstore so as to avoid getting soaked, but realized I’d be camping out for quite some time. I accepted the idea of being drenched, …
I am “mainstream.” I don’t live in an off-the-grid yurt clad with solar panels. I don’t grow my own food. I live in a house, use my heater in the winter, and own a car. I learned these things from birth from my culture, which taught me to live easy, …
As my siblings and I were carrying our mom’s things to the U-Haul for her move to Texas, a big, beautiful buck walked up to her window and looked right at her as if to give her one last gift from this magical place. Deer are everywhere, but this doesn’t …
I’m starting a new series of quasi-interviews in which I email questions to a local person I’d like to know more about. Here are Michael Armenia’s answers, in his own words… Edee: I see you around town and in the library a lot – what do you do and what …
Reminiscing about our children’s younger years has brought me to photos of our fall fun at Mimi and Steve Diepenbrock’s farm five years ago… Thank you so much for the memories, y’all!
As we all know here on the island, anything you want to do on the mainland will mean an all-day trip no matter what – a 45-minute dermatologist appointment, a 25-minute 5K run on the Cross Country team, a dive into Costco for needed supplies, a haircut, a movie, you …
Walk in nature for an hour or so with my husband, blend up a kale-banana-peanut-butter-date smoothie once home, set it in my bike basket along with my computer, bike down to the Co-op to buy a warm loaf of Endswell Bakehouse sesame or wheat and brown sugar and oats bread, …
There’s no place like Orcas Island in the fall. Here’s a glimpse of Salmonberry School’s celebration of it when our kids were five years younger. Oh so magical.
I’ve been looking at our family photos here in the islands from Octobers past. Here’s a glimpse of early fall…
One of the perks of homeschooling last year was seeking out dreamy opportunities. My son happened to notice the 3D printer at the Funhouse one day when he was at Running Club, so he asked if we could stop by sometime and ask if anyone was allowed to use it. …
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