Wow – check out the work that’s gone into this! Go to Orcas Christian School for their annual clothing drive THIS WEEKEND! Lots and lots of FREE clothes!! Please share this with anyone you know who might benefit. Clothing, jackets, blankets, shoes, kids clothes – at the Orcas Christian School …
Every now and then, life takes us either to the mainland or Friday Harbor for various types of appointments. Today life took me to San Juan Island. A five-hour roundtrip for a 10-minute appointment is normal in these parts – an hour on the ferry, several hours waiting for the …
October has been full of all kinds of weather and beauty. See you this weekend at Camp Orkila’s Haunted Hayride Saturday night, their Fall Festival Sunday afternoon, and trick-or-treating on Monday in Eastsound!
Oh, how I love this event. It epitomizes Orcas Island – talent, courage, and supportiveness! IF YOU MISSED IT OR WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN WATCH THE WHOLE SHOW BY CLICKING HERE! Here are a few clips from the show (not full performances). I only have a handful, but I’ve …
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 …
I’ve thought of joining the Choral Society for years but wasn’t ever sure if I wanted to leave the house in the evenings when our kids are home and we’re all eating dinner and hanging out. I decided to go for it this year, and even though I’m not a …
The smoke lessened and the coolness of late fall descended this morning. We turned on the heater last week for the first time, sought out our warm slipper boots, and the dampness filled my jeans this morning, hanging by the open bedroom window. I washed my shorts for what may …
Yesterday afternoon the smoke came rolling in. By the time school was over and games and practices were about to begin, the amount of particulates in the air was deemed too high. The visiting soccer team was sent all the way back home to the mainland, and local sports practices …
theOrcasonian.com has a new intern from Orcas Island High School! Read Ellie Wright’s first article on the site about the Orcas Community Resource Center by clicking here. Look for more to come by Ellie! Photos courtesy of OCRC and Ellie
I just read the following and I pulled it straight off the Orcas Recycling Services site in case you creative people out there are looking for a fall and winter project to dream up… Ready to take the Orcas Glass Challenge? What is it? An opportunity for artists, makers, innovators, up-cyclists …
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. …
I thought you might like a look at this significant land transformation. I can’t help but pass by it and marvel at the abundance happening inside. All Hands on Earth, a nonprofit begun by Alex Tamayo-Wolf, transformed the open field below at the front of Orcas Christian School into a …
I was in the right place at the right time with no camera. How fun it would have been to show Orcas Island High school’s Homecoming parade in Eastsound on Friday. Oh well. Thank you, Debbie Post, for this photo of Bill Perry, OIHS Class of 1962, here at Homecoming …
Recently I heard a few radio ads that said something like, “We know, it’s hard to eat right.” I remember hearing someone say years ago that she had no idea how to eat right. I had the same internal reaction to both: “Really??” Shelves are packed with books on how …
Happy 93rd year to my friend, painter and writer Frank Loudin – our own Norman Rockwell. I will publish each of his ten episodes as they correspond to the right time in each season about Orcas Island’s beloved coffee and goodies store, Teezer’s, which is now a place in our …
I love the Annual Orcas Island Farm Tour. Of the nine farms, we chose to visit three last Saturday. Here they are… Slanted Apple Farm Warm Valley Farm Lum Farm
Last Friday at Orcas Center was the opening party of Island Bounty, a local art, food, and agriculture show celebrating all things related to the land here in our island community. It also kicked off the Annual Orcas Island Farm Tour, which included the final Farmers’ Market of the summer …
Anyone still need your senior portraits taken? I’m offering 90 minutes for $175. You get all the photos. Here are some samples from the past two weeks. See my gallery here to peruse my photography over the past 20 years.
The Orcas Island Film Festival begins this Thursday and lasts through Monday, the 10th. I always forget to look ahead of time at the films on the OIFF schedule until a few days before it all begins, and sometimes the one or two I’m interested in are full by then. …
