Enjoy our newest annual festival – it’s ALL OVER TOWN and began last night at Odd Fellows Hall with a square dance for all ages… OrcasFest was created by Tashi Litch, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms, to share their passion for folk music, and for their love of community and …
Oh, that stunning sun when it decides to come out!…
So very Orcas… This one’s for you, Frank, my mailbox-loving friend.
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 7 PM tonight to hear an interview with Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms ~ members of Foghorn Stringband, Caleb Klauder Country Band, and Caleb & Reeb. They are cofounders and co-organizers of our newest …
The Hot Tomatoes playing outside Olga Rising last week…
This is spring under the forest canopy along Enchanted Forest Road…
I took some “modeling” photos of the book during Friday’s beautiful weather. After this big weekend of getting the coloring book out there on the street, this blog will now return to some normalcy… Expect subject matter akin to beautiful trees, new goslings, and quiet sunsets. Thank you for all …
Perched over West Beach on Friday evening ~ what a stunning day that was!
I will have a table today from 12:30-2 outside of Clever Cow Creamery… Buy 3 or more Life on Orcas Island Coloring Books and get a $10 ice cream gift card on me! Think: Island souvenirs, gifts for the grandkids, gifts for former island residents, travel days on the ferry, rainy day …
UPDATE ON TIME: Step in Ray’s Pharmacy tomorrow from 10:30 AM to 12 PM for a Life on Orcas Island Coloring Book. They’re selling like hotcakes! Think: Island souvenirs, gifts for the grandkids, gifts for former island residents, travel days on the ferry, rainy day activities, gifts for weekend visitors, teacher …
Orcas Island is breathtaking in May, exponentially so when the sun comes out…
I will have a table today from 12-2 outside of Clever Cow Creamery… Buy 3 or more Life on Orcas Island Coloring Books and get a $10 ice cream gift card on me! Think: Island souvenirs, gifts for the grandkids, gifts for former island residents, travel days on the ferry, rainy day …
Come into town this morning for a Life on Orcas Island Coloring Book and coffee table book signing from 9 AM to 12 PM at Darvill’s. Think: Island souvenirs, gifts for the grandkids, gifts for former island residents, travel days on the ferry, rainy day activities, gifts for weekend visitors, …
I will have a table today (Friday) from 9 AM to 1 PM outside of Dragonfly Coffee House. Buy 3 or more Life on Orcas Island Coloring Books and get a $10 coffee gift card on me! Think: Island souvenirs, gifts for the grandkids, gifts for former island residents, travel days on …
For real this time!… Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 7 PM to hear an interview with Tish Knapp ~ book author, former Orcas Island High School English teacher for 26 years, writing group host, and matriarch of a blended …
Born and raised on Orcas Island, Mandy taught over 20 years at the public school, pioneered the Farm-to-Classroom program after fellow teacher Anne Ford McGrath built the Farm-to-Cafeteria program into the school curriculum, started Wednesday in the Woods, and continues to help guide adults in some of the biggest decisions …
I will have a table today from 12-2 outside of Clever Cow Creamery. Buy 4 or more Life on Orcas Island Coloring Books and get a $10 ice cream gift card on me! Think: Island souvenirs, gifts for the grandkids, gifts for former island residents, travel days on the ferry, …
Visit KIXP radio station’s booth to say hello, and I’ll also have a fresh stack of new Life on Orcas Island Coloring Books!
Originally Teezers, then Karma Kafe, now it’s Squeezers… Smoothies with only the most healthful ingredients and fresh cold-pressed juices served by the ever-friendly Callum Duggan. I’m even looking up record players now…
The sunshine and warmth on May Day provided a perfect window for setting out on the sea to another nearby island. But first… Some facts about Yellow Island that I’ve compiled from various websites: Now on to the photo tour… MANY THANKS to The Orcas Island Garden Club for planning …
The shock of what happened to Ella and David continues to reverberate through our community, and every now and then out of the blue, I start bawling for the families of these young people and can’t stop. To lose a child in their 20s is more than a parent can …
Meet my new book ~ a coloring book companion to the original coffee table book. 250 copies just arrived at my house today. You can find this at Darvill’s Bookstore and Ray’s. There are scenes from ALL OVER the island that you’ll recognize….. Here’s a peek inside…
Check out this cool new little place next to Rising Oak Farm on Nordstrom Lane ~ follow the signs. I’m wearing a new ring and earrings for $10, and a friend of mine got a really nice jacket for $30…
From Sea View Theatre’s website: Orcas Island Film Festival Presents a Special FREE Screening of Endurance with Producer Ruth Johnston to Benefit West Sound Community Club SUNDAY, MAY 3 at 2:00pm (Lounge & Doors open @ 1:15) From National Geographic Documentary Films and directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, and Natalie Hewit, Endurance chronicles the …
Click here or go to any major listening platform to hear interviews with these local islanders… And more to come!…..
Do you know Jami? If so, would you like to come and help celebrate her birthday? See you then!…. If you are not an islander and you’re wondering, “Do they all know each other on Orcas??” Well, kinda sorta. We don’t ALL know each other, but it’s a close enough …
By 10 o’clock this morning, fish were everywhere – in buckets, nets, boats, and hands! Sponsored by Orcas Adventures, it’s an annual event open to kids under 16 that begins at daybreak, pauses for a free pancake breakfast at 9 o’clock, and culminates in a measuring and tallying at 11 …
I just learned of this GoFundMe that Mandy Randolph set up for Colleen Stewart. I will let their words speak instead of mine, and I wholeheartedly ask you to consider donating well beyond the stated cap, because as you will see, Colleen’s costs are much higher than what the GoFundMe …
It’s been a while since I’ve added daily or weekly posts to this blog. I’ve been working on another book that just finished up ~ a companion book to the Life on Orcas Island book. More on that to come… In an effort to catch up where I left off …
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM to hear an interview with Christine Jennifer. Her background has ranged from freelance journalism and PR/marketing/branding to nonprofit work, fundraising, and disaster relief for the the Red Cross to having a garden …
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM to hear an interview with Rolf Eriksen, owner and general manager of Happy Acres Company for over 53 years, and author of The Tower on Top of Mount Constitution. He has a …
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM to hear an interview with Brian Leonard, who consults with theme parks, museums, zoos, and aquariums, and manages the creative development for their projects – “architects, graphic designers, writers, composers, painters, sculptors, …
Starting today! Spread the word to anyone who might need a ride. For the time being, I’ll be “on” most of the day Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. If you go on Uber and see nothing available on the island, it means I may be driving someone else and will be …
Click here to listen to the latest interview on Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper. I lost my mother when I was ten. The world stopped making sense. At seventeen, I was living alone, figuring it out. I picked up my first deck of cards—not for the art of …
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM to hear an interview with Stephanie Rosenblatt, a Tai Chi practitioner for 54 years and a Tai Chi teacher here on Orcas Island. Stephanie radiates joy and an ever-growing zest for life, …
Click here to make a donation right away. You may recognize the name Davina Liberty from earlier posts… The two interviews I did with her at the KIXP radio station were amazingly vulnerable, honest, and incredible. She had a dauntingly difficult childhood and vowed to herself to do every last …
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM to hear an interview with Bruce Benton, who went from Peace Corps work in West Africa to the US Treasury Department’s Deputy-Director of the Office of Raw Materials and Oceans Policy to a …
At the end of Karl’s previous interview, we had to stop right in the middle of one of the most fascinating stories ~ the advice an Inuit man gave Karl before he began his solo paddle of the Canadian Arctic’s Northwest Passage: Make SURE you talk with the ancestors. Karl’s …
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM to hear an interview with Karl Krüger. As his website says, Karl Krüger is an American adventurer, sea captain, and paddler whose life is deeply rooted in wilderness, spirituality, and exploration. Taught to …
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM to hear an interview with Georgette Wong, whose expertise is in impact investing and strategic consulting to strengthen local communities. Georgette currently serves as Board Chair of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, the Investment …
Day before yesterday, it was absolutely beaming sun in Friday Harbor. Upon returning to Orcas and going to the library to work on my computer, one would have never known such sunshine was happening all over other parts of Orcas and beyond, judging by the the deep, cold fog of …
Happening now! Here’s Chubasco a few evenings ago performing live at the KIXP radio station in Eastsound with host Clint McCune, KIXP’s first live musical interview and performance… Watch a short clip of them performing live here. Happy Friday again!
The Stunt Man from 1980 with Peter O’Toole plays tonight at Orcas Center for free, the final movie of the Classic Film Series. It was originally scheduled for Sunday at 4 PM, but was moved so as to not compete with the Super Bowl. Bring anything you want to munch …
Sometimes I learn some pretty interesting tidbits about the island from the wall of posted announcements at the Post Office. Here you go, from the Post Office to your living room…
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM to hear an interview with Jay Longfellow ~ hunter, trapper, outdoorsman, and reader of the stoics. He has rid his life of all screens aside from his phone, and he joins me in …
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM tomorrow to hear another interview with Davina Liberty ~ Captain and Naturalist, Free Diver, Wing Walker, Mountaineer, Mermaid, Equine Therapist, Author, and so much more. She has swum with alligators, octopi, and Norwegian Orcas, …
A clear-sky day in January is a stunning break in weather to see the sights on a nearby island… I’ve been focused on the Life on Orcas Island interview show, and am now catching up on the blog
Orcas Island Film Festival Presents: Films on Film – The 2026 Classic Film Series Jan. 11 – Feb. 8Sundays at 4:00pmFree admission The following is directly from Orcas Center’s website: The Orcas Island Film Festival is thrilled to announce the 2026 edition of its beloved Classic Film Series, this year …
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM tomorrow to hear an interview with Michael Yeaman ~ Geophysicist, Stone Sculptor, and Creator and Curator of the Orcas Island Film Festival’s Classic Film Series on Sundays at 4 PM at Orcas …
Listen to 102.3 FM KIXP either on your radio or online at kixp.org and press the play button at 10 AM tomorrow to hear an interview with Robin Lassen – Fine Artist, Pianist, Yacht Chef and First Mate, Director of Operations of a Software Development Company for 35 years, Flight Attendant for Alaska …
Local legend Jimmy Mudd sat with us for an interview the other day at the KIXP station, where I had invited a public school student to be a guest interviewer. I asked the school who they would recommend and they connected me with Senior Kairam Bailey. I invited Kairam, vocalist …
