Archive for August, 2009

Just got a note from Darren - I was wondering how the video contest is going - here's the scoop: Hope all is well in Update-land! Speaking of that, we just wanted to give you a quick “update” on the San Juan Islands Vacation Video Contest: More than 7,000 total videos have been watched in less than two months! Entries have streamed... full article

No. Amy Carter, (President Jimmy Carter's daughter) when asked by a reporter if she had any message for the children of... full article

Whoa, it's happening today, too...WSF reported the Kaleetan started the day 25 minutes behind schedule; yesterday (Sunday) the Yakima was as much as two hours behind, resulting in lots B & C on either side of Mi Casita overflowing. Meanwhile, the ferry-slowing fog continues...both Chris Teren & Sandy Buckley told me... full article

It was a busy weekend all over the island, and one of the happy things going on was Katie Carlton & Andy Flierl getting married out at Roche Harbor. The Saturday wedding included best girl & daughter Paige, and the weather couldn't have been nicer. All the best to you! [caption id="attachment_5032" align="alignnone"... full article

Ran into two of my favorite people, Christine Gabler & Patrick Minney, the other day - they tell me they're getting married on September 12th, which is next week. Congrats, you... full article

The real work of planet-saving will be small, humble, and humbling, and (insofar as it involves love) pleasing and rewarding. Its jobs will be too many to count, too many to report, too many to be publicly noticed or rewarded, too small to make anyone rich or famous. Wendell... full article

A picture tells the story, and if you're trying to sell your house (like I am - here's the rest of that story), you need a good one. I'll be painting the house soon, but in the meantime, my efforts at shooting a brown, tree-shadowed structure were coming up... full article

The second annual Islands Village Faire (also called the Stress Less fest) was held this weekend at Missing Mountain Farm on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. It offered a nice visit with folks who wanted to barter, share sustainability... full article

If you read "Eat, Pray, Love," then you probably already think Liz Gilbert is someone to listen to... now take it a step farther & listen in as she riffs on being creative & where it comes from (you'll want a Dobby-like house-elf named Genius by the time you're done). I like Derek Sivers' response to the video, and I'd love... full article

This weekend six folks were rescued when fishing boat Anna J capsized near Salmon Bank... Charlie Chevalier & Nick Nash were helicoptered to the mainland, while the other were checked & released here on the island at the medical center. Traci... full article

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not... full article

To halt the decline of an ecosystem, it is necessary to think like an ecosystem. Douglas P.... full article

It was cool to see the Guards in Anacortes on the way back from America this week...they were coming back from a dentist trip to Renton (Melissa's bro is a dentist), as well as getting ready for school. Gavin starts at FHHS next week,... full article

The pictures in this year's County Fair were awesome! Here's a note from the guy who managed the exhibit: Photographers - We Called and You Responded! Thanks to all who entered such wonderful photographs at the County Fair, The Photography Exhibit was a great success this year.  People were talking - all over the islands.  The quality... full article

It was great to drop by Maloula's for lunch this week, overlooking the harbor from the top of the building in that complex where the Ale House is... it was also a nice surprise to see Roula, who just graduated from high school... full article

My friend Melissa Crane over at the County says the training for the new GIS system is open to you, and you might like to come by. (You can review it here - I found it really easy to use!) Here's the scoop: The... full article

Hope you got a chance to swing by the Skatepark last weekend & see how talented the guys are...their tricks & moves in Island Rec's Skateboard/BMX Jam are captured  in this wonderful gallery of photos by Concepia's John Sinclair & posted at http://www.sanjuanskate.org/. You will believe that kids can fly. Good eye,... full article

When I was driving across the country last week, I was thinking about how cool it is that we have nice, sweet names of things that people hear & want to come visit: quaint Friday Harbor, sweet Lopez Village, welcoming Griffin Bay, and so on... then when they get... full article

Over at Lynn Danaher's Churchill House and Carter House spot on Argyle Avenue, there's a new studio - Licensed Electrologist Allison Lance is offering electrolysis & thermocoagulation services (that means she removes hair & spots & sun spots & stuff). Drop by & see her at 470-A Argyle Avenue or call her... full article

When the well's dry, we know the worth of water. Benjamin... full article