Stan Matthews from the County tells me there were 73 folks identified last year, and the number is expected to rise….here’s more from Stan: Homeless Count Scheduled for January 28 San Juan County Health & Community Services will participate in the state’s annual Point in Time Count of Homeless Persons (PIT) on Thursday, January 28th.  Continue Reading

Stan Matthews from the County tells me there were 73 folks identified last year, and the number is expected to rise….here’s more from Stan: Homeless Count Scheduled for January 28 San Juan County Health & Community Services will participate in the state’s annual Point in Time Count of Homeless Persons (PIT) on Thursday, January 28th.  Continue Reading

You probably heard about it – Matthew Gray Palmer’s sculpture of an elephant was leaving the island, so I went down & shot a photo of it. Wow! He did an awesome job! Look closely & you’ll see the individual butterflies in the design… the driver said the pachyderm is gonna end up in Virginia…

At the Island Rec New Year’s Party, folks were given a chance to get their photos taken for the Olympics, which are next month in Vancouver. Wahoo!

It’s the new year’s baby…J47! Here’s more from the Orca Network, including pictures. And…here’s Howie’s proposal to retire Lolita from her forced labor at the Miami Seaquarium & bring her, finally, home. Here are some pictures he took of her recently, and yes, if that tank seems too small for a killer whale who would  Continue Reading

It’s the new year’s baby…J47! Here’s more from the Orca Network, including pictures. And…here’s Howie’s proposal to retire Lolita from her forced labor at the Miami Seaquarium & bring her, finally, home. Here are some pictures he took of her recently, and yes, if that tank seems too small for a killer whale who would  Continue Reading

It was cool to go by the Farmers’ Market on Saturday at the high school & see all  the produce, especially for this time of year….that’s Margaret & Joel Thorsen with their offerings from Thousand Flower Farm on Waldron Island. (Here’s more about the farm, and here’s Margaret’s blog.) The next Market is the first  Continue Reading

It was cool to go by the Farmers’ Market on Saturday at the high school & see all  the produce, especially for this time of year….that’s Margaret & Joel Thorsen with their offerings from Thousand Flower Farm on Waldron Island. (Here’s more about the farm, and here’s Margaret’s blog.) The next Market is the first  Continue Reading

We probably have more artists & photographers on this island than anywhere in the world, and they all are way above average, as you can tell by the Wilson family portrait above…but I’m not gonna tell ya who shot it.

Today & Thursday you can go by San Juan Healthcare for your flu shots – SHHC’s Susan Murfin says these are covered by Medicare. Here’s more about the clinic, which is available from 1:30-4:30pm both days.

You can think what you want, but that’s just tea someone was buying at the Naked Bean the other day. Loose tea, in a bag.

That was the low-hanging mist off Beaverton Valley Road across from the entrance to Xtreme Fitness over the weekend….

I love Keith Van Cleve’s photography – he catches the majesty of eagles’ flight with his split-second timing & great eye for framing a shot, and has the patience to catch other birds in their natural habitat as well. It was cool to see that he and Jackie were hanging a show on the big  Continue Reading

When I came home on the ferry last night on the last boat from Anacortes (I was coming from Lopez), we were surprised to find that the ferry folks in Friday Harbor had closed up the dock & gone home, apparently forgetting the schedule change that went into place this past weekend. So…we got to  Continue Reading

When I heard from someone that the Front Street Ale House might be closing, I wanted to check on THAT…. when I went & asked Peggy & Oren about it, I was relieved to find that they’re closing this week for three months or so to completely remodel the inside of the place. I asked  Continue Reading

It was good to see a couple of  grads from the Class of ’09 on the ferry last night before they went back to school – Jordan Nash (left, above) is heading back to Western Washington, while Jordyn Taylor returns to the Santa Cruz (CA) area to Cabrillo College.

The kids are alright – it was good to see a full house for Saucerful at Pazzo Vivo on Saturday night… The guys played two sets for nearly three hours, and it appears they just keep getting tighter.

Lots of people like to look back at the events of the year…I guess I prefer to look back over the folks that make up the tapestry this island weaves around us. Throughout the year, I get to put together galleries of people doing what we do here, so I thought I’d take a moment  Continue Reading