Fearless reader of the Update: It is my hope that you wake every day either looking for poems to read & feel, or looking to share poems like that, or maybe to find the words, ideas & feelings to build poems of your own to share (like flowers from your garden, or cookies you just  Continue Reading

Laura‘s taking off after Wednesday, but there’s a going away thing at the Library on Wednesday at 5…be sure & come by! Here’s more in a press release from the Library folks: Laura Tretter, director of the San Juan Island Library since 2006, announced that she will be leaving to accept a position with the  Continue Reading

Let’s see what’s going down in town…. • Let’s get the restaurants straight, since this is the day you usually figure out where & when you’re gonna eat out….isn’t it? Among the restaurants that change their days closed because of the season, here’s a handy scorecard – these folks are all closed one day a  Continue Reading

A little bit of this & that…. • Looks like they caught the Barefoot Bandit over the weekend in the Bahamas…here’s more. If it turns out he’s convicted of all the stuff he’s accused of, island residents will be able to rest safer. He wasn’t Robin Hood…. • Yep, that was the Island Studios Gorilla  Continue Reading

I love Monika Wieland‘s photos – she has a great eye for killer whales & other wildlife, and makes beautiful photographic art with the results. Here’s her blog with more…way to go, Monika!

You can get your tickets today – here’s more from Marie & the Soroptimists: There is always something fun happening in Friday Harbor!  This is another Fun-raiser…have fun voting for your contestant to “Kiss for the Cure” (the winner kisses a 4H pig).The Soroptimist/Relay team will be selling Vote Tickets to see who will win  Continue Reading

Let’s catch up a bit here: • MORE pictures from the Fourth! I just looked over Mark Gardner‘s online posting & he did his usual awesome job…and you’re probably in there. Check it out. • Next Friday’s candidate forum has been bumped up to 6:30pm at the Mullis Center rather than 7pm as previously announced,  Continue Reading

Yep, it was downright hot yesterday, and it’ll probably wander into the 80s this weekend….

Once you hear this song by Chad & Jeremy, you’ll have Summer Song stuck in your head all day…so be careful:

Let’s see what’s happening… • Sally Thomsen tells me that Tracy Roberson has been appointed to the Island Rec Board of Commissioners, to the position vacated by Amy Windrope. Good choice, if you ask me. • Have you seen Rachel’s petsitting business? Here’s her website. • Krispi says: “Come to the Port Park tonight to  Continue Reading

Sure was cool on the Fourth of July…more like a almost chilly spring day (with a little sprinkle) than the beginning of summer. That’s all memory, though, as we head into a warm day today & this weekend in the 80s…stay cool. Meanwhile, Tabby Talley graduated this year from The Evergreen State College, where she  Continue Reading

Well, it’s been a while since I answered your notes – let’s see what’s in there from the past month (and thanks for writing!) Q. Love the way you have a different quote every day…where did you get the automatic rotator thing for that? And how do you pick the quotes? A. Glad you like  Continue Reading

Get your colors right! Here’s more from Rebecca: COLOR CONSULTATION by Rebecca: Confused about what color to paint your home or office, inside or out? Call Rebecca Barnard, professional color consultant. Many years experience, many happy island references.  Astoundingly inexpensive – save yourself some costly mistakes!  Please call 360 378 6355 or email RebeccaB@rockisland.com to  Continue Reading

As Josie & I were sorting through the six million pictures we took on the Fourth, we couldn’t help but notice that we had a great number of photos with dogs in them. Since the island has the greatest number of friendly dogs in the world, we made this little video/slideshow with music for you….hope  Continue Reading

Jan from the Theatre reports: CATS is setting up today, July 10, at the PARC building (70 Saltspring Drive in the Beaverton Business Park) from 10 am to 1 pm to collect islanders’ gently used items – from furniture to books and toys (no clothes, please).  They’ll sell the donated items at the big Attic  Continue Reading

It’s the dream we carry that something wondrous will happen that it must happen – time will open hearts will open doors will open mountains will open spring will will gush forth from the ground that the dream itself will open that one morning we’ll quietly drift into a harbor we didn’t know was there  Continue Reading

Nancy from Griffin Bay Bookstore has a cool author event on tap: Griffin Bay Bookstore is proud to present novelist M. L. Malcolm on Friday night, July 16, 7:00 pm. Malcolm will read from and discuss her debut novel HEART OF LIES, recently published by HarperCollins to great acclaim. The American Booksellers Association has chosen  Continue Reading

It was a great evening for fireworks on the Fourth – not too cold, not too hot (usually isn’t!) – and the show went great. I put together a tiny video for those who couldn’t make it – here’s the fireworks over the marina, from the Port of Friday Harbor, just to give a taste  Continue Reading

The Band sounded great in the parade on Sunday! Kudos to Janet Olsen for pulling it all together – and Janet has folks to thank, too! Here’s more: The Community Band’s participation in this year’s 4th of July Parade could not have happened without a lot of help. Thank you high school and middle school  Continue Reading

Over the past couple of days, I’ve talked to hundreds of people (it gets like that on the Fourth of July….you get out here on the island & see lots of folks & they tell you their stories.) I heard a number of stories about loss – money, love, friends, dogs – and I can  Continue Reading

It’s due this week! Here’s more from Barb: One more press release for the Island Writers booth for the San Juan County Fair DEADLINE!!!! Calling All Island Writers! For those of you who have not heard, the former Written Word booth at the San Juan County Fair has a new name: Island Writers Island Writers  Continue Reading

You’ve heard him on every Jackson Browne hit (and almost every song)…he’s the one with the slide guitar & pedal steel at the the end of Running on Empty, or Before the Deluge, or in The Pretender… And he’s gonna be here tomorrow night. Here’s more from Jan: David Lindley takes a break from his  Continue Reading