America by Walt Whitman Centre of equal daughters, equal sons, All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old, Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich, Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love, A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother, Chair’d in the adamant of Time.

Let’s see what people are doing…. • Dave Calhoun‘s singing this weekend from 3-6pm at Roche Harbor on Friday, Saturday & Sunday…here’s the details. See you there! • Are you ready for the Fourth? Cool ’nuff…here are some memories from last year and from previous years….check out these online portfolios of folks I know you  Continue Reading

Heard from Maddie Leiren (FHHS ’09) the other day, and she caught me up with what she’s been doing… while she says she misses the island (especially the slower pace), she’s been crazy busy doing fashion work as well as some modeling. She’s been featured on Jackie B Showroom’s website, and she’s working in downtown  Continue Reading

Got this from Angela Sun (she works with Yahoo Sports)… see how this helps shape your day:

If you haven’t seen one, you’ll be amazed….and you can check it out from the comfort of your own island! Here’s more: Tesla Motors, maker of the pure electric high performance sports car will be in Friday Harbor for the first time this Saturday. The zero-emission Roadster accelerates from 0-60 in 3.7 seconds without a  Continue Reading

Looks like we got a good one – I enjoyed listening to new superintendent Rick Thompson last January when he met with the community as part of the search process, and had a chance to visit with him yesterday at the end of a long day that saw him sworn-in at noon & diving into  Continue Reading

Good morning! In the next couple of days, there are things going on: • Deputy Chief Tom Eades says the Town’s new fire truck is supposed to arrive this evening on the ferry, and will be in the parade Sunday, although it won’t be ready to use for a bit, while they get it ready.  Continue Reading

Several people in the past few weeks have asked me if I’d heard of this nice Canadian indie folk-rock band, so I’ve been listening to them lately…see what you think of them. Here’s the’ New Pornographers, with Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk (here are the lyrics, if you want to sing along):

WSU Extension Beach Watcher Coordinator Shann Weston wrote to tell you & me that she just graduated her latest class of Beach Watchers…you can learn more about the program here, and follow their blog here. Here’s more from Shann: San Juan County Extension is proud to announce the graduation of the 2010 WSU Beach Watcher  Continue Reading