I stopped by The Old Corner Store’s new Studio 7 on Cattle Point Road today. Studio 7 is the gallery and studio space of local artists Anthony DiMichele and Cynthia Church. I asked Anthony about the upcoming show About Face: Portraits and Self Portraits opening October 31st. I’d seen my friend Thrinley Dimarco’s works in  Continue Reading

Josie sent me over this press release: Pete Walmsley is NW Area Conservation District Supervisor of the Year Pete Walmsley of Orcas Island won the Supervisor of the Year Award at the annual meeting of NW Area Conservation Districts in Bellingham on October 13. Pete is Chair of the San Juan Islands Conservation District. Lynn  Continue Reading

Let’s see what’s going on… * The Homesteaders Restaurant is open! Located in the spot where the old Peppermill was, the new eatery is open from 6am to 9pm every day…drop by the Best Western & see (and eat!) for yourself! * The graveside service (open to the public) for Nikki Fink will be held  Continue Reading

Doris Estabrooks sent this over – look at it & I think you’ll say “Wow!” Click here to start, and then click to zoom in…. Gyre, 2009, by Chris Jordan 8×11 feet, in three vertical panels Depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the  Continue Reading

Just kidding. I know this isn’t a newspaper. It’s news electrons. Here’s more: • Hey, the FHHS Homecoming Parade is at 3:30 on Friday…so get downtown to see the kids! The parade is earlier this year because the football game is at 5pm, with the dance after. • Plan on it! The elementary school’s annual  Continue Reading

Here’s more from Jan at the Community Theatre: It’s a special treat, y’all, when the famed Asleep at the Wheel makes its first stop ever in Friday Harbor for not one, but two shows on Sunday, October 24 (4 & 7:30 pm)!  The western-swing, boogie and roots-music band and nine-time Grammy Award winners are celebrating  Continue Reading

Take a look around you…what do you see? • Diane from the Land Bank would like to invite you to the celebration of the new trail – here’s the scoop: Land Bank King Sisters Preserve Trail Celebration ~ Saturday, October 23rd The San Juan County Land Bank invites you to celebrate the newly constructed King  Continue Reading

I stopped in to talk to Lynn Mercer today at the Island Arts League’s spacious light filled new studio space. The League has been around since 1997. Back then I taught some drawing classes through the League in the basement of the Episcopal Church (hauling my still life, including a Greek column, around in the  Continue Reading

It’s a special and wonderful thing – and I’m telling you now so you make plans to come. One of the foremost authorities in the world about how plastics are polluting & killing our oceans is Captain Charles Moore. He’ll be here on the island giving a presentation at the Community Theatre on Tuesday, October  Continue Reading

Let’s see what’s next… • Whoa! Even the BBC is in on it – here’s their report about Tucker the poop-sniffing dog who helps with killer whale research. • Stacy Germain from the PTA has a big garage sale this weekend – be there! Here’s more: Hey Ian – I was hoping you would help  Continue Reading

It was cool last night to see how well it worked: Couple of dozen volunteers, including school administrative staff & students and mamas and papas, plus a committed & energetic board, and a bunch of phones. In a little over three hours they called most of the island to ask for a little help, and  Continue Reading

Starting at 4:30 till about 8 tonight, volunteers will be calling island residents to ask for contributions to the San Juan Public Schools Foundation…give what you can. It’s for the kids. I was looking through the Foundation’s website at the highlights of the past year, and it’s pretty impressive – check out the kinds of  Continue Reading

Yesterday the first Run Ladies Run Half Marathon started around 9am with an auspicious opening of the clouds to allow the sun to shine on the event at the start…it was a cool & pleasant day for the run, which went from Town out to False Bay & back for the 13.1 mile course. Over  Continue Reading

Yesterday Nikki Fink passed away…condolences & heartfelt love to her mom & dad Yvonne & Gary Bowman, her boy Xander, and her partner Adam. She was surrounded by friends and family…. Here was the post last week bout Nikki. Cynthia Elliot (Adam’s mom) is in Seattle with the family… Dearest Nikki ~ You were a  Continue Reading

Remember Madden, who ran Steps restaurant for years in Friday Harbor? He has a place over on Orcas now (the Quilted Pig), and he was chosen to go to Italy next week – here’s more from Linda & Maureen with the local Slow Food movement: Hi Ian – Yes, Madden’s going as our Land &  Continue Reading