Pretty close to home…. If you heard a sigh of relief Tuesday night from the north, it may have been Canadian pot growers who saw the California marijuana legalization initiative go down to defeat. According to the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), had the measure passed, it would have cost the illegal operations in Canada billions  Continue Reading

It was a fun Halloween, wasn’t it? I think maybe the only thing better than a day of Halloween is three days…it went on forever! There were people dressing up on Friday the 29th and still dressing up on the 31st… And it all started on Friday with the elementary school’s costume parade down Spring  Continue Reading

Let’s look around the island a little here & see what’s up: • If you’re early to work, I hope you get a raise & it’s because you’re excited to be there, and not because you didn’t know that Daylight Savings Time switches this coming weekend. Coolest weekend of the year – an extra hour  Continue Reading

You know, this island has some of the best places around to eat – some of our restaurants have awards, some have big crowds, some have specialties that bring people year round, just to eat here. One of the places I like to get food isn’t a store or cafe, though – since spring, Josie  Continue Reading

This past weekend was the end of the regular season for the island’s soccer program…the on-island teams wrapped up the season under sunny skies (those are the teams that stay on the island for all their games each Saturday), while some of the travelling teams (they play about half their games here, and half over  Continue Reading

Just heard that our good friend Shahn McGuire’s stepmother passed away in Texas…our condolences to Shahn… Colletta Jan McGuire passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the age of 59. She is survived by her husband David McGuire, children Cody Alexander and Cary Griffin  Continue Reading