I know you’ve heard it before, but after you hear it this morning, you’ll be singing it all day, today – here’s Chad & Jeremy with “Summer Song” from the sixties, and from this morning….

You have heard the expression, “Think outside of the box,” and if you’re like me, you have wondered what exactly was kept outside of the box that was so handy. Over the past month, I’ve noticed the expression being used a fair amount by folks who are ignoring the resources that are available in the  Continue Reading

Well, let’s see what’s going on and what we need to catch up on… • The San Juan Soccer Association reminds me that there’s a week left to register for the fall season for kids… Travis Ayers tells me after July 15, registration fees go up! But here’s the part that I would like to  Continue Reading

You have a super chance to see this tonight at the Community Theatre – it’s the Friday Harbor premiere showing of Rob Michaan’s documentary ‘Cut Poison Burn.’ If cancer has touched your life, then this will help fill in some of the gaps in understanding you may have…. The show is at 7pm, with donations  Continue Reading

Looking around the island… • This is happening at waterworks gallery – here’s more from Ruth: Please join me at WaterWorks Gallery tonight at 7pm for an Artist Talk with Barbara Duzan & Jaime Ellsworth speaking on what inspires them as artist and their process. • Hey, Kate Schuman tells that she & Tami &  Continue Reading

Most folks are pretty familiar with the more famous Shakespeare plays, but he had some good success with his late-in-life efforts, including The Winter’s Tale. Although not frequently presented, it’s a good choice for the Island Stage Left folks to add to their list of accomplishments. The show opens off-island on Orcas tonight, Shaw Island  Continue Reading

Whenever I see Rowan Braybrook‘s mom Erin around town, she tells me how Rowan’s doing with her Peace Corps work in Madagascar, and it would make anyone proud to hear the cool stuff she’s involved with. She sent me a review of what she’s been up to that I’d like to share with you –  Continue Reading

The sunny skies & summer-like weather continue this week (that’s news, since summer took so long coming this year!)….let’s looks around at what’s up: • Remember Brook Visser who used to teach Pilates when she & Piet & the kids lived here? They’re in Andorra now, and she has a chance to win the Pilates  Continue Reading

If you’ve hung around just a little bit, you know that Give Yourself to Love is Kate Wolf’s beautiful ode to the the way love works… I love this song, and hope you like this version by Kathy Mattea in a recording she made for the Seva Foundation….

…wasn’t it? The longest weekend you ever did see…it felt like it continued yesterday, too, as folks hustled to get to the ferry lines. And a great time was had by all! I’ll be posting a bunch of pictures & film a little later this week – watch for ‘em!

See you at the parade & around the island today – have a great one!  

It’s part of why we’re here. And part of why folks come to see us this weekend. The Fourth of July is when people on the island come together, and I hope you come out to the parade, or out at Roche Harbor, or figuring out where to watch the fireworks, or just to hang  Continue Reading

Gearing up for the long weekend…have a great one! • Have you seen Jennifer Beck Furber’s Baby By The Sea blog? She’s a heck of a writer, has great photos (another good way to tell a story), and just looking at it makes me glad I live here. Check it out here. • All the  Continue Reading