You’ll remember I ran a couple of photos a couple of months ago of the FHHS Class of ’69, who are having their reunion this weekend…here are the links again (with photos), in case you missed them: About the class in first grade About the graduating class Have a great time!

The Community Theatre has a great show this weekend – here’s more from them: Don’t expect your typical Beatles look-alike tribute act when Abbey Road Live! rocks the Whittier stage. These four lads don’t have mop-top haircuts or play Rickenbacker guitars. Rather, this show is about bringing to life some of the more mature and  Continue Reading

Gail Thomas is looking for her dog – here’s the info she sent us: LOST CHIHUAHUA! IF YOU SEE HER PLEASE CALL: 378-5253 378-5259 SHE IS VERY SHY AND MAY NOT COME TO YOU SO PLEASE CALL THE NUMBERS SHOWN AND TELL US WHERE YOU SAW HER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  SHE HAS NO TEETH  Continue Reading

Back in the ’80s, there was a movement to raise money to help the folks starving in Africa, and one of the more moving contributions to the effort was the song, “We Are The World,” written by Michael Jackson & Lionel Ritchie. Here’s the song, with all the stars of that time each contributing to  Continue Reading

One of my great friends, Jerry Gentemann, writes from Tokyo that the answer to reducing our energy consumption is right under our noses (and as we’ll find over the next century, includes using the free solar power just out the window). There already are people on the island working to re-write neighborhood covenants & getting  Continue Reading

One of my great friends, Jerry Gentemann, writes from Tokyo that the answer to reducing our energy consumption is right under our noses (and as we’ll find over the next century, includes using the free solar power just out the window). There already are people on the island working to re-write neighborhood covenants & getting  Continue Reading

You know that the movies at the Palace Theatre usually change each Friday…this week it’ll be a little different, as Aaron brings in Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince and keeps Johnny Depp’s Public Enemies a couple more days. Then come Friday it’ll be Harry along with My Sister’s Keeper and The Taking of Pelham  Continue Reading

You know that the movies at the Palace Theatre usually change each Friday…this week it’ll be a little different, as Aaron brings in Harry Potter & The Half-Blood Prince and keeps Johnny Depp’s Public Enemies a couple more days. Then come Friday it’ll be Harry along with My Sister’s Keeper and The Taking of Pelham  Continue Reading

For years now, the Island (and the County, which is all the islands) has been trying to figure out how to provide chances to educate folks in the skills they need to compete in the work world. Earlier this spring, FHHS’s Larry Wight spearheaded a survey to see what residents thought of the notion that  Continue Reading

For years now, the Island (and the County, which is all the islands) has been trying to figure out how to provide chances to educate folks in the skills they need to compete in the work world. Earlier this spring, FHHS’s Larry Wight spearheaded a survey to see what residents thought of the notion that  Continue Reading

Every so often, I tell you about cool people who have done cool things. For me, one of the cool people is a fellow named Ben Linder, whose 50th birthday would have been last Tuesday on the 7th. I found his story compelling enough to compose a song about him in 1992, which is on  Continue Reading

It was fun to see Popeye down at the marina last week…she was splashing someone on the dock, which was fun to watch. Couldn’t tell if she’s had her baby yet, but she didn’t look quite as large as when I saw her a couple of months ago…

Heard somebody downtown say the weather right now is like baby bear’s porridge – not too hot, not too cold, it’s just right. Even with a little rain today (hey, the garden needs it!) it’s still nice to get outside & play. -00-

      One of the great meeting places of the island is the produce section of King’s…that’s where I ran into Erin & Rowan yesterday…Erin told me that she and husband Dan Gillespie have moved over to Anacortes recently, where he still keeps his hand in elections stuff (he was our election supervisor here,  Continue Reading

  It’s not hard to find where Paul moved The Computer Place to…he’s now located on the other side of San Juan Fitness. After years on the up-Argyle Street side of the health club in the spot where George & Milene Johnson got it started, Paul moved last month to the spot vacated last winter  Continue Reading

The moment you feel that you are a part of infinity and that infinity is a part of you, your limitations will cease and happiness will flow. Yogi Bhajan