Not knowing means to be open to all eventualities, to not prejudge a person or situation. If your mind is full of preconceived notions, there is no room for an unbiased view. It is like when your hands are full of objects – you cannot pick up anything new. A closed mind causes separation and  Continue Reading

Here, let me help. Here’s the deal – next week is the County Fair, so you KNOW you’re not gonna do anything except hang there, eating elephant ears & listening to music & visiting friends. That’s what the Fair is for. See you there. So…that means you have to do everything this weekend. This is  Continue Reading

One of the eighth wonders of the modern world (as far as I’m concerned) is this: How does Dona Reed make those incredible gourd thingies at Island Studios? Since I wasn’t sure, I went down to IS when she was demonstrating the other day & it’s pretty amazing. Get down there & check it out  Continue Reading

Next month Debbie Pigman moves on as the Chamber of Commerce director, and the board is looking for somebody to take her spot – click here to check in about that. The application period closes on August 22. Replacing Debbie won’t be easy. She has brought organization to the Chamber, and set things up so  Continue Reading

This video is great fun  – if you went to Spring Street International School’s graduation, they played it there. You might have heard it before & you’ll remember how cool it was; if this is your FIRST TIME, you’ll love it. Nice way to start the day, my friend.

Humor is something that thrives between man’s aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth. Victor Borge

Do you ever look at the fine print on your software installs? You know, where you gotta hit the button that says, “I accept the terms & conditions of use,” or whatever…. A friend sent me this screen shot of the bottom part of the agreement when he installed iTunes on his PC (Macs, apparently,  Continue Reading

That’s Erin Heydenreich on the west side, in a cool photo taken by Traci Walter.

This weekend there’s a new show opening at waterworks you’ll want to check out  – Jennifer Williams paints what she calls environmental landscapes, while Jeremy Newman & Allison Ciancibelli incorporate traditional glassblowing with woodworking and metalworking. Here’s more about the show.

You’ve seen the shoes – those sandals that are called Crocs… I noticed that Ruth Offen had a croc thingie for her cell phone. She says it’s much better for the phone when ya drop it, this way…

One of the problems we sometimes have around here is the Navy wanting to do sonar testing off the west side, which is really not a good idea for marine mammals. So, I was thinking about it – they need something else to do…so why not submarine races? We already have the Shaw Island Classic  Continue Reading

You already knew that Claudia has the front part of Island Studios looking good – there are over 130 artists, authors & musicians offering their fair wares there. It’s a good place to check out whether you’re buying a small gift for someone (it’s where I get greeting cards & I like the soaps), or  Continue Reading

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.  Helen Keller 

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned. Dag Hammarskjold

I asked John Simon about the pictures he took…he reports: “I shot them from Bob Anderson’s boat, the Euclid (he owns Star Surveying) while off of South Beach.”

Did you hear about this? Just got the press release (check here to see her website, so you can see how cool her pictures are): Local Artist makes good at International Show with local subject matter. Cinda Sue Dow’s  “Miniature Horse Barn” (a local SJI barn) received honorable mention at the Northwest Pastel Society 23rd  Continue Reading