What’s next around here….

Books in the Griffin Bay Books window, with a winter day prescription for a good life....

Stuff happening around the island & around town:

• Tonight singer/songwriter Ian Cooper is at Pazzo Vivo, and this Friday Concepia’s Secret Salon presents Whiting Tennis at 9pm (here’s more about that.)

• Taco Tuesday! It’s a great way to do lunch – here’s more from Maureen & Matt from Compost-It! (The lunch part is a fundraiser from SSIS, by the way):

Just a quick reminder: Its TACO TUESDAY!  Matt and I will be preparing FISH TACOS today in front of Spring Street School from 11:00 to 2:00 p.m.  $7.00 each, made from Skagit Bay pinks that Matt caught himself.

We will bring the remainder of our frozen sockeye fillets, pink fillets, and smoked pink fillets to sell at Spring Street School as well.  If you just want fish, please come before or after fish taco hours, but if you’re there for a taco we’ll happily sell you fish as well.  Matt should be there by 9:00 a.m. setting up the taco stand.

This should be the last fish email until the halibut and rockfish are for sale at the end of April.  Thank you for your support.  Thank you for buying local.  Think fish!!!

• Jurassic Parliament – Are you involved in lots of meetings that seem to have no direction, get off topic or just don’t run smoothly?  Liz Illg says there is still room in the class – here’s more:

Roberts' Rules for Order come to life with Ann....

Can I tell you about this very neat woman who’s coming to San Juan Island next week to teach parliamentary procedure? Her name is Ann Macfarlane, registered parliamentarian, and she leads fun and informative workshops for state associations, nonprofit groups, and local government.

The workshop entitled “Jurassic Parliament: Fundamentals of Parliamentary Procedure” will be held Friday, February 12, 2010 at the Earthbox Motel from 8:30-noon. A few spots are still available. Register now by calling the Chamber at 378-5240. In the afternoon the group will make a pilgrimage to American Camp to visit the Redoubt and the plaque commemorating Henry Martyn Robert, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer who supervised the building of the fortifications. Robert is the very same Robert who wrote the famous (infamous?) Robert’s Rules.

• Make your Valentine early! At the Library on Wednesday, at 3:15 p.m. It’s After School Valentine Card Making – use paper, old flower catalogs, doilies, ribbons, stickers, and bits of this and that to make old fashioned valentine cards to give to your loved ones.

• It’s the last week of the Playwrights’ Festival this weekend! Here are the shows & the times & the days:

A lesson for today - try to see things in different ways....

Thursday-Saturday, February 11-13 7:30 p.m.  And…Sunday Matinee, February 14 2:00 p.m.

Tangled Memories
Written by Don Pollard Directed by Jane Maxwell Campbell
– Memory, dreams and reality meld at Memorial Park.

Charlie Holds a Meeting
Written by Chris DeStaffany Directed by Ed Wilson
– An imaginative recounting of Charlie McKee’s speech on the vices of drink.

Light at Limekiln
Written by Jennifer Beck Furber Directed by John Davis
– An episodic poem about the long-time residents of the Limekiln lighthouse.

• Rhonda opened up during the Christmas season, and now the re-opening is this Friday:

Hi,
Thought I would let you know that Vital Element’s Holiday Shop was a wonderful success.  Now it is phase II. Vital Elements is opening again on Feb. 12th!

It is going to be full of wonderful gifts, jewelry, beads, and unique craft supplies and paper!  I, along with a few other jewelry artists and crafts people will be giving workshops regularly. Vital Elements will be the home to the soon to be Island Beaders a monthly meeting group for people who make, collect, use, love or play with beads.
Stop in and check in out.
Sincerly,
Rhonda Scott

• Kris at the WSU Extension says now’s the time to start planning for planting: Annual Native Plant Sale will be held on Saturday February 27th from 9-12 at the SJC Fairgrounds and at the Orcas Grange. Preorders are being taken now, but you may come on the day of the sale to purchased limited quantities and varieties. You can find order forms online at http://sanjuan.wsu.edu or by calling WSU Extension 378.4414, or email kbayas (at)wsu.edu

• Tonight (Tuesday) is when Aunde Cornely offers “Love…Notions, Potions, and Lotions” at Celtic Herbcraft – here’s more:

Use herbal love lore to create luscious, natural Valentine treats–aphrodisiac infused body scrubs, linen sprays, edible warming lotions, chocolate body paints and sensual massage oils. Fee: $45 includes all materials for your lover’s gift basket. Pre-registration required. 6 -8 pm
Celtic Herbcraft, 50 Malcolm Street, Suite 507 (in Surina Business Park). (Here’s more.)

• Hey, think about volunteering for the Children’s Festival this year – here’s more from Keri:

It’s time for San Juan Islanders to mark their calendars for the 2010 Children’s Festival: 2010 SPACE ODYSSEY. The event is slated for May 1st, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Fairgrounds.

This year’s committee is underway with preparations for the 20th annual celebration.  Please, mark your calendars.

At this time we would like area activity providers to think “Space” and begin to plan for this year’s theme, 2010 Space Odyssey.  It is an opportunity for established businesses to embrace our island locale and see what’s above and beyond when it comes to celebrating children.

We are exploring and welcoming new organizations to participate in this event.

For more information call Island Rec at 378-4953 and ask for Sally.  Or call 472-0884 and ask for Keri.

• After Maureen said to think fish (above), I remembered that a friend from Missouri had sent me the picture below & called it a “fish bump“…had to tell her that whales ain’t fish, and she said, “No prob, then it’s a whale’s fist bump.”

Fishbump, kinda...

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