The last thing that happened…

Let’s see what’s going on around here….

That's Zayden on the ferry last weekend - NOW he's ready for Halloween!

• The middle school kids took off for their overnighter at Warm Beach this morning… remember when YOU went?

• Rich Peterson is running for re-election to the second district spot on the County Council…he’ll be available for a Meet & Greet on the 9th & 10th at 285 Spring Street from 10am to noon…that’s the spot next to the Little Store where Be Chic used to be.

• This Friday night, the DuoTones are playing at the Rumor Mill at 7:30pm…see ya there!

• Coho Restaurant’s Fall Food Foraging Fiesta is this weekend – here’s more!

• ABC News reports there’s a “mystery” about killer whales dying in captivity at SeaWorld in Orlando (they should have titled the story “How SeaWorld abuses & kills orcas.”)

Here’s the story, which includes SeaWorld’s claim that killer whales live as long there as in the wild…I’ll check with southern resident killer whale Granny off the west side of San Juan Island, who turns 100 next year, and get back to you on THAT whopper.

SeaWorld's statement...

Color wheels, in action...

• Hey, you may have noticed the last couple of weeks that my old friend Peggy Sue has prepared stories for the San Juan Update – it was cool to get her take up with the different Artstock artists as well as the Presbyterian Church’s 150th anniversary talk the other night.

After a few years of keeping up her blog On San Juan Island, she now is writing Blackfish Art, as she puts her background & training in art and her easy to read writing style to work with some pretty good writing (I was intrigued by her story about how the color wheel was developed in the 1700s…click here for more.)

You can check her Update stories (so far) here. Thanks, Peggy Sue!

• Whoa – did you lose your coffee cup?

I was driving behind you in front of the middle school about a month ago and you turned right, up Park Street, and this metal coffee mug rolled off the top of your car. I stopped to get it off the pavement, but wasn’t able to catch you because of rush hour traffic in Friday Harbor (there was this tractor in the road, actually, and I could get around it, see…).

So, write me at ian (at) byd2.com and I’ll get it to ya.

The cup in question, currently in my custody.

• It may seem a little early, but you’ll need to sign up now if you want a spot in Janet Thomas’ classes – here’s what she’s offering:

Janet's classses are inspiring & help you do your best writing (that's a plug, by me - she does a great job!)

“There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no-one knows what they are.”
~ W. Somerset Maugham

“There are three trillion rules for writing the memoir. Fortunately, everyone knows what they are.”
~ Janet A. Thomas

Write Your Memoir ~ Create the Rules, Break the Rules, Have It Your Way

Monday Evenings
5:30 ~ 7:30 pm
Ten weeks
October 18 through December 20
$130*
Location – The Fat Cat Writes (old Fat Cat Cafe across from Funk & Junk on Nichols Street in Friday Harbor)
Limit 8 people

Wednesday Afternoons
1:00 ~ 3:00 p.m.
Ten weeks
October 20 ~ December 22 (Christmas stress makes great memoir.)
$130*
Location – The Yoga Path, 849-C Spring Street, Friday Harbor
Limit 8 people

Exploring Your Life for Meaning and Memoir
A Workshop, Play-Shop, Don’t Shop Saturday
November 6
10:00 a.m. ~ 4:00 p.m.
$60*
Location – The Yoga Path, 849-C Spring Street, Friday Harbor

The Art & Craft and Nuts & Bolts of Self-Publishing
A Why-You-Should-Do-It-Yourself Workshop
Saturday, December 4
$60*
10:00 a.m. ~ 4:00 p.m.
Location – The Yoga Path, 849-C Spring Street, Friday Harbor

*Fees can be messed with — up, down, inside-out. Talk to me.

For info, useful & otherwise:
Janet Thomas
360-378-3854
[email protected]

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