Stacey Smith and Kristine Dawson tell me there’s gonna be a dinner for our friend Abe…he’s a great one! Come if you can! Here’s the scoop: Abe needs our help!! He’s been out of work due to medical issues and the bills are piling up!! He has volunteered so many hours of his time and  Continue Reading

Enough by Jeffrey Harrison It’s a gift, this cloudless November morning warm enough for you to walk without a jacket along your favorite path. The rhythmic shushing of your feet through fallen leaves should be enough to quiet the mind, so it surprises you when you catch yourself telling off your boss for a decade  Continue Reading

As the island settles into autumn, let’s see what’s going on… • By the way, you can catch up with Arielle‘s adventures in Rwanda on her blog – check it out. • Mike’s play got good reviews in its debut at the Community Theatre…now there’s another chance for you to catch it – here’s more  Continue Reading

There was a small mob of kids who showed up to carve their pumpkins last Saturday at Stepping Stones Pre-school on Park Street…there were bags of seeds and lots of happy faces. Great fun.

At Studio Seven artists Anthony DiMichele and Cynthia Church bring new creative energy to the Old Corner Store. The Studio Seven art show About Face: Portraits and Self-Portraits was a bright and lively stop this Halloween night. The show features new works including paintings, prints, collage and photography by some of our most talented local  Continue Reading

It’s simple, and it’s easy to help…the United Way for San Juan County gives that little extra push that so many agencies need to help the more vulnerable of our friends here in the islands. When you look at the list of the 30+ agencies the local United Way helps out, you see teen programs,  Continue Reading

While several of the statewide elections are pretty close as I write this Tuesday evening, the two local races San Juan Island residents were watching are settled: Rob Nou defeated Brent Johnson by a couple of thousand votes in a county-wide vote, while Rich Peterson held onto his spot on the County Council, setting aside  Continue Reading

Pretty close to home…. If you heard a sigh of relief Tuesday night from the north, it may have been Canadian pot growers who saw the California marijuana legalization initiative go down to defeat. According to the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), had the measure passed, it would have cost the illegal operations in Canada billions  Continue Reading

It was a fun Halloween, wasn’t it? I think maybe the only thing better than a day of Halloween is three days…it went on forever! There were people dressing up on Friday the 29th and still dressing up on the 31st… And it all started on Friday with the elementary school’s costume parade down Spring  Continue Reading

Let’s look around the island a little here & see what’s up: • If you’re early to work, I hope you get a raise & it’s because you’re excited to be there, and not because you didn’t know that Daylight Savings Time switches this coming weekend. Coolest weekend of the year – an extra hour  Continue Reading

You know, this island has some of the best places around to eat – some of our restaurants have awards, some have big crowds, some have specialties that bring people year round, just to eat here. One of the places I like to get food isn’t a store or cafe, though – since spring, Josie  Continue Reading

This past weekend was the end of the regular season for the island’s soccer program…the on-island teams wrapped up the season under sunny skies (those are the teams that stay on the island for all their games each Saturday), while some of the travelling teams (they play about half their games here, and half over  Continue Reading

Just heard that our good friend Shahn McGuire’s stepmother passed away in Texas…our condolences to Shahn… Colletta Jan McGuire passed away peacefully at her home with her family by her side on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at the age of 59. She is survived by her husband David McGuire, children Cody Alexander and Cary Griffin  Continue Reading