If you’re shopping around this weekend, here are deals & things you might want to put on your list: • Be Chic Boutique – from 8am to 1pm on Friday it’s their 50% off sale! Sale excludes consignment jewelry and applies to regularly priced items only. • The Whale Museum has a 30% off sale…online!  Continue Reading

Here’s the scoop from Kevin: NEW, Winter Blackmouth Derby to Offer $10,000 Prize The “Resurrection Derby” at Friday Harbor – Newest addition to the Salmon Derby Series The San Juan Islands Chapter of the Puget Sound Anglers is pleased to announce the Northwest’s newest salmon derby, The Resurrection Derby, which will award a first-place cash  Continue Reading

…for being you, and for being there. Hoping you have a quiet & peaceful Thanksgiving. Peace & light & love, Ian

There’s an Open House scheduled for the 4th next week, but you’ll get the idea how the project at Brickworks is coming along with this report from Nancy Larsen about the work party a couple of weekends back: 40 joyful and enthusiastic volunteers came together with crowbars, trucks, hammers, garbage bags, leather gloves, and plenty  Continue Reading

Just a quick note to let you know that today is the Update‘s birthday…the first posting of the island’s oldest locally owned online news (and other stuff) was on November 24, 1997. Thirteen years! Now that we’re a teenager, we have all kinds of plans – wanting to drive, knowing it all, and eating a  Continue Reading

What’s happening around the island as folks gear up for the holiday… • It’s the big one, and a great way to keep your shopping local – drop by the Holiday Marketplace at the elementary school on Friday & Saturday…you’ll be glad you did! Here’s details. • Over in Surina Business Park, I hear that  Continue Reading

Last year over 400 islanders dropped by, including me & my family…it’s a great time, as islanders come together, with good food & good company. Hope to see you there!

If you’re looking for a place to eat Thanksgiving, here are a few choices: • Home. • At the Community Thanksgiving Dinner – 12-4pm at the Grange. Free & everyone is welcome! • The Coho Restaurant – here’s their dinner. • Homesteaders Restaurant – Thanksgiving Dinner from 12-6pm today. • The Bluff Restaurant – open  Continue Reading

Penelope Haskew asked me to write a song for this Hindi/Indian folk tale called “The Hare in the Moon,” which was one of four tales in the show “Stars Lore: A Mythological Musical.” The tale centers on four animals who want to help honor a holy day by fasting, and then feeding what’s left over  Continue Reading

Looking around the island…. • Yesterday, Val & Neil Curtis (and brother Cole!) welcomed Kate into the world. Sounds like everybody’s doing great! Wahoo! • Over the weekend, Felicity (she of the awesome cakes & Thanksgiving pies) caught Mona the Camel doing some construction work (or maybe destruction work) over at her place off Roche  Continue Reading