There are always things to do & places to go & people to see: • Remember to plan to go by the Library to meet Margie tomorrow, if you haven’t already. That’s at 4:30-6:30, Thursday night… • FHHS senior Madi McPadden wanted you to know about a special deal this weekend: This is on behalf  Continue Reading

This is a note I got from my friend Stephanie about what she & her husband Jeff have been finding along the roads….I think it’s a pretty cogent call to clean our act up. Here’s more: Dear Ian, A couple weekends ago my husband and I spent close to six hours cleaning up the litter  Continue Reading

OK, I took a walk around & discovered amazing things – here’s my report: • Coho Restaurant has their Sushi Wednesdays underway – drop in today 11:30am-2:20pm & check it out! Anna Maria says, “Hope to see you tomorrow for sushi on Wednesday! “There will be albacore sushimi and ebi along with spicey crab roll,  Continue Reading

Penelope and her crew have been working on writing & planning & rehearsing this play since late spring, and when I dropped by dress rehearsal last Sunday the kids and adults were having fun getting it ready for you. Based on four mythological stories from around the world, the show has music in it this  Continue Reading

Over the past year & a half, islanders got used to seeing & hearing Britt Arneson singing around here (here’s her webpage). She returned to Alaska earlier this year… And…islander James Krall took a teaching job up near Fairbanks for this school year. So of course they ran into each other when Britt was singing…James  Continue Reading

Here are some shells we found out on the docks at Roche Harbor a couple of weeks ago…I know that’s a barnacle above…do you know what the stuff is, below?

Hope this finds you well & happy….let’s see what’s going on around the island: • Leo Michael tells me he saw an interesting sight: Ian, I was heading out to Roche Harbor last Thursday afternoon and was just passing Westcott Bay Road when I saw a curious sight. Sitting on a log just off of  Continue Reading

I just heard that the Sailing Club just made a $500 contribution to the Sailing Foundation, and got the chance to get a picture for you of the check being awarded last Friday…here’s more from the FHSC’s commodore, Rebecca Hughes: The purpose of the Friday Harbor Sailing Club is to organize, promote and encourage amateur  Continue Reading

Gotta get going on a grey & wonderful morning like today, with a week of rain & snow & rain all week, helping things grow and get ready for the coming season…here’s the poem I had running around in my head this morning, by Theodore Roetke: The Waking I wake to sleep, and take my  Continue Reading