It was fun to hear folks singing at the New Year’s Eve hoorah put on by the Prevention Coalition & Island Rec – Shahn & Clint supplied the karaoke setup, and it was a hoot.

Dan Paulson just told me the Irish Music Camp is in its ninth year (wahoo!) and that this year the camp will set up at Roche Harbor from March 8-13th. Previously, the camp has convened at the Marine Labs (the dining hall is a great place to dance, with that nice old wood floor), but  Continue Reading

The folks at Starbucks are doing an awareness-raising campaign for AIDS/HIV in Africa that involves folks from 156 countries singing the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love.” We need more, actually – a bunch of research, materials, medicine, and a much bigger chunk of political will – but love is a super place to start.  Continue Reading

Just got this note (Tuesday evening) from WSF about the ferry schedule for tomorrow – read it & start planning: On Tuesday, January 5th, the MV Sealth was taken out of service to assess mechanical damage. After troubleshooting, engineers have found damage to the engine output shaft, requiring the vessel to be out of service  Continue Reading

You already know that the high school’s Peter Pan runs from Thursday to Sunday this week (so get your tix now, ’cause that’s ALL, babay! Here’s more.) Well, folks have been asking me who in the Friday Harbor High Drama Group plays PP (Tristan Wood, ya know), but I went & chased up the whole  Continue Reading

Things here & there you might like to know about: • It was January 6, 1930 when John Dustrude was born – Happy Birthday! Congratulations, John, & many happy returns! • As you know, I supported the ban on styrofoam here in the County, and wahoo! The County has passed it! Here’s more from Stan  Continue Reading

As you probably know, Friday Harbor is the international HQ for Sea Shepherd…. Traci Walter wrote me this afternoon with news that a big, well-known donor has stepped forward. Here’s more: The Time is Right for Bob Barker to Rescue the Whales: Bob Barker Donates $5,000,000 to Sea Shepherd for Ocean Conservation Another anti-whaling ship  Continue Reading

Stan Matthews from the County tells me there were 73 folks identified last year, and the number is expected to rise….here’s more from Stan: Homeless Count Scheduled for January 28 San Juan County Health & Community Services will participate in the state’s annual Point in Time Count of Homeless Persons (PIT) on Thursday, January 28th.  Continue Reading

Stan Matthews from the County tells me there were 73 folks identified last year, and the number is expected to rise….here’s more from Stan: Homeless Count Scheduled for January 28 San Juan County Health & Community Services will participate in the state’s annual Point in Time Count of Homeless Persons (PIT) on Thursday, January 28th.  Continue Reading

You probably heard about it – Matthew Gray Palmer’s sculpture of an elephant was leaving the island, so I went down & shot a photo of it. Wow! He did an awesome job! Look closely & you’ll see the individual butterflies in the design… the driver said the pachyderm is gonna end up in Virginia…