In November, President Obama signed the bill that included $6 million dollars to purchase the Mitchell Hill property & add it on to the national park at English Camp (or British Camp – I gotta ask Mike Vouri which is right. Or Canadian Camp – maybe they want it back.) It’s a beautiful 320-acre gift  Continue Reading

It was neat to see this wild turkey up near the dump…there used to be tons of wild turkeys here on the island fifteen years ago – you’d see them walking around in little mobs downtown, and out in the parks. Someone introduced fox to the island in the early 1990s, and that seems to  Continue Reading

It was cool to see that folks have left their holiday lights up this weekend…it’s kind of a island tradition to leave ’em up till March or they burn out, so take your time, since they cheer up the grey months ahead… More around the island: • Just because it was a little chilly, that  Continue Reading

The weather report says the clear skies we had yesterday will continue for a couple of days….wahoo! Get outside & play!

The weather report says the clear skies we had yesterday will continue for a couple of days….wahoo! Get outside & play!

Little bits you may not have known about: • The Farmers’ Market is NOT this Saturday….it’ll be at the high school commons on the 2nd. See ya there! • Aaron has Avatar and Sherlock Holmes playing at the Palace Theatre, starting today. • Winners: Claudia at Island Studios says Dona Reed won the annual ornament  Continue Reading

Hope this morning finds you warm & surrounded by people you love & who love you. There are all those little things. Sleeping in. Stockings with stuff in ’em. Pancakes & French toast. Kids giggling, and  mamas who giggle, too. The morning hugs, the yelled, “Thanks you’s!” Playing the games & running outside. Being together  Continue Reading

It’s always good to have a song to wake up to – here’s Coldplay with Viva La Vida. It’s nice to dance first thing in the morning….

As you may know, Ivan from Western Prince is operating in San Diego this winter as Jackie works on her grad degree there…he tells me he went out on the 21st to look for gray whales & fin whales & saw a minke….but then saw a pod of about 20 orcas, which is pretty unusual  Continue Reading

First of all, you can hear the station at KLOI.org – they stream the shows so people on other islands can hear what they offer. Check out their programming schedule & it looks to me like you can hear a nice variety of music & programming, including Zach Milkus and Laura Greenan from our island.  Continue Reading