I had heard about what islander & medic Tom Bauschke was doing, and asked Bob Scwartzberg & Minnie Knych to get me some details…basically, he’s trying to help fill in the gaps where the support for American wounded comes up short. Here is his story: A Walk for the Wounded – Kilimanjaro My name is  Continue Reading

Those were the seagulls poised on Carla Higginson’s place across from the high school on Saturday….photo shot by San Juan Update wildlife photographer Josie Byington.

Gallery of photos from the evening – click here! What better way to spend the evening than sharing a meal prepared by Seattle chef (and former islander) Greg Atkinson and Jason Codding from Friday Harbor House…it was a progressive dinner, starting with appetizers at The Bluff, then dinner in the San Juan Room at Friday  Continue Reading

Gallery of photos from the evening – click here! What better way to spend the evening than sharing a meal prepared by Seattle chef (and former islander) Greg Atkinson and Jason Codding from Friday Harbor House…it was a progressive dinner, starting with appetizers at The Bluff, then dinner in the San Juan Room at Friday  Continue Reading

Friday night at Be Chic Boutique (which used to be Dominique’s Clothing), Teri had her annual Christmas party. No get-together would be complete without music, so she invited Mike Adams & Bob Leytze to play, and the two-part harmonies with outstanding bass & guitar work was great. Made a great evening perfect – they do  Continue Reading

My read of this Wikipedia article is that solstice officially kicks in at 17:47 (GMT) today, which of course is eight hours ahead of us here in the Northwest. And since this is the shortest day of the year, tomorrow is the second shortest. And it keeps getting better from there…wahoo!

Some notes from around town: • John Sinclair at Concepia tells me: “I have a couple of fabulous deals going on for the holidays season: 50% off studio portraiture sessions, and 20% off everything else in the gallery – this includes books, photo printing and frames. I’m open seven days a week from 10-5.” • Over  Continue Reading

Gallery of photos from Santa’s visit – click here It was fun to drop in on the preschoolers on Friday, as nearly 75 people (luckily, most of them were only 35-pounders) jammed into the conference room for songs & stories by youth librarian Melina, as well as Kathy Babbitt, which set the stage for the  Continue Reading

Saturday night at Dance Workshop II was great fun. Kels Boreen put on a Solstice Masquerade Dance that drew dancers & listeners of all ages (I love it when there are events that everybody can go to – how else do the kids get to hear good music? And how else do the older folks  Continue Reading

Saturday night at Dance Workshop II was great fun. Kels Boreen put on a Solstice Masquerade Dance that drew dancers & listeners of all ages (I love it when there are events that everybody can go to – how else do the kids get to hear good music? And how else do the older folks  Continue Reading