I wish you an open heart on this day of thanks, and open hands. I hope you are with island friends and longtime family, and I hope you get way more than twelve hugs today (since twelve a day is what ya need to be emotionally healthy). Give thanks. Let tears fill your eyes &  Continue Reading

Minnie says there’s gonna be a crowd – here’s more: What are you doing on Thanksgiving Day this year? If you’re looking for a special way to celebrate and give thanks, go to the Grange for a good old-fashioned community Thanksgiving dinner.  You can show up any time between noon and 4:00pm to enjoy a  Continue Reading

Little notes here & there, the day before Thanksgiving: • Some days ya just gotta start the day with a poem, from Robert Frost: Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So  Continue Reading

Yep, it was Sarah’s birthday yesterday, as you could tell by all the balloons & smiles down at Haley’s last night.

That’s my friend & occasional office dog Tucker getting a treat from Liz at the post office yesterday…he’s good at licking stamps, too. Part of why so many folks leave the p.o. with a smile….

Since she came to the island in 2005 to take over as principal at Friday Harbor Middle School (when 14 year veteran principal Court Bell retired), Ann Spratt has proven to be the steady hand on the wheel that a district undergoing change needs. Her much-needed mix of humor, experience, and administrative moxie helped oversee  Continue Reading

Since she came to the island in 2005 to take over as principal at Friday Harbor Middle School (when 14 year veteran principal Court Bell retired), Ann Spratt has proven to be the steady hand on the wheel that a district undergoing change needs. Her much-needed mix of humor, experience, and administrative moxie helped oversee  Continue Reading

Well, it’s been twelve years ago today that the San Juan Update got underway in 1997, and as with most pre-teens, it’s kinda fun to look back on when things were young & innocent & cute. As my little birthday present to you, I thought I’d offer you a look at the whole thing since  Continue Reading

I really like how Mark Gardner’s portrait work turns out! Check out more of his work at Rainshadow Photographics.

What have folks been up to? Let’s check around the island: • Homecoming: Sure was nice to run into Kate Longley with her mom Allison last night at the store…she’s working at a library in San Diego these days, and playing club soccer. Kate was a part of the first FHHS girls’ soccer team back  Continue Reading