This weekend there’s a new show opening at waterworks you’ll want to check out  – Jennifer Williams paints what she calls environmental landscapes, while Jeremy Newman & Allison Ciancibelli incorporate traditional glassblowing with woodworking and metalworking. Here’s more about the show.

You’ve seen the shoes – those sandals that are called Crocs… I noticed that Ruth Offen had a croc thingie for her cell phone. She says it’s much better for the phone when ya drop it, this way…

One of the problems we sometimes have around here is the Navy wanting to do sonar testing off the west side, which is really not a good idea for marine mammals. So, I was thinking about it – they need something else to do…so why not submarine races? We already have the Shaw Island Classic  Continue Reading

You already knew that Claudia has the front part of Island Studios looking good – there are over 130 artists, authors & musicians offering their fair wares there. It’s a good place to check out whether you’re buying a small gift for someone (it’s where I get greeting cards & I like the soaps), or  Continue Reading

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.  Helen Keller 

The pursuit of peace and progress cannot end in a few years in either victory or defeat. The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trials and its errors, its successes and its setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned. Dag Hammarskjold

I asked John Simon about the pictures he took…he reports: “I shot them from Bob Anderson’s boat, the Euclid (he owns Star Surveying) while off of South Beach.”

Did you hear about this? Just got the press release (check here to see her website, so you can see how cool her pictures are): Local Artist makes good at International Show with local subject matter. Cinda Sue Dow’s  “Miniature Horse Barn” (a local SJI barn) received honorable mention at the Northwest Pastel Society 23rd  Continue Reading

It’s always good to see old islanders when they come to visit – Bronwyn Bacon was here Saturday night, Sharon Adler was here on Sunday, and it was good to see Nancy Raichlen (she’s lives here) with Holly, who teaches on the mainland during the school year.

Most researchers around here agree (after looking at photos from the 1910s) that Granny was born in 1911, which puts her at 98 years old this year – and still flying high. The picture above was shot by Jim Maya this weekend….