While we have our national holiday this coming weekend, today is Canada Day for our friends across the water – Happy Canada Day!

When you encounter seemingly good advice that contradicts other seemingly good advice, ignore them both. Al Franken

I hear there were a lot more folks dropping by the Wednesday Farmers’ Market last week – nad here’s more about why it’s a good idea this week, from my friend Lei: This is a reminder that the mid-week farmers’ market is happening on Wednesdays at the lawn on Second Street, across from the Courthouse  Continue Reading

It was cool to see Alisa Schoultz on the ferry last weekend with her cheerful girl Vera Jane – she was just born to Scott & Alisa on January 18th this year & she’s doing great! -oo-

It was cool to see Alisa Schoultz on the ferry last weekend with her cheerful girl Vera Jane – she was just born to Scott & Alisa on January 18th this year & she’s doing great! -oo-

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not. Dr. Seuss, from The Lorax

You remember Vivian Simonis who worked at Charters Northwest (with her ace bookkeeper sis Rose) before making her own company, Company Gear….she made the shirts & caps & pads & pens that By Design gives out, and more, with our logo on ’em. Anyway, she went & got married last month in Bellingham (she lives  Continue Reading

You remember Vivian Simonis who worked at Charters Northwest (with her ace bookkeeper sis Rose) before making her own company, Company Gear….she made the shirts & caps & pads & pens that By Design gives out, and more, with our logo on ’em. Anyway, she went & got married last month in Bellingham (she lives  Continue Reading

Nan & Steve Simpson celebrated their twenty-second wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago, and now have hit the water for the Broughtons…in their blog of their adventures, they tell how they ran into the Southern Resident killer whales on their way to Nanaimo…here’s more. -oo-

That’s one of the resident orcas this past weekend, coming up to breathe, as captured by the lens of Jim Maya. (Thanks for the picture, Jim!)