It’s always great to see Shelley when she’s back in town – after serving as a sheriff’s deputy here for ages, she’s now working in Chicago doing something (can’t tell ya what; she said something about if I knew, she’d have to do me in.) She came by to see daughter Marie, who’s been back  Continue Reading

A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they are not dead, really. They’re just backing away from life. Reach out. Take a chance. Get hurt even. But play as well as you can. Go team, go! Give me an L. Give me an I. Give me a V. Give me an E. L-I-V-E. LIVE!  Continue Reading

FHHS athletic director Rod Turnbull just sent you & me the update of where we are in the playoffs, after a lot of success this last week in different sports. Here’s the picture at a glance: –Boys & Girls Golf have six individuals who qualified for the Tri-District event on May 19, at Eagle Pride  Continue Reading

Yesterday was the kind of day that reminds you this is a good place to live…I got a chance to take a walk around Pear Point Loop, and the flowers were out, the blackberries are starting to do their pre-blossom thing, the poppies are blooming, and it was a glorious day. That reminded me of  Continue Reading

One of the quiet treasures of this island is the Friday Harbor Marine Labs, which puts its work on display once a year at their Open House. This year the weather was perfect – just cool enough, just warm enough (baby bear’s porridge-weather), with the addition of the marimba band (Stone Soup) playing, and most  Continue Reading

I asked Tawny if I could shoot a photo of her nails for you – you could see ’em a mile away as she was selling fish at the Market on Saturday… seems she told me the color was “roses without thorns neon” or something. Love it.

It was great to run into Danielle & Eric at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday with two-month-old Livia, who looked bright & happy in the morning sun.

It was great to run into Danielle & Eric at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday with two-month-old Livia, who looked bright & happy in the morning sun.

Saturday’s 4-H Bake Sale did the job – when I dropped by and visited Alyssa & MacKenzie at Marketplace, they still had some great stuff to sell…here’s more from Cathy Cole: Hi Ian, Big thanks to you and Josie for stopping by the 4-H Country Critters (Rabbit, Cavy and Poultry Club) Bake Sale today at  Continue Reading

I hadn’t seen Victoria Compton with her Lily for a few months, and it was awesome to run into them at the Open House at the Labs over the weekend – she’s getting big, and smiley & bright like her mom…