Here’s Eva Cassidy with Sting’s Fields of Gold…

Theresa Mathews tells me that everyone’s favorite hairdresser has been out of work for a month & a half, and probably won’t be back in action for another couple of months or so…can you help? Here’s more (and thanks, Teresa, for your good heart in letting us know!): Connie Auge experienced a life threatening illness,  Continue Reading

They’ve been meeting at the Library for ages, and they’re ready for you to drop by. Bring your knitting & meet the Chix with Stix in the meeting room from 10am-noon every Monday. They’re going into their third year, and everybody’s welcome. Athlene tells me they sometimes have as many as a dozen folks come  Continue Reading

It’s the Bare Naked Ladies, on a cruise ship…having a great time:

Well, the sun’s out & the sky is blue, so it’s time for paddling, too! Here’s more from Martha, as they get underway this week: You don’t have to go to Hawaii to paddle a Hawaiian-style outrigger canoe!  The San Juan Canoe and Kayak Club has a Youth Paddling Team. From April 28th to June  Continue Reading

My friend Dot wants us to know: The San Juan Island Garden Club will be meeting on May 3 at 1:00 pm at the Mullis Center.  The featured speaker is Barb Jensen.  Topic is an update of the Western Bluebird restoration project.  Please contact Joyce Harrell 378-6146 or Dot Vandaveer 378-8360 no later than April  Continue Reading

There are a lot of cool things going on around here…check it out: • On Friday night there was a little crowd of folks celebrating at Haley’s, so I checked in on them – turned out one was Sue Olson, who was on-island to celebrate her 40th birthday! You’ll remember her dad Frank Kelly, who  Continue Reading

I love it that there are people like Stephanie (she works at Harrison House/Tucker House) who think up ideas like The Great Island Cleanup & then make them happen – it’s people like her who make this a great place to live! Thank you, Stephanie! She filed this report about how it all turned out:  Continue Reading

I saw ace FHHS teacher Greg Sawyer Saturday night at the prom, and he told me the good news – in a couple of weeks he’ll receive a new kidney, as a matching donor has been found. The donor is a friend (who says they’d rather be kinda quiet about it), and the years-long search  Continue Reading

Saturday night you could hear the music… This year’s prom was held at Downrigger’s, so Josie & I went down to check it out. The restaurant was a good choice to stage the event, as there was room for food, room for Mark Gardner to shoot photos, the dj kept things hopping and the dance  Continue Reading