Maybe on YOUR island nothing’s going on…here all kinds of things are happening: • The IMA (Island Museum of Art) folks were rather abruptly moved when the building they were in, next to Friday Harbor House, was discovered to be historical, so it got moved to American Camp three months ago. They were briefly over  Continue Reading

I’m pretty sure there are more dogs on this island per human capita than any other island around, except maybe Orcas…and most of the dogs here are above average in most things. The following video features Jesse, who it would be great to have as a roommate, since he does dishes, windows, and much more.  Continue Reading

When you want to make sure things are running smoothly, you gotta go to the experts. Jeanine and Mark Earnhart drew from their forty years of being married to write a new book called Marriage Works. I asked Jeanine a little about where the just-released book came from: We’re really excited to finally have the  Continue Reading

“When despair for the world grows in me, and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be – I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. “I come into the peace of  Continue Reading

I was lucky to get asked to dj the first Father/Daughter Dance six years ago, and it has been great to see the event (and the kids!) grow over the years – here’s a portfolio of last year’s dance and the proud papas & their girls. Now it’s coming up again, next week on Friday  Continue Reading

Bill Ament says Zumba classes are catching on – and wants you to check ’em out. Here’s the info from his poster: Zumba with Dynamo Dancer & Teacher Bill Ament Zumba is a Latin-inspired fitness program, a party-like atmosphere, “exercise in disguise.” Great music, steps, moves and lots of energy. It’s easy because it is designed for  Continue Reading

What do you do when nothing happens? Felt like that last week for a bit – there didn’t seem to be much to report, the way we usually do. Thought about just posting that: Nothing happened today, baby. Sorry ’bout that. See ya tomorrow. What was great was that stuff did happen. It was just  Continue Reading

The Friday Harbor Wolverines hosted their final regular season meet this past weekend at Hall Gym, and the results left Coach Neil MacDiarmid and assistants Travis Berwald and John Gossom optimistic heading into this weekend’s district tourney. The team is anchored by seniors Maverick Blake (152), Shawn Cutting (160), and Cody West (189), all of  Continue Reading

Hey, housemates! Well, it looks like I have plenty of room in the house since everyone’s away to school….are you looking for a place? Here’s the deal – I have a smaller room (two of ’em) for $500/month + utilities, or a bigger one with its own bathroom ($700). They’re furnished (or not), and we’ll  Continue Reading