Looking around the island… • Did you know Josh Combs (FHHS ’08) turned 21 yesterday in Hawaii where he’s on vacation with his folks Oren & Peggy (that’s why the Rumor Mill is closed). Josh is a junior this year at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver – happy birthday! And Lisa Anderson‘s is…today!  Continue Reading

Dot from the Garden Club says this will open islanders’ eyes to the gardening resources right here in Friday Harbor: Next month, the San Juan Island Garden Club will be meeting on February 1st at 1 pm at the Mullis Center.  Our speaker is Beth Helstein from the San Juan Island Library.  Come enjoy a  Continue Reading

Yesterday’s sunny day was a nice surprise for the holiday…hope you got out in it, even if it was bit chilly & windy.

Earlier last year, you & I discussed Keith Busha‘s then-recently released Dreams of Damanhur (here’s the writeup; you’ll be amazed). The film has been selling well locally at Island Studios and Griffin Bay Books, and internationally as well…and now Keith has been asked to present his work at the Lodi International Film Festival this Friday,  Continue Reading

In last weekend’s three hour public meeting about the possible options for dealing with the resignation of Gary Pfleuger (generally aimed at a reversal of the decision), an energetic and dismayed public demanded a public school board meeting this week to review those options, including ways to possibly hire Gary back. Saturday’s meeting was called  Continue Reading

A lot of great things will be said & celebrated today for Dr. King’s birthday (he would have been 82 on Saturday),  so I’d like to leave you with two little ones… First, this little writeup about Dr. King’s connection with Nichelle Nichols…yep, he was a Trekkie, too. Touching, and showing how human he was…  Continue Reading

What a week in pro football. After the Seattle Seahawks whumped the Super Bowl champion Saints a week ago, they made believers of a lot of folks who were holding on for a similar miracle in Chicago’s 20-degree game yesterday. After all, the home team was the first in history to sneak into the playoffs  Continue Reading

The buildings on the island range from new to historic, and the older ones are especially prone to devastating fires, because the wood in them has had so long to season…Nancy Larsen lives in such a house, out on Redwing Road, and has a good story to tell about how things turned out: My beloved  Continue Reading

Every day has its own song (or else, why live?) and there are special ones for special days – Here’s James Taylor: