Lakedale Resort‘s Scott Hale took some photos that show how nice the place looks with a little spontaneous snow, last Wednesday – thanks, Scott!

It was good to hear from Liza Michaelson that her daughter Maria‘s show went well, and that that set her up for traveling…here’s the story, from Liza: After completely selling out at her art show in Friday Harbor in November, Maria made enough money to travel indefinitely in West Africa. She also raised $450 at  Continue Reading

Just heard this from our friends at Islanders Insurance: As of January 1, 2011, Gigi Zakula joins Kerwin and Margaret Johnson as co-owner of Islanders Insurance. Gigi has worked at Islanders Insurance since 1991, as an agent/ underwriter/ claims handler and as agency manager since 2007. Islanders Insurance was established by the Gregory Family in  Continue Reading

Shondala, Mallory & Kayla have a show at The Whale Museum this Thursday you’ll want to check out – they will present the critically acclaimed documentary about Lolita, the killer whale captured near here in 1970 who is still alive at the Miami Seaquarium. The evening includes an appearance by Howard Garrett, who starred in  Continue Reading

This is a photo I asked Traci & Chris if I could share with you – if you missed the sunset the other day, now you see what you missed!

I love Heather Callin’s pictures – they always see to find a different perspective on the world. For this one, which she shot at Wolf Hollow where she volunteers, she remarked: “I had a good day at Wolf Hollow. I was fascinated by what the cold temperature did to the outer layer of snow there….it  Continue Reading

Hope your new year is off to a good start! Let’s look around the island & see what folks are up to…. • One of the great things about the Soroptimists is when they hold a fundraiser, it’s pretty fun. Here’s the next one – here’s more from Barbara Sharp: It’s back!  Another “girls’ night  Continue Reading

Thanks to Dave’s family for sharing this with us: David E. Ross was born 7/05/1945 on Mercer Island, WA. He passed away peacefully with Judie Ross at his side on 12/24/2010 at University of Washington Hospital in Seattle, WA. He developed Pulmonary Fibrosis several years ago and had a successful lung transplant on 10/06/2010. Unfortunately,  Continue Reading

Everybody has the top ten stories of the year, this time of year – I was just watching the CBC and they had all the disasters; NBC had all the scandals; and E! had all the fashion disasters. I guess that’s good…someone has to do it. For me, though, I’d rather see if we do  Continue Reading

It’s been a great year, in a lot of ways, and there are little bits left: • It was sure nice to hear Avery Adams‘ set Tuesday night at the Rumor Mill – I’ve had the pleasure of listening to him sing & grow as a musician just about all his life, and he’s doing  Continue Reading