It was fun to have the sun out most of yesterday – a bright reminder of how the island looks in the light…here’s more: • Have you seen Island Rec’s new website, put together by Mary Kate at MKate Design? It’s awesome – check it out! • Just checked with Jack at the Island Guardian…if  Continue Reading

Remember last month when Ary told us you could see a heart on the ground from the sky, when you look at San Juan Island? (Here’s the story & picture.) Well, he’s not the only one – that prompted Piet Visser to suggest we check out his next door neighbor on the island’s peace of  Continue Reading

There were a lot of things to do at Christmas Island, the annual holiday get-together at the Grange last Saturday, but probably the most popular was to sit on Santa’s knee & tell him what you wanted for Christmas. Luckily, Santa’s ace photographer Mark Gardner was there to capture the moment of folks dressed up  Continue Reading

Checking in around the island…. • If you haven’t gotten downtown to check the sales around Friday Harbor, now’s your chance. Please it’s always good to check in with your friends. Take a walk in town…you’ll be glad you did! • My friend Courtney has two threads (horses & babysitting) that are knitting together nicely  Continue Reading

I’ve been hearing good things around the streets & around the island, and you have, too…here’s a nice writeup by Diana Stepita, who loved the show: An Old Fashioned Welsh Christmas in the San Juan Juans! Having spent most of my Christmases past where snow drifts and subfreezing temperatures herald the holiday season, unearthing my  Continue Reading

Happy Solstice Eve to you…let’s look around the island: • You already know that Solstice is on the 21st this year, and I’m hoping you heard about the lunar eclipse tonight, which starts around 9:30pm or so our time. Should be pretty cool, clouds permitting – here’s the backstory on that. • The word in  Continue Reading

I hope you’re having a nice sunny day…let’s see what’s up: • The Washington State Ferry folks say the schedule will be the regular one for the San Juan Islands/Anacortes route: On Saturday, Dec. 25 and Saturday, Jan. 1 this route will operate on a normal weekend schedule. On Friday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec.  Continue Reading

Jan at the Community Theatre tells me there are some tickets left – here’s this year’s show: Warm Your Holidays with Music and San Juan Singers A festive holiday concert is on tap at San Juan Community Theatre on Saturday, December 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 19 at 2:00 p.m. San Juan Singers–the  Continue Reading

Just got a note that San Juan Healthcare’s Joann Mayo has achieved Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) status by successfully completing the Certification Examination for Diabetes Educators. Meanwhile, Burk Gossom at the same clinic has completed continuing medical education requirements to retain membership in the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the only medical specialty organization  Continue Reading

Let’s see what folks are up to: • On Tuesday, Gail & Randy from Cotton Cotton Cotton visited Village at the Harbour & dressed folks up for a fashion show of clothes from their shop, as you can see below…that’s all the models from the show! • Val tells me this is gonna be fun:  Continue Reading

You can still catch Island Stage Left‘s performances of Christmas Memories, and see Dan Mayes bring Dylan Thomas alive – as well as a longtime memory of Christmas warmth. Here’s the schedule…see you there!

It’s the inside scoop! Softwear has most of their inventory at 50% today (Thursday!) and they’re open from 10am-8pm! Be sure & drop by!

Let’s see what islanders do in their spare time…. • I love hearing what folks are up to – Erin from San Juan Excursions mentioned to me that Lauren Theodore (now Gardiner) has a must-read blog that you’ll really like – it’s called Mama Somm, and it’s great fun..she offers her opinions about wines. Not  Continue Reading

It’s sad when the good ones leave the island…Dr. Eduardo Miller has been a mainstay for islanders, and will be much missed. Here’s his note to you: Dear friends and patients: I am writing this letter to you to inform you that I will be leaving San Juan Healthcare at the end of December.  Although  Continue Reading