He’s a great one…solo acoustic guitar player Michael Gulezian is playing tonight (Friday) at 7pm at Free Horse Farm (215 Crow Valley Lane, off Boyce Road, 1/4th Mile from Beaverton Valley). $15. Here’s his website. See ya there!

Always liked Keb’ Mo’…here’s “Better Man” which he does for the Playing for Change folks:

This past weekend was a sunny, pleasant day to take in a bit of history as two tall ships were tied up in Roche Harbor. Folks could visit the vessels, and the two had a mock battle with cannon fire later in the afternoon… Hard not to let your mind wander back into the past….

Friday Harbor’s own Rhiana Franklin just won 1st place, out of 23 contestants, at The Colgate Country Showdown in Yakima. She now advances to the State Championship in Ellensburg on Sept. 5th. Here’s the vid:

Around the rock…. • Hey  – yesterday was 8/9/10. • Are you up for humor and mystery? A lazy way to spend a relaxed hour? Buy Marion Riles Soft-boiled Detective Stories – an ebook by islander R. D. Larson. Click here to read the first chapter free, and to order yours if you like. •  Continue Reading

Remember Jeff who used to work at the Journal? He reports that he’s moving east – here’s more: Hey, Ian: Just a note to you and your readers. After some years reporting for the San Juan Islands Journal, I recently retired from the South Whidbey Record (now based in Coupeville for some strange reason), and  Continue Reading

When Canadians Suzanne Chisholm & Michael Parfit (from Sidney, BC) came & showed their film Saving Luna here in November 2008, it was awesome. You could see why it had won some 24 national & international awards. And in the crowd here there were so many people who knew the story of Luna – there  Continue Reading

Debbie Sandwith from the Roche Harbor Market passes on the news that there will be a celebration of a 1977 Friday Harbor High graduate’s life this weekend: Celebration of Doug Grossarth’s life (Oct. 2, 1959 – Aug. 1, 2010) ~ Saturday, August 14th, San Juan Golf Course at 4pm with a no host bar, salad,  Continue Reading

Henry V runs this week & next (Thursday-Sundays at 8:15pm at Roche Harbor), and the folks who have seen it have told me, “Wow.” Here’s a note from Brenda to tell you her thoughts: Please don’t let your summer go by without seeing Island Stage Left’s “HENRY V”. I went last weekend only because I  Continue Reading

The National Park Service is taking comments till midnight tonight – you can write yours up & deliver it to their place on Mullis Street, or you can click here & send it online.

Interesting weekend, as we finally got some rain (you could feel & hear the ground, loving it & soaking it up) on Saturday, sandwiched between sunny days on Friday & Sunday… • I’ve heard about the backups at the transfer station, but got to experience it first hand when I went three times on Friday  Continue Reading

Pretty exciting news – Layla’s here! Here’s more from proud parents Erin & Pete: Pete and Erin Ancich are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Layla Evelyn Ancich, on Tuesday July 27, 2010. Layla was born at Stevens Hospital in Edmonds, Washington at 1:00am and weighed 6 lbs., 8 oz and was 19.75  Continue Reading

You know those long, scientific-sounding messages we who live in Town get from the Town of Friday Harbor about how our drinking water is doing….I’d like to report a bit of good news from the last one. For the past few years, the levels of THM (Trihalomethane – here’s an explanation & here’s a bit  Continue Reading

Drop by Robin’s Nest (next to Island Studios) to see what she’s got!

Parish administrator David Bentley wanted you to know about how the Day School is doing: Hi, Ian! We’re pretty excited about enrolling a new group of kindergarten-aged children here at Saint David’s Day School. Margaret Barker and Carmen Tompkins, both certified teachers, have an exciting and engaging academic enrichment program going with a limited enrollment  Continue Reading

Looks like there’s a new business right where Site Elements used to be, right as you’re going Cattle Point Road just past Golf Course Road….New owners Skip and Mildred Foss wanted to invite you to drop by: We just wanted to let you know that there is a new landscape supply business on the island.  Continue Reading