Let’s catch up a bit here: • MORE pictures from the Fourth! I just looked over Mark Gardner‘s online posting & he did his usual awesome job…and you’re probably in there. Check it out. • Next Friday’s candidate forum has been bumped up to 6:30pm at the Mullis Center rather than 7pm as previously announced,  Continue Reading

Yep, it was downright hot yesterday, and it’ll probably wander into the 80s this weekend….

Once you hear this song by Chad & Jeremy, you’ll have Summer Song stuck in your head all day…so be careful:

Let’s see what’s happening… • Sally Thomsen tells me that Tracy Roberson has been appointed to the Island Rec Board of Commissioners, to the position vacated by Amy Windrope. Good choice, if you ask me. • Have you seen Rachel’s petsitting business? Here’s her website. • Krispi says: “Come to the Port Park tonight to  Continue Reading

Sure was cool on the Fourth of July…more like a almost chilly spring day (with a little sprinkle) than the beginning of summer. That’s all memory, though, as we head into a warm day today & this weekend in the 80s…stay cool. Meanwhile, Tabby Talley graduated this year from The Evergreen State College, where she  Continue Reading

Well, it’s been a while since I answered your notes – let’s see what’s in there from the past month (and thanks for writing!) Q. Love the way you have a different quote every day…where did you get the automatic rotator thing for that? And how do you pick the quotes? A. Glad you like  Continue Reading

Get your colors right! Here’s more from Rebecca: COLOR CONSULTATION by Rebecca: Confused about what color to paint your home or office, inside or out? Call Rebecca Barnard, professional color consultant. Many years experience, many happy island references.  Astoundingly inexpensive – save yourself some costly mistakes!  Please call 360 378 6355 or email [email protected] to  Continue Reading

Jan from the Theatre reports: CATS is setting up today, July 10, at the PARC building (70 Saltspring Drive in the Beaverton Business Park) from 10 am to 1 pm to collect islanders’ gently used items – from furniture to books and toys (no clothes, please).  They’ll sell the donated items at the big Attic  Continue Reading

Nancy from Griffin Bay Bookstore has a cool author event on tap: Griffin Bay Bookstore is proud to present novelist M. L. Malcolm on Friday night, July 16, 7:00 pm. Malcolm will read from and discuss her debut novel HEART OF LIES, recently published by HarperCollins to great acclaim. The American Booksellers Association has chosen  Continue Reading

It was a great evening for fireworks on the Fourth – not too cold, not too hot (usually isn’t!) – and the show went great. I put together a tiny video for those who couldn’t make it – here’s the fireworks over the marina, from the Port of Friday Harbor, just to give a taste  Continue Reading

Over the past couple of days, I’ve talked to hundreds of people (it gets like that on the Fourth of July….you get out here on the island & see lots of folks & they tell you their stories.) I heard a number of stories about loss – money, love, friends, dogs – and I can  Continue Reading

It’s due this week! Here’s more from Barb: One more press release for the Island Writers booth for the San Juan County Fair DEADLINE!!!! Calling All Island Writers! For those of you who have not heard, the former Written Word booth at the San Juan County Fair has a new name: Island Writers Island Writers  Continue Reading

You’ve heard him on every Jackson Browne hit (and almost every song)…he’s the one with the slide guitar & pedal steel at the the end of Running on Empty, or Before the Deluge, or in The Pretender… And he’s gonna be here tomorrow night. Here’s more from Jan: David Lindley takes a break from his  Continue Reading

America by Walt Whitman Centre of equal daughters, equal sons, All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old, Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich, Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love, A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother, Chair’d in the adamant of Time.

Let’s see what people are doing…. • Dave Calhoun‘s singing this weekend from 3-6pm at Roche Harbor on Friday, Saturday & Sunday…here’s the details. See you there! • Are you ready for the Fourth? Cool ’nuff…here are some memories from last year and from previous years….check out these online portfolios of folks I know you  Continue Reading

Heard from Maddie Leiren (FHHS ’09) the other day, and she caught me up with what she’s been doing… while she says she misses the island (especially the slower pace), she’s been crazy busy doing fashion work as well as some modeling. She’s been featured on Jackie B Showroom’s website, and she’s working in downtown  Continue Reading