You can tell it’s spring when the flowers come out & the weaher gets nice & the birds start singing…and the Market gets going, outside. Well, last year, the Market started to  have a Wednesday edition besides appearing on Saturdays, and that’s back in action now – here’s more from Lei Nakatani from Nootka Rose  Continue Reading

Adrienne from the Library wanted you to know about this….hey, you were gonna read a lot this summer, anyway, right? Here’s more: On Wednesday, June 17th, Summer Reading Starts! Everyone can participate in Summer Reading! Adults can enter to win weekly drawings and get books from the Friends of the Library Treasure Cove – or  Continue Reading

People help out with Relay for Life for different reasons. Over the next few weeks, let’s hear from some of the folks who are doing the Relay this year. This week, here’s what John Boyd (Sponsorship Chair) has to say: I always thought that the Boy Scout motto of “be prepared” was an apt one.   Continue Reading

Folks were taking really long picnics at Lime Kiln State Park yesterday, hoping the resident whales would come along, but the orcas didn’t come by, and Bob Otis (who spends summers tracking their journeys & noting behavior patterns at the lighthouse) told me the orcas haven’t been around for a week or more. Transient killer  Continue Reading

There’s a fellow named Scott (with Nola) who puts videos together he calls “Alaska Travelgrams”…. here’s the one he made as he & Nola flew in with Kenmore Air & visited the island with one of Susie’s Mopeds cars. Check it out –  nice footage (and music) from the air, and of Lime Kiln &  Continue Reading

I went out to Duck Soup Inn’s new happy hour three weeks ago, and it was pretty neat – they open at 4:30pm-6pm for it, on Fridays – check it out! And…they now are open Wednesday through Sunday!

FHHS grad Rebecca’s proud mom Beth just sent me this – it’s the kind of thing that makes an island proud – way to go Rebecca! Here’s more: Rebecca N. Funke has the honor of being selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright grant award to teach English in  Continue Reading

Wasn’t it great yesterday? And it continued into the evening…hope you get out for a walk or a run on the warm spring nights…

If you’re a visitor coming this way & would like to do a trip with just women, check out what Deanna Keahey offers with her tours to the islands. She offers bird watching & whale watching & kayaking & hiking & all the stuff those of us who live here do right before breakfast, each  Continue Reading

The Washington State Ferries just wrote to tell me & you: SEATTLE – The Washington State Department of Transportation is reminding citizens traveling to Canada to ensure they have the proper documentation and to be prepared for delays at border, whether traveling by road or via the Anacortes/Sidney, B.C. ferry. As of June 1, U.S.  Continue Reading

If you haven’t heard the music of Chamber San Juans lately, this is a good weekend to start – it’s gonna be great. With a Grammy nominee & world-class musicians, this one’s gonna be a winner. Here’s more from the Community Theatre’s Jan Bollwinkel-Smith: Chamber Music San Juans Presents “Spring’s Hidden Treasures” Bring together a  Continue Reading

Just ran into Janet Thomas earlier this week, and she told me she & her friends are putting on what appears to be a great slideshow tomorrow (Friday, in this four-day week) at the Library at 7pm…here’s more: Thrinley DiMarco, Kurt Schwalbe and Janet Thomas will give a slide presentation about their recent trip to  Continue Reading

A familiar face on the island (and at the Library & Senior Center), Lola moved to the island in 2000, but seemed like she’d been here for much longer, because she did so much for the community. Her daughter Becki dropped off this writeup to celebrate her passing last week: Our beloved Mother, Grandmother, Lola  Continue Reading

John Sinclair invites you to drop by on Saturday to check out the new photography at Concepia, Your Center for Creativity, 232 A St #7, 378-FOTO. The show features Danielle Dean Palmer: Sea Series + Two New Collections of Work, and runs from May 30th – July 10th. He says the doors open at 2pm,  Continue Reading

The seventh running of the San Juan Marathon/Half Marathon is set for next week on the 7th…here’s more from Paul Hopkins at the Fitness Club: Despite the current economic situation, the Kings San Juan Island Marathon and Half Marathon is yielding healthy numbers, at least as far as early registrations go.  Event organizers report that  Continue Reading

Anna Maria at Harrison House/Tucker House has an announcement about a new business she & her friend Erin have going: Healthy, wholesome and organic meals and treats for the four-legged friend in your life Mollie’s Meals and Treats produces handmade biscuits, bagels and raw food for dogs.  We source fresh ingredients from area farms around  Continue Reading