It’s always great to see Shelley when she’s back in town – after serving as a sheriff’s deputy here for ages, she’s now working in Chicago doing something (can’t tell ya what; she said something about if I knew, she’d have to do me in.) She came by to see daughter Marie, who’s been back  Continue Reading

Yesterday was the kind of day that reminds you this is a good place to live…I got a chance to take a walk around Pear Point Loop, and the flowers were out, the blackberries are starting to do their pre-blossom thing, the poppies are blooming, and it was a glorious day. That reminded me of  Continue Reading

One of the quiet treasures of this island is the Friday Harbor Marine Labs, which puts its work on display once a year at their Open House. This year the weather was perfect – just cool enough, just warm enough (baby bear’s porridge-weather), with the addition of the marimba band (Stone Soup) playing, and most  Continue Reading

I asked Tawny if I could shoot a photo of her nails for you – you could see ’em a mile away as she was selling fish at the Market on Saturday… seems she told me the color was “roses without thorns neon” or something. Love it.

It was great to run into Danielle & Eric at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday with two-month-old Livia, who looked bright & happy in the morning sun.

Saturday’s 4-H Bake Sale did the job – when I dropped by and visited Alyssa & MacKenzie at Marketplace, they still had some great stuff to sell…here’s more from Cathy Cole: Hi Ian, Big thanks to you and Josie for stopping by the 4-H Country Critters (Rabbit, Cavy and Poultry Club) Bake Sale today at  Continue Reading

I hadn’t seen Victoria Compton with her Lily for a few months, and it was awesome to run into them at the Open House at the Labs over the weekend – she’s getting big, and smiley & bright like her mom…

My friend Amy sent me this nice writeup for the new paddling series that starts on Tuesday: Kayak and Canoe Race-for-Dinner Series The San Juan Island Outrigger Canoe and Kayak Club is thrilled to announce an island-style race series for all human-powered boats. The races will take place at Jackson Beach on the first and  Continue Reading

Chuck and Margaret came the last few days with their Grand Banks boat, and had a great time at Roche Harbor. Here’s more, from their blog (http://mairead1.blogspot.com/)

The good folks at San Juan Excursions (Pete & Erin Ancich, along with Johannes & Angie Krieger) hosted a celebration of the season starting Wednesday night aboard the Odyssey. (Here’s a 20-photo gallery of everyone who came that night!) Guests included Lynn Danaher, who started the business in 1993, and various b&b & guesthouse owners,  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. Let’s start with Michele, who is on the committee this year as Team Development-Recruitment Chair: Why I Relay: I relay for the far too many people  Continue Reading

Went by the other day – you probably heard Sandy Hawley & Beth Nicholson sold their accounting firm (Hawley & Nicholson) to Bob Hilsinger of Burlington, but they still work with Bob & now have a new sign out front of their place. The purchase took place at the first of the year, and the  Continue Reading

Lately, the Community Foundation has been gathering the info they need to help address what’s going on in this community (click here for a larger version of the chart above) – here’s more from the SJICF’s Pamela Gross: SJI Community Foundation’s Critical Needs Task Force Tackles Community Hot Spots….. Friday Harbor, May 15, 2009: What  Continue Reading

Have you been by Island Studios lately? I had to get a card for someone the other day, and dropped in & got lost in all the new stuff… the new photographs, the glasswork, the new books & CDs, the paintings. Wow… drop in & check out what a super job Claudia’s doing with the  Continue Reading

If you’ve ever hear Boyd Pratt speak, you know he thinks before he speaks & feels before he puts it into words, and the result is usually memorable. I’m looking forward to dropping in on his talk next Wednesday… here’s more from Town Historian Sandy Strelou: Local History Talk: The Disputed Islands The Interdependence of  Continue Reading

Next week on the 23rd will be the second-to-last chance to see Mike Vouri’s show about Gen. Pickett – I hope you get a chance to catch it! Here’s more from the Theatre’s Jan Bollwinkel-Smith: A Farewell to General Pickett … San Juan Community Theatre’s longest running play takes its last curtain calls in 2009.  Continue Reading