Every one of us has a relationship with the magical stuff underfoot whether we know it or not – some call it dirt, some call it soil. Mostly, unless we consider ourselves farmers or gardeners, we don’t think of it much at all.
Dogs and cats provide their human owners various life lessons like the “Zen” of living in the moment, how to love unconditionally and even promoting exercise – can we go to the park, please, please, please? Actually it would probably sound more like: woof, woof, woof.
The first prototype of the Eastsound trash can project debuted last week. It is in front of Ray’s Pharmacy on the corner of North Beach Road and Main Street. To give comments on the design, contact County Council member Rick Hughes at 378-2898.
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in late August, Sage MacLeod (aka Sally Conley) has undergone surgery and is now receiving daily radiation treatments.
Mark and Perri Gibbons of Eastsound are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter, Virginia Rose Gibbons to Cameron Scott Sides. Cameron is the son of Kenny and Shelley Sides of La Conner, Wash. An August wedding on Orcas is being planned.
Dyan Holmes and Joshua Mayson are excited to announce the birth of their daughter Adelynn Marie, born Monday, Dec. 24, 2012 at 6:26 p.m. at Island Hospital. She was 7 pounds, 13.6 ounces and 19.1 inches tall. Adelynn Marie is welcomed as the sixth generation to the long-time Orcas Island family.
From theater based on historical scientists to spectacular dance moves to unfurling the mysteries of love – Orcas Center has it all coming up in the next three months.
The SeaDoc Society and YMCA Camp Orkila present “The History of Saving the Ocean,” on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish Hall.
Monthly spiritual session with Celtic musician Jeff Johnson
Brush off the winter blues, relax after the busy holiday season, and come join JP and the OK Rhythm Boys at their first performance of the new year.
A varied palate of pictorial offerings, ranging from traditional to abstract, will greet the new year in the exhibit by Orcas photographer Joe Floren at the Orcas Island Senior Center throughout the month. It is Floren’s first show at the center since 2010.
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the Mt. Baker Winter Ride Bus has been reborn and is offering rides to the winter wonderland of Mt. Baker for all ages, from all islands.
As descendants of sun loving, fruit-eating primates whose worst enemies were the large cats, humans have long feared the night. And ever since humans first discovered how to make and manage fire, hundreds of thousands of years ago, we have pushed back the darkness. Today our city lights can be seen from space, and even in the islands, our nighttime skies have a soft red glow punctuated by glare from cars, yellow outdoor bulbs and the flickering of television screens
