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My Brother Kissed Mark Zuckerberg

Be Inspired! Two brothers lead very different lives on opposite coasts, but when one brother is diagnosed with HIV in 1988, their worlds are immediately drawn together, transforming both men forever.

Why the Vashon Schools Foundation Matters

Thank You Vashon!  Last week it was announced that Vashon Island High School is a recipient of the 2013 Washington Achievement Award in two prized areas:  Overall Excellence and High Improvement.

Unsolitary Solitaires

Ed Swan

Spring migration delivered some excitement this month with two groups of Townsend’s Solitaires showing up in north Vashon yards.  These birds are rare migrants on Vashon and usually make very brief visits.

Evening Prayers

Deborah H. Anderson

Sitting here in the dark with the living room slider open and the warmth of the stored heat from the day, one of the cats purring on a pillow, dishes from Easter dinner sitting on the counter,

Buy Organic, or Not?

Marj Watkins

Do you always buy organic produce to avoid toxic pesticides? Or has the always-rising price of food driven you to ignore those more expensive fruits and vegetables?

My Beautiful Cousin Nancy

Mary Tuel

When I finish writing here, I will finish packing my car and take off for California. It is time to go say good-bye to my beautiful Cousin Nancy.

Birding project integrates science & art lessons for 4th graders

Pamela McMahan,

Every spring, 4th graders at Chautauqua take a deep dive into the study of Vashon birds. A longstanding focus of Vashon Island School District’s science curriculum, the 4th grade birding unit brings together teachers and community

Buteyko Breathing Technique: Controlling Asthma Without Medication

Robert Litman

Asthma is at record levels in the United States, near epidemic in some ethnic and income groups. And while experts are at a loss to name a cause, two things are agreed upon: asthma kills

Friends of Mukai Program features the Mukai Garden

Helen Meeker

A program focused on Kuni Mukai’s historic landmark garden will be offered by Friends of Mukai at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 23rd at the Vashon Maury Island Land Trust Building.

Lenten Liberation

Deborah H. Anderson

The seals are barking and morning is a long ways off. They started about the same time the cover band next door stopped playing Jimi Hendrix ‘Changes” followed by Average White Band’s “Play that Funky Music White Boy”

Dorsal Dread

Orca Annie Stateler, VHP Coordinator

Since the Southern Residents left us in January, Vashon-Maury waters have been drearily devoid of tall dorsal fins. That changed on April 4, when ten or more Transient killer whales blazed down the Sound from Edmonds. In East Passage, NOAA researchers clocked one male in the group

Flight

Peter Ray

From a time way before the magic of shopping the internets, I’m still trying to remember how I wound up in a hobby shop in New York City buying that radio controlled plane kit.

There’s something special taking shape on Vashon Island

As many of you know, Hestia Retreat is being created as dedicated space for all women to nurture their personal development and emergence.

FEMME: Women Healing the World

Woman’s Way Red Lodge launches its 2014 Women’s Film Series with FEMME: Women Healing the World, Tuesday, April 15th, at 6 PM at the Vashon Theatre

A Community Conversation About Health and Responsibility: Vaccines and Beyond

Karen Crisalli Winter and March Twisdale

For humans, the drive to learn is as powerful as the drive to eat. There’s a good reason for this. Eating and learning are both equally vital for our survival.

Sharing story: making visible the invisible

Mary G.L. Shackelford

I don’t have to agree with you; I don’t even have to like you. But my life is richer, deeper and more meaningful when you and I can speak and listen to one another.

The Bottom Below

Mary Tuel

Depression has been a part of my life since I was about fourteen years old, or at least that’s when I first noticed it.

Where the Antioxidants Are

Marj Watkins

Antioxidants stop free radicals from trashing your immune system. They help you stay younger longer, and free of inflammation, infection, heart disease, and cancer.

Cordaviva

Cordaviva is a 9-piece powerhouse of dance music influenced by the disparate rhythms and styles of the African diaspora.

Club O - Dance for a Cause at Open Space!

Club O has been growing month by month, with more and more Islanders of all ages coming to dance and relax. And we have two very special Club Os in April and May! On Friday, April 11, donations will be collected to support Islander Larry Flynn and his annual AIDS LifeCycle.

Oui Oui!

Stephen Jeong

Transport yourself to Paris ...an evening with Rouge, Seattle’s premiere nostalgic French music group. International touring musicians based in the Northwest, they perform racing waltzes, romantic ballads and happy jazz-swings

Moving On or Creating a “New” Park District?

Lu-Ann Branch, Chair Vashon Park District

Scott Harvey was upset by my February 26th commentary about Vashon Park District (VPD).  So upset, he felt the need to create his own public response

Big Opportunity Knocks for the Heritage Association

The Vashon Maury Island Heritage Association has embarked on a vigorous campaign to raise $195,000 needed to respond to a sudden and unexpected opportunity. In just a few weeks a private residence next door to the museum,

Another View of the Vashon Park District

Scott Harvey

This article is being written by a private citizen of Vashon, who happens to be a Vashon Park District Board Commissioner,  in response to a article by Lu-Ann Branch, which was not reviewed or approved by the Park District Board before it was published. 

Mustelid Mania

Orca Annie Stateler, VHP Coordinator

Mustelid mania overcomes our Jack Russell terrier, Nashoba, when she detects Ono the Otter scampering under our deck with a juicy flounder or other succulent prey item. Nashoba whimpers and snorts at the floor above the spot where the river otter hides. This can be challenging when it happens at 3:00 AM.