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Mon dieu, what to write? A month-long dorsal drought afflicts Vashon. Most of the whale news is grim. A dead Southern Resident orca newborn stranded at Dungeness Spit in early January. California agribusiness and the Pacific Legal Foundation,
 

Most days I can navigate past the news automat that is the opening page of the Yahoo internet home site. In many ways it reminds of the Horn & Hardart shops in New York City of ancient times

Vashon Film Society presents critically acclaimed Czech film "Alois Nebel" on Friday, February 1 at 9:15 pm at the Vashon Theatre. The animated feature has the look of classic film noir and American comics from the 1950s, 

A pair of artists serves up a bounty of abstract color and texture in February’s VAA Gallery exhibition. Photographer Karen Frank focuses on nature’s transformation of human detritus found on the beach. Painter Ken Susynski’s landscapes are influenced by European land and cityscapes.

Lotus is sharing her native-eye images of Vashon at Café Luna in February. Her perspective is a very personal view of the Island, with less attention to the island scenes that catch the eyes of tourists, though the classic scenes 

The Highlife presents the Pacific Northwest with a new sound, combining Reggae, Jazz, Latin and Caribbean elements. Seven talented musicians combine their skills to offer new, original songs with beautiful melodies 

The Library Will Close Monday, February 4 for Construction. The Vashon Library temporary site is located at 17707 100th Avenue SW, across from the Vashon Post office.

An industrial employee heads out early in the morning, stopping by the local coffee shop outside of Dubuque for a quick breakfast or perhaps an Egg Macmuffin.

Harbor School will hold their first Open House of 2013 on Wednesday, February 13 at 7 PM for prospective students and their families.

About 4:30 this morning my husband and I were lying there petting the dog and talking about our random sleep schedules.  He is hooked up to his dialysis machine at night, and it makes various beeps and boops
 

On Thursday, February 14th, 2013, at 3:45pm in downtown Vashon, our community will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING

Winter lamb is really mutton, hence tough and needing either very, very brief or very long cooking. Besides, it is For a supper that includes the Valentine’s Day motifs of the color red and a heart shape, you might try a heart-shaped Salisbury steak. It comes to the table under a blanket of red sauce.  The whole menu could be:  Vegetable salad, Salisbury Steak, steamed brown rice, kale with garlic

The cat threw up all over Proverbs 25-27 and it bled through from Proverbs 3-Ecclesiastes 5. Ohmygosh is that the best opening line ever? I’m going to find a way to use it in everything I write, I think.

Woman’s Way Red Lodge presents "Things We Don’t Talk About: Women’s Stories from the Red Tent," Tuesday, February 5th, 6:00 PM, at the Vashon Theatre.

 Vashon Park District commissioners will hold their regular meeting Tuesday, January 22, 7PM at Ober Park. The agenda will be online at vashonparkdistrict.org Friday, January 18. 

The Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club’s airy and whimsical exhibit at the Vashon-Maury Island Heritage Association Museum, charmingly entitled "Passion in the Dirt", is, luckily, still available for viewing.

I have been doing a fair amount of reading lately, but it hasn’t been stuff that I really wanted to be spending my time on. At the moment, I can look around my desk and see

On Thursday, January 3, Harbor School students attended Vashon’s VFW Post #2826 award ceremony at McMurray Middle School for the 2012 Youth Essay Contest—competing in grades 6, 7 and 8.

Come One, Come All to the Inaugural Ball! In 2009, Open Space threw open its doors for the first Inaugural Ball. Four years later, we want to dance with you again!

Join UMO for an evening of "sassy brassy" celebration, performance and support! UMO Ensemble will hold their annual fundraising benefit at The Hardware Store Restaurant

4Culture, the cultural services agency for King County, offers free, public workshops to assist applicants interested in applying for project funding.

Storytelling is inseparable from human life. For generations, we have been telling story - be it around a fire to convey lessons for survival; at the dinner table to relay a funny happening from our day
 

Come to the Vashon Maury Island Community Council's general meeting on Monday, January 21 at 7PM to meet with new King County Sheriff John Urquhart. If you have a question you’d like the Sheriff to consider and answer, please email max.sladevmicc@gmail.com. We are going to try and get questions in to the Sheriff on Friday morning!

Over the past two years, I’ve talked about the need for us to be more self reliant, to relocalize our economy, and relearn valuable forgotten skills.