Time exchange initiative ready for name and motto

The time exchange initiative is now ready to adopt a name and motto; this will be accomplished through an informal county-wide ballot. A temporary webpage has been set up with the ballot link at: www.VisionOnOrcas.com.

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updated 2:23 PM February 7, 2012 0

Esmeraldas Homemade Chocolate Pudding

Valentine's Day is just a few days away and all I can think about is chocolate! Nothing satisfies and comforts me more that a rich creamy simple pudding. I love the simplicity of this recipe because you just need a few ingredients. The most important ingredient is the chocolate ... Republica Del Cacao directly supports farmers to sustainably produce exquisite...

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Blogs 7:48 AM February 12, 2012 Gluten Free Foodies, a Community Blog

Chocolate Hazelnut Layered Mousse – Gluten Free, Non-Dairy, Vegan

Looking for the perfect dessert to make for a special someone this Valentine's Day?Yes, Cupid ... even Gluten Free, Non-Dairy and Vegans can enjoy this creamy, crunchy and chocolaty dessert!This is so easy but it looks like you spent hours in the kitchen and is another great excuse to make something in my favorite Weck Jars!But how do...

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Blogs 6:55 PM February 9, 2012 Gluten Free Foodies, a Community Blog

Love through acts of kindness

We all remember Valentine’s Day. We eat chocolates and heart-shaped candies, we watch sappy movies, we spend time with our loved ones; some of us eschew those traditions and instead celebrate Singles Awareness Day, eating chocolates and heart-shaped candies, watching sappy movies, and cynically declaring disdain for the commercial exploitation of this holiday.

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2:18 PM February 7, 2012 0

Gluten Free Spaghetti With Lemony Garlic Sautéed Kale

After many years of separation ....I have finally decided to really accept my relationship and embrace it. You see ...many years ago I had to break-up with a love that used to comfort me, warm meand fullfill me with such joy ...I am happy to say that the time apart was worth it.We both had time to expand our...

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Blogs 11:15 AM February 6, 2012 Gluten Free Foodies, a Community Blog

Obituary: Fay W. McBrayer

Fay W. McBrayer, 80, passed away, Jan. 2, 2012, in Bellevue, Wash. She was born June 6, 1931, in Birmingham, Alabama. She had been a resident of both Mercer Island and Lopez Island, WA, for the past 20 years.

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12:29 PM February 2, 2012 0

Afterthought #1

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Blogs 11:12 AM January 31, 2012 Iris Graville: bloggerbyconvincement, a Community Blog

OPEN

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Blogs 8:51 AM January 24, 2012 Iris Graville: bloggerbyconvincement, a Community Blog

Thinking outside the lunch box | Locavores column

Join the Locavores for our winter Evening Meals at School on Thursday, January 26th, 5:30-7 p.m. for a menu featuring squash, lentil and kale soup, potato cakes with leeks, winter slaw with mustard vinaigrette, and spiced apple cranberry bars. And our next film “Cafeteria Man” about chef, Tony Geraci and the greening of the Baltimore City schools lunch program will screen on Sunday, Jan. 29, 4:30 p.m., at Port Stanley School.

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updated 4:13 PM January 20, 2012 0

Students reach out to Darfur

When Sarah Stanley, a senior at Lopez High School, took a class called Current World Problems and Solutions, she had to choose a topic and make a presentation to her peers. She chose to research the crisis in Darfur, located in the western region of Sudan. In her own words, Stanley describes how this class made an impact on her and eventually led to a benefit concert.

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updated 4:08 PM January 20, 2012 0

Dean Jacobsen | Spotlight on Seniors

A typhoon in Tonga pushed Dean and Carolyn Jacobsen to move full-time to Lopez in 1982. When a loose 42-footer smashed into their smaller sailboat, Carolyn broke 15 bones and nearly died, so the recovery period gave them plenty of time to think.

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updated 4:00 PM January 20, 2012 0

Lifestyle Blogroll

  • Enchanted Quilters of Lopez Island
    Alexander spins tales of local quilters, quilt-making and quilt-backed fundraising efforts on her home island, Lopez. She says the Enchanted Quilters of Lopez Island was formed in 1984 to raise funds for the Lopez Senior Center, and the group has conjured up almost one raffle quilt per year since.
  • Gluten Free Foodies
    Celebrate the foods that you can eat!
  • Iris Graville: bloggerbyconvincement
    Writer Iris Graville lives on Lopez Island. She blogs about life and faith, Quakerism, war, sacred spaces and more, also finding time to write about projects like building her own wooden kayak. Graville is also the author of Hands at Work, inspired by a showing of Summer Moon Scriver’s black-and-white photographs of hands.