A meandering and hilarious homage to a new spatula; vibrant, cacophonous word pictures from a dusty volunteer adventure in Africa; a fictional young woman’s final encounter with her dying father.
The Legacy Writers group meets at the Gathering Place the second Monday of each month at 9:30 a.m. According to Six Lapham, the organizer and a resident of Hamlet House, “The purpose is to share, support and encourage our written expression, mostly of family doings and stuff to confound the grandkids.” Any island senior is welcome.
Although it has nothing to do with flowers blooming or lambs jumping, the opening of the museum is a clear sign of spring on Lopez.
Those dedicated to Haiti fundraising at the peak of the earth-quake crises were concerned that, as time went on, the public would forget Haiti’s need for aid.
When Robert Hubbard took Margaret “Peggy” Gianacos to the door after their first date, he closed the evening with, “Thanks for nothing.”
Northwest singer-songwriter Dana Lyons will come to Lopez on May 1 to release his new CD “Three Legged Coyote.” The release will be part of a benefit concert for the Fisherman Bay Marine Health Observatory, a collaboration of San Juan Islands Beach Watchers and the Lopez-based conservation laboratory Kwiáht.
Moving Right Along, Here… Retrograde Mercury in Taurus. Retrograde Saturn opposing Uranus, again. Tuesday’s Full Moon in intense Scorpio, revealing…
This beater was submitted by Skip Peralta and son Lucas. Peralta says that the history of the car is a little ‘‘hazy’’ but that it sat and rusted in a Lopez field for 20 years before being taken on by them. “Just had to put flames on it,” says Peralta, adding that Lucas has done half the work on the vehicle. “The doors stay shut with bungee cords, windows don’t roll down, but drives really sweet.”
Jeff and Debbie Walvatne of Lopez Island announce the engagement of their son Ryan Eugene Walvatne to Kathleen Elizabeth Gustafson, the daughter of Daniel and Donna Gustafson of Jamestown, N.J.
Although there was talk of forming a quilt group as early as 1981 on Lopez Island, it wasn’t until 1984 that a formal group of quilters coalesced. The group was begun by members of the Senior Center specifically for the purpose of making a raffle quilt to help the Lopez Seniors earn money to establish a new meeting place. That first group of dedicated quilters successfully raised $2,000 with their first quilt.
On April 30 Woodmen Hall will play host to the second in the “Home on the Grange” concerts. The show will feature “Taarka” who played to a packed Grange in last year’s concert series. Because the show will be in Woodmen this year, the larger pace will allow both sitting and dancing.
Retrogrades! Okay, Mercury is now fully retrograde in the sign of Taurus (stability, security). You know the drill for the…
