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Tide Bites: My Friday Harbor Labs Macfarlane Art Studio Fellowship

Every morning when I was at Friday Harbor Labs last Fall, I would rise with the birds before sunrise and walk from my Whiteley…

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Written by Jen Burgess

Lifestyle Video: Shrimping Season

Merri Ann Simonson's Lifestyle Video is about shrimping season. She says, "Shrimping season is open and…

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Tuesday, 21 May 2019 10:25

Janet Thomas: Why Now, Vietnam?

On Saturday, May 26th, the Friday Harbor American Legion Post 163 will be open to the public for a special Memorial weekend visitors’ day…

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Written by Janet Thomas

San Juan Island Real Estate: Rental Property Options

San Juan County currently has several mechanisms for legally renting a home in the County.

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Note to Self: Raise & Release

I find myself compelled to comment on the trending “college admissions scandal.” If you haven’t been following the saga, you may be shocked to…

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Written by Ingrid Gabriel

San Juan Island Real Estate market summary

The first quarter results for San Juan Island were very similar to the first quarter results last year. San Juan Island’s dollar volume for…

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Written by Merri Ann Simonson

San Juan Island Lifestyle Video: St. Pat's Fishing Derby

This San Juan Island Lifestyle video shares winning the big pot in the St Patrick’s Day…

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Friday, 05 April 2019 02:34

Tide Bites: Ocean Outbreaks: from Seagrasses to Seastars

Tiny microbes are on the prowl to undermine the health of our oceans. Epidemics of our ocean biota are often unseen beneath the waves,…

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Published in Tide Bites
Written by Drew Harvell

Janet Thomas: The World Over

I write this at Deer Park Institute (www.deerpark.in) in Bir, Himachal Pradesh in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is my tenth anniversary of…

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Lifestyle Video: Snowy Fishing Derby

Merri Ann Simonson's latest Lifestyle video shares fishing in the Friday Harbor Classic Derby; freezing temperatures,…

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Wednesday, 27 February 2019 01:29

Janet Thomas: The Science of Exploitation

On my morning beach walks, I bliss out in one direction and pick up plastic in the other. Either, Or and Holy Both. (Or…

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Written by Janet Thomas

Lifestyle Video: Snow days in the San Juan Islands

The latest lifestyle video by Merri Ann Simonson shows how San Juan Island looks during a…

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Thursday, 14 February 2019 13:08

Janet Thomas: To Care Or Not To Care

“How do we make people care?” was my last discussion with scientist, Dr. Timothy Ragen, the retired Executive Director of the U.S. Marine Mammal…

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Janet Thomas: Being of Service

I had to go to India to meet Jeff Asher. I was at Deer Park Institute in northern India when another islander, Kurt Schwalbe,…

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Written by Janet Thomas