June 20th, 2015 9:22pm here, and the sun just sank below the horizon! We’ve been watching the Common Nighthawks dart around and dive. Right before they “pull up,” that’s when their wings make the truck brake sound. And, I do think we have two different sounds going on. Nature’s noisy! I […]
June 16, 2015 Our Nebraska technology is in a new land. Steve came up with good imagery for the situation this morning as he came back from making a phone call. Several decades ago, there was a television show called, “Green Acres.” A city girl and a country boy got […]
How did you find Orcas Island? So far, this is the most common question we get asked when we tell people we just moved here. The short answer is that my climate research placed the San Juan Islands in the running. Then, after visiting many of the communities that have […]
Several years ago, I (Jennifer) started the habit of regularly writing and sending emails to loved ones regarding what we discovered while traveling. They continued during our wanderings of the Pacific Northwest, when we were searching for a house. For several years, we visited the region and toured a vast […]
Nebraska / Orcas Island: We were born and raised in Nebraska. Imperial, Nebraska is farm country. Cows, pigs, corn, wheat, and a few other miscellaneous crops, such as popcorn, sugar beets, dry beans (pintos, blacks, etc), are what make the area work. Things are different on Orcas. The economy seems […]
We recently moved to Orcas Island from Nebraska. We purchased a place on Buck Mountain more than a year ago but are just now making it home. Orcas Art is one of my hobbies. It is a place to post pictures of the area. But, it is also a place to […]
A long time ago, I spent a year in South Korea, teaching conversational English. I spent a bit of time in Seoul, a couple of months in Pusan, and about nine months as nearly the only Caucasian in Daejeon. My students frequently invited me out on “promises.” They wanted to […]
Orcas Island – one of the more beautiful places. You can see pictures here or click on the image.
