A Little Corner of South Pender

Ringed in light: the Living Rock Island on Bake Day, Feb. 23, 2024, 1:04 a.m.

A group of neighbours and their houses sit atop the rock cliffs above Craddock Beach, South Pender Island. Generous land spaces separate them, each looking out across Boundary Pass to the northern San Juans. A few more down the road get glimpses of the beach, but none get the panorama of the bent bay the way we do.… Continue reading

Colossal Roughhousing in Boundary Pass

Monday late afternoon, the water was lively, spirited

The south-easterlies blew overnight across Boundary Pass from the San Juans. The power went out before midnight, and we huddled in a dark bedroom that wasn’t much in the way of trees outside that might fall on us.

The wind howled through the night and most of the next day.… Continue reading