Once Upon an Island
An enchanting hour of storytelling with Islanders young and old. Lorrie Harrison and Alie Smaalders visit with local characters, old-timers, philosophers and others who drop by to share personal tales of this place we all call home.
This month, Lorrie and Alie interview Tom Cowan
Tom Cowan begins with an anecdote about his 1964 post-high school summer on the island; talks about moving here with his young family in 1974 and wearing multiple hats to patch together a living; and finally talks about his 12 years as San Juan County Commissioner highlighting the local issues which mattered to him most.
Community Interest & News Programs, Guest Speakers, Once Upon An Island, Tom Cowan
Once Upon an Island
An enchanting hour of storytelling with Islanders young and old. Lorrie Harrison and Alie Smaalders visit with local characters, old-timers, philosophers and others who drop by to share personal tales of this place we all call home.
Hal Gillespie
A thirty-year island resident and master storyteller, Hal recites poetry from his published chapbook, shares a few Lopez memories, and tells an original tall tale of old Ireland.
Community Interest & News Programs, Guest Speakers, Hal Gillespie, Once Upon An Island
Once Upon an Island
An enchanting hour of storytelling with Islanders young and old. Lorrie Harrison and Alie Smaalders and this month Rosie Sumner filling in during Lorrie’s absence, visit with local characters, old-timers, philosophers and others who drop by to share personal tales of this place we all call home.
Betty Hastin, married to the famous Lopez Uncle Phil for 67 years, is the featured Once Upon An Island guest and shares her memoirs. She has been writing them down and you will hear her read them to you, while Allie and Rosie interrupt her when you tune in. Betty has lived on Lopez all of her long life and is a treasure trove of Lopez history.
Betty Hastin, Community Interest & News Programs, Guest Speakers, Once Upon An Island
An enchanting hour of storytelling with Islanders young and old. Lorrie Harrison and Alie Smaalders visit with local characters, old-timers, philosophers and others who drop by to share personal tales of this place we all call home.
Alie and Lorrie interview Lopez sisters Mary Harris and Joan Congdon and their cousin George Higgins. All raised on island in the 20’s, 30’s and 40’s, their stories are fascinating, funny and heartwarming. Not to be missed!
Community Interest & News Programs, George Higgins, Guest Speakers, Once Upon An Island
Once Upon an Island
An enchanting hour of storytelling with Islanders young and old. Lorrie Harrison and Alie Smaalders visit with local characters, old-timers, philosophers and others who drop by to share personal tales of this place we all call home.
April 2009- Part 1 Marguerite and Ona Jean Goodrow Alie and Lorrie tell more stories of early Lopez as shared by the Goodrow women with readings of stories from the 1800s out of David Richardson’s book History of the Pig War Islands.
Community Interest & News Programs, Guest Speakers, Marguerite Goodrow, Ona Jean Goodrow, Once Upon An Island
Once Upon an Island with Lorrie Harrison and Alie Smaalders
An enchanting hour of storytelling with Islanders young and old. Lorrie Harrison and Alie Smaalders visit with local characters, old-timers, philosophers and others who drop by to share personal tales of this place we all call home.
Alie Smaalders interviews Rosie Sumner about her early days on Lopez, starting from 1978 when she and her family moved to Odlin Park to caretake, on into the 80’s when she lived at the Old McCauley Farm. You will hear about Islanders for Nuclear Arms Control and what community was like on Lopez for a young idealistic woman thirty years ago.
Community Interest & News Programs, Guest Speakers, Once Upon An Island, Rosie Sumner
Once Upon an Island
An enchanting hour of storytelling with Islanders young and old. Lorrie Harrison and Alie Smaalders visit with local characters, old-timers, philosophers and others who drop by to share personal tales of this place we all call home.
Back-to-the-land stories and more. When Gregg Blomberg arrived on the island in the 1960s, he found Lopez farmers and fishermen ready to instruct him in the old ways.
Community Interest & News Programs, Gregg Blomberg, Guest Speakers, Once Upon An Island
Once Upon an Island
An enchanting hour of storytelling with Islanders young and old. Lorrie Harrison and Alie Smaalders visit with local characters, old-timers, philosophers and others who drop by to share personal tales of this place we all call home.
Greg Ewert joins hosts Alie Smaalders and Lorrie Harrison for an hour of amusing stories and anecdotes about Lopez in the 1970s and 1980s. Enjoy his tales of living in an army tent in the early days, working at Camp Nor’wester, community gatherings, plus lots of Lopez lore.
Greg Ewert, Guest Speakers, Once Upon An Island Ewert, KLOI, Lopez Island
An enchanting hour of storytelling with islanders, young and old. Alie Smaalders and Rosie Sumner (sitting in for Lorrie Harrison) visit with local characters, old-timers, philosophers and others who drop by to share personal tales of this place we all call home.
This month: An interview with Sue Dumond. What was it like for a young woman coming from Chicago trying to make a living on Lopez Island as a single mom in the mid-1980s and beyond? Tune in and find out.
Community Interest & News Programs, Guest Speakers, Once Upon An Island, Sue Dumond
Once Upon an Island
An enchanting hour of storytelling with Islanders young and old. Lorrie Harrison and Alie Smaalders visit with local characters, old-timers, philosophers and others who drop by to share personal tales of this place we all call home.
Lifelong friends Steve Horn and Stanley Greenthal talk about living on Lopez in the 1970s — fishing, well-digging, water-witching, beachcombing and dynamiting a road into the woods.
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