Welcome to Living Whidbey Island!  A community online magazine designed for gathering and sharing ideas, information, inspiration, and resources available on the Island.  Whether you are new to the Island or a long-time resident, this collection of blog posts may serve as a guide for creating your own abundant lifestyle in the great Pacific Northwest!

 
 

Winter Soltice - Holiday Edition 2020!!

What a year! Holidays on the Island (and everywhere) are different this year. While we hunker down and try our best to stay safe from the coronavirus, we imagine ways to preserve some of the holiday traditions that we have always enjoyed, as well as some creative new ones we can adapt to the situation we find ourselves in at home without our extended family and friends.

This issue is about good ‘Cheers’ from a distance. It’s not the same… We don’t dare gather with our friends from work, our neighbors, or our extended family members for hot toddies and other libations, but we can toast each other in our immediate households, and hold parties online through Zoom and other media.

Meanwhile, Jupiter and Saturn are forming a sort of “Christmas Star” as they move closer to each other than they’ve been for hundreds of years. Explore this phenomenon and other Solstice information, below…

 
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