Loving the outdoors after years in the desert, Laurie is hiking and traveling, currently exploring the beautiful Pacific Northwest region. Other hobbies include spotting (real) and collecting (fake) foxes, Spider Solitaire, playing April Fools' jokes on coworkers, and making folded book art (the only acceptable form of folding book pages, don’t you know?).
Staff (Alphabetically)
This singing, tap-dancing thespian keeps the Library running with super IT skills…and coffee.
A poet and adventurer, Rowan can be found playing the ukulele and cello, exploring the local flora and fauna, and crafting something from scratch.
Favorite hobbies besides reading are traveling, obstacle course racing and watching her chickens run around. She is fascinated by alligators and crocodiles, but is terrified of cockroaches.
Finding herself with no cows to chase, Pat has taken to wrangling books at the Library when she is not out horsing around…
Elizabeth was born and raised in SW Washington. She has lived in another country but never another state. Some of her favorite activities include listening to audiobooks, eating, and hanging out with her cats. As a lifelong practitioner of karate, Elizabeth spent the last five years teaching in her own dojo.
Beth spends her days raising bees, knitting teeny-tiny socks, and preserving the bounty of the garden.
When she is not engaged in outreach she is exploring the technology that surrounds us.Born and raised on San Juan Island, Genevieve pairs her favorite books with saltwater. She spends more time on the water than land, racing sailboats competitively and cruising casually in the Salish Sea and beyond. And don't forget the dog, the dog sails, too (we are still working on his reading skills).
Ditched urban life for rural living on five acres with a guitar playing chords man, one barky dog, four quacking ducks, and a cat from the Galapagos who brings bull froggies home for dinner. For a little peace and quiet Melina plays bells every Monday night with the High Class Ding-a-lings.
Our resident Wonder Woman prefers listening to audio books rather than actually reading. Stephanie just recently learned how to swim, someday wishes to be able to do one pull up, and her favorite game to play is Words with Friends.
Two conversations with strangers have influenced Brenna's life: one with an Orcas Island resident, the other with a naturalist who once lived in Friday Harbor. The advice they gave her boils down to two things: "why not you" and "you gotta chase it". In her free time Brenna is often playing with her dog, usually exploring the island, and always looking for whales.
Having spent most of her career in the big world of corporate finance, Amy made a swift transition to an idyllic island life in 2009. She devoted her skills full-time to helping local nonprofits and has never looked back. In her spare time, Amy can be found cuddling with her 2 rescue greyhounds among piles of novels, cookbooks, and knitting projects. She drinks entirely too much tea and possesses a life-long affinity for tiny found objects (her "whatnot collection") and handmade dolls.
Our resident raptor expert, Sue likes to watch wildlife and observe the seasonal changes in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Public Service Assistants
Colleen came here 30 years ago, left for a while and then came back because...it's the island. When she's not at the library she works on the endless remodel of her house, rat-proofing the crawl-space, hauling gravel for the driveway and applying her meager but hard-earned carpentry skills to baseboard trim.