Olympia—Throughout August, the Washington Invasive Species Council and the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) are asking the public to take 10 minutes to check trees in their communities for invasive insects. August is the peak time of year that wood-boring insects are most often spotted outside of trees. “State and federal agencies do a fantastic Continue Reading
Recent Posts by Peggy Sue

New Artworks Appear On The Forest Path At Roche Harbor Sculpture Park
July 27, 2020 at 6:15 am
If you visit the Sculpture Park at Roche Harbor on a warm summer day you may feel drawn toward the shade of the forest path. Should you venture into the wooded path you may find some surprises. Island artists Anita Barreca and Francie Hansen joined by others including Beth Spadafora and Jason Munkres have adorned Continue Reading

Island Senior: Surviving Cabin Fever
July 16, 2020 at 5:43 am
Island Senior is a regular column on the San Juan Update written by Peggy Sue McRae… According to Wikipedia, cabin fever refers to “claustrophobic irritability or restlessness experienced when a person, or group, is stuck at an isolated location or in confined quarters for an extended period of time”. Anybody relate? They go on to say… “Cabin Continue Reading

Island Senior: Coping With Coronavirus, How Is Your Mental Health?
June 30, 2020 at 11:49 am
Island Senior is a regular column on the San Juan Update written by Peggy Sue McRae… With the pressure and stress of opening up our destination vacation island only to then slow the opening back down, the arrival of visitors with and without masks, spiking COVID numbers across the nation, not to mention prolonged isolation, a Continue Reading

Island Senior: Town Installs Poetry Gardens
June 17, 2020 at 7:35 am
Island Senior is a regular column on the San Juan Update written by Peggy Sue McRae… It’s June and gardens on the island are burgeoning with new life. At the Mullis Center more than foliage and flowers has sprung up. Among the greenery on the east side of the building you will now find poems thanks Continue Reading

Island Senior: Coping With Coronavirus — Phase 2
May 31, 2020 at 10:14 am
Island Senior is a regular column on the San Juan Update written by Peggy Sue McRae… It is summer in the San Juans and San Juan County has moved into Phase 2 of our state’s four-phased Safe Start Washington plan. What does this mean for island seniors as local businesses slowly begin to open up, the Continue Reading

Island Senior: Still Coping With Coronavirus
May 16, 2020 at 7:23 am
Island Senior is a regular column on the San Juan Island Update written by Peggy Sue McRae… Its been a few months now of staying home and staying healthy, of wearing masks and gloves to the grocery store, of staying six feet apart from friends we’d really like to hug, of meetings on Zoom. How are Continue Reading

Island Senior: Local Artist’s T‑Shirt Sales Support Local Seniors
May 1, 2020 at 7:04 am
Island Senior is a regular column on the San Juan Update written by Peggy Sue McRae… With community lunches on hold due to COVID-19 it may seem like not much is happening these days at the Mullis Center. However, since the lockdown, the number of meals delivered to local seniors by our Meals on Wheels nutrition Continue Reading
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