Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… We islanders enjoy what is nor­mal­ly a mild cli­mate but every once in a while we get blast­ed with a win­ter storm. If you’ve lived here for a while you have sto­ries to tell of pow­er out­ages, frozen pipes, even  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Whether the New Year brings with it a desire to counter the indul­gences of the hol­i­days or an ongo­ing inten­tion to retain and improve your health and well being, the Mullis Center’s reg­u­lar class­es; Gen­tle Yoga, Chair Yoga, both taught  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… As the year 2019 comes to an end we San Juan Islanders can count our bless­ings. We live on a beau­ti­ful island and we have a senior cen­ter with much to offer.  This year the Mullis Cen­ter has seen some  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the SJ Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… There is a cer­tain amount of hus­tle and bus­tle that inevitably accom­pa­nies the hol­i­day sea­son. Here are just a few ideas that may help lim­it the stress­es and increase the joys of cel­e­brat­ing the hol­i­days: Give the gift of shared expe­ri­ences:  Con­tin­ue Reading

Thanks to Antho­ny DiMichele for this pho­to from Eng­lish Camp…

There’s no get­ting around it – the hol­i­days are on our doorstep. I’ve only a few days until a mot­ley crew of four­teen arrives for wild rice stuffed “Tofurky”, mashed cau­li­flower, and a pletho­ra of oth­er gems from PUP-KIN PIES to CHERPUMPLE; a triple lay­er dit­ty offer­ing BOTH choco­late and white cake stuffed with a  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island stu­dios will be fea­tur­ing glass artist Dar­leen Nixon… Join Island Stu­dios on Fri­day, Novem­ber 29 11:00 am to 3:00 pm at 270 Spring Street in Fri­day Har­bor for a hol­i­day trunk show fea­tur­ing beau­ti­ful glass jew­el­ry and fun, func­tion­al glass pieces for your home cre­at­ed by Dar­leen Nixon of Nixon Art Glass. Find the per­fect  Con­tin­ue Reading

Are you look­ing for some­where for your kids to be dur­ing their win­ter break from school? Our Win­ter Break Camp will pro­vide struc­tured, themed activ­i­ties for your Kindergarteners‑5th Graders in two day ses­sions at Fri­day Har­bor Ele­men­tary School. We will oper­ate camp in the fol­low­ing two-day ses­sions with the fol­low­ing themes Decem­ber 26th & 27th (Sur­vive the Wild),  Con­tin­ue Reading

Save the date and grab a Christ­mas Food Box! Sat­ur­day, Decem­ber 14th, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Fri­day Har­bor Pres­by­ter­ian Church dea­cons will be pro­vid­ing food box­es again for the hol­i­day sea­son. Christ­mas box­es include an assort­ment of fresh fruit, dry goods, canned goods and either a ham or pack­et of tofu for veg­e­tar­i­an box­es. Please  Con­tin­ue Reading

Sal­ish Sea Youth Bal­let is proud to present the 2019 Fri­day Har­bor Nut­crack­er! On Decem­ber 7 & 8, San Juan Island dancers will per­form excerpts from the clas­sic Nut­crack­er bal­let in an inti­mate tea par­ty set­ting at Brick­works. This inter­ac­tive, fam­i­ly friend­ly event immers­es audi­ences into the mag­i­cal sto­ry and is sure to become a  Con­tin­ue Reading