Topic: Around Here
A Moss Girl’s Guide to Moss Viewing
Written on January 11, 2016 at 5:40 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
When I heard on BBC radio about the burgeoning phenomena of moss viewing in Japan I thought, I’m in the perfect place for this activity. In Japan treks into the woods to view moss have become very popular especially among young women. In popular forests local guides now offer moss themed tours. You will want Continue Reading
Shoreline Master Program Teach In
Written on January 11, 2016 at 5:32 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
San Juan County Council has community meetings scheduled this week to answer questions about the proposed Shoreline Master Program. Meetings will be held Tuesday on San Juan, Wednesday on Orcas, and Thursday on Lopez. See the San Juan Calendar for details. If you wish to participate but feel you could use some preparation there will be a prep session held Continue Reading
Orca Whales in Haro Strait
Written on January 10, 2016 at 5:35 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
A winter scene with Orca from Captain James Maya… January 2, 2016, K26 and a friend, one of the K14s, in South Haro Strait, headed west. The Olympics in the background. We were surprised to find them on the west side of San Juan Island as we headed out on our trip that day. Pleasantly Continue Reading
Artist in Process: Dana Lynn Louise
Written on January 10, 2016 at 5:34 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
I stopped by the atrium of San Juan Islands Museum of Art on Friday to meet the artist, Dana Lynn Louis. Louis is in the process of creating an installation called As Above, So Below. Her floor to ceiling drawings of abstract patterns on the tall glass walls seem to suggest stands of DNA, prayer beads, or Continue Reading
Letter About Upcoming School Levy
Written on January 10, 2016 at 5:28 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Joel Arnold shares this letter with you about the upcoming School Levy… This fall I had the opportunity to chair the SJI School District Capital Facilities Levy Committee. As the election date is rapidly approaching this February 9th, I wanted to take a moment to share with the community the process by which the final Continue Reading
Mt Baker Seen From Mt Grant
Written on January 9, 2016 at 5:33 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
This time of year you can come around a bend in the road and suddenly catch a sight of Mt. Baker that takes you breath away. Nancy DeVaux sent us this photo of Mt Baker at its snowy best taken from Mt. Grant.
Terry and Janie Ogle Welcomed Home
Written on January 9, 2016 at 5:32 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Organizers for the Benefit of Terry Ogle bring us this good news… Terry and Janie Ogle arrived home on the afternoon ferry on Friday, January 8, 2016. They have been gone since August 1, 2015. Even though this phone picture is a bit fuzzy, you can see Terry’s wonder and Janie’s smile shining through. They Continue Reading
Hospice of San Juan Offers Grief Support
Written on January 9, 2016 at 5:30 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Hospice of San Juan will offer its 2016 Grief Support Group to anyone in the community who is grieving the loss of a loved one. This professionally facilitated group offers participants an opportunity to share their individual experiences and to acquire tools and resources for coping with their personal grief. Registration is open for the Continue Reading
Conscientious Projector Presents Gaslands 2
Written on January 8, 2016 at 5:33 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
On Monday, January 11 the Conscientious Projector Documentary Series with Rob Simpson will present Gasland 2, a follow up to the Oscar nominated film Gasland. In Gasland 2, filmmaker Josh Fox uses his “trademark dark humor to take a deeper, broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of extracting natural gas Continue Reading
Winter Bingo at the Mullis Center
Written on January 8, 2016 at 5:31 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
From the Soroptimists… Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor will have Bingo at the Mullis Center beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 16, 2016. Games will also be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. January 23, January 30, and February 6, 2016. Bingo books for ten rounds with three cards per round will be sold at Continue Reading
Grisha Krivchenia Releases Solo Album
Written on January 7, 2016 at 5:30 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Many Islanders know Grisha Krivchenia through the music program that he founded and ran at the Spring Street International School. I used to hear him regularly when my mother was living at the Village at the Harbour and Grisha would come in and play, sometimes classical piano, sometimes modern, and sometimes with his jazz trio. Continue Reading
Deadline Looms to Apply For Cash Award
Written on January 7, 2016 at 5:23 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
We hear from the Soroptimists… Are you a female resident of San Juan County who is going to college or vocational school? There is a $2,000 award available to help with expenses, from Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor…. and no one has applied yet! The deadline is January 11th so please help us reach the Continue Reading
Merganser Decoys on West Side Lake.
Written on January 6, 2016 at 5:35 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
We hear from Louise Dustrude… West Side Lake on the Land Bank’s Limekiln Preserve attracts a variety of birds, especially ducks, and so Leslie Veirs came up with the idea of a bird blind along the trail next to the lake where people could watch the birds in an unthreatening way. Doug McCutchen, San Juan Continue Reading
Serendipitous Timing
Written on January 6, 2016 at 5:30 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
This month’s history column from the San Juan Historical Society & Museum… While looking randomly in our digital archives for January’s topic, a photograph of a Friday Harbor Drug Co. calendar from January, 1916 popped immediately into view. What better choice for this month, exactly 100 years later, when our same drug store still has its Continue Reading
Community Dinner and Student Exhibitions
Written on January 6, 2016 at 5:28 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
The Food for Thought Program will present the crowd-pleasing Greek Menu. The Community Projects Class will be presenting Student Community Projects in the classrooms. Dinner will start a little earlier to accommodate the evaluators. (We appreciate your understanding as we invite the evaluators to the front of the dinner line so they can get to the presentations by 5:30). Stroll the Continue Reading
A Moss Girl’s Guide to Moss Viewing
Written on January 11, 2016 at 5:40 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
When I heard on BBC radio about the burgeoning phenomena of moss viewing in Japan I thought, I’m in the perfect place for this activity. In Japan treks into the woods to view moss have become very popular especially among young women. In popular forests local guides now offer moss themed tours. You will want Continue Reading
Shoreline Master Program Teach In
Written on January 11, 2016 at 5:32 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
San Juan County Council has community meetings scheduled this week to answer questions about the proposed Shoreline Master Program. Meetings will be held Tuesday on San Juan, Wednesday on Orcas, and Thursday on Lopez. See the San Juan Calendar for details. If you wish to participate but feel you could use some preparation there will be a prep session held Continue Reading
Orca Whales in Haro Strait
Written on January 10, 2016 at 5:35 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
A winter scene with Orca from Captain James Maya… January 2, 2016, K26 and a friend, one of the K14s, in South Haro Strait, headed west. The Olympics in the background. We were surprised to find them on the west side of San Juan Island as we headed out on our trip that day. Pleasantly Continue Reading
Artist in Process: Dana Lynn Louise
Written on January 10, 2016 at 5:34 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
I stopped by the atrium of San Juan Islands Museum of Art on Friday to meet the artist, Dana Lynn Louis. Louis is in the process of creating an installation called As Above, So Below. Her floor to ceiling drawings of abstract patterns on the tall glass walls seem to suggest stands of DNA, prayer beads, or Continue Reading
Letter About Upcoming School Levy
Written on January 10, 2016 at 5:28 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Joel Arnold shares this letter with you about the upcoming School Levy… This fall I had the opportunity to chair the SJI School District Capital Facilities Levy Committee. As the election date is rapidly approaching this February 9th, I wanted to take a moment to share with the community the process by which the final Continue Reading
Mt Baker Seen From Mt Grant
Written on January 9, 2016 at 5:33 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
This time of year you can come around a bend in the road and suddenly catch a sight of Mt. Baker that takes you breath away. Nancy DeVaux sent us this photo of Mt Baker at its snowy best taken from Mt. Grant.
Terry and Janie Ogle Welcomed Home
Written on January 9, 2016 at 5:32 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Organizers for the Benefit of Terry Ogle bring us this good news… Terry and Janie Ogle arrived home on the afternoon ferry on Friday, January 8, 2016. They have been gone since August 1, 2015. Even though this phone picture is a bit fuzzy, you can see Terry’s wonder and Janie’s smile shining through. They Continue Reading
Hospice of San Juan Offers Grief Support
Written on January 9, 2016 at 5:30 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Hospice of San Juan will offer its 2016 Grief Support Group to anyone in the community who is grieving the loss of a loved one. This professionally facilitated group offers participants an opportunity to share their individual experiences and to acquire tools and resources for coping with their personal grief. Registration is open for the Continue Reading
Conscientious Projector Presents Gaslands 2
Written on January 8, 2016 at 5:33 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
On Monday, January 11 the Conscientious Projector Documentary Series with Rob Simpson will present Gasland 2, a follow up to the Oscar nominated film Gasland. In Gasland 2, filmmaker Josh Fox uses his “trademark dark humor to take a deeper, broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of extracting natural gas Continue Reading
Winter Bingo at the Mullis Center
Written on January 8, 2016 at 5:31 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
From the Soroptimists… Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor will have Bingo at the Mullis Center beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 16, 2016. Games will also be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. January 23, January 30, and February 6, 2016. Bingo books for ten rounds with three cards per round will be sold at Continue Reading
Grisha Krivchenia Releases Solo Album
Written on January 7, 2016 at 5:30 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
Many Islanders know Grisha Krivchenia through the music program that he founded and ran at the Spring Street International School. I used to hear him regularly when my mother was living at the Village at the Harbour and Grisha would come in and play, sometimes classical piano, sometimes modern, and sometimes with his jazz trio. Continue Reading
Deadline Looms to Apply For Cash Award
Written on January 7, 2016 at 5:23 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
We hear from the Soroptimists… Are you a female resident of San Juan County who is going to college or vocational school? There is a $2,000 award available to help with expenses, from Soroptimist International of Friday Harbor…. and no one has applied yet! The deadline is January 11th so please help us reach the Continue Reading
Merganser Decoys on West Side Lake.
Written on January 6, 2016 at 5:35 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
We hear from Louise Dustrude… West Side Lake on the Land Bank’s Limekiln Preserve attracts a variety of birds, especially ducks, and so Leslie Veirs came up with the idea of a bird blind along the trail next to the lake where people could watch the birds in an unthreatening way. Doug McCutchen, San Juan Continue Reading
Serendipitous Timing
Written on January 6, 2016 at 5:30 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
This month’s history column from the San Juan Historical Society & Museum… While looking randomly in our digital archives for January’s topic, a photograph of a Friday Harbor Drug Co. calendar from January, 1916 popped immediately into view. What better choice for this month, exactly 100 years later, when our same drug store still has its Continue Reading
Community Dinner and Student Exhibitions
Written on January 6, 2016 at 5:28 am, by Peggy Sue McRae
The Food for Thought Program will present the crowd-pleasing Greek Menu. The Community Projects Class will be presenting Student Community Projects in the classrooms. Dinner will start a little earlier to accommodate the evaluators. (We appreciate your understanding as we invite the evaluators to the front of the dinner line so they can get to the presentations by 5:30). Stroll the Continue Reading