Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… On Mon­day the Mullis Cen­ter Book Club met for the first time using Zoom. This was also my first time using Zoom so I was hap­py to dis­cov­er how easy it was. The Book Club is facil­i­tat­ed by San Juan  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… How is every­body doing? As an intro­vert who already works at home hav­ing to stay home has not changed my lifestyle very much. Yet, it is dif­fer­ent. I am aware now that I touch my face way too much and  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Things have moved so swift­ly with the coro­n­avirus it seems like we were just watch­ing it on the news unfold­ing in Chi­na then sud­den­ly it was close to home. Now our schools, the library, church­es and offices are closed and  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… One of my favorite quotes about sleep comes from for­mer Sec­re­tary of State Col­in Pow­ell who said, “I’m sleep­ing like a baby… Every two hours I wake up scream­ing.” Hope­ful­ly your sleep is more rest­ful!  As we get old­er many  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… There will be no lunch served at the Mullis Cen­ter on Mon­day. Pres­i­dents Day is a fed­er­al hol­i­day; banks and the post office are also closed. Before the Uni­form Fed­er­al Hol­i­days act of 1971 we observed Abra­ham Lincoln’s birth­day Feb­ru­ary  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… A Scots­man was eat­ing his oats when an Eng­lish­man scoffed, “In Eng­land we feed oats to our hors­es.” “Aye,” said the Scot, “That is why Eng­land rais­es the best hors­es… and Scot­land the best men.” So said my dad, Jim McRae,  Con­tin­ue Reading

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

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Get your hol­i­day sea­son shop­ping off to a fes­tive start at the Mullis Center’s Hol­i­day Craft Fair. The Fair hap­pens the week­end before Thanks­giv­ing, this year on Fri­day, Novem­ber 22, from 5:00 to 8:00 pm and on Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 23,  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… The Mullis Cen­ter has a new lead cook. I was delight­ed to learn the new cook is my friend Kate Stone.  Kate recent­ly returned to San Juan Island after mov­ing with her fam­i­ly to New Zealand for a 5‑year adven­ture  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… The prac­tice of mind­ful­ness is an impor­tant tool to have in your men­tal tool­box espe­cial­ly when life gets stress­ful. I’ve learned dif­fer­ent mind­ful­ness tech­niques or med­i­ta­tion prac­tices over the years most­ly with­in the con­text of a yoga class or Bud­dhist  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Recent­ly my sis­ter Bet­ty unearthed a piece of applique needle­work that I made in the 80s called “Grandma’s Gar­den”. It was my fan­ci­ful depic­tion of our grand­moth­er Belle Mullis work­ing in her gar­den.  As kids grow­ing up in the Seat­tle  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Eat­ing fresh whole­some food is one of the cor­ner­stones of main­tain­ing good health. As any­one who shops for food knows, this can get expen­sive. Sorop­ti­mist Inter­na­tion­al of Fri­day Har­bor has gen­er­at­ed greater access to good food by part­ner­ing with San Juan  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Even while we cher­ish our late sum­mer days there is a twist to the sea­sons this time of year.  Kids head back to school and while I’ve been out of school for a long time I still feel the urge  Con­tin­ue Reading