Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Fam­i­ly tra­di­tions are some­thing we val­ue espe­cial­ly at the hol­i­days. I’ve been think­ing about how fam­i­ly tra­di­tions evolve and change over time. Three of my four sis­ters will be vis­it­ing me next week for a Pre-Christ­­mas gift exchange par­ty. Talk­ing  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the SJ Update, writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… I set out this week to do some ini­tial hol­i­day shop­ping. Thanks­giv­ing is over and I’m ready to dec­o­rate. With my dog-eared Island a’ la’ Carte Coupon Book from the Mullis Cen­ter I saved 15% at Ace Hard­ware on a promis­ing Christ­mas  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… The Mullis Cen­ter Annu­al Hol­i­day Arti­san Craft Fair starts this Fri­day, Novem­ber 16, from 4 — 7 pm and con­tin­ues Sat­ur­day from 10 am — 4 pm.  I’m par­tic­i­pat­ing this year, which means I have a lot of cards to  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Its time to vote! Not just in the Novem­ber 6 gen­er­al elec­tion but its time to elect board mem­bers for the Mullis Cen­ter Oper­a­tions Com­mit­tee.  Eli­gi­ble vot­ers are any­one 60 years of age and old­er, or dis­abled, and a res­i­dent  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the SJ Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… On the sec­ond Fri­day of the month the Mullis Cen­ter hosts Fun Fri­day Bin­go. For ten dol­lars you get a deli­cious sea­son­al­ly themed lunch and 15 cards of Bin­go. On Fri­day I enlist­ed my friend Therese Finn and we joined a  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update, writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… While it may still seem like sum­mer can’t real­ly be over already, believe it or not, it is time to think about this year’s Hol­i­day Craft Fair. This will be the Mullis Cen­ter’s Sec­ond Annu­al Arti­san Fair. I went last year  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update, writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… One of the most crit­i­cal com­po­nents of main­tain­ing hap­pi­ness and health as we get old­er is stay­ing mobile and not falling down. Regard­ing that, I have some good news and I have some some bad news. The good news is  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update, writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Three new class­es are being offered at the Mullis Cen­ter this fall: Tai Ji Quan: Mov­ing for Bet­ter Bal­ance with Stephanie Pri­ma start­ing Oct 4, Life Coach­ing with Sharon Hoop­er start­ing Oct 11, and Chair Yoga with Kate­ri­na Wen start­ing Oct 2. Tai Ji  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the SJ Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… You don’t have to spend much time here to real­ize that we have a wealth of local tal­ent on our small Island. Our artists, musi­cians, and thes­pi­ans are often on dis­play but it is unusu­al to see a room full of  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the SJ Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… August is a busy month at the Mullis Cen­ter. The month starts out by adding a spe­cial sea­son­al flour­ish to our first Sun­day of the month (August 5) Pan­cake Break­fast Fundrais­er: Adding fresh local berries and whipped cream to the pop­u­lar  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the SJ Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Now that hot sum­mer weath­er has final­ly come to our neck of the woods we may rejoice but we also need to take care. High tem­per­a­tures can be dan­ger­ous. The July issue of San Juan Island Senior Sig­nal*, the Mullis Senior Center’s  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Island a’ la Carte, the Mullis Center’s new coupon book just came out. I already used my first coupon at San Juan Bak­ery this morn­ing. With 20% off of my entire pur­chase that was a good deal. The coupon books  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update, writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… On the sec­ond Mon­day of each month Senior Ser­vices of San Juan Coun­ty presents the video series, Awak­en­ing From Alzheimer’s. The next two show­ings on July 9 and August 13 will be in the Mullis Center’s Craft Room at 1:00  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the SJ Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… There is a new face at the Mullis Cen­ter. Anna Cof­felt-Kuet­z­ing was hired in May to be the Mullis Center’s new facil­i­tiy man­ag­er. Anna, who hails from a pio­neer island fam­i­ly, grew up on Lopez and has called San Juan Island  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the SJ Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… A new pub­lic art project is com­ing to Fri­day Har­bor in June. Keep a look out for a new instal­la­tion in the Sun­shine Alley Breeze­way, the nar­row alley next to the Palace The­atre, hon­or­ing island artist Mar­jorie Walk­er. I remem­ber Mar­jorie  Con­tin­ue Reading

Island Senior is a reg­u­lar col­umn on the San Juan Update writ­ten by Peg­gy Sue McRae… Whether they are serv­ing up a hot lunch, deliv­er­ing meals on wheels, or set­ting up for a pan­cake break­fast, vol­un­teers are the life’s blood of our senior cen­ter.  This April in appre­ci­a­tion for all of those who vol­un­teer, the Mullis  Con­tin­ue Reading