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April 28 - May 4, 2005 Edition
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TISBURY April 28, 2005 Hermine Hull - 508-693-2525 - hrmhull@gis.net My husband has a love/hate relationship with my garden. My vision for the place was based on many of the old West Tisbury gardens I had visited, filled with lilacs, dogwood, and viburnum, daffodils and myrtle around their bases. Very homey and established looking, not too manicured. Really not manicured at all. As I look out my windows at the billowing lilac bushes and the carpet of flowers in the “lawn” it looks beautiful to me, and a mess to Mike. Sophie Block's garden on Music Street has violets blooming all across and throughout her lawn. I have always loved the way that looks, so I've never minded them creeping, flourishing, spreading out here. White, purple, blue, rose, some with striped patterns, some pure color: violets are blooming, surrounded by billions of baby seedlings. Mike has devoted a substantial bit of time and effort into annihilating every violet from our property, an effort in which he has totally failed. One year, much to his Aunt Janice's and my amusement, he killed off a goodly portion of his beloved grass while the targeted violets survived. Not that he probably isn't plotting some new scheme as I write this. But for the moment, the violets are saucily showing their faces everywhere. I guess Mike looks at his lawn with the same devotion. He dreams of a pristine and lush carpet, green and perfectly manicured. Perched atop this sward would be neatly pruned shrubs. I have never gone too far with this conversation, not really wanting to know for sure, but I suspect he might like to see trimmed geometry in place of nature. On Friday, April 29, fourth and fifth grade students at the Chilmark School will celebrate May Day. They will begin the day making May Baskets and follow through a number of events, including traditional dances taught by Lee Fierro. The West Tisbury Library invites everyone to join us at the Music Street Annex on Saturday, April 30 from 2 to 5 pm for a Farewell Party. Leslie Baker and I are baking library-shaped cookies to serve. There will be a silent auction of library items including the old card catalogue cabinets, typewriters, furniture, signs, and artwork. I'm feeling very nostalgic writing this; it has been a privilege for the town to have use of that building again, beautifully restored. Thank you to the Martha's Vineyard Preservation Trust for a very generous rental agreement, and to our voters for supporting our tenure there. After the party, we may need some volunteers with pick-up trucks to help bring the sofa and chairs back to the main library, soon to be just the library again. Cathy Brennan, newly elected chair of the West Tisbury Town Democratic Committee, will hold her first meeting Saturday morning, April 30, 10 am, at Howes House. The agenda will focus on simple bylaws, ways to expand membership, and outreach to town Democrats. Any West Tisbury Democrats and other interested townspeople are welcome to attend. Passover was celebrated by many families across town this week. Mike and I had been invited to attend a seder at the home of Leslie Baker and David Gorenberg. We were unable to attend (now I have a cold, making me persona non grata at all events), but Leslie kindly brought us a complete Passover dinner and an invitation to attend in person next year. She reported that it was a wonderful evening of good food, good stories, a timeless ritual, and good friends. Attending were Adele and Stan Schonbrun, Nicole Friedler, and Helen Koch. Leslie and David's puppy, Zenobia, discovered matzo, which she liked. Happy Passover to all. |
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