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March 10 - March 16, 2005 Edition
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TISBURY March 10, 2005 Hermine Hull - 508-693-2525 - hrmhull@gis.net I saw my friend Ruth Kirchmeier out pruning branches in front of her house along the Edgartown Road. She said her snowdrops and crocuses were bravely blooming, despite the snow. It was a lovely, balmy day (Sunday), good for being out of doors. Ruth was only wearing a thin sweater and blue jeans - no coat. I was on my way home with Jake and Tallulah after a dog walk at Lucy Vincent with Jared and BZ and their two labs - on my way home to watch the Red Sox play the Phillies at City of Palms Park. Flowers, baseball, spring. Our friend Sue Hruby, soon to be permanently of Tiasquam Road in West Tisbury, was here for the weekend, staying with us. She is concerned about increasing the energy efficiency of her house, a much-added-on-to former camp, and had meetings with an energy auditor from NStar and contractors for heating and insulation. Mike, her builder and caretaker, was included. Sue had earlier consulted Kate Warner, and is a good researcher out of habit, so she had prepared well for the meetings. We also had time for a beach walk with Talley, lunch at the Harbor View, and lots of “girl talk” before she returned to New York. I'm really looking forward to my summer friend becoming a year-rounder. Betty Franklin e-mailed me from Sarasota to say that she ran into fellow West Tisburyite, Margery Meltzer, at the opera last week. They saw a “wonderful performance” of “Cavalleria Rusticana” and “Pagliacci”; Margery was on her own that evening: her partner Cheryl Stark doesn't share her enthusiasm for opera. Biga has reopened. Happily, Douglas's mother's surgery went well, she is recuperating at home, and Beth and Douglas have returned to West Tisbury. Andrea Hartman called to tell me about her trip to the State House in Boston on March 2 to attend a 25th year celebration for Massachusetts Cultural Councils. Andrea was accompanied by fellow West Tisbury council members, Dan Waters and Julia Mitchell, and Tisbury member, Joanne Horgan. Dan was recognized as an “Outstanding Volunteer,” an award for his two-year effort to merge the six Island town councils into one, the Martha's Vineyard Cultural Council. They enjoyed meeting with Rep. Eric Turkington, newly appointed chairman of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts, and Cultural Development, and with Peter Nessen, West Tisbury resident and chairman of the Massachusetts Cultural Councils statewide. Sen. Edward Kennedy addressed the meeting via video. A tour of the State House was a highlight of the day, Andrea commenting on the “patina of age and sensing the ghosts of our history.” Our Island has $12,000 in funds to distribute, and of course, they lobbied for increased funding for the arts. If this issue is important to you, please write to Sen. Rob O'Leary, Rep. Turkington, or Gov. Mitt Romney. Lots going on this up-coming week. On Saturday evening, March 12, the Vineyard Energy Project is sponsoring a program by author Paul Roberts. His topic will be “The End of Oil,” based on his travels as a journalist in the Middle East. He is concerned that we Americans are not planning for a time when oil and natural gas will be too expensive to use as freely as we are accustomed to doing. His books will be available, courtesy of the Bunch of Grapes. The event will be held at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown at 7:30 pm; tickets are $5, free for students. Come early; the band Squash Meadow will start playing at 7 pm. Have questions ready to ask after the lecture. Park and Rec is sponsoring a Family Skate at the Martha's Vineyard Arena, Sunday afternoon from 1:30 to 3 pm. The event is free to all. Please bring a snack or dessert to share; drinks will be provided. Call Peggy Stone at 696-0147 for more information. Monday evening plan to come to the Library on State Road for a Needle Felting Workshop led by Christa Fischer. You can make a soft wool bunny or an egg (Look at the pair of bunnies on the circulation desk to see a sample of Christa's work.). The program will be held from 7 to 8:30 pm. Pre-registration is required, as the number of participants will be limited to ten. Ages 10 and up are welcome. There will be a $5 charge for materials for each bunny or egg. Please call the library at 693-3366 to register. Shelby Ferry reported on her excellent school vacation trip to Bretton Woods, N.H. She and her family spent three days skiing on over a foot of freshly fallen powder snow. They also attended a big family party for her aunt and uncle, who were celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary. “Good cake” was the assessment of the party. Heather and Ed Sussman have just returned from a trip to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand. Their descriptions of lives so different from ours were fascinating. Construction is all done with hand tools, some quite primitive. The structural support of most buildings is bamboo; when rebar is used, it is bent by hand, usually by women. The women dig sand, lug it in baskets yoked across their shoulders, and mix the cement. Heather described the main mode of transportation, motorbikes, and the way four or five people, dogs and babies included, ride together on each vehicle, the vehicles themselves swaying and moving in a ballet-like swath through the streets. Food is served in set-up cafes along the sidewalks. When a policeman is coming, the food and stools are whisked away by the owner (a woman), who quickly stows her brazier, food, bowls, and stools into her yoked-baskets, disappears totally until the policeman has passed, then reappears and sets the stools back under her customers and hands them back their dinners. Congratulations to Andrew Woodruff, who will be expanding his CSA (Community Sponsored Agriculture) program this summer. He has rented Thimble Farm, where he will have a lot more room for growing vegetables. Postmistress Vicki Thurber has reported a problem with household trash being left at the West Tisbury Post Office. She asks that people remember that the P.O. trashcans are only for unwanted mail. Condolences to the family of Tom Britt, who died last week at home. Welcome home to Victoria, Ray, Thomas Lloyd, and Lonnie Phillips. They were in New Orleans for the school vacation, visiting old haunts and old friends. A highlight of their visit was a celebration for Ruth Kempf's 90th birthday. The sun is shining and it is almost 50 degrees outside. A perfect day to take Tallulah for a walk, then maybe paint outdoors. The patterns of snow and ice melting have been intriguing (good value contrasts) and it is heavenly to be outdoors without being uncomfortable. My snowdrops and crocuses, which were blooming before the last snows, have been buried. Maybe they have reappeared. Lots of pruning to do as well. I should follow Ruth Kirchmeier's example and start tidying up all the downed and broken branches. It's also a good time to bring some inside; I haven't forced branches from my cherry tree yet, which are the most delicate, beautiful, clusters of pink flowers, like little ballet skirts. It's time to get on with the day. |
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