Now the melody the birds sing at night is a different tune than the one they sing in the morning. Their nighttime song is slower and softer, and seems to be beckoning them in to now rest through the night. Slowly the birds head in, and with just a few goodbye chirps, settle down. When the sun rises, the song that is sung is louder, sharper, and alerts us all to wake up and greet the morning. Soon the neighborhood is echoing with the sounds of calling birds as they converse back and forth, spreading news and joyously welcoming another day.
After the weather and traffic of last week, we need to have T shirts printed that say “I survived 7/4/19 on Martha’s Vineyard.” Storms, humidity, and unbelievable traffic occupied most of us for the entire week, as we made attempts to go to appointments and do necessary errands. Many of us had to give up in frustration and return home with our chores uncompleted. But then Saturday night, as promised by meteorologists, the weather changed, and Sunday morning arrived with the promised cool, dry air. This reprieve has given us hope we will be able to survive after all.
The drop-in program “Pen and Paper” will take place from 3 to 4 pm on Thursdays at our library, for ages 12 through 18. Come and enjoy all things writing in the Teen Room. Also on Thursdays, at 6 pm, bring your family to pay board games from the brand-new board game section. There will be games for all ages.
Our Oak Bluffs library has scheduled a second Oak Grove cemetery tour for this coming Saturday, July 13. Interested patrons are to gather at the Oak Bluffs library entrance on Pacific Avenue, at 10 am, and stroll through the cemetery. Thomas Dresser will guide the group to interesting and intriguing gravestones. There will be an opportunity for questions and commentary. No charge.
And don’t forget the free community lunch for all ages at our library on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon.
The annual Oak Bluffs library Book Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the Oak Bluffs Library, is coming next week. The schedule is as follows: Thursday, July 18, and Friday, July 19, from 10 am to 4 pm, and Saturday, July 20, from 10 am to 2 pm. They have a large selection of books in good condition, CDs, DVDs and even some audiobooks are all on sale at great prices. The profits from this sale help finance many of the programs that the library offers throughout the year.
The 37th summer season at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse continues into August with the presentation “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” a wonderfully absurd comedy directed by MJ Bruder Munafo, and winner of the 2013 Tony Award for Best Play. Go to mvplayhouse.org to purchase tickets.
Music with Melissa takes place at 12:30 pm through the month of July at our Oak Bluffs Council on Aging. And there is still some room for the trip to Foxwoods on July 31. The cost is only $35, and travelers are responsible for their own boat ticket and spending money.
The Oak Bluffs Council on Aging Birthday Club luncheon on July 3 recognized the following members who celebrate their birthdays in the month of July: Diane Stuart on July 2, Earl Patterson on the 4th, Sandy Mott and Barbara Plesser on the 11th, Patience Campbell on July 14, and Robert Lesperance on July 26.
We send birthday smiles to Lauren Weaver, and Jeff LaBell on July 13, David deBettencourt on the 14th, Dianne Kenney and my grandson Nick Rivers on the 15th, Sophie Combra and Livy Law Butler on the 16th, and Russell Rogers and Summer Ann Clements on the 17th.
Enjoy your week. Peace.