The early forecast welcomes April with cool temperatures, showers, and wind. The buds on the hill around Pat and Joanie Jenkinson’s old gas pump below their home on North Road are just beginning to turn gold. The baby lambs are impossibly adorable.
Safe travels home from New Zealand to Dana Nunes and Ed Sussman. We’ve missed you, and so appreciate how hard it must be to leave.
Wishing Kay Mayhew love and comfort, blended with so much gratitude.
Happy birthday to Bobby Brown.
This year I didn’t start any seeds. Indoor projects are taking time and attention, and cleaning up from the winter storms will take a long time. Reveling in rambling exploratory walks with my dog noticing the changes and growth. The water striders, skunk cabbage, and skunks are out.
To family and friends, happy Passover.
Little acts of kindness are powerful, and Ingrid Maidoff’s aptly named store, Tending Joy, is filled with artisan-made treasures that kindle hope. It is open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm, located at 697 State Road.
There is a Tenebrae service Thursday evening at 7:30 pm at the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury. This is a beautiful, somber, and reflective service, filled with music, song, and words.
This week reminds me that safety does not come from destruction and cruelty. Greatness does not come from amassing wealth and weaponry.
Here’s to those who are rising. Here’s to those who are growing, encouraging, and healing.
Rain or shine, the Chilmark Community Church offers a sunrise Easter service in the parking lot in Menemsha at 6 am. I will bring a basket of blossoms to scatter with gratitude, and prayers and doughnuts. I appreciate picking up a warm cup of coffee from the Menemsha Texaco. Thank you, Katie and Marshall.
There will be a regular service at the church at 9 am. And yes, after the service there will be an Easter egg hunt for the children.
April heralds the final month of events hosted by Pathways in the Chilmark Tavern, and this Friday, April 3, Rich Giaimo offers a night of solo guitar performances by Doug Brush, Alex Elvin, Anthony Esposito, Rich Giaimo, Andy Herr, and Eric Johnson.
Join us at Pathways for Slow Stitching and conversation, Friday afternoons, 1 pm to 3 pm.
Congratulations, Rebecca Gilbert, on Native Earth Teaching Farm’s first harvest of willow. They are planning to make a living willow structure. The farm is open Sundays, 1 to 4 pm.
North Tabor Farm’s stand is stocked, and they are planting.
Beetlebung Farm is open Wednesday through Saturday, and their Saturday suppers will continue through April. Preorder through their website Thursday by 5 pm, and pick up at the farmstand on Saturday between 4 and 7 pm.