Sunday was bright, warm, and sunny. The forecast calls for jacket and cap weather. The Beetlebung trees are red, the ferns gold.
The Chilmark library’s Book Club will meet Oct. 27, from noon to 1:30 pm. This month’s selection is a fabulous read, the true story of a 19-year-old woman who took on challenges, became the captain of a merchant ship, and faced treacherous navigation of Antarctica’s deadly waters — “The Sea Captain’s Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World,” by Tilar J. Mazzeo.
Every vote counts, and we can cast our in-person ballots early at the Chilmark Town Hall, through Friday this week from 1 to 3 pm. On Saturday, Oct. 24, ballots can be cast from 9 to 11 am, and 3 to 5 pm. Next Monday through Friday, we can vote between 1 and 3 pm. The last day to cast an in-person ballot is Friday, Oct. 30.
The last day Chilmark residents can register to vote is Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 to 11 am and 3 to 5 pm at the Chilmark Town Hall, 401 Middle Road, and online at bit.ly/Mass_RegisterToVote.
Thank you to the Martha’s Vineyard League of Women Voters for hosting a lovely and informative tea at the M.V. Museum. Thank you, Bow Van Riper, for giving us information from the museum’s collection on the women who were there in the beginning. The collections in the museum and the towns are archives that don’t just preserve things from decay, but make them available for us. I am constantly reminded that we stand on the shoulders of those who came before.
Thank you, Deborah Medders, for presenting the history of the league and the continued nonpartisan focus of the league on the right of every adult citizen in the U.S. to cast a vote, and the right to be informed on the issues on the ballots so you can decide how to cast your vote. Thank you, Ken Armstead and Joan Kass, for helping young people register and supporting civics education.Thank you, Carol Early, for supporting membership. The group’s Facebook page is bit.ly/MVLeagueOfWomenVoters.
The Chilmark Volunteer Fire Department has a new digital home on Facebook: bit.ly/FB_ChilmarkFD.
It is late, but time to double-check that the fire extinguishers are where they belong, test the smoke and carbon dioxide alarms, clean the chimney, furnace ducts, and stovepipes, and check the furnace and woodstove.
Iggy’s, Larsen’s Fish Market, and Pandora have closed for the season. The Menemsha Texaco has shifted its hours, weekdays 8 to 4 pm, weekends, 9 to 1 pm. And Marshall reminds us we can come Monday through Wednesdays for early morning coffee and conversation, 6:30 to 8 am.
