Gail Gardner
Edgartown: 20 on the 20th
I can’t believe that we are already in the third week of May. I’m thinking that the gray, windy weather is playing games with...
Edgartown: Little bits of normalcy
The calendar says mid-May. I know it does. But this weather? It has winter written all over it. What is with this wind and...
Edgartown: What a welcome gift
Hooray, hooray, the first of May. I’m sitting down to start this week’s column after an incredibly warm and beautiful first day of May....
Edgartown: Is it just me?
I can’t believe April is coming to an end. The past few months have gone by so fast. This spring feels like it has...
Edgartown: I took last week off from work
I stared at my computer last night, trying to write a column, until I fell asleep. I’m all off kilter these days. I took...
Edgartown: That small-town bond
Thank you to everyone for your kind words about my column last week, and about my dad in general. It’s times like this when...
Edgartown: I miss my daddy
I’m afraid I cannot offer up a typical Edgartown column this week. I have neither the words nor the gumption to write a regular...
Edgartown: Sunshine will win out
Isn’t it wonderful to see flowers popping up everywhere? Snowdrops and crocuses are flowering all over, and tulips and daffodils are getting ready to...
Edgartown: Why yes, I did take an outside shower today
It’s Sunday, and it's officially spring. Today was a pretty nice day, and my amazingly wonderful and supportive husband, Don, and I spent the...
Edgartown: I do so hope the pendulum will swing the other way soon
I am sitting down to start this week’s column on March 13. Two years ago it was a Friday, and boy was it a...
Edgartown: It will be so weird
Ahhhhh. The dreaded re-entry to winter on M.V. after a vacation to the beach! I feel quite refreshed, but a little overwhelmed, as I...
Edgartown: Congratulations to Warner and her folks
Greetings and happy March. Isn’t it March that comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, or vice versa? Regardless, it’s...
Edgartown: Congratulations to Addison McDonough
Greetings, and thank you to everyone who has sent kind thoughts and good wishes our way following last week’s article. Pop is doing well,...
Edgartown: We should all count our blessings
Due to a series of miscommunications and blunders on my part, last week’s column didn’t make the hard copy of the paper and was...
Edgartown: I’m grateful to still have him around
Did you miss me last week? It was a rough week and I just could not bring myself to write a column. You see,...
Edgartown: It’s all in what we make of it
January is beginning to fade, as we enter the last few days of the month and head into February, the longest shortest month of...
Edgartown: Boy, do I miss them
Is it just me, or has January 2022 been a wee bit of a rough start? I try to look for the silver linings,...
Edgartown: Keeping my sanity
I always lull myself into a false sense of security that January is a slow month. And it would be if I didn’t still...
Edgartown: You are amazing
Happy New Year! 2022 is upon us. It doesn’t seem possible “Y2K” — the change from 1999 to 2000 that had us all on...
Edgartown: The lighter side of life
Christmas Day has come and gone. I have to be honest. This year wasn’t overly smooth. The kids are now adults with their own...