Gail Gardner
Edgartown: What money can’t buy
Wow. It looked like we were revisited by summer crowds this past weekend, didn’t it? I didn’t get out to see much of the...
Edgartown: Decorating days
Happy December. Time is just flying by, it seems. We’ve begun to decorate the house, and will soon get a tree to set up...
Edgartown: It’s concert season
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of fun, family, friends, and food. We had a great few days, and a wonderful meal....
Edgartown: Wreath week
The island is quite lively this weekend, as many people arrive for Thanksgiving. I heard that Woods Hole was a madhouse on Sunday, with...
Edgartown: Check out the Carnegie
As I sit down to write, I can honestly say I’ve got that “winter chill.” You know the one. You just can’t seem to...
Edgartown: Play ball!
As I start this week’s column, I’ve assumed my position in a comfy chair, feet up, to watch Game 5 of the World Series....
Edgartown: Fundraising
Fundraising, fundraising, fundraising. That’s what we’re doing this week. I joke every year that we should all just get together at the beginning of...
Edgartown: Sweater comeback
This weekend marked the end of the summer season for real, according to the calendar. That said, on my run around town last night...
Edgartown: Sneaking in beach time
October is here. But I still snuck in quality beach time on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. I got to refresh the tan...
Edgartown: Beach season fading fast
Fall is in the air. And on the calendar. We are still doing our best to hold onto summer, having spent a couple of...
Edgartown: Art show fundraiser
What a lovely weekend we had on our little Island this past weekend. The beach was packed. Well, packed by September standards, anyway. And...
Edgartown: Surviving the first week of school
Well, we all survived the first week of school. It’s always dizzyingly happy and exciting the first week or two back in the classrooms....
Edgartown: Full Fall calendar ahead
Happy September. Summer rat that I am, I can’t wait to see this one far in the rear view. It’s been challenging in oh...
Edgartown: Getting back to business
Hey, I missed you all last week. Life has been a little scattered lately, and I was in New Mexico without a computer, and...
Edgartown: Tempura for the Touchdown Club
Happy busiest week of the year on M.V. For the first time ever, I’ll be missing the fair, which is weird for me. But...
Edgartown: Rotary pancake breakfast
Today is the day. Riley and I head to Boston tonight, and New Mexico in the morn. So I'm doing what any sensible mother...
Edgartown: “A Master of Balance” program
The tension is building at home these days, as we are into the final countdown for moving into college. Riley is currently scheduled to...
Edgartown: Clear the roads
Watch out, world: Amelia has her permit! My baby is driving. This summer is just chock-a-block full of ‘how did that happen so fast’...
Edgartown: Tribal Clans of Chappy
It might be my imagination, or it might be just because the Fourth of July week was crazy here, but the Island seems bearable...
Edgartown: “As I See It” art show
Here’s my deep thought for this week. Or rather, my awakening this week. I was taking my niece, Abby, to the boat on Sunday,...