Gail Gardner
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...
Edgartown: Hopefully, we’ll all make it through OK
Every year I think that this will be the Christmas season that I’m organized and on top of everything — baking, gift buying, decorating....
Edgartown: It is clearly worth it
The rainy weather certainly didn’t dampen any spirits for Christmas in Edgartown. Thankfully, warmer temperatures accompanied the rain on Saturday so people were still...
Edgartown: Enjoy each moment
December is already sprinting past me it seems. I think it is my realization today that next weekend and the weekend after are going...
Edgartown: The list is long
My goodness. I fumbled a wee bit when I typed in the date for this column. Dec. 2. How can that be? I was...
Edgartown: Silver linings
Happy Thanksgiving! Even with all the challenges in the last couple of years, the trials and tribulations of COVID, the political discord, and the...
Edgartown: That snuck up on me pretty quickly
Nov. 11 turned out to be a lovely day to celebrate and thank our veterans. I remember some mighty cold ceremonies at Ocean Park...
Edgartown: The last two weeks have been a wild ride
The last two weeks have been a wild ride. Starting with the huge nor’easter causing so much damage heading into Halloween weekend to the...
Edgartown: Everything is still mostly green
I write this week from the highway heading home from New Hampshire, where we spent the weekend with friends and family. Our girl Kiana...