Hermine Hull

Last week was hot and sunny again, more summer-like weather than what I expect by now. Usually cool, crisp days begin as soon as...

Sunlight is filtering through the trees in our woods, reaching the ground in broad swaths and dappled patterns, green-gold, peach, and a muddy violet....

The changing light at the beginning and end of the day has become noticeable, a little darker in the morning when I take Abby...

I am watching birds splash around in the birdbath in our backyard. Nuthatches, chickadees, a tufted titmouse, five or six of them at once,...

I have cried almost every day since Donald Trump became president, and can still feel the physicality of shock as I watched the returns...

The Island feels a bit emptier today, as my dear Giulia Fleishman left on an early boat to head back to rabbinical school on...

Max Decker is a very competent landscape painter, but he is an exceptional figurative painter. He calls it narrative, as in telling a story,...

Another hot, humid week. We had a little rain, very little, just enough to wet the grass and cool the air for an hour...

It rained last Wednesday morning, the most beautiful sound. I wish it would have continued all day, but it stopped, quickly soaking in, then...

Hazy, hot, and humid weather continued through last week and the weekend. I had hopes for some rain, but nothing. Our abundant spring rains...

Right before July Fourth weekend, there was an ad in the newspaper by West Tisbury artist Marie-Louise Rouff. It said that in honor of...

White petals covered the lawn beneath a kousa dogwood tree in my backyard, making the ground look like there had been a summer snowfall,...

This morning I looked at an online map of coronavirus spread, and was shocked at the thick red areas covering much of our country....

Rain over the weekend brought relief to parched gardens and hose-weary gardeners. It has also washed away the pollen that has coated everything in...

Summer formally arrived on June 20, the summer solstice and longest day of the year. The weather has been lovely, a string of sunny...

I am writing this column early Monday morning, the 15th of June. It’s a gray morning, cool, a respite after a warm week. I...

If there is a more spectacular garden combination than orange Oriental poppies and dark purple Siberian iris, I don’t know what it is. That...

Where to start. Over 100,000 Americans dead, over a million infected with coronavirus. Our country ablaze in violence after the merciless killing of George...

I am writing this column on Monday morning, Memorial Day. The weekend brought heavy rain on Saturday, followed by bright sunshine on Sunday. Today...

The windows are wide open, sun pouring in, and the fragrance of new-mown grass. Mike is mowing for the first time this spring. The...