Hermine Hull
West Tisbury Town Column
Despite the rain on Saturday, good spirits prevailed, and the town picnic proceeded without a hitch. Attendees moved inside the Grange Hall for pizza,...
West Tisbury Town Column
Kousa dogwoods are at their peak of bloom and beauty. Linda Vadász and I took a walk at the Polly Hill Arboretum last week...
West Tisbury Town Column
Last week was all wind and rain. The much-needed rain brought out any remaining leaves in a flush of greenery. I urge everyone to...
West Tisbury Town Column
After the previous week’s springlike weather, this past week had me bringing out the turtlenecks, sweaters, and socks I thought would rest undisturbed until...
West Tisbury Town Column
I love every minute of this time of year, especially the illusion of living in a Wolf Kahn painting as I observe the leaves...
West Tisbury Town Column
I’m looking out my windows, not wanting to miss a moment as spring changes from its early subtlety to the thickness of summer. We...
West Tisbury Town Column
I am writing on my first day out after being sick. It’s a lovely spring day, pleasantly warm, with no wind. Mary Bohan was...
West Tisbury Town Column
We were treated to a beautiful Easter Sunday after another wet, windy, chilly week. Still, every day brings the appearance of another sign of...
West Tisbury Town Column
After a few nice days, we seem to have returned to winter. It was windy and cold much of the past week. Rainy, too....
West Tisbury Town Column
We are finally getting some much-needed April showers. Daffodils are blooming all over town. There are tiny green leaves showing on the earliest autumn...
West Tisbury Town Column
I was waiting for Iyla at the Chilmark School last Thursday afternoon, watching all the activity, listening to children talking and laughing. Kate was...
West Tisbury Town Column
It’s officially spring now. My first daffodils are blooming. Snowdrops and crocuses are everywhere. After complaining about my eranthis a few weeks ago, I...
West Tisbury Town Column
I am writing a late column this week, on Monday morning. Rain is pouring down, and the wind is blowing hard enough to almost...
West Tisbury Town Column
March’s roaring lion arrived with winds that kept our woods in perpetual motion and sent leaves blowing everywhere. It was warm one day, then...
West Tisbury Town Column
What a lovely week it has been. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. Sunny. The days are already longer, even though we don’t set...
West Tisbury Town Column
The sun is pouring in through our living room windows as I write, the best part of having it low in the sky all...
West Tisbury Town Column
Real snow on the ground. What a treat. Despite the inconveniences, it is so pretty. Inconveniences abound, however. Everything takes longer, because clearing snow...
West Tisbury Town Column
Real snow, a few inches. It was peaceful to watch during the night, then to awake to the ground thickly covered on Sunday morning....
West Tisbury Town Column
It’s finally cold enough that there is ice on the ponds. There was a time when cars parked along State Road, and skaters would...
West Tisbury Town Column
There is still snow on the ground, more of a patch than a blanket, but snow nonetheless, and cold. Our wheelbarrow was frozen to...