Hermine Hull

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...

A new distraction appeared in our house moments ago. Mike brought in the cabinet he made for my dollhouse. It is more than I...

“Tra la! It’s May! The lusty month of May! That lovely month when ev’ryone goes blissfully astray.” So sang Queen Guinevere in “Camelot,” a musical...

May 1 is right around the corner. Hard to believe, as we had frost last week, and there were a few mornings when the...

It’s hard to start this week’s column. I don’t know what to say. I go back and forth between being grateful and being horrified. My...

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States was over 557,576 on this morning’s news, Monday, April 13, as I am writing...

We have another new baby in town. His name is Maxim Theodore Lowe, son of Julius and Milena Lowe, born on Sunday, March 29,...

We have a new baby in town, a joyful and welcome occasion to note. Calib Martins Edwards was born on March 19, at Martha’s...

Was it only a couple of weeks ago I wrote about joking around with John Alley over something we had both written in our...

As the Island has mostly shut down and there are no events or social gatherings while we are self-isolating, I wondered what I would...

John Alley and I laughed together over both of us starting our recent columns wondering if March would come in like a lion or...

My house is going to the dog and cats. Abby just discovered a mouse that Nelson must have brought in. She chased it around...

This is the last weekend in February, extended by a day to the 29th on Saturday, as it’s a leap year. Sunday will be...