Hermine Hull
West Tisbury: Springtime flowers
June is one of the most beautiful months on the Vineyard. Here we are at the beginning of it. The earth and air and...
West Tisbury: Artisans and galleries
Here we are at the start of the Memorial Day weekend, the start of the summer season on the Island. I wish I felt...
West Tisbury: Farm stands now open
I hate getting up and out first thing in the morning. Mornings are for coffee and the newspaper, for walking outside with Abby to...
West Tisbury: Town history and traditions
It has been another golden week of warm days. We could use some rain, as the ground is quite dry, but it’s hard not...
West Tisbury: Edward Steichen photography
This past week has been one of such sweetness. Every year I relish each minute change. This week it is the appearance of the...
West Tisbury: Blooming flower bulbs
We have had beautiful gardening weather this past week. Warm, sunny days lure me outside to rake and weed and fertilize, to plant the...
West Tisbury: Changes with aging
I just finished reading Charles M. Blow’s column, “My Second Phase of Adulthood,” in Monday morning’s New York Times. I wish I had written...
West Tisbury: Up-Island Cronig’s
Well, it’s been another week of weather. Pleasant and spring-like one day, then back to winter the next. I have seen people in shorts...
West Tisbury: Signs of the season
Sunny with cloudless blue skies is today’s weather, and predicted to remain so for most of the weekend. Maybe a little rain on Sunday...
West Tisbury: Polly Hill Arboretum
Daffodils are blooming in a bright yellow crowd across the south-facing front of the old police station. Chief Manter took such pride in them,...
West Tisbury: Plant nursery centers
I was happily surprised to wake up Friday morning to snow blowing past my windows. It had already coated the ground and looked like...
West Tisbury: March celebrations
I have just been outside walking barefoot in my yard, the first time this year. The weather has been unbelievable, a whole week of...
West Tisbury: In remembrance
Spring has officially arrived in our house. Nelson brought in his first mouse of the season. He is currently surveying the scene from his...
West Tisbury: Icing on a winter cake
There is a pair of old adirondack chairs in our backyard, just behind the house where I like to drink coffee and read when...
West Tisbury: Former residents
Glancing quickly out my window, I see a scattering of white blossoms on some of the shrubs and trees in our woods, delicate and...
West Tisbury: First responders
We had an early start to the day when Mike rushed down the stairs and out the door, heading to a smoke alarm call...
West Tisbury: Democratic Council of M.V.
There is nothing sillier to watch than a puppy playing in the snow. I have always thought Charles Schultz captured it perfectly in his...
West Tisbury: The beauty of winter
It’s snowing! Finally. It started a little after breakfast Monday morning and is looking like it will keep up all day. The weather reports...
West Tisbury: Winter tea parties
The end of January already and still no snow other than a few wind-blown flakes, just enough to get me excited. By the time...
West Tisbury: Internet diversions
We have an early deadline for our columns this week because Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so I have spent Friday thinking...