Hermine Hull
West Tisbury: The many gifts of animals
Nine or 10 years ago, my mother-in-law asked me to accompany her to the animal shelter to see a cat she planned to adopt,...
West Tisbury: Harvest Festival
Roly-polies and mushrooms are the latest hot topic in West Tisbury. They are everywhere and seemingly in numbers and varieties worthy of note. Both...
West Tisbury: Fire protection and safety
I am looking out the window at the changing colors across the tops of trees and shrubs I have planted over the years that...
West Tisbury: Island artists
It was cold this morning, Monday, 48 degrees when I checked the thermometer outside our kitchen window, a morning for hot coffee, wool socks,...
West Tisbury: Memories of 9/11
So much conversation this week has been about where we were and how we became aware of the events of September 11, 2001. TV...
West Tisbury: Alley’s General Store
Alley’s is open! I went up to check it out and found the store open, filled with customers, looking much like itself. The shelves...
West Tisbury: Artisans Festival
Where some see the past couple of cooler days and nights as a welcome respite from the endless heat of summer, there are others...
West Tisbury: Storm preparation
I woke up during the night, about 4 am, and took Abby outside. The air was heavy and wet and the only sound was...
West Tisbury: Tweed Roosevelt’s relatives
By the time you are reading this the 159th Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair will have begun. Exhibits inside the hall will have been catalogued,...
Field Gallery turns 50
Opening day at the Field Gallery was Sunday, August 8, 1971, so it seemed fortuitous to be celebrating its 50th year with an opening...
West Tisbury: Cleaveland House Poets
Queen Anne’s Lace shimmers,
a caesura between green fields
And blue summer skies.
I hope everyone will forgive me for my attempt at haiku at the start...
West Tisbury: Dionis Coffin Riggs Day
August. The summer is rushing by. I remember hearing that time seems to go faster the older one gets. It certainly feels true. One...
West Tisbury: Skunk-off shampoo
It finally rained on Sunday. It was pleasant to enjoy the previous days of sunshine and not much humidity, but we needed the rain,...
West Tisbury: Book sale and doozying up
Mornings have been overcast. A few days have turned sunny by the afternoon, but most have remained the archetypal hazy, hot, and humid most...
West Tisbury: Joys of summer
It’s the prelude to 4th of July weekend, a quietly rainy Friday of what may turn out to be a quietly rainy holiday weekend....
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...