Hermine Hull

Have you looked at the moon the past few nights? It’s full now, huge, close to the Earth. The Algonquins called it the Beaver...

Last Friday was my 70th birthday. I don’t know what I expected. For most of my life, 70 seemed old and far away. Now...

Our woods are looking more open, airier. The storms of the past weeks have blown down a lot of leaves, so the structure of...

This has certainly been a couple of weeks of weather. Last week’s storm sent microbursts through town that toppled trees, broke off limbs, and...

I was driving toward Vineyard Haven last Wednesday morning to attend Yom Kippur services at the Hebrew Center, when I heard about a shooting...

Sept. 28 was a perfect late summer afternoon, perfect for the wedding of Hilary Wall and Brian Cox. They were married at the Chilmark...

We lost our dog last Thursday, our much-loved Nanuk. You have all read about her for the past 10 years or so, and many...

West Tisbury seems draped in autumn clematis. Its hardy foliage and delicate white flowers cover trees, bushes, hedgerows, fences, stone walls, and signposts, obscuring...

Hurricane Dorian came and went with barely a notice. We had a lot of wind and rain Friday night when Mike took Nanuk out....

What a gorgeous holiday weekend we are having. While Hurricane Dorian is wreaking havoc on the Bahamas and heading toward the Southern U.S., we...

The days are notably shorter already. I notice that I have to turn the lights on in the kitchen when I come down in...

The busiest week of the summer is past. Illumination Night, the fair, fireworks, plus the regular busyness of lectures, music, art exhibitions, work, guests,...

It’s always exciting to drive past the Ag Hall in August and watch preparations for the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair. The booths are going...

It’s hard to think about what to write after the horrific shootings in El Paso and Dayton this past weekend, following a mass shooting...

August 1. The sign for the Ag Fair is already up. The fire department crew has started getting the hamburger booth ready to put...

Wanting something cold for dinner tonight, Mike mentioned a pasta salad of some kind. It would be easy, one of those things you could...

“When the old boys talked, you didn’t interrupt them … You listened …”This quote was attributed to Thomas Hart Benton as a description of...

I guess this is what one expects of summer weather, the hot, humid days and nights that seem never-ending. There was only one day...

The opening has finally been cut at Quansoo and into the Great Pond, so there is lovely beach to walk on with Nanuk in...

“My pruning is more long-term than yours.”For sheer understatement, the above comment by my husband shocked me. It did make me laugh, though. Long-time...