Hermine Hull
West Tisbury Town Column
One good rainy day last week, but overall it has been lovely. Still sunny days, clear nights, fairly mild, or at least temperate. 40...
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Mornings feel cold enough to need a coat when I take Abby out. The ground is frost-covered; so is the roof. Maybe we will...
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It’s been another week of weather. Looking out my window one morning, I saw a few pale cherry blossoms on a tree behind our...
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Holidays are made of memories. Good. Bad. Gathering together. Missing passed-away or distant members. Delicious meals, others burned or undercooked, or eaten by the...
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The weather remains unseasonably warm. We are in a red-alert drought, despite a damp mist during one night last week. Rain is predicted for...
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Another lovely week but, alas, still no rain. Conditions are getting dire. News reports say that most of the country is suffering from a...
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It’s been like summer again all week. We need rain, but otherwise, a nice week. I remember John Early wearing shorts from April 1...
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Happy Halloween! I hope everyone is having fun at the library Halloween party this afternoon from 3 to 5 pm, at other parties, or...
‘Keep Democracy Alive’: Postcards to voters
Early voting has begun in Massachusetts, and in several other states. It will be interesting to find out if more Americans registered and voted...
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We are a week away from Halloween. The air feels cool, and I even heard someone say she had a first frost in her...
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I am writing this on Dictionary Day. If that isn’t a perfect holiday, I don’t know what is. My Oxford English Dictionary was one...
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The dogwoods outside my window are covered with red berries, still scarlet, bright among foliage that has begun turning from green to dark mahogany...
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I have noticed that I’m turning lights on in our house in the morning when I come downstairs, then by 6 o’clock or so...
West Tisbury Town Column
Rain, rain, rain. Heavy, wind-blown rain. Finally, we have had a good soaking rain after what seemed an endless dry spell. It was a...
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The autumn equinox is this weekend, officially marking the change from summer into autumn. I have watched the light changing in my woods and...
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We had a lovely Saturday for the annual fire department picnic at Flat Point Farm. A tent with tables and chairs had been set...
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What a rainstorm we had last Monday. I don’t ever remember rain like that. Mike thought we had about 3 inches, but I have...
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The four days of the Ag Fair went by so quickly, a whole year’s planning and work gone by, then to clean up, and...
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The Fair opens on Thursday!
Booths have been constructed and stocked, ready for the first fairgoers. Rides that arrived from off-Island last week and parked...
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I was tearing up watching Elizabeth Whelan standing beside President Biden when he announced that her brother, Paul, and three others who have been...