Hermine Hull
West Tisbury: New knitting group
Windy and cool, lovely weather. When I went out the other day, everyone was wearing sweaters and scarves. We have shut our doors the...
West Tisbury: Living history
I am sad to begin this week’s column with an announcement of the death of our friend, Mark Weiner. Mark and his wife, Michiko,...
West Tisbury: William Blakesly art exhibits
It’s been a damp week, no real rain, just an overcast wetness like living inside a cloud. It’s still dry as you dig into...
West Tisbury: Memories new and old
Because of Labor Day, we have an early deadline for our columns, so I can’t give much of a report on the weather, as...
West Tisbury: Woods sigh in relief
While not exactly “a song of praise or triumph,” as my Oxford English Dictionary defines it, I begin this column with a paean to...
West Tisbury: Busy summer weekend
I hadn’t planned on writing a column this week, as I intended to go to my 55th Ridgefield High School class of 1967 reunion....
West Tisbury: Agricultural Fair
Two big events on August 18. My darling Iyla will turn 6. Her party is scheduled for early in the day, so everyone can...
West Tisbury: The thirst of the land
Despite remaining gray for most of the day last Monday, our rainfall amounted to barely a drop-and-a-half. I went out the next morning and...
West Tisbury: Parsonage Pond
The first white mallow flowers have appeared among the greenery around Parsonage Pond. The ever-changing arrangements of shapes and colors at Parsonage, even though...
West Tisbury: Hot, dry days and nights
My husband has left me. Bad enough if it were for another woman, but I have been abandoned for a bright red Troy-Bilt lawn...
West Tisbury: Midsummer weather
The air is redolent of freshly cut lawns and hayfields. It must have been a good haying, as we have had no rain for...
West Tisbury: The moon and stars
The past couple of nights have cooled off nicely. I love taking Abby out late when all the neighboring houses have turned off their...
West Tisbury: Fireflies lighting up the night sky
I have had a terrible time beginning this week’s column. It’s been such a dispiriting week of news on the Island, nationwide, and worldwide,...
West Tisbury: Perfect summer day
Here we are at the last day of June, and the beginning of Fourth of July weekend. Flags are flying, buntings are draped across...
‘Stan Murphy at 100’ on exhibition at the M.V. Museum
Stan Murphy was renowned as a premiere and well-respected Island artist. The current exhibition at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum is an overview of his...
West Tisbury: Regular rain has been wonderful
This will be a short column this week. I think I’m dying, can’t concentrate, everything hurts, but I want to give everyone I saw...
West Tisbury: Farmers Market and Blooming Art
Rain. Rain. Rain. Two lovely days of soaking rain, followed by dry, sunny, temperate days. I wish it would stay that way.
I am writing...
West Tisbury: Music Street Musicians
This weather has been lovely. Not too humid. Not too hot. It seems like we have had regular rain, but every time I dig...
West Tisbury: Marching to the sea
The view outside our windows changed last week, as the oak leaves appeared. Colors changed, too, from pink buds to a fleeting mixture of...
West Tisbury: We live in the most beautiful place in the world
After a spate of gray, drizzly days, the sun finally came out for a beautiful weekend. We were spared the 90°-plus degree heat that...