Kathie Olsen
Aquinnah: Bird feeding, Artisans Holiday Fair, children’s art show, and foster parent recruitment
Outside, there is frost on the ground, and the cold world is clear and sunny. I’m inside at my workspace, watching a wonderful mystery...
Aquinnah: Waylon Sauer
Once again. Once again. I write this on the morning after we lost yet another of our beloved young. Waylon Sauer, 17 years old....
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It is years since I was in New York. Decades. I had gone there as a young woman, and marveled at the energy, the...
Aquinnah: The human race, ‘Inhabitants’ film, playground volunteers, and community
Well, I finally finished putting away all of the lightweight summer clothing, and unpacking the woolly sweaters and long johns. My next domestic task...
Aquinnah: Out-of-town guests, beautiful playground, library services, and Forrest Alley
I write this column on Sunday mornings, having promised our editor that I’d have it in her hands by noon every Sunday. Every time...
Aquinnah: Community playground, Outermost Inn, Stony Creek Gifts, and October birthdays
I’m delighted to report that our playground behind the Town Hall is rapidly becoming a reality. Isaac Taylor has spent many long hours during...
Aquinnah: ‘Home’ exhibit, Garden Club, playground, Creative Living Award, and artisans
The 10K Gay Head Run For The Light took place on Sunday, Oct. 1. It was a cool, gray morning with a slight breeze...
Aquinnah: Seasonal changes, Outermost Inn, rescue dog, and library’s book club
Last weekend, fall arrived with buckets of rain, leaving wedding attendees with cars stuck in muddy fields, and farmers and innkeepers stuck with torn-up...
Aquinnah: After the storm, Beach BeFrienders, Juli Vanderhoop, and Gay Head 10K
Well, the big storm gave us some great waves, and an astonishing sunset that filled the sky with a riot of reds, purples, and...
Aquinnah: Mobile Farmers Market, Gay Head 10K, ‘Inhabitants’ film, and Falls Prevention Month
Last Tuesday, coming back from our once-a-week down-Island errands, Charley and I stopped at Alley’s for an ice cream sandwich, and then strolled across...
Aquinnah: Turkey mantle, Howes House, town library, and Lighthouse gathering
In the sea and on the beach right now, krill and such are abundant. The whales at sea, and the birds on shore, are...
Aquinnah: Labor Day, playground, Aquinnah Land Initiative, and affordable housing
Labor Day has been a national holiday since 1894, when President Grover Cleveland signed the law that Congress passed, designating the first Monday in...
Aquinnah: Cultural Center, Ag Fair reflections, and gratefulness
The Aquinnah Cultural Center is a place where all people can learn the history of the Aquinnah Wampanoag through the contents of the museum,...
Aquinnah: Summer fun, Cultural Night, ‘Hang the Moon,’ and ‘Vineyard Folk’
Our place is filled with family and visitors in the summertime. We’ve got mattresses on the floor, people on the couch, wet and muddy...
Aquinnah: ‘Haint Blu’ at Orange Peel Bakery
I find myself astonished anew at the hordes of people on the Vineyard right now. The ferries are toting hundreds of people in each...
Aquinnah: Summer jobs as first jobs
Whether it’s mowing lawns, busing dishes, pulling weeds, selling shoes, entertaining children, or serving as backup crew on boats, many young people begin their...
Aquinnah: Barney Zeitz, Orange Peel Bakery, Howes House, and Digital Equity Coalition
I think that I have finally switched to summer. I feel lazy. But life is going at such a pace that I’m not actually...
Aquinnah: Summer at the Cliffs, local painters, felting workshop, and first responders
Here we are past the midpoint of July. The summer season is now fully upon us, with its heat, its humidity, its crowds of...
Aquinnah: Len Butler, Joan LeLacheur, Garden Club, M.V. Tick Project, and author talks
By now you have probably heard, Aquinnah and the world have lost a great light — Len Butler, “the Man Who Moved the Lighthouse,”...
Aquinnah: Beloved pets, beach parking, author talks, community lunches, and Garden Club
Charley and I have had many dogs and cats over our 51 years of marriage. The dogs and cats we have loved had good...