Kathie Olsen
Aquinnah
Sunday morning. The snow is quietly, softly falling. Walking through the flakes is an exercise in gentleness. For now. We are warned that, after...
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Ruth Folchman writes that her husband, Richard Wagner (our own Santa), is recovering from total knee replacement. Send him some healing thoughts. She also...
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The leaden skies of January are surely upon us. I’ve continued to be plagued with a nasty cough and the soreness and weariness that...
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I have spent the last month plagued by a nasty cough and the fatigue that comes with a body fighting against illness. It meant...
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I’m writing this on the Saturday before Christmas; I’m excited because our extended family arrives today. Our son and his family are coming from...
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The Aquinnah Artisans Festival presented a fine two days of community spirit, beautiful goods, and great food. Local artisans made a steady stream of...
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The fifth annual Aquinnah Thanksgiving Plunge was a success. Matt Born estimates that there were 25 plungers and many more spirited supporters there. It...
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Thanksgiving morning will find a group of rather insane and wonderfully hearty individuals taking part in the fifth annual Aquinnah Thanksgiving Plunge. It happens...
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Well, we’ve definitely started thinking about the holiday season in front of us. Distant family are making arrangements to come and visit. Families and...
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This week Isaac and Noli spotted a rare albino Northern cardinal in our yard here at the tip of Aquinnah. The beautiful, all-white bird...
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The memorial for Gabbi Camilleri was held on Nov. 2 and it was a doozy. The parking lot at the Ag Hall was crowded...
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The Harvest Festival at the Ag Hall provided a sunny, fun, and music-filled day. It was filled with the sounds of fiddles in the...
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It is yet another beautiful Sunday morning here in Aquinnah. The sun is shining, it is 60° outside, and the ocean is out there...
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I write this on Sunday morning as our first nor’easter of the year is gearing up to blow its raucous wild self around our...
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Sunday, Oct. 5, was one of those beautiful fall days. Warm sun, blue skies, only the gentlest of breezes. The morning found the grass...
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This was a beautiful fall morning, cool and gray, but calm and warm enough to go outside clad in a T shirt, jeans, and...
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We lost another of our greats on Sept. 15. Gabriella Camilleri died that evening, surrounded by her loving family, after a long battle against...
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It often happens that I don’t hear about great happenings until long after they’ve taken place. I’m grateful to Sylvia Jackson for just now...
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I’m loving the hints of fall: the coolness in the mornings; the stillness of the green-leaf tapestry outside our windows, as if the leaves...
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Labor Day weekend. I grew up where those words meant that on that day we’d all pile into the car headed to a big...