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Aquinnah: Bird feeding, Artisans Holiday Fair, children’s art show, and foster parent recruitment

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Charley and I have had many dogs and cats over our 51 years of marriage. The dogs and cats we have loved had good...