Megan Alley

Again this week we are awakening to rainy, overcast mornings. But the weather forecasters usually predict that the rain will dry out and the...

With the advent of a bit warmer weather, our days are now sandwiched between the bookends of rosy pink sunrises and fiery red sunsets....

Spring has arrived here in its usually rainy, cool breezes with sunny days peeking in amongst the clouds. Monday last brought us howling winds...

If April showers bring May flowers then our Island should be covered in blooms. Daffodils, crocus, and the always-faithful forsythia continue to smile at...

“Blossom of the almond trees, April’s gift to April’s bees. Birthday ornament of spring, Flora’s fairest daughterling.” So said Sir Edwin Arnold, English poet....

“March is the month of expectation, the things we do not know.” So said Emily Dickinson, American poet. How our expectations have changed since...

So sorry not to have a column last week but I finally gave in and realized that I needed to take a break and...

As my phone continually rings, with the caller ID reading “unknown caller,” I have to patiently wait until it stops that sound, as I...

“If there is spring in winter and winter in spring, the year won’t be good for anything.” So says my favorite “Old Farmer’s Almanac.”...

The red skies of morning are beautiful to see, but also bring warnings of storms approaching. Those signs have seemed to prove pretty accurate,...

One of the happy sights in these dreary days is the frequent sighting, in our neighborhood, of deer wandering through the backyards or streets....

Once more, this off-again, on-again cold and warmth have me changing my wardrobe plans every day, sometimes even more than once a day. I...

“Why what’s the matter, that you have such a February face, so full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?” From William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado...

A few samples of snowstorms and cold temperature, and yes, January has definitely arrived. Now when I watch the bird feeder, I not only...

We are told that we will be receiving hard winter weather starting next week, and have we not been fortunate with the warming cycle...

Welcome 2020 with good intentions and kind thoughts. As at other times, the start of a new year always brought hopes of peace for...

Jan. 2, 2020 and here you are reading this column, the first one for the year 2020, which I am writing on Thursday, Dec....

This is a first for many of us, as our columns for Dec. 26 must be in by 9 am today, Dec. 18, the...

Monday once more brings predictions of snow turning to rain turning to icy travels, as it has frequently these past few weeks. That raises...

Amid all the rain and predictions of falling temperatures bringing snow and ice, we truly do not know what to expect from day to...