Aquinnah: Holiday Fair stories, town sprucing up, Howes House, and holiday crafts
Sunday morning, Dec. 3, and I’m writing my column from behind a table at the Aquinnah Artisans Holiday Fair at the Aquinnah Town Hall. Saturday, yesterday, saw our Town Hall packed with holiday shoppers...
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 of sorts unfolding at the bird feeder. Charley and I...
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. Just beginning. A junior at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School....
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 will be to wash and put away the porch pillows,...
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 I sit down to write it, I am filled with...
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 the past few weeks clearing the land, grading, removing topsoil,...
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 — perfect for running. More than 180 runners signed up...
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 turf. As it poured rain outside, I made chicken soup,...
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 pinks. But here in Aquinnah, it didn’t bring water 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 the street to the parking lot outside Howes House. That’s...
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 flocking and feasting in delight. Here on shore, it is...
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 September a holiday for workers. Labor unions pressed and activists...
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, and cultural events for both tribal members and the general...
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 footprints on the dark wood floors, sandy towels, dirty socks,...
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 direction multiple times every day. Events are overcrowded, with cars...
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 working lives during the summer. These first jobs are a...
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 able to indulge very often. The illusion of life in...
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 Bermuda-shorts-clad happy tourists, its piles of sandy towels. Thursday nights...
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,” died on July 5. He was at home, in the...