Thursday, March 28, 2024

Aquinnah

Gabriel Garcia-Marquez talk in Aquinnah Thursday

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Is anyone else dealing with extreme levels of mildew in their home right now? We live on the south side of Aquinnah which is usually the drier, less buggy side. While we have not...

Lots going on in Aquinnah this month

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Well, summer certainly is in full swing. I haven’t really seen any of my year-round friends in about a month and I feel like I’m doing too many things and none of them particularly...

Aquinnah calls Gay Head light fundraiser a huge success

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What does it mean when we are getting hurricanes in July? Is this going to be a regular thing? I have to say that I usually ignore weather people because I feel when they...

Aquinnah to hold annual Fourth of July parade

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School is finally out and summer is officially here. The Island feels full already; even up-Island seems crowded. I don’t want to spend the summer complaining about traffic, but I have seen some things...

Wampum designs on exhibit in Aquinnah

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Many people this week had ship fever, the ship in question being the Charles W. Morgan, the oldest wooden whaling ship left in the world. For the past week the ship has been docked...

Aquinnah to host Charles W. Morgan talk

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Summer officially starts on Saturday! Maybe now it will stay warm for more than two days in a row and I can take the comforter off my bed. Although we did badly need the...

Aquinnah Cultural Center to open this weekend

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It is already mid-June. I’m not sure how that happened, except that time just seems to keep on keeping on. People already seem a little harried and have that I-wish-there-were-more-hours-in-the-day look. I find that...

Aquinnah prepares for the summer with beach stickers and story times

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Now is the time to do anything that you won’t be able to do for all of July and August or to drive down Island wantonly, for no good reason than just to go, because in a couple of weeks you know you will be cursing the traffic and the poor driving decisions that some of our summer folk make.

Lighthouse remains main concern in Aquinnah

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It felt like instant summer this past weekend not just because of the weather but because of the crowds. I went down Island to fetch my mom from the boat on Friday and the...

Aquinnah opens its doors

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It’s like this every year isn’t it? February, March, and April drag on and on with their cold, wet weather and then May hits and in the beginning it’s still more of the same...

Aquinnah: open for business

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Thank you to Alex Taylor, Shawn MacPhail, Noli Taylor, and Isaac Taylor for a great party on Saturday, with great food, wonderful people, and the band “Goodnight Louise” playing. And it didn’t rain! A great day.

Happy mother’s day, from Aquinnah

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Mother’s Day is of course this Sunday and Chilmark Chocolates will be open regular hours this week, Thursday–Sunday, 11:30 am to 5:30 pm. The gift shops on the Cliffs will also be open, so...

Aquinnah: Pizza nights and ‘poison ivy’

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So I learned something useful this past week after my son came down with a bad case of poison ivy (not unusual this time of year) around his mouth (that was unusual as I...

Aquinnah: People out, daffodils up

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Daffodils are blooming all over town. While the temperatures are still fluctuating (there was actually frost last week), I think winter is finally over. The trees should be blooming soon and then the lilacs...

Aquinnah: Cliff shops spring back to life

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There is a lot of bustle in our town right now as people prepare for summer. Berta and Carla have opened their shop at the Cliffs and their sister Adrianna will open hers at...

Aquinnah: an orchestra of pinkletinks

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Now there is a veritable orchestra of them outside our house and they are peeping away day and night. If you had said to me before I moved here that the sound of tiny frogs peeping would become one of my favorite sounds I would have said that you were crazy.

Aquinnah: short, and no weather complaints

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I have a vague memory of promising not to complain about the weather anymore this winter. Since I feel like it’s important to be true to my word, my column will be very short...

Aquinnah: Desperately seeking spring color

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...What a wealth of knowledge Louis [Larsen] had about fishing, and especially fishing here, and what a kind heart he had. Roxanne Ackerman told me he taught her how to shuck scallops, and that he and his family looked out for her when she was young. I know that he will be missed and that a little bit of “real Vineyard” or “old Vineyard” or whatever you want to call it has gone with him.

Aquinnah: new chairs at the library

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You know, I really can’t tell you what was going on in Aquinnah this week or over the weekend as I was working at the MV Film Festival the whole time. I did see...

Aquinnah: Crocuses and birthdays

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There are crocuses coming up in my yard. They are still in the tiny green shoot phase, but they are coming up nonetheless. This past Saturday was so lovely that the mood of the...