Chilmark – Menemsha blessing, Diana Freed, Memorial Day Picnic at the Tashmoo Waterworks
Memorial Day Weekend is a lovely time on the Island. It is a time to savor the blooming flowers. Soak up moments when the sun is shining and the wind is calm. Brave dips...
Chilmark: ‘Jaws’ tour, sculpture fund, book reading, and the fifth dimension
North Road is narrow, curvy, and rural. Leaves are bursting out of branches. Dogwoods are in bloom. Tunnels are appearing overhead.
Who saw the northern lights? Who knew NOAA had a Space Prediction Center? It...
Chilmark: Town awards, Kentucky Derby, Peaked Hill Studio, and Jason Mazar-Kelly
It was an awardwinning week for Chilmark. Bradley Carroll received an award for exceptional service from Oak Bluffs Fire and Emergency Services. Congratulations, and well-deserved.
The Chilmark Historical Commission awarded longtime member Jane Slater the...
Chilmark: Author Africa Brooke, town election, folk pottery trail, pizza night, and a poem
There is nothing as engaging or comforting as the sensation of recognition when a much younger writer eloquently describes a perspective you have honed for decades.
“I have a deep devotion to playing my part...
Chilmark: Pathways, ‘Critical Hope,’ Tending Our Grief, tennis courts, and North Tabor Farm
How lucky are we that nature’s first golden greens have begun to drip like stars down branches of the willow? The sun heats the sand, and the still, cold water beckons.
This past weekend was...
Chilmark: Town polls, Kirk Safford, Ed Merck, Native Earth Teaching Farm, and Pathways
I am still riding the lift of the eclipse and Tuesday evening pizza, conversation, and Bananagrams with friends and neighbors at the Chilmark Church where I invigorated my mind, filled my belly, and settled...
Chilmark: Linda Fischer, League of Women Voters, First Light Cafe, and Christina Montoya
Undeterred by the horrid wet, wind, and cold, vast patches of daffodils are blooming along the roads in Chilmark.
Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of my father’s death. I will no longer be able to...
Chilmark: Potluck Jam, spreading light, Yoga Barn workshop, and Linda Fischer
Friday night the rain stopped, the clouds cleared, and the sun threw out beautiful colors while it set. It was a Good Friday, a time when I am reminded to transform terrible into good.
Easter...
Chilmark: Women farmers, Candidate Forum, library cleanup, and Easter activities
This time of year is full of contrasts. Beautiful sunny days can be followed by cold, rain, and high winds. It is too soon to stow away the gloves, but the flowers have started...
Chilmark: ‘Between Tattoos,’ Pathways Arts, Sundays at Sea, Saintly Supper, and Grange Hall
Jane Slater’s daffodils are blooming in Menemsha.
“The mind can be controlled. Our secret weapon is the heart.”
At Pathways Arts at the Chilmark Tavern, on March 12, stillness and silence prevailed when Awotunde Judyie Aniston...
Chilmark: Community kindness, Native Earth Teaching Farm, Pathways, and library classes
A few weeks ago, a “last call before it goes to the dump” Facebook post offered a desk and chair. It has eight drawers.
I’d been using a borrowed-from-the-family drop-leaf table and cardboard Ikea boxes...
Chilmark: Saintly Supper, family yoga, bag weaving, safe lawns, Pathways, and Kirtan
The winds change in March. The pace picks up inside and out. The birds' songs are louder, and the chorus more diverse. Snowdrops are in bloom. I wish I’d cut back more of the...