Edgartown: Alpaca Walk and Talk, Community Supper, school fun run, and winter balance
Do you have flowers popping up already? We do. And I hope they are right and spring is right around the corner. I can’t believe how many are popping up around the yard and...
Tisbury: Driver’s license, book group, sustainable mending, and winter fun at M.V. Playhouse
Heard on Main Street: Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I finally made the critical appointment with the Registry of Motor Vehicles on-Island for a new driver’s license. I’m not...
Oak Bluffs: Maynard Silva, ‘Chicago’ the musical, Marie Allen, and Tom Rancich
“If you accept in your heart that it’s a good day to die, you can really live, baby!” –Maynard Silva
We’ll be celebrating Island blues man Maynard Silva’s birthday this month. Maynard was born in...
Chilmark: Susan Markwica, Leo the dog, knitting, collage, music, and Potluck Jam
What a week it’s been. The super-cold, windy weather was followed by almost record highs and glorious blue skies, and then more rain.
Prayers, please, for my 97-year-old father, Robert Ganz, and our family. He...
West Tisbury: Ephemera, West Tisbury and You, jazz concert tribute, and Writing Through
“Baby, it’s cold outside,” goes the Frank Loesser song. It was written in 1944, but perfectly describes the past weekend. After our lovely respite of sunny days in the 40s, we spent Friday and...
Tisbury: Road obstacles, ‘The Four Winds,’ Tisbury Master Plan survey, and climate discussion
Heard on Main Street: I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.
Did you freeze last week, or was everything OK? I was shocked when the SSA emailed that
water...
Oak Bluffs: Indoor story walk, risotto cooking class, travel talk, and Parenting in America
“When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.” –Abraham Lincoln
This month we celebrate the birthdays of two presidents: Abe Lincoln (on the 12th) and George Washington...
Edgartown: Weather preparations, fundraisers for schools, Valentine’s pop-up, and homemade pasta
Well, that was some weekend weather, wasn’t it? Thank goodness the frigid temperatures and wind didn’t also bring snow! I heard so many people discussing the upcoming forecast last week, and we all reverted...
Chilmark: Music at Pathways, collage workshop, mending clothes, and Hopscotch Hootenanny
We three made it through two super-hard weeks, thanks to many, including Brian Welsh, who took time out of his always busy schedule and built us a wheelchair ramp. He also brought extra insulation...
Oak Bluffs: Snow moon, best picture nominees, entertainment basketball, and a cake walk
“The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.” –Michelle Obama, August 2008
I love that quote from our first African...
West Tisbury: Community seed swap, Neighborhood Convention, town positions, and ‘Woven’ exhibit
Happy Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil will have made his prediction by the time you are reading this. I’m not sure what I hope for. The mild temperatures have been pleasant and easy on our...
Edgartown: Clearing clutter, winter balance, Herb Foster memorial, and Tom Dresser’s travel talk
Sorry to miss my column last week. Honestly, I was buried up to my ears cleaning out my father’s house with my siblings, in preparation to sell it, and just couldn’t piece together anything...
Tisbury: Great Decisions, virtual trip to Greece, Writing Through, book sale, and fix-it clinic
Heard on Main Street: Don’t be yourself … be someone a little nicer.
Isn’t it amazing what a little sun shining does to your spirits? It may not provide any warmth, but somehow you do...
Chilmark: Shirley Mayhew celebration, library events, Gray Matters, jazz concert, and leaf collage
After years of careful isolation and after two nights in Boston around a medical test, my elderly parents and I came down with COVID. We went a day early because high winds were predicted....
Oak Bluffs: Library potluck, ‘Big Night Out,’ and Chefs of Martha’s Vineyard
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” –Langston Hughes
The Lunar New Year was celebrated on Sunday, but unfortunately will be remembered for a deadly shooting...
Chilmark: Leaf art workshop, Island Eats new program, and Art Talk with Janet Mandel
This week I’m writing from a Boston hotel — doing the MGH shuffle — and so very grateful to friends who stepped in to help keep the home base going. It is a good...
Tisbury: Too many books, and ‘Personal Writing
Heard on Main Street: Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
That brings something else to mind: I had a business call about something the other day...
West Tisbury: Ghost Island opens, curbside dinners, and Vineyard Smiles
Our weather has continued in the same warm, gray, drizzly pattern we have had for weeks. We had a day of wet snow, but I don’t think we have had a real freeze yet...
West Tisbury: Fiona Mayhew McMahon, equine first aid, and town’s health agent
It’s been snowing all morning, big flakes that have settled into a thick, windblown whiteness that is just beginning to cover the grass, and making pockets as it nestles against the trees. So far,...
Tisbury: Foreign policy discussion, Broadway musical revue, and ‘Wooly History’ exhibit
Heard on Main Street: Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry, it's OK to let your children see you cry.
Last week I kept stumbling over stuff, then it hit...