West Tisbury Town Column
I have noticed that I’m turning lights on in our house in the morning when I come downstairs, then by 6 o’clock or so in the evenings. Daylight comes in shorter segments.
Nelson has been...
West Tisbury Town Column
Rain, rain, rain. Heavy, wind-blown rain. Finally, we have had a good soaking rain after what seemed an endless dry spell. It was a good weekend to spend inside, either getting chores done, or...
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The autumn equinox is this weekend, officially marking the change from summer into autumn. I have watched the light changing in my woods and felt the cool, crisp mornings and nights outside and through...
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We had a lovely Saturday for the annual fire department picnic at Flat Point Farm. A tent with tables and chairs had been set up, and the big grill was cooking hamburgers, hot dogs,...
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What a rainstorm we had last Monday. I don’t ever remember rain like that. Mike thought we had about 3 inches, but I have heard other people reporting over 5. Puddles along the roads...
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The four days of the Ag Fair went by so quickly, a whole year’s planning and work gone by, then to clean up, and begin again for next year. 2024 was a wonderful fair....
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The Fair opens on Thursday!
Booths have been constructed and stocked, ready for the first fairgoers. Rides that arrived from off-Island last week and parked along the edge of the field are now in place....
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I was tearing up watching Elizabeth Whelan standing beside President Biden when he announced that her brother, Paul, and three others who have been held as prisoners in Russia, would be coming home. Later...
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Mike and I drove along State Road last Friday afternoon, passing the fields of the Whiting farm and the cemetery, commenting how it looked the same as it always had. It was a moment...
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It’s still hot, although it feels slightly less hot at night and when we come downstairs in the early morning. There has been a nice breeze, though; that helps a lot. People who love...
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“I wanted you to know Aunt Prudy passed away yesterday morning,” was the message from Tara Whiting-Wells.
Prudy and I had just seen one another. It feels impossible that she isn’t still just around the...
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I am not a covetous person, but every year when those orange late azaleas bloom at the entrance to the Polly Hill Arboretum, I am seized by a passionate envy beyond all bounds. They...
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of...
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Fireflies are showing themselves, making sparkly patterns in the trees and the night sky when I take Abby out. Happy to note them everywhere, since I remember them being quite sparse last summer. The...
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Hedgerows are at their most beautiful now. All the trees are leafed out, recently enough that there are still variations in the greens, and white multiflora roses vine through the branches. The roses’ fragrance...
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I want to start this week’s column with a welcome to Eileen Maley, the new West Tisbury columnist for the Gazette. It has been way too long. Eileen is a fabulous writer, and one...
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I’m writing this column early on Friday morning, the morning after the big rainstorm we had mid-afternoon yesterday. My woods are shrouded in mist. The sun isn’t up yet, so little illumination, just suggested...
West Tisbury – Garden chats, Freedom Falls, kids and dogs, community seeds, Mind of...
The weather has been softly moist. Gray days turn into starless nights, the air visible like walking through a cloud. Pollen is visible too, with thickly floating grains everywhere. Margaret Renkl wrote about it...
West Tisbury: Spring delights, Marie-Louise Rouff, blues legends, and Rosemary Confalone
It’s been nice, then rainy, then a thunder and lightning storm; it’s been a week of weather.
Everything is green, green, green. The big maple trees along the Edgartown Road always surprise me. One day...
West Tisbury: First flowers, Sylvan Heights birds, Parks and Recreation, and town planning
I am relishing my last views of sky, of twisting tree trunks, of branches and twiglets interlaced. The new leaves are pale green, soon to darken and fill every space, closing in our woods...