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...
Edgartown: Vineyard of youth, cooking classes, film screening, and Council on Aging
This week’s column is coming to you live from the Hilton at Logan Airport. Well, by the time you read it, I’ll be back home. But tonight, I’m hanging out at the airport hotel...
Edgartown: Navigator Homes benefit, M.V. Table Tennis Club, and Speechcraft
I know that it is March that has the old saying “In like a lion, out like a lamb,” but January certainly came in like a lamb. We had some incredibly beautiful weather last...
Edgartown: Edgartown School PTA meeting, Owl Prowl at Felix Neck, and Fire Cider
Happy 2023! May this year be gentle and easy, and bring us all even closer to “normal.” I am not making resolutions, nor planning to promise huge improvements in who I am. Baby steps...
Edgartown: Hats off to the EPD, hunkering down, and Happy New Year to us...
Well, we actually had a white Christmas. Though I’m not a fan of snow, as you know, it certainly did make for a beautiful and tranquil feeling for the holiday, and actually help boost...
Edgartown: Library open mic night, and Winter solstice on Wednesday
As I write this, it is exactly one week till Christmas. I don’t know about you, but I am definitely not ready. I bought presents early this year, and now I don’t know where...
Edgartown: Looking at lights, and Paint Pour Parties
I realized this weekend, as I wandered around the Edgartown School Craft Fair and watched the Christmas parade, that I am lacking holiday cheer this year. 2022 has been a tough year, and I’m...
Edgartown: Edgartown School Craft Fair, and Stuff-a-Bus
My first Christmas present arrived this weekend, when I traveled to Connecticut to pick up the girl child upon her return from her European adventures. After many restaurants, museums, relics, beaches, castles, paragliding, buses,...
Edgartown: Island Alpaca open house, “The Polar Express” showing, and Edgartown School Winter Concert
I don’t know about you, but I’m still full from Thanksgiving, and yet we are in full swing into the Christmas season now. I’m not complaining, believe me. I love this time of year,...
Edgartown: Tough week at Edgartown School, and Dickensian Christmas Village
Happy Thanksgiving week! I can’t believe it’s late November already. Well, the temperatures the last few days are doing their best to convince me but part of me feels like we were only relaxing...
Edgartown: Morning yoga at the library, and Lucas Ostinato Trio
I’m feeling so refreshed and revived tonight as I write. We got a weekend away to New Hampshire and just a couple of days away with no work, relaxing, shopping, and eating a lot...
Edgartown: Tech time, school banking, and thank a veteran
I’m writing tonight on the eve of Pop’s 94th birthday, my first ever without the old man around. I’m struggling with it, for sure. I plan to swim in his honor, as he used...
Edgartown: Happy November, fun at the Old Whaling Church, and drop-in knitting
Happy November. The flowers are still blooming. The azaleas are budded and/or blooming. People are still swimming. And the colors on the trees have suddenly changed to browns, yellows, and reds. It’s all a...
Edgartown: Self-guided kayak tours, October bash, and Pumpkin Run
Happy Halloween (almost). October is waning, with November right behind. I’m looking forward to seeing the ghosts and goblins next week. I hate to see summer go, but I do love fall. Colors, costumes,...
Edgartown: Ghosts and goblins, Make it Mondays, and parent-teacher conferences
Insomnia. I periodically have these bouts with it. I’ve always been a night owl, but I’m presently getting about 2 hours of sleep a night. Well, really, it’s in the morning. This week’s column...
Edgartown: Parent/teacher conferences, Truckin’ MV, and pop-up book sale
Well, 2022 continues to not live up to my hopes and dreams, that’s for sure. But if it’s true that things come in threes, I should be all done. As soon as Amelia got...
Edgartown: Haunted tour, fashion show, and ESP
As I (finally) sit down to write this week’s column, I’ve got butterflies in my belly! Baby girl child is sitting in an airport in New York, heading to Europe for two months. I...
Edgartown: Brunch under the Tent
Oops! I did it again. Fell, that is. Is this one of the realities of getting older, or am I just a klutz? Well, I’ve actually already established my klutziness over the years, but...
Edgartown: With kindness and compassion
I am torn tonight between writing a typical column versus an open letter to Governor DeSantis for his inhumane political stunt last week. I’ll start with the latter and if space allows, finish with...
Edgartown: Community through local food
I sit down to write this week’s column on Sept. 11, the 21st anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York. I suppose this day will always be full of solemn...