Author Archives: Susanna J. Sturgis
Surprised, as Usual
Spring has been off and on, back and forth, this year, which isn’t all that unusual though everybody thinks it is. What is somewhat unusual is that when I didn’t see the shadbush blooming in the woods at the end … Continue reading
Spring on the Line, 2016
This time of year, if you ask a Vineyarder to list the months in order, they’re likely to start off “January, February, March, March, March, June . . .” In the fall it goes “. . . September, October, November, … Continue reading
April License Plate Report
Not a big haul in April, but Indiana and Kentucky have been added to the map. License plate spotting was, well, spotty in the first half of the month, so when I went to vote in the town election at … Continue reading
Happy 90th, Shirley!
Today my friend Shirley Mayhew turns 90. If I don’t finish this post PDQ, I’ll have to say yesterday. I’ve met many, many amazing women in my life, but Shirley is near the top of the list. Shirley moved to … Continue reading
March License Plate Report
The best March ever in my license plate game has made up for the worst January ever. Twelve new sightings in March! Today, the year-to-date total stands at 27, one ahead of a year ago’s tally and exactly the same … Continue reading
Spring Snow
March didn’t come in like a lion this year. This year March came in like an unobtrusive house guest who never gets underfoot and maybe even helps out in the kitchen. Once she got comfortable, she threw her weight around … Continue reading
3 Quotes, 3 Days: Day 3
It’s actually Day 4 because somehow I missed Day 3, but here goes anyway. It’s International Women’s Day, after all, and I just saw Suffragette at the Vineyard Haven library. For more about the 3 Quotes, 3 Days challenge, see Day … Continue reading
3 Quotes, 3 Days: Day 2
For more about the 3 Quotes, 3 Days challenge, see Day 1. When I came to Martha’s Vineyard in 1985, part of me thought I was taking a year off to work on a novel. I never finished that novel, … Continue reading
3 Quotes, 3 Days: Day 1
My favorite blogs open windows into the lives of other people, especially other women, other creative types, and people in other places. The blogger of The Glass Bangle fits all three categories: she’s a poet and writer who lives in South India. … Continue reading
Post-Primary Day
On our morning walks, Travvy and I usually head toward the state forest, via Pine Hill, Halcyon Way, or the Dr. Fisher Road. Yesterday we struck out in the opposite direction, across the Island Farms subdivision to State Road and … Continue reading
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 