Author Archives: Susanna J. Sturgis
Winter Concert
Last night I sang in the annual Winter Concert. As usual, the Hebrew Center was packed, admission was free, we got the audience singing, and (as far as I could tell) everyone went home happy. What’s not to like about … Continue reading
Moon Walking
After several days of overcast and rain, the sky cleared as the moon was nearing full. It’s stayed clear as the moon wanes. Most nights Trav and I have gone out moon walking. I carry a little flashlight in my … Continue reading
Quintet Fail
Yesterday all my ice disks seemed here to stay Now the weather’s made them go away Sniff
Ice Diskology
The season that’s currently occupying Martha’s Vineyard is winter, so From the Seasonally Occupied Territories is going to blog about that. With pictures. Last winter I had an epiphany. No, it was not news to me that water freezes when … Continue reading
Live and Learn
Yesterday it snowed. Yesterday was a gray day. The snow was wet and there wasn’t much of it. This morning it sparkled. The snow was both pristine and easy to walk in. What’s not to like? Snow reveals the passage … Continue reading
Deer Season
Deer season began this past Monday. We used to call it “deer week,” but now it runs two weeks, no hunting on Sunday. Deer season actually began on October 21 and continues through the last day of the year. Archers … Continue reading
Maple Red
When February 2014 comes — or, possibly, given February weather, skids — to a close, Travvy will be six years old and I will have lived in this apartment for seven. Outside my west-facing windows all that time have been … Continue reading
Belonging
This started off to be a follow-up to “On (the?) Island,” but it didn’t go where I thought it was going. Surprise, surprise, surprise. I seem to be on a “what am I doing and where do I belong?” kick. … Continue reading
November License Plate Report
So I thought November’s big news was going to be spotting British Columbia at up-island Cronig’s in the middle of the month. Officially I’m only tracking U.S. states, but Canada’s western provinces are rare, rare, rare on Martha’s Vineyard, and … Continue reading
On (the?) Island
A Facebook conversation the other day zeroed in on the phrase “on-island.” Are those who use it — as opposed to, say, “here” or “on the island” — giving themselves away as recent arrivals? Are they perhaps a little insecure … Continue reading
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 