Author Archives: Susanna J. Sturgis
Virtual Vineyard
A couple days ago I posted “Docu-soaping Martha,” a letter of mine published four years ago in the Martha’s Vineyard Times. It got more hits in a shorter time than photos of sunset, snow, and/or Travvy. Thus encouraged, I’m here … Continue reading
Docu-soaping Martha
This letter of mine was published in the Martha’s Vineyard Times for March 9, 2009. The paper’s previous two issues had noted that a “docu-soap” called The Vineyard was slated to be filmed on, you guessed it, Martha’s Vineyard. Four … Continue reading
Fire and Ice
After The Big Blizzard, the one that dumped 8 or so heavy crusty inches of snow here and 20 or 30 inches elsewhere in New England, I created a folder called “February 2013 Snow” and put all my photos in … Continue reading
Snow Valentine
Weather Underground says we’ve got more snow incoming — not much, they say — and I haven’t even got around to posting my pics of the last snow. Here goes. Thursday morning I woke up to snow covering my skylights, … Continue reading
Kim for Pope
The other day Pope Benedict XVI announced his intention to resign the papacy at the end of this month. The news produced a big splash internationally but barely a ripple on Martha’s Vineyard, preoccupied as we were with the approach … Continue reading
February Snow
You’ve probably heard that a major winter storm hit the U.S. Northeast in the last couple of days. Unlike some storms in recent years, this one pretty much lived up to the hype, but c’mon — Nemo? Who came up … Continue reading
Ice Art II
Call it faith or call it winter on Martha’s Vineyard: Undeterred by the dwindling and disappearance of my first foray into dog dish ice art, I started working on Ice Art II. The first disk was undished on Groundhog Day. … Continue reading
Whine
No kidding. The title doesn’t lie. Read at your own risk. This purple chair came with my otherwise unfurnished studio apartment. (The dog did not.) It’s a comfortable chair. Since Hekate the laptop moved in in July 2010, it’s been … Continue reading
January License Plate Report
January! Such a satisfying month. Especially satisfying after the five-month drought that ended 2012. Another year, a fresh start, a bumper crop of license plates. I spotted 23 states during the first month of 2013. Not great, but not bad … Continue reading
Ice Art
Last week the temperature some days didn’t make it into double digits before Travvy and I left for our morning walk. Today it was in the mid-50s with the sun hiding behind clouds. I washed my hair after I got … Continue reading
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 