Author Archives: Susanna J. Sturgis

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About Susanna J. Sturgis

Susanna edits for a living and writes to survive. Having been preoccupied with electoral politics since 2016, she is now getting back to writing -- and she's got plenty to write about. Her blog "The T-Shirt Chronicles," started at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, is a meandering memoir based on her out-of-control T-shirt collection. Her other blogs include "From the Seasonally Occupied Territories," about being a year-round resident of Martha's Vineyard, and "Write Through It," about writing, editing, and how to keep going.

The Hearing Continues

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

These public hearings bring out my inner schoolkid, the one who couldn’t resist whispering during class, passing notes, and occasionally wadding up a bit of candy wrapper, stuffing it into the end of a straw, and shooting it at the … Continue reading →

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Hey, everyone who’s been following the roundabout story, the eagerly awaited Stop the Roundabout video debuted this evening on MVTV and is now available through MVTV’s Video on Demand service. It’s about 20 minutes long and stars Trip Barnes and … Continue reading →

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis | 4 Comments

Last Pesto of the Season

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Last Friday I finally got around to picking basil. It would be the last big picking of the season, so I’d put it off for several days. The nearly full four-cup measure sat on my counter for several days more. … Continue reading →

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Roundabout TV

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

This roundabout thing is getting to us — us being the valiant souls who have been fighting to get Oak Bluffs officials and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to listen to reason — to listen, period. Having been involved only a … Continue reading →

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Risk

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

The kernel of what follows was part of my 9/11 anniversary blog, but writing has a will of its own and when I got to the end of “Belated 10th Anniversary” it no longer fit. I zapped it. In writing … Continue reading →

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Belated 10th Anniversary

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

So I’m three days late blogging the tenth anniversary of 9/11. So what. 9/11 is going to be around for a while, despite the best attempts of the news media to blather it to death. If the rest of us … Continue reading →

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How the Story Ended . . .

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Earlier this summer I copyedited a book about the Sacco-Vanzetti case. I’d known the basics for many years. In 1921 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of killing two men during a 1920 payroll robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. … Continue reading →

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Turning Point

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

This morning, Nisa Counter and Ben Ramsey released this letter to their friends and supporters. That includes the many people who’ve been following their story on this blog. You know I’ve got a few things to say about it all, … Continue reading →

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September

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

September looms large in the year-round Vineyarder’s calendar. A popular 1990s bumper sticker read PRAY FOR SEPT.! and in small print underneath: M.V. Year-Rounders Trying to Deal with Summer. September, we like to say, is when we get our island … Continue reading →

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Defense Fund Established for Ben & Nisa

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

From the Seasonally Occupied Territories has been covering Ben Ramsey and Nisa Counter’s fight to defend their land against the claim of the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation (SMF), a local conservation group. Apart from Facebook, it’s the only public source of … Continue reading →

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