Category Archives: Martha’s Vineyard
Marijuana Special
Don’t get excited — I haven’t gone to pot. The last time I saw the stuff up close and personal must have been at least 15 years ago. It’s probably been twice as long since I last came close to … Continue reading
October License Plate Report
Nothing exciting to report. No, make that nothing to report. The count stands where it was at the end of September and at the end of August, at 43. I did spot one license plate worth reporting, though. Don’t get … Continue reading
Season of the Scarecrow
The scarecrows are back! Trav and I met several on our walk to the post office the other day. He had a greeting for every single one. Well, OK, I’m not sure if it was a greeting or a challenge … Continue reading
The Road to the Overlook
Writing about writing is usually boring except to writers, and when writers read writing about writing it’s often because they’re procrastinating or blocked or otherwise not writing. In this blog post I’m writing about writing, but I’m going to dress … Continue reading
On Community
This is a sequel of sorts to “Vineyard Exceptional.” At the end of “Vineyard Exceptional” I said that I’d bitten off more than I could chew. This was true. I said that a follow-up on community would be along soon. … Continue reading
Girl’s Night Out
In the heyday of Wintertide Coffeehouse, roughly the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, Martha’s Vineyard was a stop on the singer-songwriter circuit. I got to hear some wonderful folk and blues performers without leaving home, and I got to hear them … Continue reading
Loss
I took this photo almost a year ago. The winged sumac was getting redder and bolder and I was looking forward to getting another shot. Monday morning I met a young guy with a brush cutter at just this spot. … Continue reading
Early Fall Color
Inspired by Farmer Tom of Wishetwurra Farm (up the road from me apiece in West Tisbury), I’ve been packing my little point-and-shoot whenever Travvy and I go out. Fall in New England raises expectations high. We’re famous for our fall … Continue reading
September License Plate Report
No news is not exactly good news, but it’s all I’ve got. Nothing new for September. A few relatively rare plates staged repeat appearances, like Louisiana and Kentucky, and one morning in West Tisbury center I got all excited by … Continue reading
Cider Sunday
Leominster, Massachusetts, proclaim the signs on the interstate, is PIONEER PLASTICS CITY and BIRTHPLACE OF JOHNNY APPLESEED. How could anyone not love that juxtaposition? Johnny Appleseed, né John Chapman, didn’t just plant seeds. He started apple-tree nurseries and supervised them … Continue reading
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 