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New Blogger up the Road
Now you don’t have to be on Facebook to follow the musings and photos that spring from the Tompost Pile. It’s flowering on WordPress. A wise and witty take on Vineyard life (etc.) by a musician, gardener, and sign painter … Continue reading
Labor Day is the solution.
August 1 broke the blog’s July 27 record for most views in a single day. Thank you!
According to my WordPress dashboard, one of the “top searches” that’s bringing people to this site is “man passed out under tree.” Huh? I’m afraid the searchers are going to be disappointed.
Yesterday, July 27, was this blog’s busiest day yet, handily surpassing the tally for opening day, July 8. Thanks to all you subscribers, commenters, and readers for your support!!
The town tennis courts are locked. The brand-new basketball court right next to it isn’t. This morning people were playing tennis on the basketball court.
Here and Not-Here
My editor at the Women’s Review of Books needed the scan of an album cover to accompany my review of Alix Dobkin’s My Red Blood: A Memoir of Growing Up Communist, Coming onto the Greenwich Village Folk Scene, and Coming … Continue reading
The Backside of the Knitting
Deep background: Long time ago, like when I hadn’t been around very long, I was astonished by what looked like the ineptness of most town governments. (We’ve got six towns on Martha’s Vineyard, plus the County of Dukes County — … Continue reading
Thanks for the Fantasy
Dear B—, Thanks so much for the invite to the two-day Rally-O trial in New Hampshire later this month. For sure I’d rather be there than here on Martha’s Vineyard at the height of tourist season, but I just can’t … Continue reading
Overheard
Dusk. West Tisbury School soccer field, woman about 15 feet behind man, both walking briskly to retrieve golf balls. Woman: Golf isn’t to be nervous. Golf is to have fun. I haven’t done anything in my life because I was … Continue reading
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 