Tag Archives: health
Resolutions
I did make a New Year’s resolution once. When I was working on my first novel, The Mud of the Place, and desperately afraid that I’d never finish it, I resolved that I would work on it every day until it was done. Note … Continue reading
Measles on the Map
Measles came to Martha’s Vineyard earlier this month. An off-island child, presumably here on vacation, was taken to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and diagnosed with it. Before, measles was deep background for most of us. Now it occupies a prominent … Continue reading
Posted in public life, technology
Tagged community, Facebook, health, Islanders Talk, Lyme disease, psychic map, religion, risk
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Season of the Risk
Fall on Martha’s Vineyard: The days grow shorter, the leaves turn — and deer ticks make a comeback. Ticks are part of the seasonal cycle here. The big ones, called dog ticks or wood ticks, are much in evidence from … Continue reading
Posted in musing, outdoors
Tagged health, Lyme disease, psychic map, risk, ticks, Travvy, Washington DC
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From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 