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M is for Mud #AtoZChallenge
Mud season generally comes round in early spring, when thawing earth and April showers turn fields, dirt roads, and back yards into quagmires. (Hmm. Maybe Q is for Quagmire? I won’t know till I get there.) Except this year, when … Continue reading
Posted in Martha's Vineyard, outdoors, writing
Tagged journalism, Mud of the Place, spring, summer, walking, weather, winter
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H is for Housing #AtoZChallenge
Around 1983, when I was still living in D.C., I read a story in (IIRC) the Washington Post‘s Sunday magazine about the housing situation on Cape Cod. Landlords wanted to get top dollar during “the season” (usually June through September), so … Continue reading
Posted in home, Martha's Vineyard, tourism, writing
Tagged dogs, housing, island economics, poetry, Rhodry, summer, Travvy, Wintertide, year-rounders
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B is for Beach #AtoZChallenge
See here for more about the Blogging A to Z Challenge. B is for Beach — it’s a no-brainer, right? Martha’s Vineyard is an island. Its whole perimeter is beach of one kind of another, and much of it is … Continue reading
Posted in Martha's Vineyard, outdoors, writing
Tagged alcoholism, Lambert's Cove Beach, Mud of the Place, poetry, South Beach, State Beach, summer, walking, winter, Wolfie
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A Bookselling Snake
Is it September 15th already?? I spend the whole summer looking forward to Labor Day, and now it’s been two weeks in the rear-view mirror. The island around me may have slowed down somewhat — the traffic definitely has — … Continue reading
Posted in public life, writing
Tagged Ag Hall, Artisans' Fair, Cynthia Riggs, Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Mud of the Place, summer, Tom Dresser
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August License Plate Report
When July ends, I damp my expectations way, way down. Pickin’s are always slim in the last five months of the year, and in a few years they’ve been nonexistent. So spotting Nebraska! and Kansas! in the first week of … Continue reading
Posted in license plates
Tagged Artisans' Fair, Farmers Market, license plates, Reliable Market, summer, traffic
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Insider, Outsider
When Senator Elizabeth Warren came to the Vineyard for a town hall last month (see “The Line, the Hall, and the Senator” for details), an estimated 1,000 people filled a hall whose official capacity is about 800. When my four … Continue reading
Posted in musing, public life
Tagged election 2016, Maura Healey, politics, psychic map, summer, summer people
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The Line, the Hall, and the Senator
Vineyarders are notorious for not RSVPing, signing up early, or buying tickets in advance. Case in point: Last Tuesday evening I shucked my soggy shorts and T-shirt for a crisp, presentable summer dress and headed into Vineyard Haven to see I … Continue reading
Posted in Martha's Vineyard, public life
Tagged Democratic Party, election 2018, Elizabeth Warren, politics, summer
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Is That You, Spring?
Memorial Day be damned, I’ve been in total denial that the summer season — not summer, but the summer season — is upon us. Most of the time it’s been feeling like mid or late April. Yesterday I wore jeans and a … Continue reading
August License Plate Report
Iowa and Kansas both showed up in August, good ones both, especially for August. Vineyard roads are jammed in August — most years it’s all anyone talks about, though this year the lack of rain and the presidential election are … Continue reading
Crusaders
In this contentious election season — which may or may not be more contentious than elections past, but it sure has got my attention — with recriminations, animosities, and grudges at the center of the national stage, I can’t help … Continue reading
Posted in Martha's Vineyard, public life, tourism
Tagged class, mopeds, politics, risk, summer, traffic, year-rounders
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