Tag Archives: Travvy
Off-Island
When you live on an island, going off-island is a big deal. I live in West Tisbury. It’s about nine miles to Edgartown. It’s only seven miles to Woods Hole, but Woods Hole is much, much, much farther away than … Continue reading
’Tis the Season (at Last! Maybe?)
Sure, the days were getting short and shorter and we’d had a couple of hard frosts and a few not-so-hard, but I couldn’t take approaching winter seriously as long as daytime temperatures were in the 60s (F) and people were … Continue reading
99%
A few weeks ago, en route to and from a Rally Obedience trial in Littleton, Mass., I listened to the CD version of Molly Ivins’s Who Let the Dogs In? I had 99% on the brain: Occupy Wall Street (OWS) … Continue reading
Rally at the Tennis Court
The weather being gloriously sunny and warm for mid-November, three of us went to the dogs on Sunday. Loose translation: We took over the public tennis courts for an hour and filmed ourselves and our dogs doing a Rally-O course. … Continue reading
Horsesitter
I’ve got a horsesitting gig this weekend, which rearranges my morning routine somewhat. Usually I get up, feed Trav, boot up Hekate the laptop, go downstairs (where my bathroom is) to brush teeth and splash water on face, and come … Continue reading
Would Clicker Training Help the MVC?
What to make of last Thursday night’s Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) meeting, at which a motion was made to rescind the October 6 vote to approve the roundabout project, with certain conditions pertaining to bicyclists, pedestrians, bus stops, and landscaping? … Continue reading
Travvy’s Loot
Here’s Travvy — that’s Masasyu’s Fellow Traveller, RL2, RA, CGC — with his loot from this weekend. Someday I will blog more about our journey together and why I believe that clicker training could even fix the U.S. Congress, but … Continue reading
The Boat
People who’ve got some relationship with Martha’s Vineyard love to go on, often at great length, about why Martha’s Vineyard is different from anywhere else: its beauty, its beaches, etc., etc., etc. Having dwelt on the cherished isle for 26 … Continue reading
Last Pesto of the Season
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
September
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
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 