Tag Archives: Travvy

Dog Day at the Fair

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

The Fair is like a tiny town, No sooner built than taken down. Dan Waters, “Affair with a Fair” The Agricultural Fair put on annually by the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society (MVAS) has to be the big event on the … Continue reading →

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Fear & Loathing in the Garden Patch

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

I hate fresh fruits and vegetables. What I hate most about fresh vegetables are the deadlines: use me now or I will turn to gelatinous goo in your refrigerator. I’m a freelance editor. I have enough deadlines in my life. … Continue reading →

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Small Lives, Real Lives

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

I had a major epiphany the other morning while reading Jan Pogue’s blog. Jan is the publisher behind Vineyard Stories, an independent press that publishes books about Martha’s Vineyard. The epiphany-inducing blog (which you can read in its entirety here) … Continue reading →

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This Blog’s for Norway

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Living on Martha’s Vineyard makes me wonder if tourists ever see anything real, and if they do, do they recognize it? I also spend a fair amount of time seething about tourists and recent arrivals who write authoritatively about what … Continue reading →

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Thanks for the Fantasy

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

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 →

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My Laundromat

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

It rain rain rained all night, but when I rose around 6 a.m. clearing looked like a definite possibility. Weather Underground agreed. The laundromat opens at 8; we were there by 8:30. Laundromats can be great catch-up-on-gossip community centers. The … Continue reading →

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