Hermine Hull
West Tisbury
It’s still hot, although it feels slightly less hot at night and when we come downstairs in the early morning. There has been a...
West Tisbury
“I wanted you to know Aunt Prudy passed away yesterday morning,” was the message from Tara Whiting-Wells.
Prudy and I had just seen one another....
West Tisbury
I am not a covetous person, but every year when those orange late azaleas bloom at the entrance to the Polly Hill Arboretum, I...
West Tisbury
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights,...
West Tisbury
Fireflies are showing themselves, making sparkly patterns in the trees and the night sky when I take Abby out. Happy to note them everywhere,...
West Tisbury
Hedgerows are at their most beautiful now. All the trees are leafed out, recently enough that there are still variations in the greens, and...
West Tisbury
I want to start this week’s column with a welcome to Eileen Maley, the new West Tisbury columnist for the Gazette. It has been...
West Tisbury – Garden chats, Freedom Falls, kids and dogs, community seeds, Mind of...
The weather has been softly moist. Gray days turn into starless nights, the air visible like walking through a cloud. Pollen is visible too,...
West Tisbury: Spring delights, Marie-Louise Rouff, blues legends, and Rosemary Confalone
It’s been nice, then rainy, then a thunder and lightning storm; it’s been a week of weather.
Everything is green, green, green. The big maple...
West Tisbury: First flowers, Sylvan Heights birds, Parks and Recreation, and town planning
I am relishing my last views of sky, of twisting tree trunks, of branches and twiglets interlaced. The new leaves are pale green, soon...
West Tisbury: New trees, solar energy, Climate Action Fair, library programs, and play reading
Baseball has been going on across the street for a couple of weeks now, always good to see and hear, another sound of the...
West Tisbury: Spring blossoms, tree planting, town visioning, falls prevention, and Paul Karasik
It’s lovely to have the doors and windows wide open, to be outside with my coffee or a sandwich, walking around, looking at everything...
West Tisbury: Town planning, Humphrey’s, oyster permits, family activities, and Gaston Vadasz
Town meeting and elections have come and gone. Congratulations to everyone elected to serve on boards and committees in town. Thanks to Dan Waters...
West Tisbury: Income taxes, elder services, planting trees, library programs, and plant nurseries
Our dining room table has finally been returned to its tranquil self after a week of serving as income tax preparation central. Mike and...
West Tisbury: Signs of spring, egg hunts, Richard Tripp, Music Street, and beach cleanup
Ginny Jones called to tell me about a pair of ospreys that have returned to their nest on the Great Pond on March 17,...
West Tisbury: Earth Day, Washington Ledesma, book clubs, and Jenelle Gadowski
“It used to snow in March,” I said to Mike one morning last week. I had gone out to his workshop to tell him...
West Tisbury: Museum exhibits, Polly Hill Arboretum, jazz documentary, and piano concert
It’s been an on-and-off rainy week. Sometimes the rain and wind lashes our windows with vigor; at other times it has the softness and...
West Tisbury: Great Pond, daffodil sale, M.V. Democrats, and Johnson & Ryan concert
Last Tuesday was the sort of day that makes one glad to be alive, especially in midwinter, when it is such an unexpected treasure....
West Tisbury: Spring break, soup and bread lunches, and town voting system
It’s the last day of this Leap Year in February. Funny to have such a simple solution every four years to straighten out our...
West Tisbury: Early voting, soup and bread lunches, Howe’s House, and Jennie Greene
Watching the snow falling Tuesday morning, I kept hearing in my head the lyrics to “Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’” from “Oklahoma” by Rodgers...