Last week the concrete foundation for the Chappy cell tower was poured.

It is school vacation this week and the Island is noticeably quiet. With many families away on off-Island adventures, Edgartown’s Main street was nearly empty late Sunday afternoon. Only a handful of cars remained parked between upper Main and the ferry, and the sidewalks were void of pedestrians.

The Chappaquiddick cell tower construction project is well underway.

“This is the most beautiful place on Earth,” Edward Abbey writes in his opening line of Desert Solitaire.

A few weeks ago, I mentioned that Lindsay Allison had posted a note on Facebook regarding ordering quail to release onto her property to eat ticks.

After many hours of traveling, my little one and I arrived home from visiting my mom in Mexico yesterday evening.

I observed the lunar eclipse last Sunday evening in the comfort of a hot tub.

Last time I wrote to you, I was in the snowy White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Lindsay Patterson Allison posted a note on Facebook that she had just ordered quail for delivery this coming July.

I am writing to you this week from the snowy White Mountains of New Hampshire where the landscape is a far cry from our Chappy flatlands.