Ferris Wheel spins high over the fairgrounds in West Tisbury. Tim Johnson

Sunday, August 22, 2021

The realization might follow an overheard remark at approximately this moment each year — perhaps while waiting in line at the Touchdown Club's booth at the Ag Fair, or while wandering among the crowds at Illumination Night. "So tell me," they ask, "how was your summer?"

No week in the Island year marks a transition more vividly than the third week of August. No week of Island summer has more vacations carefully planned to catch its celebrations. Yet even as we celebrate, we find our conversations slipping into past tense, the summer simultaneously culminating and escaping us, streaming away into memory.

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Hildi Wolfish, Toronto
How was my summer? For the second year in a row, NOT in the Vineyard. That should answer the question.
August 28, 2021 - 3:28pm
Nancy Protzmann, Amherst, NH
Your photos Tim are truly amazing, and I SO look forward to the joy they bring me each week. 59 summers on the island and each of your photos brings me something new and exciting. Thank you!
August 28, 2021 - 9:11pm

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