Dylan Thomas
The birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses I rose in rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. – Dylan Thomas
June 27, 1975
Steamer Nobska Baltimore Bound
As the steamer Nobska slipped past the Chops on the ebbing tide late yesterday afternoon, there was none of the celebration that greeted her arrival in these waters just about 50 years ago. Her decks were empty, her boilers cold. When she left Nantucket slip yesterday she didn’t sound one long blast on the steam…
A Night for Celebration — JAWS Begins at Its Beginnings
It was a night for celebrating. The sky was clear, and the waxing moon was in competition with the stars of the sky, the stars of the screen, and the stars of the Island, and into this perfect setting (or set) went Islanders in best bib and tucker to see the premiere of their very…
