donkey
By LYNNE IRONS About 30 years ago I spent my first Christmas morning alone. My children had a spend-over visit with their father. I was lounging...
nativity
Load 16 tons, What do you get? Another day older And deeper in debt! I ran into Nancy Hall in the Vineyard Haven post office, who reminded...
robot
By LYNNE IRONS I devoted a good deal of time last Saturday to cutting the bittersweet from the deer fencing around my vegetable garden. It is so...
raking
By LYNNE IRONS
By LYNNE IRONS I was thinking about Thanksgiving all week and decided I would not talk about that memorable meal. Rather I devoted my mental time...
By LYNNE IRONS
leaf blower
By LYNNE IRONS We have had a series of what the Irish call soft days — warm, foggy, misty and calm. It has been pleasurable to work outdoors. We...
Seniel Ward drawing
By LYNNE IRONS
gourd
By LYNNE IRONS
By LYNNE IRONS
By LYNNE IRONS For years I have grown celery — both the golden self-blanching and the Utah green varieties. It has been, for lack of a better...
Seniel Ward drawing
By LYNN IRONS Recently, my six-year-old granddaughter, Violet, took her turn saying grace. She said, “Dear God, thank you for a yummy supper. I...

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