DYING DIFFERENTLY
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
As with the Moshup Trail heathlands, Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard is a rare and unique species in our world today. It deserves the same kind of consideration and intentional support to preserve its place in our community.
Hurrah, Hannah
Hannah M. Ingalls-McGlynn, of Edgartown, has been named to the Dean’s List at Boston University for the Fall semester.
Hilarious Parties
From Gazette editions of March, 1959:
I am just back from Egypt. Happily, during my visit, there were no untoward incidents like the recent bombing in a Cairo bazaar. But I was spending more time outside the capital than in it. On this visit, I did not do such obvious touristic things as bazaar shopping, riding a camel or climbing a pyramid. I did, however, as a memento of my trip, buy a small stuffed camel that sings in Arabic when I press his stomach.
The Legend of Moshup is an ancient creation story from the Wampanoag oral tradition. It tells of the giant Moshup, the personification of the immense forces of nature, deciding to settle here after a long journey, and dragging his foot to separate Martha’s Vineyard from the mainland and plow up the Cliffs of Gay Head. Scraps from his dinner table are the fossilized bones and teeth of ancient life forms found there.
There’s a squirrel hanging about in my yard, and I’m not pleased to have him there. Once, I saw squirrels as playful creatures with fluffy tails and great enthusiasm for life, leaping from limb to limb, bounding over lawns, searching out acorns. All bushy tailed and beady eyed, they were amusing characters in the story books of my childhood. But my feelings changed.
Daylight Saving Time arrives at 2 a.m. Sunday. Remember to turn your clocks, and your computers, ahead one hour.
The Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School is hosting an enrollment open house on Wednesday, March 11 — it’s 5:30 p.m. to visit the kindergarten, and 6:30 for grades one to twelve. All are welcome to tour the school and learn about its academic program and warm community atmosphere.
Applications for next school year are due on March 13. This free public school takes students from across the Island through a lottery for student places available for each town. The lottery is on March 16.
