It was a beautiful fall evening on the Island and I was taking an after-dinner stroll with my children. My six-year-old son, Hardy, crashed about in the woods. My daughter, Pickle, not her real name but definitely her given name, walked a few yards in front of me.
Pickle is two and a half and becoming now a small creature of the world rather than just something of my own. She walked in front of me, not even looking back to see if I were following. I felt a tug at my heart.
Autumn Days
It was a flash of white foretelling the future, the fine white coating on the fields along State Road Wednesday morning. Kids in cars cried out, Is it a snow day? Not yet, thought their parents. The first killing frost came late this year; fall has been gentle and colorful and relatively peaceful, elections notwithstanding, and most of us are unwilling to let go quite yet.
Edgartown’s Too-High Horse
The six Island towns have long coexisted like members of a lively, diverse and sometimes scrappy family, each with its own character, personality and style, but with an unwritten inside rule: Never think you are better than someone else.
Lately Edgartown has begun to show signs of doing just that and it’s not wearing well with the other towns whose leaders are far too polite to say something about it.
Anna Markwica in Ecuador
Edgartown resident Anna Markwica is currently studying abroad through the Boston University’s international programs office. An early childhood education major, Anna will be in Ecuador through the end of the fall 2010 semester. She is scheduled to graduate in 2011.
Falmouth on Island
Falmouth Academy will host an information session for Vineyard students and families on Sunday, Nov. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Arbor Inn at 222 Upper Main street in Edgartown.
Island Economics
Wondering how Island businesses fared this summer and what can be gleaned from these results to help prepare for next season?
Nancy Gardella, executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, will speak to this subject on Tuesday, Nov. 9 at a breakfast program organized by the Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Network.
The All-Island Seasonal Flu Clinic will take place on Thursday, Nov. 11, from 8 a.m. to noon at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School for adults and high school students. All participants must register at another location on the day of the flu clinic, however; go to either Waban Park in Oak Bluffs or the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury complete the paperwork prior to traveling to the high school to get vaccinated.
Gazette Closed Monday
The Vineyard Gazette office in Edgartown will be closed on Monday in order to allow the staff to take a day off in place of Veterans Day. The national holiday will be observed on Thursday, Nov. 11, when schools, banks and post offices will be closed
Also, remember to turn clocks back before you go to sleep Saturday night.
