The Insight Meditation Community of Martha’s Vineyard, which has been meeting in the Unitarian-Universalist Chapel for the past 27 years, is entering a new phase in its growth as it becomes a recognized teacher-led Sangha (a Sanskrit word roughly translated as community), thanks to Chas Di Capua, teacher in residence at the Insight Meditation Society located in Barre, Mass.
COMSOG, the Community Solar Greenhouse of Martha’s Vineyard, is continuing a 21-year tradition of celebrating the arrival of the fall season by welcoming Island residents and their families to its Fall Harvest Festival on Sunday, Sept. 30, from noon to 3 p.m. at the greenhouse off of New York avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Charter School
Monday, Sept. 24: Macaroni and cheese, ratatouille, pears and milk.
Tuesday, Sept. 25: Corn chowder, grilled cheese sandwich, fruit smoothie and milk.
Wednesday, Sept. 26: Sandwiches (ham and cheese, tuna salad or veggie and cheese), lettuce, tomato and sprouts, Moroccan salad, pineapple and milk.
Thursday, Sept. 27: Pizza (plain cheese, pepperoni or pesto and artichoke), tossed salad, fresh fruit and milk.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression. This old truism is making things difficult for the recently discovered native populations of Phragmites, also known as common reed or phrag.
The phrag we all love to hate is an invasive tall grass that is becoming the dominant plant along the upper edges of our salt marshes, growing so thickly that it crowds out any other plants, including cattails, sedges, wild flowers, and woody shrubs.
By LYNNE IRONS
Last Saturday’s rain made me so happy. There is nothing quite like waking up to that soft patter. It sure makes one’s bed enjoyable. I love the smell of rain especially on hot pavement. We are in desperate need of a slow, steady soaking.
Tisbury Great Pond looked like a Japanese painting, flat calm with a fine mist hanging just over the surface. It was so quiet it was eerie. The silence was broken by the honking of a flock of Canada Geese. The birds rose up in a V-formation through the fog and headed directly towards my kitchen window, creating quite a din for such an early hour. At what seemed the last second, the flock sailed over the roof and headed towards Black Point Pond.
Diversity Discussion
Island Diversity Council hosts a showing of Race: The Power of an Illusion, Part 3, followed by a discussion, at 6:30 p.m. at the West Tisbury School cafeteria. All are welcome to discuss this important topic and how it affects our Island community.
JUNE MANNING
508-645-2574
The Aquinnah town hall kitchen committee would like your input on Monday, Sept. 24 at 4 p.m. The committee is in the process of reviewing plans and designs for the new kitchen. Your input is definitely needed with regards to appliances, design, kitchenware and so on.
Hello, Kahlia
Jessica and Dolglas Nascimento of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Kahlia Victoria Nascimento, born Sept. 9 at the Martha’s Vineyard Community Hospital. Kahlia weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces at birth.
MARGARET KNIGHT
508-627-8894
A little bit of Cape Pogue Pond was splashed onto Charlotte, Nat and Pam Benjamin’s new schooner, at its launching last Saturday in Vineyard Haven. Pam asked Sidney and me to bring over a bottle of the pond water because they had organized the christening ceremony to use water from various Island ponds rather than do the traditional breaking of the champagne bottle.
