Can’t get there from here. Bert and I said it first,
but Chappaquiddick truly took the sentiment to heart. Giving (or receiving) directions on Chappy is nothing if not impossible. Sisyphus himself would have said “aw, screw it” after the third run-through of the same direction to the same person.

There are markers on Chappy, real landmarks that denote location, which are fine if the location that you’re describing is within 10 yards of that landmark. Any further and you must rely on the ever-changing mailbox or disappearing street post.

Tomorrow is the full moon, called the Harvest Moon. The moon rises in the east at about the same time as the sun sets in the west. The brilliant moon is in the zodiacal constellation Pisces.
The Harvest Moon is the nearest full moon to the first day of autumn, which was last Saturday.
The moon will look large as it rises in the east, and it will appear to be close. Full moons on the horizon always look closer and bigger. But as the moon climbs higher in the sky it seems to shrink.
The moon actually will be closest to the earth next Friday, when it is in perigee. The moon on that date will be 251,000 miles away. Tides will run slightly higher and lower than usual, due to both the closeness of the moon and the fact that the moon is just past full.
The gravitational pull of both the moon and the sun play a big part in the tides. The relationship between the earth to the moon and sun are also involved. When the moon is closesTomorrow is the full moon, called the Harvest Moon. The moon rises in the east at about the same time as the sun sets in the west. The brilliant moon is in the zodiacal constellation Pisces.
The Harvest Moon is the nearest full moon to the first day of autumn, which was last Saturday.
The moon will look large as it rises in the east, and it will appear to be close. Full moons on the horizon always look closer and bigger. But as the moon climbs higher in the sky it seems to shrink.
The moon actually will be closest to the earth next Friday, when it is in perigee. The moon on that date will be 251,000 miles away. Tides will run slightly higher and lower than usual, due to both the closeness of the moon and the fact that the moon is just past full.
The gravitational pull of both the moon and the sun play a big part in the tides. The relationship between the earth to the moon and sun are also involved. When the moon is closest to the earth, our oceans feel an extra tug.
The extreme tides next week will likely be something for fishermen to talk about.t to the earth, our oceans feel an extra tug.
The extreme tides next week will likely be something for fishermen to talk about.

The new West Tisbury police station is in final design stages but needs additional funding to complete construction and bid documents, the town selectmen learned this week.
At their meeting Wednesday, the selectmen approved placing an $80,000 warrant article for the November special town meeting to fund the last phase of construction documents, prepare the project for request for proposals and complete the bidding process. Voters will be asked at the annual town meeting in April to pay for the project, planned to be built at the public safety building.

Last Friday, pressed for time, I
took the evening Cape Air flight to Boston, having enjoyed a few days alone after settling my daughters at their colleges on opposite coasts. Summer was over and I was of course sad to be leaving the Vineyard and already missing the people I didn’t have time to see and things I didn’t have time to do, feeling a bit beleaguered by all the “letting go” thrust upon me in one week.
The airport was so still and quiet I thought I had the time wrong, but the attendant said there were only two passengers.

Tomorrow, Sept. 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. the Martha’s Vineyard Museum introduces its latest exhibit, Enchanted Isle — The Story of Martha’s Vineyard.

The exhibit, as the title says, is about the Vineyard from its geologic beginnings to the present. Through oral histories and objects, visitors get to travel through different eras and see how they influenced the evolution of the Island. This is to be a permanent exhibition.

Tonight, Sept. 14, there will be a member preview of from 5 to 7 p.m.

The United States Air Force Liberty Jazz Band is holding a free concert beginning at 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 14, at the Ocean Park bandstand. The musicians are part of the United States Air Force Band of Liberty from Hanscom Air Force Base outside Boston.

The band has been performing for 25 years, paying homage to the big band sounds of Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, along with modern composers such as Maria Schneider, Mike Crotty and Sandy Megas.

In the case of bad weather, the concert will take place at Dreamland, 9 Oak Bluffs avenue.

Two weeks ago I wrote a letter to this paper in an attempt to raise the level of concern about West Nile fever and other mosquito-borne diseases coming to this Island.

In my letter I urged a program of mosquito control which included aerial spraying and elimination of areas of stagnant water where mosquitoes breed.

The following letter was sent to the board of directors at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.

Congratulations on your selection of Hugh Knipmeyer as a recipient of the Martha’s Vineyard Medal. No one deserves the honor more than Hugh.

While it would seem that plenty of folks know that James Dean got his first real show business break while on the Vineyard, surprisingly few know that the ferry Governor was in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentlemen with Deborah Winger and Richard Gere.

To the two people who felt the need to leave notes on my windshield at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital parking lot. I needed to drive myself to the emergency room early Thursday morning which resulted in a five-day hospital stay. I parked my BMW convertible in the closest open spot to the ER. I was not well and quickly glanced to make sure it was not a handicapped space. The sign says Fuel Efficient so I thought nothing of parking there as I get 36 miles per gallon.