Chilmark greeted yet another year with dignity and grace. There were some tasteful fireworks shot off sufficiently before midnight for the early birds among us to enjoy. Chilmark has evidence of the changing years in that she sports many more shingles and paved roads each year, but after some 300 years she still seems rural and unsophisticated. The sound of the dredge working in the channel was the only sound over the wind that I could note this weekend past. All other endeavors in town seem to be at rest. There is still no snow for us to deal with yet.

Chilmark voters…all 55 of them…turned out for the special town meeting on Monday evening.

Chilmark is sure to look more like winter when this gusty wind diminishes. It promises to tear away the lovely yellow and orange foliage that we have been enjoying on our roadsides. However, we quickly adjust to life in the next season. Scalloping started this week.