Welcome back to Leide DePaula who returned from a whirlwind two weeks in Brazil. Leide has not seen her brother and sister, many friends, lots of relatives and neighbors in 14 years.
Sad goodbyes for now in our neighborhood with the departures of Jim and Trude Hart, Bill and Jan Stokes, and Paul and Marge Howes who had the temerity to abscond with my favorite cat, Charlie.
Fred and Sally Benson welcome their daughter Sarah and very soon-to-be son in law Daniel Hahn this week, both amidst the wedding plans being finalized for their special day.
Don’t the neighborhoods seem quieter now that the kids are off the streets from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.? School sports are starting up with many practices and many parents chauffeuring.
Last Thursday evening I took the ALS ice bucket challenge. My young friend Cheyenne Cormier nominated me and I had 24 hours to do it.
Sure, it was hot Tuesday, so much so that the Thrift Shop had a sign up — Too Hot! Closing at 4 p.m. today. Still, it has been a remarkably mild summer. And now we get our Island beaches back!
So the fair came and went in beautiful weather. Do you remember those awful past days when the fair was only three days long?
I started on Friday night with the Chicken Alley fashion show. Nonna has forbidden me to bring anything else home. Don’t tell her there is an orange leather winter coat hidden in the boot of my truck.
The death of Ed Colligan will be remembered as our greatest loss, summer of 2014. Ed died at home last week. We Tisburians, and, in fact, so many the Island over, have lost a true friend.
