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Stories by Phyllis Meras

Snow Almanac

February 22, 2021
Phyllis Meras

Eureka. Last week, we had more snow days. I could follow deer and rabbit tracks in the snow. I could crunch through fields of snow. I was delighted to find genuine icicles hanging from my evergreens...

Walking the King's Highway on a Wintry Day

February 4, 2021
Phyllis Meras

At last, on Monday snow fell up- Island, enough to cover fields and roofs and stone walls. I made a quick foray early in the morning down Music street in West Tisbury but it was slippery and I went...

And to All, Some Good Cheer

December 23, 2020
Phyllis Meras

On Christmas Eve when snow was thick      To Martha’s Vineyard came St. Nick And all his reindeer wearing masks      As was St. Nick for this year’s...

What's for Dinner? How About Some Sea Moss and Eel Stifle

December 17, 2020
Phyllis Meras

With Christmas approaching, I searched the other day for holiday cookie and cake recipes in my cache of old-time recipes. I came across two tattered Island recipe collections. One, undated, was put...

Bookshelf Holds More Than Bound Memories

November 5, 2020
Phyllis Meras

The other day an old, over-laden bookcase in my library threatened to give way. Trying to keep that from happening, I lessened its load by taking out heavy volumes. Memories flooded by. There was,...

Cooking Up Memories, Each Pot and Pan a Story

September 21, 2020
Phyllis Meras

Like everyone else in these stay-at-home times, I have been cooking more than I usually do. And I have been bringing out pots and pans with a long history. I know aluminum is no longer considered an...

Sunday Strolling on Middle Road Is a Balm for the Soul

August 27, 2020
Phyllis Meras

Early Sunday morning, I like to walk Middle Road from West Tisbury just across the line into Chilmark. On weekdays, the traffic is too heavy and too fast for strollers. There was a time when the...

Vineyard Bookshelf: Paucartambo

July 9, 2020
Phyllis Meras

PAUCARTAMBO: A Midlife Adventure from Martha’s Vineyard to Peru. Written and illustrated by Shirley W. Mayhew. Music Street Press. $25, 169 pages. In 1983 when Shirley Mayhew of West Tisbury...

Remembrance of Asparagus Past

June 18, 2020
Phyllis Meras

A few stalks of asparagus appear in my overgrown West Tisbury vegetable garden each year. I tend to miss them until they are too tall to eat. But this year, I have managed to salvage two scraggly...

Always Ready to Answer When the Road Calls

April 30, 2020
Phyllis Meras

In these stay-at-home days I am cleaning out my cellar and finding all sorts of interesting memorabilia from a lifetime of writing about travel. There is a keepsake piece of metal from a 1986...

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