Winter is upon us. The winds have been swirling all week and the temperatures have dipped to below freezing most nights. The leaves have disappeared and in their place are the winter berries, holly berries, and bittersweet dotting the landscape. Scalloping on Menemsha Pond has been interrupted on occasion due to the temperature.
A pleasure and honor to meet Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg and members of the Kohlberg Foundation at the Vineyard Gazette reception on Monday morning. The air was filled with enthusiasm and an immense amount of positive energy. It is a new day dawning with their acquiring the Vineyard Gazette. All the best to them in their latest endeavor.
Welcome to Rev. Ellen Tatreau, who will become the interim minister for Community Baptist Church of Gay Head, as well as for First Baptist Church in Tisbury. Rev. Tatreau will be preaching her first sermon in Aquinnah on Sunday, arriving from her home in Weymouth.
Reminder: special town meeting on Tuesday evening, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. There are only nine articles on the warrant. They are all vital and need to be acted upon. Please try to attend.
Another nice week with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. The final remnants of the fall foliage are very beautiful as you travel down Middle Road in Chilmark and even more spectacular as you drive up Music street.
Welcome to September, as we sit here indulging in the eerie calm before the storm. Let us simply pray that Hurricane Earl really goes out to sea and does not pay us a late summer visit.
