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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Exploding Squash at Wishetwurra Farm.

July 31, 2012by tompostpile 1 Comment

The winter squash and pumpkin patch is exploding. See first this photo from an earlier Wishetwurra Farm Garden Tour. The winter squash and pumpkin patch is to the right end […]

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Color, Essay, Gardening, photograph, Wishetwurra Farm

Striped Folly

July 30, 2012by tompostpile 5 Comments

It’s time to get back in the saddle. The ‘pile is up again on a loaner computer. Does that make me a loan ranger? Word will come from the “hospital” […]

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Color, Essay, Gardening, photograph, Wishetwurra Farm

(RIP Mac?) Don’t Cry Over Spilled Coffee

July 27, 2012by tompostpile 1 Comment

But you can grumble a little. When the coffee hits the computer keyboard and seeps in and the screen turns black, sop up what you can, don’t try to power […]

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More SSA Perplexities, and 4,000 Thankyous.

July 26, 2012by tompostpile 2 Comments

At approximately 5:03AM today, thetompostpile received visitor number 4,000. People from 53 countries have now come to the ‘pile. While this is but a small, small blip in the vastness of […]

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Art, Essay, Martha's Vineyard, photograph

What a Difference a Day Makes

July 25, 2012by tompostpile Leave a comment

Martha’s Vineyard has possessed a magickal anti-rain juju power this summer. Rain after rain, storm after storm, has passed to the north, passed to the south, passed to the east […]

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Essay, Nature, photograph

Busy Sound, and a Word from the Author

July 24, 2012by tompostpile 2 Comments

Busy Sound. Not as in the telephone line’s beepbeepbeep busy signal. The busy Sound. Capitalized. Here is the busy Sound, seen from the ferry. NOTICE: The next six weeks are […]

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Essay, Martha's Vineyard, photograph

Soy Haiku, And a Few Words about Seeds.

July 23, 2012by tompostpile 2 Comments

Soy seeds spring from soil. We will eat edamame. Pick, steam, salt, eat!   Beer! Seeds. Seeds come in so many sizes and so many forms. Tobacco seed is as […]

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Danger in Menemsha

July 22, 2012by tompostpile Leave a comment

Menemsha is the Wharf Rat’s dream. It’s a sensory place. So much to see. Interesting sounds. Interesting odors…Seaweed. Fish, fresh and fish not so fresh. Wet sand. Moist air carries […]

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Essay, Martha's Vineyard, photograph

Drops

July 21, 2012by tompostpile Leave a comment

Drops. Drops on daylily petal. Drops of water everywhere, as a showery day unfolds. Drops in the morning, a spell of actual rain at midday, and more drops late in […]

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Color, Essay, Gardening, Nature, photograph, Wishetwurra Farm

Noticing is Key

July 20, 2012by tompostpile Leave a comment

Noticing. How often we don’t notice… But: not noticing is useful self-protection. If you noticed everything, all the time, you’d end up a  quivering pile of jelly. You need time […]

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