WHOI Wall
I had a half-mile walk across Woods Hole the other day, from a friend’s house to the ferry. The walk was slow, and was mainly devoted to looking at stone […]
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Fine Ferry Feet
Sometimes summer on Martha’s Vineyard is an overwhelming time. Too much of everything. Too much of everything means not everything gets done, too. That’s my excuse for no tompostpile posts […]
July views of the Nonamessett House
Each month of the year, the Nonamessett house has a different feel, a different personality. To see this house from the ferry you have to be ready. There’s only a […]
Insomnipix. Fifteen Secondses. Part the Second.
In the predawn dark I found the camera, set the exposure to fifteen seconds, and started taking pictures. The only available light came from a nightlight and from lights on […]
Insomnipix. Fifteensecondses. Album One.
Not exactly insomnia, it wasn’t. But the eyes came open in the predawn hours, and would not. shut again. Might as well use the facilities and get something to drink […]
Mill Hill to Tuna Tower and Back (Menemsha).
We took a ritual trip to the West this afternoon. Not to California or any such place, but to Menemsha, which guidebooks and the like are fond of characterizing as […]
Wishetwurra Farm Garden Report, July 2013
Behind. I’m behind. In the humidity of coastal New England, temperatures in the 80’s that would not faze a person elsewhere can make an Islander swoon. If we don’t swoon […]
The Old Grill at the Prunederosa
Through the digital miracle of stored “yes and no”, we return to California. We return to our first stop, an Edenic Ranchette in Prunedale. It’s so Edenic that hawks come […]
The Wishetwurra Farm Garden in July. Churning Away!
Now that the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye, the Iowa Girl wants to come get her portrait taken. She’ll look amazing in the maize patch. Right now, […]
Bridges. (Not Lloyd)
Bridges. So many bridges. Some bridges are iconic, totemic even. Think of San Francisco, and its miles of spans. Some bridges are major engineering marvels. Bridges. Links. […]
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