More Coquina Beachery
Hurricane/Storm José is in the Atlantic to our south right now. Perfect beach weather! Into the truck and off we go…first stop, Crab Creek parking lot. Come on! Coaxing is […]
Category Archives: Martha’s Vineyard
Coquina at the Beach…
Please forgive this besotted author if the tompostpile seems to have entered an “All Puppy All the Time!” phase. Our hearts have been stolen by five pounds of little dog. […]
Out in a Field
Cut cut cut. Cut cut cut. Cut cukes, garlic, onions, peppers and more sat salted in the big bowl. There were three hours to wait before the next step of […]
Love Apples
Love Apples. “Pomodoro”, in Italian. “Tomato” in English, and the word is similarly sounded in many other languages. Tomatoes are “Nyanya” in Swahili. They’re”Yaanyo” in Somali, and “Utamatisi” in Zulu. […]
Wishetwurra Flowers, Late August
Dang, it’s late August already. We’re hurtling toward the equinox, towards the start of fall. Tomorrow will be two minutes and thirty-three seconds shorter that today. In one week our […]
Indigo Exultations, or, The Best Quilt Ever?
For the last few years (as in “ten or twenty”), one of the standout reasons to go to the Fair each year is to see the quilts. Each year, each […]
The Cattle Shed At Night
Last Saturday night, after performing with my “Flying Elbow” friends at the Fair, I passed the Cattle Shed. The critters were settling down for the night. The quality of the […]
