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 […]
Category Archives: West Tisbury
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. […]
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 […]
A Quick Walk Through The Hall
There are many solipsistic locations on our planet: Paris, London, Peking, New York City — even Martha’s Vineyard. Humans will always tend to think “Who else but me? Where else but here?” […]
MidAugust 2017 Wishetwurra Farm Garden
Mid-August. Summer is less than six weeks from its equinoctial end. Shocking! Here’s what the garden looks like right after a foggy and drismal night. “Good Morning!”, say asparagus plants […]
“Papa Tom!” “Yes?” “I want a spoon!” “Why?” “To drink my tea!” “But it’s so far to the kitchen…” (It wasn’t) “Papa Tom, I want a spoon!” “But—-OK, OK…. How […]
