Today the heat broke, and it is overcast and barely 80. A relief yet I enjoyed feeling that heat, thinking about February and the many times I shiver throughout the winter months in New England. We rode bikes down to South Beach, and were greeted by friendly lifeguards high up […]
Yesterday’s NY Times included a story by Janny Scott about Brooke Astor, 104, who has been in the news about a lawsuit filed alleging bad things against her 84-year-old producer son. The story mentions that there are 1253 women aged 100-104 living in NY, and just 104 who are between […]
What I learned from reading today’s Daily Telegraph, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to London: In the Philippines, a large worm is devastating the centuries old system of terraces, upon which farmers grow their rice crops. Because of loss of forest habitat, a vociferous worm that grows up to six […]
The sultry afternoon lingered as we remained on vacation time…watches left on the bureau, looking only at that spot of white on my wrist. Walking through Edgartown, to the Reading Room, perched on its own causeway in the harbor, ‘no trespassing signs’ delineating the places where only Members are welcome. […]
Sitting in the heated up house here on Cummings Way, reading the Wall St. Journal. The name Imad Mugniyah came up in a story about Hezbollah. He is the mastermind, schemer, bomber extraordinaire of Lebanon’s Hezbollah. Karby Laggett writes about this devious scary dude. “The man in charge of this […]
Yesterday in the stultifying heat, we made our way over to the outer harbor, to an oasis that the Land Bank has provided in and among huge waterside houses of the rich. A little path winds it’s way to the shoreline, and an osprey nest is located on the winding […]
We’ve showered twice already today as the heat blazes down on us here on the island. Inside the house in the shade it’s not so bad, and we’ve got time to read the NY Times. A story today mentioned Tony Bennett’s 80th birthday tomorrow, and included these words about this […]
Had to drive out for supplies today, so I entered the steamy car for a short drive to Morning Glory Farm, in Edgartown. The place must be a cash cow, as the parking lot is continually full of huge SUVs and the place is mobbed with soccer moms and rich […]
Everyone here, it seems, is staring into a cellphone. Whether it’s burley contractor dude, pausing on a shovel, or high cheekboned Greenwich second-wife, in her white Yukon that barely fits on the little Edgartown streets, one and all they’re staring into that little one-inch screen. Contemplating a call, perhaps another […]
Out on the porch at 8 am, and the sun is just starting to broil. We readjust our chairs to get out of the strong rays, and I am reading a letter to the editor of the Wall St. Journal about World War II. Letter writer Elliott Hinkes MD, from […]
Oh oh oh, it is sooo nice to be on vacation on the very familiar island of Martha’s vineyard. Everything here is what I’m used to, this little cottage with all of the same age-old knick knacks, and the front porch where we lazily read and sit and watch the […]
Travelwriters.com asked a question “What was your most embarassing moment on a press trip? Here is an answer from “Lush.” “Once upon on a time in a Novotel in Australia, I met the local tourism board PR before I checked into my hotel. “I’ve left you a special welcome package […]