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Now that we’ve all relaxed, completely content in the knowledge that, yes, the Bucks are back and that we do have a baseball team on Shelter Island after all, guess what? We have to house them! (more…)
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I write this to my fellow Islanders but most especially to all Bucks fans to tell you where we find ourselves at this particular moment. (more…)
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The Harvest Moon on September 24 signaled the end of the gardening season.
And so, my fellow gardeners, the season comes to a close after all that dreadful heat and humidity. At least we have cooler temperatures to sustain ourselves as we do the last chores of the season. And let’s talk about them now.
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Ruth Stout planted her first garden in 1930.
The weather has been so abysmal that I’ve been driven indoors for most of the last few weeks, which is both a plus and a minus; the plus is that it gives one time both to review and reassess. (more…)
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Elizabeth von Arnim, from the cover of ‘The Complete Works of Elizabeth von Arnim.’
Because women have been making news lately, and because there’s a terrific new book in the library called “The Illustrated Book of Women Gardeners,” I thought it might be fun to spend some time with it. And remind ourselves how much the lives of women have changed and how grateful we should be that they have.