01.18.2020 Uncategorized A breath of spring coming to the library for next Friday Night Dialogues Winter may still have us in its tight grasp, but Tim Purtell will be giving us a glimpse of spring on Friday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. when he...
09.29.2019 Around the Island Gardening with Galligan: A change of seasons I write this in the midst of a burst of summer, not fall, weather. It’s true that it gets darker earlier, but that really is little help to a plant...
08.04.2019 Around the Island Gardening with Galligan: Summer love This is the week of the summer, actually one of two, because it’s true about next week as well, when I don’t have enough vases, despite the fact that...
04.25.2019 Around the Island Gardening with Galligan: Forsythia heralds spring The hands of the Great Powers have painted the Island yellow, with a dash of pink here and there and a lovely sheen overhead of bright spring green. I...
04.18.2019 Around the Island Savoring seeds Flowers and fruit are only the beginning. In the seed lies the life and the future. – Marion Zimmer Bradley The Shelter Island Seed Library sprang to life for...