12 Mar 2013
After a busy hustle bustle tourist season on Nantucket and a winter wrought with one storm after the next, many of the local residents – particularly those in service related industries – look forward to a few coveted days of rest and relaxation. I had the opportunity to “get away from it all” for a…
Read the Article26 Feb 2013
I’m a creature of habit – sometimes to a fault. I held on to my outdated flip-phone long after my friends and family had hopped on the band wagon of smart phone people, strictly because it was familiar (and wasn’t smarter than me!) I rarely re-arrange my furniture, prefer to frequent the same restaurants and…
Read the Article12 Feb 2013
My husband Dan, the Eagle Scout, has never forgotten the Boy Scout motto – “Be Prepared.” As the weather people began forecasting an “Epic” storm for New England last week, we initiated an inventory of what we might need in the event the storm behaved as badly as predicted. Unlike his sometimes Nervous Nellie wife…
Read the Article29 Jan 2013
As a kid growing up in a small Iowa farm community, winter was one of my favorite seasons. There is just nothing like a good Midwest blizzard to modify the day’s plans. My favorite part of any snowstorm was that moment mom would knock softly on my bedroom door in the wee morning hours to…
Read the Article15 Jan 2013
We are used to seeing trees on Main Street on Nantucket; it’s easy to take them for granted. Today, the two large Elms in front of Pacific National Bank were taken down. Trees that stood for decades flanking the bank building finally succumbed to a disease they couldn’t resist. While some other variety will surely be planted…
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