03 Nov 2015
As I perused the aisles of the beloved and newly renovated Nantucket Bookworks this week, I was reminded of Henry Ward Beecher’s words, “Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?” As my eyes darted from shelf to shelf and my fingers glanced the glossy paper jackets, I wanted to fill my basket…
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Photo courtesy of Nantucket Artist Christopher Wheat …. In his beautiful and poignant bestseller, “All The Light We Cannot See,” author Anthony Doerr paints a word picture for his readers of the magical colors of the sea and its surroundings. “It contains so many colors,” Doerr writes. “Silver at dawn, green at noon, dark blue…
Read the Article06 Oct 2015
In the 1980 big screen hit “Caddyshack,” the outrageous and irreverent Al Czervik (played by the hilarious icon Rodney Dangerfield) is seen schooling his caddy on the fairway in the fine art of “not whimpering” about the heavy bag he’s carrying. Fed up with the lecturing, the caddy stops cold and retorts, “so what?” To…
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In their 2009 hit single “Chicken Fried,” the country sensation Zac Brown Band considers there just might be nothing better than a “cold beer on a Friday night, a pair of jeans that fit just right and the radio up.” If Zac were to visit Cisco Brewery on Nantucket, he might twist those lyrics just…
Read the Article07 Sep 2015
Inspirational author and speaker Martha Beck provided some encouraging food for thought when she said, “Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.” For many of the visitors and seasonal residents of Nantucket this mantra is what summer is all about…the island is the place…
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