Fly or Die
BY DANIEL W. DRAKE PUBLISHER
      "Hawkeye," I said to the red tail who alit early in the morning on the dead pine tree we keep in the yard for birds. I was watering the flowers. "Please do something about those young ospreys. They start screeching at the crack of dawn and keep it up all day. This has been going on for almost a week. I haven't been able to get any sleep. It's awful.
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Bocce ball and BBQ
      A bocce ball competition, barbecue and bluegrass music all sound like perfect summertime pursuits by themselves, but when combined, it makes for a night to remember and a great benefit for the Nantucket Land Council. This Saturday from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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SUMMER HAZARDS
      I just heard the term "sweltering" used to describe the month of August. A very descriptive word, I think, for the series of hot, muggy days we have been experiencing during the dog days of summer, so called from the star groups Canis Major and Minor, the big and little dog. The summer's brightest star is Sirius in the Canis Major constellation.
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Back again to Burgundy
By Leslie-Ann Sheppard
      In April of this year, I traveled around France for two weeks, exploring and tasting as many wines and cheeses as I could manage. After the first week in the Rhone Valley with a day here and there in the Languedoc and Provence regions, we headed north to Burgundy.
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