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In the early days of writing this column I nurtured the delusion that it would be only a sometime thing; that others would step up and do their own op-ed pieces. I would only have to come up with a topic once or maybe twice a month. It didn't happen. More ... Taylor Cullen is an explosion of smiles, fiery red curls and infinite good vibes behind “ran Mór's exquisite second floor intimate bar. Cullen put in her time at the Ships Inn, Slip 14 and Eat Fire Springs Café before joining “ran Mór last Thanksgiving. More ... New England's edible fiddleheads are typically the tender young fronds of the Ostrich Fern. There are a few other ferns with edible fiddleheads, but most commercially available are from Ostrich Ferns. There are many varieties of ferns. Not all ferns produce a fiddlehead, and not all fiddleheads are edible. In fact, some fiddleheads are poisonous. More ... F or two centuries since the Rev. James Gurney, minister of the island's First Congregational Church, delivered the dedication in 1809, the stately Second Congregational Meeting House on Orange Street has provided an important, nonsectarian house of worship, a center of free speech and a destination for community gatherings and fine concerts. More ... Climbing the stairs to photographer Dan Driscoll's studio, the stark contrast between its white furniture and walls, black technical equipment and his vividly colored photographs of island landscapes is immediately apparent. More ... A few weeks ago we talked about the Barn Swallow, the swallow that visits us that has a true swallow tail. This week's bird is the Rough-winged Swallow, one that has almost a square tail. This is another bird that I did not get to know here in the ,50s when I was learning my birds. Griscom and Folger's 1948 book refers to it as a "casual vagrant. More ... P riscilla is our young cat, a rescue trapped along Madaket Road last winter, when she was so small and stubby she fit in the palm of my hand. We agreed to foster her. Of course, she became a permanent member of our household. More ... |
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