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At the house next door, where my granddaughter lives, there was considerable talk of recycling a Halloween costume from a previous year. No doubt about it, money is tight and our economic outlook, while much more hopeful than one year ago, is still impacting many families here on the island, not to mention, across the country. More ... This week's bird is a parasite - at least that's what its name implies. The dictionary tells us a parasite is something that lives off the work of other creatures and does nothing for them in return. In ancient Greece the term referred to a "professional dinner guest." Both these terms approach the reality of this animal. More ... Hawkeye was waiting for me in a nearby tree when I got out of the car. "Good afternoon," he said. "Nice day," I answered. "I don't usually see you so often. What's the occasion?" "We didn't finish last week. Remember, we were going to talk about the cameras. More ... If you can believe it, Queequeg's bartender Megan Cronin never had heard of Nantucket before she met her college roommate, Nantucket native Katie Cabral, in their freshman year at college in Charleston, S.C. "After that, the island just grew on me. I left for a while. I lived in Hawaii for a few years and then I came back and you know, it grows on you. More ... The Nantucket Historical Association houses the most complete visual record of Nantucket history in existence. The image here is from our collections, and may be one we cannot identify, wish for more information about or just want to see if people can identify. Many more images are available for viewing and identification at www.nha. More ... |
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