Books & Ideas
In this year-long serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after two decades to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. Abe has a paranoid hatred of Richard Moby, the CEO of an off-Island wholesale nursery, Broadway. Convinced that Moby wants to destroy Abe personally, and all Island-based landscaping/nursery businesses generally, Abe is obsessed with “taking down” Moby.
Pruning Blueberries
The Polly Hill Arboretum and Susan Murphy, proprietor of Murphy Blueberry Farm in Chilmark, will host a hands-on workshop in the technique of pruning blueberries on Saturday, Jan. 31, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Learn how proper pruning can stimulate growth to insure a bumper crop of berries on these native Vineyard shrubs. The workshop focuses on correct pruning techniques for both old mature plants and younger shrubs. Meet at the Murphy farm, dressed for the weather with your pruners, if you have them.
A Toast to Rabbie
If a Scot be ripe for toastin’,
If a Scot be fit for praise,
If a Scot stands high above the rest
For the way he spent his days,
Let’s raise a cup now, all about,
And celebrate the cheer
That Rabbie Burns has brought to the world
Now for two hundred, fifty years.
Nay, no poet was ’ere as fecund or fine
In this year-long serialized novel set on the Vineyard in real time, a native Islander (“Call me Becca”) returns home after two decades to help her eccentric Uncle Abe keep his landscaping business, Pequot, afloat. Abe has a paranoid hatred of Richard Moby, the CEO of an off-Island wholesale nursery, Broadway. Convinced that Moby wants to destroy Abe personally, and all Island-based landscaping/nursery businesses generally, Abe is obsessed with “taking down” Moby.
Grantwriting is critical to Island nonprofits, but many lack the skills to research and identify the right grants. Those organizations with skilled grantwriters still may find their resources stretched going to Boston, the closest place to house a comprehensive database of grants — the closest, that is, until now.
The Martha’s Vineyard Donors Collaborative has funded the installation of a new Grant Resource Center at the Oak Bluffs Public Library. This database will be available free at the library to all Island nonprofits.
Felix Neck offers summer camps for children 4 to 13 on its 350-acre wildlife sanctuary, with programs that encourage kids to actively investigate and observe their surroundings, make their own discoveries, appreciate nature and have fun. The camps incorporate outdoor games, activities, hikes, stories and crafts.
If you would like a brochure mailed to you, call 508-627-4850 or e-mail [email protected] — or you can download it from the Web site massaudubon.org. Registrations are taken on a first come, first serve basis.