Commentary
Windy Days
From Gazette editions of October, 1985:
Karen Coffey is tiny, but she packs a huge wallop psychically. Her clear eyes do not look away when she speaks to you. When I encountered her in her shop, Pyewacket in Vineyard Haven, I immediately felt the connection of a person who spoke from somewhere outside of her own ego.
Last week, I had a visit from old friends John and Michelle Mackin who live in Greensboro, Vt. John is a carpenter and we spent three days together restoring two large bureaus in my home, me painting the drawers and John redoing the countertops. As John worked, I immediately noticed a sound I hear often when carpenters toil over their labor — a soft, tuneless whistling.
“What the hell?” I thought, “makes carpenters so happy to be using their tools?”
Need a French-themed fundraiser for language students hoping to travel to France next spring school vacation? How about pizza night at the Orange Peel bakery in Aquinnah?
If you think pizza isn’t particularly French, consider this: France is the second-biggest consumer of pizza in the world. (The U.S. comes first; Italy only a distant third.) Furthermore, a French chef currently holds the title for the world’s best pizza recipe, with a topping featuring fois gras.
INFORMATION, PLEASE
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
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