Opinion
My name is Molly Glasgow. I own and run The Grey Barn in Chilmark. I lost my composure last night at the Chilmark selectboard meeting.
The Taste of Juneteenth, hosted by the NAACP, was a fitting conclusion to the week-long Juneteenth events and a culinary delight.
Samuel Osborn Jr. of Edgartown writes that “S. S. Daggett, jailer, born Aug. 20, 1799, related to me that the first celebration of the Fourth of July was observed in Edgartown, July 4, 1777.
It was one of those days that had me wishing the pain others carry didn’t touch me so deeply. Driving along a beach road, the scent of rosa rugosa infusing the breezes, the pain in our world began to ebb.
I am attuned to sound. I have been since I was a child and liked to capture the sounds, voices and happenings in my world on my red Take ‘n Tape Panasonic cassette recorder.
This summer, the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club will be commemorating their centennial and honoring their founder, Agnes D. Meikleham.