Island Light: A Song for Easter
Daffodils bloom in the warming sun on a Chilmark hillside.
Daffodils bloom in the warming sun on a Chilmark hillside.
Soon sun worshippers will fill Bend in the Road beach.
Soon sun worshippers will fill Bend in the Road beach.
Camp Ground porch swing awaits the return of summer.
Camp Ground porch swing awaits the return of summer.
Dock gate in Menemsha.
Dock gate in Menemsha.
Duarte's Pond osprey retrieves another trout for its nest.
Duarte's Pond osprey retrieves another trout for its nest.
Empty Oak Bluffs harbor, but not for long.
Empty Oak Bluffs harbor, but not for long.
Spring is delivering milder temperatures.
Spring is delivering milder temperatures.
Leave only tracks on the sand while visiting beaches.
Leave only tracks on the sand while visiting beaches.
Summercamp Hotel from across the harbor.
Summercamp Hotel from across the harbor.
Collection of conch shells on East Chop.
Collection of conch shells on East Chop.
Low clouds scud across blue skies in Oak Bluffs.
Low clouds scud across blue skies in Oak Bluffs.
Meeting of shopkeepers on Circuit avenue.
Meeting of shopkeepers on Circuit avenue.
Sweeping up a winter's worth of sand in Menemsha.
Sweeping up a winter's worth of sand in Menemsha.
Sea of yellow.
Sea of yellow.
Keeping watch.
Keeping watch.
Drawbridge.
Drawbridge.
Pink and blue.
Pink and blue.
Whether the central focus of our celebration is Easter, Passover or the reckless beauty of a sunstruck spring day, the text for this weekend is one and the same. We have made our appointment with this new season of life; let us rejoice and be glad in it.