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Island Notes: The Last Day Before the Storm
8/28/10 — It rained this morning, great gray sheets of water falling straight from the sky. It was a disappointment; I never expect the forecast to be as bad as stated. It wasn’t long before the s...
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The author’s grandson at work in the Treehouse. Photo by Gloria Redlich The Treehouse Chronicles: The missing muse
8/24/10 — This summer I lost her. In fact, over the past half year, she’s been missing and I’ve been lost without her. Perhaps you’ve seen her: the missing one is the Treehouse Muse! Where she’s b...
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Historic slide show — Sept. 1: Old and unique Block Island postcards
8/28/10 — My last summer slide show on the island’s history will begin Wednesday, September 1, at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. — with a preview show to keep you stuck to your seats like a postag...
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In Case You Haven't Heard: 8/24/10
Not to miss On Sunday, August 29, 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew Parish Center, all ages are invited to “Awash with Sowash!,” a lighthearted evening of music and entertainment with American composer Rick...
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The Crapemyrtle at home off Beach Avenue. Photo by Fred Nelson Gardening Times: 8/24/10
I suspect that most gardeners will remember the summer of 2010. I can’t remember a summer with such relentless high temperatures and humidity for such an extended number of weeks. It sure took the...
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This Week in History - August 20, 1911: From ‘Block Island,’ ‘Florida’ and ‘California’ to the National Hotel’s French menu
08/21/10 – The demise of farming in New England was inadvertently spelled out in the National Hotel’s menu for August 20, 1911, with the words: “FLORIDA ORANGES” and “CALIFORNIA PLUMS .” B...
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Everything but the Kitchen Sink: What to do with an abundance of little ‘swelling fruits’?
08/21/10 – In this era of the farm-to-table movement, people who don’t grow anything else may have, at the very least, a few pots of cherry tomatoes. By August, when the production of these ...
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Island Notes: Dwindling Dusk
08/21/10 – It is hot and muggy, it is August. It comes with the territory and normally I would just grumble and be done with it because it is August when it is supposed to be hot and muggy....
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In Case You Haven't Heard: 8/14/10
Not to miss The exhibit of paintings by Ben Wohlberg and Bill Padien, in the space adjacent to the Island Gallery above the post office for the month of August, is a winner! The works of these two...
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Island Notes: Older then than Now
8/14/10 — It is another of those days when I have committed myself to going to the West Side. People think I am joking. I am not when I say I get to the Police Station and sit at the Stop sign (be...
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