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Follow the Breath
Sissinghurst Castle Talk
Sissinghurst Castle, located in Kent, England, is one of the world’s most celebrated gardens. In the 1930’s Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson created a garden in the ruin of an Elizabethan manor, realigning Sissinghurst with its Elizabethan past. Sissinghurst also had a past as a thriving farm.
Tennis is one of the few perfect sports that can be played the entirety of one’s life. Not many 80-year-olds out on the gridiron are there?
And yet there is still a lot of stopping and starting as one chases down a lob or crosscourt ripper which can lead to some cranky knees. Plus there’s that serving motion. Let’s just say it’s not a love match for your shoulders.
Jon Katz, dog lover, befuddled farmer in upstate New York and author of 20 books, many of which take place on Bedlam Farm, is returning to the Vineyard to promote his latest book, Going Home. Those of us fortunate enough to see Mr. Katz on his last trip here can pass on the news that his talents as a writer are eclipsed only by his abilities before a live audience. His talk takes place on Friday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bunch of Grapes Bookstore in Vineyard Haven.
Wonder-Full
Sense of Wonder is about to begin their fall season of art classes. The classes are, as always, led by Pam Benjamin with help this year from Lily Jane Morris. Lily is a graduate of Mass College of Art and is also a past Sense of Wonder camper and counselor. You could say she has wonder pulsing through her veins.
Classes begin soon with the following schedule: Tuesdays 3:30 to 5 p.m. for K through 1st grade; Wednesdays 3:30 to 5 p.m. for 4th through 6th grades; Thursdays 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. for 2nd and 3rd grades.
It would seem that everything one does, from eating to watching television, from meditating to juggling Chihauhau’s, or from painting your masterpiece to lion taming, could also be done while spinning. At least this is the bold proposition being woven in the spokes by Om of Motion, a new spinning class and location that seems to know no boundaries.
Om of Motion opened up earlier this summer in a cozy nook on 505 State Road in West Tisbury, right next to Eileen Blake’s Pies and just past up-Island Cronigs.