Books & Ideas
Poetry Reading
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 5 p.m. Fan Ogilvie and Leslie Prosterman will give a reading at the West Tisbury Library in celebration of Ms. Prosterman’s new book of poetry, Snapshots and Dances.
Ms. Prosterman’s work has appeared in various publications including The Folklore Muse and Brevitas. She is currently a senior fellow at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School University in New York city, a cultural activist, and a sometime student of trapeze.
Terminal Illness Talk
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. Barbara Okun will be giving a talk entitled Helping Families Cope with Terminal Illness.
Dr. Okun is a counseling psychology professor at Northeastern University. She is also a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and has maintained a clinical psychotherapy/family therapy practice with diverse populations for over thirty years.
The Family Center is set to begin a year-long book group devoted to helping parents navigate the sometimes magical, sometimes mysterious and sometimes downright messy experience of raising children. Each month, beginning in October, a different book will be chosen to be discussed at weekly meetings held on Wednesdays from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the family center.
The first book is entitled The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men. The first meeting is on Oct. 5 when chapters one and two will be discussed.
In Memory of Julia
Like leaves of fall, shells change in shape,
managing their change of fate.
Parts and pieces, seaweed strewn,
parade of beauty, stop to swoon.
Reeds of grass, like tufts of hair,
climbing toward the well-worn stair.
Tidal swim, when moon is full,
arms outstretched to catch the pull.
From piers we leap into the chop,
and beg this summer not stop.
Nine Eleven: 10 Years Later
Heavy skies drop rain
daily in intermittent waves
this old summer cottage
of ours harbors air eddies
demands the wood stove
current-sucking heater coils
extra layers, sweaters, wool
socks; trees wave remnants
of their storm-seared leaves.
Potted foliage sags its greenery
fallen petals stain the porch floor
Magic and Mystery
It is the season of magic, or at least that’s what Fall seems to be, what with those cool dark nights slipping in off the ocean, perfect for that wandering black cat shapeshifter at bat-winged spellmaster patrolling the night skies.
Not feeling it yet? Well, the folks at New Moon Magick located at 4 Chapman avenue in Oak Bluffs are. This Sunday, Sept. 18, from 4 to 6 p.m. they are holding a reading by Annette Blair, author of the Accidental Witch Trilogy and artist Diane Hayes, author of The Rift Healer.