The cabins are a topple of blankets and mattresses, the last of the tents is being taken down, and remnant odds and ends have been packed in boxes
With whispers that a hundred more were waiting outside, they filled the hall, charged with the anticipation of hearing the charismatic new voice of the Democratic Party, United States Senatorial candidate from Illinois, Barack Obama, and listening as a panel of luminaries offered their views on Brown vs. Board of Education: Mission Accomplished?
It's Always an Illuminating Experience: A Grand Night of Glowing Lanterns
By C.K. WOLFSON
Nestled in the new clearing among fields, beech trees and ponds, across the road from Brine's Pond Preserve, the remodeled and expanded 1700s Chapp
Showing the Colors Down-Island: Reports from Three Main Streets
By C.K. WOLFSON
The day was a reprieve from the lurch and jolt of national news which often blurs patriotic instincts and makes us struggle for balance.
Independence Day: steady, reliable, served up in primary colors, ornamented in blue skies, balloons and family reunions. It is an occasion whose tradition and provenance singularly belong to the United States, to be celebrated collectively, a festive reminder of the precepts and privileges of our democratic system.
Missing the Vineyard:
Polly Hill Sends Her Regrets: 'The Trees Will Be Beckoning'
By C.K. WOLFSON
A revered and familiar presence will be missing from the Polly Hill Arboretum this summer. Declaring, "Old age has caught up with me, and I can't deny it," the arboretum's founder, 97-year-old Polly Hill, made the decision to remain at her residential community in Delaware, Md. throughout the year.
