Wow November is flying. Last week I took Nancy Aronie’s final Chilmark Writing Workshop of the year with 22 other participants (thank you ACE and Nancy). I had an amazing time. I also finished up my last Hand & Foot class at ACE, spent much of the weekend at Karen Gabler and Megan Grennan’s fascia workshop at The Yoga Barn and then held a wonderful MELT Intro Workshop at my studio. On Monday I took my dogs for a long Squibby walk, saw paddle boarders and shellfishers enjoying the waters and the warm day. I stopped by Josh Aronie’s Food Truck (open Monday – Friday from 11 am – 2 pm; check out their menu on their Facebook page, call ahead for pick-up), now parked in front of Home Port, and sat at an outdoor table overlooking Menemsha Pond to enjoy lunch. Also, I offer thanks to good Samaritan Steve Besse for finding my cell phone at Great Rock Bight and driving back to Chilmark to return it — yes, it was worth the sunset.
The Chilmark Community Center (CCC) will be hopping this weekend. First, ladies: your AHA! Moment has arrived — the 34th Chilmark Women’s Symposium is this Saturday, November 15, 9 am–12 noon. The event is free, but donations are welcome to cover expenses.
On Sunday, November 16, the West Tisbury School 5th grade class is having a Cake Walk fundraiser for their Alabama trip from 2 to 4 pm at the CCC. You can enjoy their bake sale, a 50/50 raffle and a chance to win a Sunset Sail for two on the Alabama. Sunset Sail raffle tickets are available in advance until Sunday. Tickets are $5 each, or five for $20. You do not need to be present to win. Contact Elizabeth Oliver at 508-939-0616 to purchase raffle tickets if you cannot be at the Cake Walk. Should be a great weekend!
Join Morning Glory Farm Chef Robert Lionette at The Chilmark Library on Wednesday, November 19 at 5 pm, as he talks about the new Vineyard Stories book, Morning Glory’s Farm Food: Stories from the Fields, Recipes from the Kitchen and enjoy tasty samples of his farm-fresh food.
Also if you missed Art historian Henry Adams’s talk about artist Thomas Hart Benton’s work and legacy on Martha’s Vineyard that took place at the Chilmark Library on August 13, you can now check out the DVD from the library’s collection. I checked it out last week; my husband and I found it to be very interesting and full of surprises. For library information or questions call 508-645-3360.
Be sure to stop by Santander Bank across from the CCC, which is hosting a Haiti PeaceQuilts exhibit and sale through November 31. Islanders PeaceQuilts director Jeanne Staples (yes, the Edgartown painter), U.S. Program Coordinator Carolyn Stoeber, and Karen Flynn (owner of The Bite in Menemsha) have been in Haiti for the last two weeks and will be bringing new items for sale with them. They will be available as of Saturday, November 15. For more information about volunteering, donations, or other ways to help, go to haitipeacequilts.org or contact info@haitipeacequilts.org.