RIPENING Nothing but time-when it is time- can make the blueberries ripe, their skins plush as lips, deeply filled with the colors of bruise and breath and bliss: Nothing can rush this, this slow swell  of growth, this lush and lavish splash of fruit, this bloom and blush and burst. You can’t feed it anything […]

DINNER AT SIX, MONHEGAN HOUSE It became a memorable first gathering. Monhegan the meeting place, the group of four, old friends and new, together. A toast to making acquaintances and the good fortune of being on island. The time honored ritual of breaking bread, as conversation and wine flow through the evening. With fond memories, […]