Isle Of Springs

We here in the region seemed to dodge the bullet of the recent tropical?, called here a Nor' easter, storm. Lots of rain and some wind, but I didn't see much in the way of tree limbs or lots of leaves as I drove to church yesterday morning. All during Saturday, I kept thinking of Judy and Roland out on Martha's Vineyard, for there were reports of 74 mile an hour gusts there announced on TV. I've not talked to Mike about happenings on the island, but I hope to catch up with him this week. Maybe he'll read this and call me. I'm easier to catch than he is.

Islanders will be glad to know that Edgar Reed seems to be on the mend. He claims to be walking two miles a day now. Out of his apartment, down School Street to Union Street, along Atlantic Avenue, as far as the footbridge, across that and working his way back through town to home. He says he is ready to take on the Isle by making a walk from Jones' Point to Foster's Point. I would remind him that walking woodland paths is NOT the same as walking on paved sidewalks! We do wish that he gets to spend next summer on the island.

The day before Halloween Deb and Art Pierce were on the move. When aren't they? That was the day I was having minor surgery at Mid Coast, and saw Betsy Niven working as a volunteer. She was on an errand when I went back to try to speak with her, so no news there. The Pierces took off after a Pilates class for Deb and drove from Belfast to Bangor, checking out the foliage as they drove. In Bangor they got shingles vaccines, I didn't know there was now a vaccine for that, on to Sugarloaf to install new electrical fixtures styled as exterior energy floodlights. I didn't know about those either. Fairfield was the next stop, to celebrate Gabby's sixth birthday with a pizza party, and finally home to Belfast before bedtime! Gabby got lots of clothes from one grandmother and books from the other. Guess which. Art says she will be well dressed and well read.

Another communication from our clerk, through Mim MacDonald, Louise Burvill's oldest daughter, is that Louise would love to hear from islanders. Days at an assisted living facility can seem long, so send a greeting to her at Life Care of Acton, One Great Road, Acton, MA 01720.

Now if you want a column next week, send me some news.