http://block-island.villagesoup.com?source=rss Latest posts by Martha Ball Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:30 EDT Tue, 21 May 2013 17:25:30 EDT en-us Copyright 2011 The Block Island Times http://block-island.villagesoup.com/p/scattered-orphans/1002413?source=rss The big pond behind my house is disappearing as the leaves of the pussy-willow and shad begin to unfurl. The spray of white when the geese land and the sparkle of morning sun on the water are still visible, but through a thickening lacework of trees. The level looks high and I worry about the drain to the sea that was barely running when I was down there last. Views are changing, the view of my house from the ... http://block-island.villagesoup.com/p/scattered-orphans/1002413 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:00 EDT flang@blockislandtimes.com (Martha Ball) Opinion http://block-island.villagesoup.com/p/tomorrows-sunrise/999693?source=rss The first time I saw chunks of wood, chunks of tree, suspended from the cables near the awkward four way intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Old Town Road I thought — in that fleeting way ones thinks of things utterly preposterous before realizing the inanity of the notion — that they were markers. It didn’t make any sense that those particular wires would be needed to be made visible, they do not abut any ... http://block-island.villagesoup.com/p/tomorrows-sunrise/999693 Sat, 11 May 2013 10:00:00 EDT flang@blockislandtimes.com (Martha Ball) Opinion http://block-island.villagesoup.com/p/birdsong/996504?source=rss The shad is coming into bloom, almost in protest, refusing to be cosseted any longer by the spring that cannot take hold. It was the faintest blush on the land as April ended, a reminder that nothing holds back the march of the seasons. These few days of intermittent sunshine have turned the pink buds to white blossoms. Lilacs, hardly showing life a week or two ago, are leafed out and ready to bloom with just a ... http://block-island.villagesoup.com/p/birdsong/996504 Sat, 04 May 2013 09:12:00 EDT flang@blockislandtimes.com (Martha Ball) Opinion http://block-island.villagesoup.com/p/spring-unhalted/993271?source=rss Write something happy they tell me as though it will make a lick of difference in the world we have known this past two weeks. Someone suggests it is time for the Troll of Clay Head Swamp to make an appearance; unfortunately, the troll is in his cave, dazed, not even caring that the daffodils have finally turned the hills yellow or that the shad is beginning to flower, at least where it is in the sun, out of the ... http://block-island.villagesoup.com/p/spring-unhalted/993271 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:00:00 EDT flang@blockislandtimes.com (Martha Ball) Opinion