Posts Tagged: 2016

Nantucket Roiled Up

26 Jan 2016 by shellie in category Shellie's Blog and tagged , , , , , , , , | Be the first to comment here.

. In his 2015 release, “Killosophy,” author and philosopher Criss Jami writes that “the weather is nature’s disruptor of human plans and busybodies.” He goes on to say, “of all the things on earth, nature’s disruption is what we know we can depend on, as it is essentially uncontrolled by men.” I was pondering this […]

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Anticipation

06 May 2014 by shellie in category Shellie's Blog and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Be the first to comment here.

In her 1970’s blockbuster hit “Anticipation,” Carly Simon paints the perfect word picture of the struggle we all face to live fully in the present, while dreaming of and planning for tomorrow. “We can never know about the days to come,” she sings, “but we think about them anyway.”  The Nantucket harbor, filled with its recently set […]

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Petticoat Row

25 Nov 2013 by shellie in category Shellie's Blog and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Be the first to comment here.

Merriam-Webster defines a petticoat as a garment characteristic or typical of women…a feminine article of clothing traditionally worn under a longer skirt. The modern day women of Nantucket, while no longer sporting petticoats, are at once feminine and edgy…smart and sassy…entrepreneurial and industrious.  In short, there is nothing “typical” about them. They are determined to honor the contribution […]

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