Old House Pond, just around the corner from Lambert’s Cove Inn.
Today I was awake by 4am. It’s now just after 6am and I’ve already had a walk, taken twenty or so pictures and talked with some goats. I’m on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, in Massachusetts, USA and this is one of my homes.
Goats, chickens, roosters – most of them friendly 🙂
I know you’ve heard me talk and write about Japan before and hell, this blog used to be called hackerinjapan, but Martha’s Vineyard has been a place I consistently return to, time after time.
I called ‘The Vineyard’ home for ten summers and one long, interesting winter. It’s the place in America where I feel centered. It is not without its hardships; it’s expensive, remote and detached. But I love it here. I’m inspired here. I’m at home.
Arriving only yesterday by boat, I’ve already run into two friends on the street, had dinner with two more and met a guest of their’s that I indirectly helped out two years ago (who knew me for it). My American Life has more or less revolved around my Island Life and I love that I feel such attachment to a place within my Passport country.
Someone asked me last week if I was ever going to settle down. Today I feel like I actually could.
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- Walking the grounds – 5am and it’s already rather light.
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- Exploring some Land Bank trails and hiking down to Old House Pond
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