Visual Emotions

            “Sidelong, the whole evening, he watched her yellow sweater…,” a sweater that has come to symbolize a budding love, one that would produce an author and artist, a master craftsman, a woman whose reflections either through visual arts or writing expresses emotions.             Margot Wizansky’s latest published compilation of poems is titled “The Yellow […] Read more »

A Routine Interrupted

            For some 38 years during the summer, give or take a few days here and there, I had breakfast with the same group of men. The local coffee shop was our meeting place. It was my morning routine.             Our group included an advertising specialties salesman who spent his days selling any product that […] Read more »

ORR Serving up A Famous, Old Family Feud

            To Old Rochester Regional High School senior Aidan Silk, the iconic Romeo from Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” was nothing more than a 14th Century frat boy. Silk and other ORR theater students all have a unique perspective on their characters and will make them accessible to a modern audience.             They will take the […] Read more »

The Circus Is Not What It Used to Be

            Ringling Brothers, the “Greatest Show on Earth,” announced that the circus is back … without elephants and clowns.             I used to love going to the circus. When I was a boy, the circus set up almost in my backyard right in the field where a funeral home, condominiums, the fire station and the […] Read more »

Autistic Achievers Thrive on Horseback

            Close to 30 years ago, Julie Craig and her husband bought a run-down, 5-acre farm in Mattapoisett.             Fast forward to the present and not only did Craig and others transform the land, they used the farm to transform the lives of many families and people with autism-spectrum disorder and other disabilities. It didn’t […] Read more »

The Halloween Cover Contest

        Are you ready for some spooktacular fun? Dust off the cobwebs and sharpen those scary pencils! Your best Halloween artwork could be on the cover of The Wanderer and you could win a cash prize! Submit your best original Halloween drawing, photo, compilation, or artwork to enter for publication on our November 2 cover. […] Read more »

It’s a Family Affair

            Family dynamics are some of the more powerful interpersonal experiences we humans can share. And when those dynamics come together harmoniously, tastefully, gracefully through a shared love of art the result is something quite special. Enter the Macy sisters, whose art exhibit opened on Saturday at the Marion Art Center. The Macys called this […] Read more »

Learning Something New Every Day

            I retired from teaching 13 years ago last month, but not from learning. I learn something new every day. I learned that those 13 years went by in a flash, just like the 64 years that came before them.             Some of the things I learn are important. Just recently, I learned that tennis […] Read more »

Murphy Named Harbormaster

            Adam Murphy had long been doing the work of a harbormaster in Marion. On Tuesday night, the Select Board saw fit to remove the interim tag from his title after he and his staff got through the summer so efficiently in the wake of Perry’s move to Mattapoisett.             It’s been a big 2023 […] Read more »

Author Shares Sea Adventures

            Kimberly and Michael Ward spent part of their Sunday afternoon reliving their two-year journey aboard their 34-foot catamaran, as they presented Kimberly’s recently published book “Crew of Three: How Bold Dreams and Detailed Plans Launched Our Family Sailing Adventure” on September 24 at the Mattapoisett Free Library.             Before embarking verbally, Kimberly asked the […] Read more »