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Our musical, funny, and complex mother died on May 21, 2021. She first made sure that her two daughters supported her decision and then, relieved from her pain, she left us to join the rest of her family, who had predeceased her.
Heidi was born to Hans T. Clarke and Frieda Planck January 14, 1927. She was the youngest of four children, and grew up in a household of music and science. She spent her early years in Riverdale, N.Y., and attended the Riverdale Country Day School. Living in the family’s summer home in Scotland, Conn., she developed a lifelong love of animals. She attended Mount Holyoke College, graduating in 1948. She then married Frederic M. Richards in 1948, after they had courted while working at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole. They had two children, Sarah and Ruth. During the next few years, the family lived in Denmark and England while Fred did research in his postdoctoral assignments. After moving to New Ha
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Naming West Tisburyâs streets
Who were Nabs, Mott, Nat, and Hopps?
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West Tisbury father-and-son farmers Orin Look, left, and Davis Look, right, for whom Davis Look Road (sometimes called Orin Look Road) is named, seen here in an early 20th-century north shore picnic with Lois Luce and others. â Courtesy Chris Baer
Approaching West Tisbury center, circa 1893, from the Chilmark side. â Courtesy Chris Baer
State Road, West Tisbury, c. 1893. The old North Tisbury post office (no longer extant) is visible on the right; on the left is property later owned by Forrest Bosworth. â Courtesy Chris Baer
A plant lover’s guide to 16 gorgeous gardens and arboretums around New England Alyssa Giacobbe
After a winter that was certainly more housebound than usual for most of us, spring feels especially welcome this year an ideal time to get reacquainted with the outdoors in all its forms. Often overlooked, arboretums and botanical gardens intentionally connect people with plants and nature living museums, of sorts, that aim to educate and conserve, and look good doing it. Far more than just parks, these are curated collections of trees and plants from around the world, offering an exotic-feeling trip to somewhere else, all within driving distance.
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Jean Stewart Wexler peacefully passed away on Nov. 18, 2020, at the age of 99.
The quintessential Vineyard woman, Jean was feisty, fiercely independent, and fearless. Born on June 12, 1921, in Charlotte, N.C., Jean grew up in her father Edwin Hoffman’s home state of South Dakota before moving to Berea, Ky., where her father was a professor at Berea College and her mother, Mary Lindsay Hoffman, a librarian at the local academy. Jean attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, and later studied at the Black Mountain College Summer Art & Music Institute in Black Mountain, N.C., under the attentive eye of Josef Albers.