Nelson Sigelman
A Slice of Pumpkin Pie
I’m not sure why I wanted to make a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. My wife Norma and I are not what you’d call Thanksgiving...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Oct 15
- 4 min
Martha's Vineyard Deer Hunter Ticked Off
Watching a tick crawl up my sleeve and self-destruct is very satisfying.
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Nelson Sigelman
- Sep 16
- 5 min
Island Deer Harvest Dropped in 2021
As cool nights refresh lingering summer days and tinges of color appear across the Martha's Vineyard landscape, Island deer hunters are...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Sep 6
- 4 min
Glory Fades Away; Sportsmanship Lasts Forever
To promote good sportsmanship, Derby leaders asked me to write the following essay for the 2022 Derby souvenir booklet. Latin scholars...
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Nelson Sigelman
- May 29
- 5 min
When the War Is Over: Letters From America
It was April 2016 when I found two faded envelopes in a box of old photos and documents that had sat among the clutter in my basement for...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Apr 21
- 4 min
Martha’s Vineyard Fly Rod Contest Prides Itself on No Pressure
On Saturday, May 21, I will help host the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club Striped Bass Catch and Release Tournament. It began 30 years...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Apr 21
- 4 min
Remembering John Phillips; a Friend to Island Anglers
John Charles Phillips II died on Thursday, March 10. But for the mysteries of Google algorithms, which picked up on a reference to East...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Aug 2, 2021
- 4 min
Sun Shrimp Has a Recipe for Success
I like shrimp. I am not alone. Oceana, a nonprofit that promotes responsible fishing, reports that shrimp is the most popular seafood in...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Aug 2, 2021
- 6 min
President Obama Needs to Take Time and Go Fishing
There is a lot to learn outside the Vineyard summer cocktail circuit. (August 2010) The political pundits will be lathered up this week....
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Nelson Sigelman
- Jul 3, 2021
- 3 min
Segue On Tashmoo Pond
My first reaction was, Huh? I wasn’t sure what to make of what I saw on Tashmoo Pond. A diminutive figure of a man in a black wetsuit and...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Jun 25, 2021
- 5 min
Finding Nature’s Sounds Amid the Noise
The sound was deafening. Caw. Caw. Caw. Hundreds of crows, swirling black shadows in the darkening sky, called to each other overhead as...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Apr 22, 2021
- 4 min
Peter Herrmann, VFW Fluke Tourney Impresario, Remembered
Amid life’s uncertainties, it may be reassuring to think that we will leave some good memories behind once we depart this earth. I...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Mar 27, 2021
- 3 min
Irony Swims in Island Waters
The return of river herring to Martha’s Vineyard this spring is one of the rhythms of a natural world unaffected by a pandemic that has...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Dec 26, 2020
- 4 min
A Fisherman's Fishy Christmas Gift
Some of the best Martha’s Vineyard striped bass fishermen are solitary individuals who steer clear of any stretch of beach where they...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Nov 25, 2020
- 7 min
Contemplating Black Mambas and the Finer Points of Deer Urine
I started to think of black mamba snakes. The mind tends to wander after a couple of hours of tedium while sitting in a tree stand during...
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Nelson Sigelman
- Jul 28, 2020
- 3 min
Lone Star Tick Bite Was Not My Alamo
I did what any man would do. I yelled for my wife.
“Norma, look at this,” I said, “It’s a tick.” Norma agreed. It was a tick.
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Nelson Sigelman
- Jun 20, 2020
- 2 min
A Delicious Taste of Island Summer
With so many strawberries to eat it was only natural that I would think about making strawberry ice cream. So I turned to my cooking bible.
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Nelson Sigelman
- Jun 17, 2020
- 4 min
Martha's Vineyard Squid Run Fun
Striped bass eat squid. Bluefish eat squid. Italians eat squid. What's not to like about squid?
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Nelson Sigelman
- Jun 12, 2020
- 3 min
My Island Is a Social Media Petri Dish
Social media is a welcome alternative to Netflix binging, and baking bread, if you can find flour or yeast.
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Nelson Sigelman
- May 23, 2020
- 7 min
Martha’s Vineyard Is a Soldier’s Respite
'At one point, I thought, this is it. Mentally, I said goodbye to my wife, goodbye to my kids, and started down the mountain.'
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