Birds are booking tickets for their return flights. The plants are gathering sunlight bit by bit, getting ready for their big debut. The air, still tinged salt and the scent of the sea, is warming up every day. Spring is right around the corner. Don’t let all this snow and wintry weather fool you. You’ll want to be ready to take it on.
That’s where we come in.
Stories have been around for as long as people have existed to tell them. Evolving from images on walls, to the spoken word, to the written word, and all the combinations in between.
Some stories were told to try and explain the greatest mysteries of the day. Others helped alleviate fears that lingered in people’s minds. Everywhere these different cultures went, their stories went with them. Block Island is no different.
What does it take for an activity to become a pastime?
The word itself is simple enough. Alone it means the same thing as a hobby. A thing you enjoy and do to get away from the stresses of work or life and just relax. To pass the time. Once upon a time it was well-known that the mantle of America’s Pastime is taken up by baseball. Whether or not that’s still true is a subject for another time. What’s true today is that various states and communities continued to create – and stand by – pastimes of their own.
