DEFLATED BALLOON BEACH
The offical end of summer is approaching. Labor Day has come and gone. For many folks, the long weekend meant a chance for one last walk along the beach. One such walk got Living On Earth’s reporter John Rudolph to thinking. He sent us this reporters’ notebook from the island of Martha’s Vineyard.
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