January starts our year with cold contradictions. It is January that drives us indoors, and rewards us when we venture out with impressions as sharp and vivid as the very air.
Editors, Vineyard Gazette: The following letter was sent to the president, vice president and board chairman of The Trustees of Reservations,...
From Gazette editions of late summer, 1935:
It’s nearly that time of year. Yellow busses roll, the flashing lights warn caution. Maybe there’s a bigger message here. We’re in the Internet age...
Holiday Snapshots Two trips to the beach, one family bike ride, three dinners out and roughly eighty-one holes of golf. One trip to the bookstore...
In early August I accepted a freelance proofreading job at a rate that could generously be called less than desirable. The job comes with flexible...
For the past week, President Obama has been my neighbor on Martha’s Vineyard. He’s not what you call a cheek-by-jowl neighbor. Although we are both...
At a wedding that I recently attended, the deejay explained to me that from his position behind the speakers it was hard for him to judge how loud...
The situation in Syria is indeed very troubling. I can understand why President Obama first hesitated to send even light weapons to aid the rebels...
I hope the giant utility poles springing up around the Island are not a fait accompli. It seems we are going to have to bury our power lines at some...