Only eight days left in January and the Island now enters a final run through the back side of winter. The weather of our wintry season has been anything but predictable to this point. All the patterns seem confused and perhaps it will remain so until the gathering of another Vineyard spring.
Photography
Tim Johnson
The Vineyard's many avian winter residents have arrived. Check out the Bird News column for the latest, and don't forget to send your bird sightings to birds@mvgazette.com.
January 21, 2021
Beachgoers still flock to Lucy Vincent Beach in the off-season, braving the wind and chill to walk the fine-sand shore, and look for treasure among the wrack line.
January 19, 2021
Winter's purpose now is to move us forward toward those days of thaw, toward the arrival of spring.
January 18, 2021
As our mild winter continues, we think of the work of Henry David Thoreau, who went walking in woods and fields more than a century ago.
January 17, 2021
Out walking, we see our own breath in the air and appreciate something essential about what it means to be alive.
January 10, 2021
The arrival of the new year last Friday on the first tick after midnight offered an opportunity to look ahead with hope of improving on times just past.
January 3, 2021
The year 2020 brought a global pandemic, an Islandwide lockdown, protests against racial injustice, a summer like no other, economic turmoil, and a historic presidential election.
December 31, 2020
In 2020 the Vineyard said goodbye to Islanders of many stripes. Readers are welcome and encouraged to add more names in the comment section.
December 29, 2020
Vineyard artists decided not to write off 2020. The months since March have revealed an Island scene that rewarded audiences with innovative new ways to engage with the arts.
December 28, 2020
Monday was the winter solstice, when the triumph of darkness over light is complete.
December 27, 2020
Winters takes its turn and the falcons are restless, just like you.
December 22, 2020
Much as a song grows out of the silence, the lights of Christmas are also with us again, illuminating this darkest moment in the year. It's a simple enough trick, really, but somehow it's always new. The lights speak to us from out of the darkness with a message of promise and of renewal.
December 20, 2020
In a history-making moment, director of emergency room medicine Dr. Karen Casper — who has battled the virus since March on the Island’s front lines — received the Island’s first dose of coronavirus vaccine early Thursday morning.
December 17, 2020
Santa, smiles and holiday spirit are everywhere on the Vineyard as Christmas quickly approaches.
December 16, 2020
In towns and fields, early mornings or the twinkle of twilight, on dusky dirt paths or well-heeled roads, the journey unfolds, one day at a time.
December 12, 2020
On Friday nights on Main street in Vineyard Haven the snow falls no matter what the temperature is, turning the town into a winter wonderland, courtesy some well-place snow machines.
December 12, 2020