Books & Ideas
He who makes really, really, really big swords will be appearing at the West Tisbury library at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31. Actually, these are not...
If you look up libraries on Wikipedia, you’ll learn that a golden age arose from 1600 to 1700 when cities all over the world had to erect a big,...
Review Your Rumi
The poet, Sufi mystic, theologian and jurist known as Rumi will be the subject of the three-week study group at the Vineyard...
Talkin’ Otters
Wildlife biologists Luanne Johnson and Elizabeth Baldwin are hoping Island hikers will be on the lookout for otter trails and...
West Tisbury’s Mill Pond was all white;The snow on the cattails a pretty sight.The mallards were swimming up and down.A wood duck, too, was visiting...
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories, by Simon Winchester, HarperCollins...
Martha’s Vineyard Tile
Vineyard Stories has just published its sixteenth book about the Vineyard.
Last summer the press featured Schooner:...
It’s cold out. Snow flurries have been sighted. Perhaps a big dump is on the way. The more mild-mannered of us, let’s face it, the majority of us,...
Spice of Life
Storytelling is her game, Susan Klein is her name. The name of her hugely popular memoir-writing workshop is Spice of Life.
If...
If You Go to Sea
If you go to sea you really must know
What to do when the wind she blows.
If weather bodes toward a nasty gale
You must,...
CPR Class
The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter, will hold an adult CPR/AED class and an infant and child CPR review on Saturday,...
Poet Laureate Reads
Don’t pass up the chance to see Poet Laureate Fan Oglivie of West Tisbury read in her native land. Ms. Ogilvie, along with...
