Commentary
Water is an essential ingredient for the existence of life as we know it. Water is the only substance naturally present on the earth that exists in...
This past June I went back to Bimini in the Bahamas to see old friends and to locate a few places that I visit in my dreams. One afternoon I rode my...
On the west end of Edgartown a 350-acre plot of land called Pohogonot Farm is nestled deep in the scrub oak forest on the south shore of Martha’s...
When I fell and broke my wrist in early August, my normal hectic routine — daily tennis, regular kayaking, and too many hours working at the...
They say the Island is a breeding ground for ticks and some other creepy insects bearing bad news. So while I was looking this way and that, I didn’t...
Chilmark, August 18. It’s almost
midnight, and lights at the Snail Road house up the hill are still on. But the guests of honor are gone. The 24-...
Have you been noticing the reports since Hurricane Sandy, consistently, nearly every week, all over the world — of very extreme weather events and...
If you believe that Chilmark Store pizza costs more per square inch than Chilmark real estate, then it shouldn’t be hard to make the leap to the...
For years my daughter Jill lived a private, single, independent life in New Orleans, the city she fell in love with during her college years at...
Now I know what it feels like to be the Invisible Woman. Last Sunday I thought West Tisbury Congregational Church members were likely, after services...
Before arriving on the Island in July, I drove through National Military Park where monuments from northern and southern states dominate centuries-...
We always think of success as being an achievement to some higher status, but Bob Lee fought for his place in the world from the very beginning, his...
