Commentary
True story. It’s early on a Saturday
morning in late August on Main street in Vineyard Haven. The sun is shining down on at least a dozen adults and...
By the numberless thousands they descend. The birds
arrive as a great host, flying from the northeast, following a sinuous path on invisible,...
Each morning when boatbuilder Ted Box wakes up, drives to his makeshift warehouse on the Vineyard Haven harbor and climbs the scaffolding to gaze at...
On a dog day this summer, I paid a visit to Oak Bluffs. With midsummer traffic, it’s a bit of a jaunt from West Tisbury where I now live, but Oak...
When I heard the sad news that famed British broadcaster Sir David Frost had died, I went to my bookshelf and pulled down a yellowed $1.45 Vintage...
Summer season
Martha’s Vineyard
Riding the ferry in
Perfect sunset
Happy for a new vacation to begin
But I know some things always stay the same...
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-...
