Commentary
My friends Jamie and Barbara live in Farmington, Conn. Their power was out for a week after the recent storm. The temperature in their house...
Language has power. In every culture the language the people developed described their world in ways that were recognizable to them, but do not...
I saw you anchored In summer Just on the edge Outside the shoal Still shallow Off Shear Pen Pond
I’m back in Seattle’s fall but still dreaming of summer boat crossings. Every dream involves the drama of whether or not I will be able “to make...
November Blooms
No doubt encouraged by the mild late fall weather, flowers are still blooming around the Island. Stray purple asters pop up in...
Calling Comcast: Service for All, Please
Comcast reported another good quarter this month, announcing a 4.7 per cent increase in profits on...
From Gazette editions of November, 1961:
The Foote Memorial Shelter of the Mass. MSPCA at Edgartown needed extra pages for its guest book over...
The idea for OWS MV (Occupy Wall Street- Martha’s Vineyard) first appeared as an image of a can rolling down a hill. The hill was the enthusiasm I...
Three weeks ago, my 16-year-old daughter asked me what the Occupy Wall Street protests taking place in Zuccotti Park and all over the country meant...
A lbert (Ozzie) Fischer Jr. was a man of the land who always had dirt beneath his fingernails, a farmer and arborist with a fondness for practical...
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Editors, Vineyard Gazette
If the Martha’s Vineyard Commission was ever well-served by Mark London, that is no longer the...
I wake up in the morning to the clucking of chickens. The sun is rising, peeking up above the trees as I stumble down the stairs and out into the...
