Commentary
With Christmas just around the corner, I have been thinking cherries.
Dear Heather:
I was thinking about you the other day so I thought I’d write you a quick note.
The first word that always comes to mind when I...
I am disturbed, and I am old — almost three quarters of a century. What’s disturbing is not my oldness — I don’t feel that most days. It’s our U.S...
Dick Jennings works for The Trustees of Reservations on Chappaquiddick. He is their natural history guide there and he seasonally leads tours that...
L ongevity is in Rose Treat’s genes. Her Polish grand mother lived to be 104.
On Dec. 7, 2010, Rose Treat celebrated her 102nd birthday surrounded...
FISHERMEN’S FIGHT
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
First, I would like to clarify that I am not a lawyer; though my education is in insurance law,...
Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s Lesson
With the dust still settling from the Edgartown special town meeting this week, the next task at hand is for...
A Scrooge No More
From Art Railton’s Just a Thought, of December 16, 1988:
About this time each December I begin to wonder: Is Christmas worth...
My son Hardy and I have been fighting about clothes. It is December and the weather has turned much colder but he refuses to wear anything warm. He...
On the Side of Angels
Lights, please. Every year Linus van Pelt asks for a spotlight and steps right in to quote the gospel of Luke and remind...
Tuesday Vote in Edgartown
Special town meetings in December are often lackluster affairs; most of the time a town considers itself lucky if a deep...
Imaginary Lines
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
