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Summer Conversation There are different ways to mark the beginning of summer. By the calendar it begins on the solstice Sunday. Then...

Trina Kingsbury

It was late spring of Ali’s 42nd year. She telephoned, asking me to come over to see what her father did for her. Upon arrival at Ali’s...

UNBEARABLE TRAGEDY Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

What follows is an edited selection from 20 reader comments that were posted on the Gazette Web site over the weekend in response to the...

Cynthia Meisner

From a June. 1991 column by Arthur Railton: Packing is a science, no doubt about it. Making the most of the space you’ve got takes...

Geraldine Brooks

The high stone wall curves around the small gray house as if enfolding it in a protective embrace. When the winter winds blew, hard and...

Summer On the Horizon It certainly has been slow to arrive by the weather, which has been stubbornly cool and rainy this year;...

Tragedy Strikes at Home The statistics paint a stark picture. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among fifteen to...

Mary Stewart Hammond

Day’s End on Eel Pond Sunlight falls through holes in the clouds spotlighting the marsh grass here and not there, whitening a...

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