Commentary
What follows is the recipe for Holly Eger’s I Love You Chocolate Sour Cream Fudge Cake.
Message To A Widow
In a small, protected inlet of the evening pond,
loud white in a strong shaft of final, flaming sun,
one swan lies on quiet...
Since I am in the holiday spirit (and, having just consumed a mug of hot toddy, a glass of eggnog and a nip of cheer, the holiday spirits are in me...
Flying Santa
From Gazette editions of December, 1958:
WORTH A LIFETIME
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Better late than never.
This is just a thank you letter to all of the people who sent me well...
We at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services are concerned about the impact of recent events in our community. Clearly the economic downturn is...
This is the time of year I miss going to church . Christmas and church always seem to go together. I was a lapsed Methodist when I retired to the...
In last week’s newspaper, Vineyarders were confronted by a story of an incident involving a Martha’s Vineyard public school educator allegedly...
The early onset of darkness in November is a dramatic change. I recall a parishioner from an earlier parish who suffered from depression every year...
Christmas 2008
In Tisbury town on Church street,the traffic all was stuckSo those who’d gone on shopping spreeswere clearly out of luck.They grumped and groaned and...
This time of year gets crazy. I think the whole true meaning of Christmas has been forgotten. This Black Friday was even more crazy than in the...