Commentary
As a conservation biologist on the Island for the past 30 years, I have become increasingly concerned about the future of our common pond turtles.
I have participated in the Cross-Island Hike at least 15 times, but at 77 years old, at the end of each year’s hike I mutter: “This will be my last...
Like most parents, we thought this day might never come. On June 9 our youngest child will graduate from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.
I joined a day trip run by the West Tisbury Congregational church to visit Penikese Island, an ancestral hunting land of the Wampanoag, 45 minutes by...
Dear Mom and Dad, things are going great and we have made some strides here on the Island. Here at my place we have completed a number of projects...
I never met Rez Williams, the revered Vineyard artist who died in February. Nevertheless, he was a kind of hero for me, an artist rooted in a place...
Twenty years ago on May 17, joyous Massachusetts gay and lesbian couples began marrying shortly after midnight.
When I was quite young, in the late 1950’s, I remember pleading with my father as we were setting off on one of our Sunday drives: “Dad, let’s get...
The title of Kate Feiffer’s new novel comes from an exercise recommended by Julia Cameron in her bestselling book The Artist’s Way.
The natural splendor of the beaches on Chappaquiddick attracts swimmers, hikers, anglers, sunbathers, birdwatchers and sunset — or sunrise — watchers...
Who gets to decide what’s best for the Vineyard? How does the Island prioritize demands on its limited resources? Who here has NIMBY cred?
As the spring season begins, I’d like to address the question no one has been asking and officially announce my retirement from youth sports coaching...
