Mark London’s to-do list after his last day heading the Martha’s Vineyard Commission includes painting, photography, spending time with his family — and finally applying for American citizenship. In an interview, the outgoing executive director reflects.

We have only happy tails to tell this week at the animal shelter. The universe has lined up for Hana, our Italian Greyhound.

A gauzy blanket of heat settled over the Island last week and then a little like the latest round of house guests, decided to stay for awhile.

Varian and David Cassat were Presbyterians, but probably not deeply theological Presbyterians

Robert Wesley Jones (at different times Bobby or Bob Jones or B.J.) was born in Boston on July 24, 1929, but within days was on Martha’s Vineyard, at his grandparents’ house on Pacific avenue in Oak Bluffs

I cherish memories of taking my son Alan and daughter Emma out saltwater flyfishing when they were growing up on the Vineyard.

I have found that the romance of sailing is often enjoyed before and after the reality of passage making.

The butterfly bush in bright orange fullness, the fresh scent of sweet pepperbush, and an outward bound human tide.

This past May, my wife and I decided to fix up our house on Martha’s Vineyard in order to put it on the market. I came up in May, while my wife Gail came up a month later.

The Unitarian Universalist Society in Vineyard Haven has flown the rainbow flag since 2003 as a symbol that we are a welcoming congregation.