I urge commission members to stop the proposed shipyard marina expansion.

The Oak Bluffs post office is a mess.

The Martha’s Vineyard Author Series received Island-wide support.

I am writing to express my disappointment with the decision to terminate the lease with Trustees at Katama Farm.

Katama Farm is again in transition.

During the pandemic, the Island Food Pantry has been overwhelmed with requests for food.

Sand
Clean white sand
warm in summer
rolling wet
hot bodies
fresh from swimming
in the Sound
Frozen white
salted  crunch
underfoot in winter
wind blasting
eye stinging
unforgiving bits of it
Sand obsessed Arthur
the wave caressed
pitch of dune
shaped by fetch
and depth
Rooted in beachgrass tendrils
entrapped in the
timber groins we built
along this stretch of beach
formed the fine and
delicate line
that kept

Dennis daRosa, my longest-time friend in life, died last week.

Fifty years ago this summer I saw a musical milestone. No one knew this was a farewell concert.

Early Sunday morning, I like to walk Middle Road from West Tisbury.