Correction

The headline on a story about a new coalition of nonprofits coming together to purchase the former Thimble Farm property in Vineyard Haven misidentified the mission of the group. The Martha’s Vineyard Farm Project wants to buy the land the Whippoorwill Farm CSA currently uses, not the business. The Gazette regrets the error.

KATHIE CASE

508-627-5349

(kathleencase@comcast.net)

I think we are all still talking about Saturday’s thunderstorm. I don’t remember a storm like that ever. Things were knocked out and some of our electronics are still being repaired. But everyone is okay, and that is what counts.

Temperature: Precip.

Day Max. Min. Inches.

Fº Fº

July 22 77 70 .00

July 23 88 68 .00

July 24 88 70 .32

July 25 86 64 Trace

July 26 75 63 .00

July 27 76 65 .06

July 28 83 64 Trace

Water temperature in Edgartown harbor: 79º F.

JANE N. SLATER

508-645-3378

(slaterjn@comcast.net)

The best meteor watching takes place in the nights ahead, but don’t wait. The full moon comes in the second week of August and it is a spoiler.

By HOLLY NADLER

A trademark of the boomer generation is that we never follow a straight line for a career path. It looks more like a privet hedge labyrinth in old English country gardens.

Singer-songwriter Michele Zaccone and drummer/keyboardist J.B. Lamont of the band Tethered are tied together by a host of similarities. They were born on the same day three years apart, they are Geminis, and they have both been burned; Mr. Lamont by the music business, Ms. Zaccone by love.

Recently the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society chose singer Emily Lowe as the recipient of its annual Caroline Worthington Scholarship. Emily graduated from the regional high school this past June and is the daughter of Cheryl and Erik Lowe of West Tisbury, and the granddaughter of Ernest Mendenhall and Kathy Logue.

The audience is the boss. Performance is a seduction. Never give up something for nothing. Livingston Taylor eagerly passes along all this and more to his students at the Berklee College of Music, and now to readers who pick up a copy of the new edition of his book, Stage Performance.

As summer turns the corner from July to August, it’s easy to find yourself yearning for a respite from the high temperatures, traffic and long lines of the hectic summer season. A picnic can be a great way to slow down, appreciate your surroundings and remember why so many people choose to visit, or make their home on the Vineyard.

What follows are some ideas to help plan a vacation within a vacation, with three different budgets and locations.