Buenos Dias from sunny San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. My two-year-old daughter and I made the very long journey from Chappaquiddick last week, a trip which involved one car, two boats, one bus, two...

I am writing this week from Jackson, N.H., a small town tucked in the heart of the White Mountains. A snow-capped Mount Washington looms outside the window and the big sky is threatening snow. Having...

I hope our community will rally for Jeff and Becca LaMarche, former Chappy ferry captains, who need our support during a heartbreaking and challenging time. As many of you know, Becca and Jeff were...

Two nights of freezing temperatures last week finally brought a hard frost to Chappaquiddick. At Slip Away Farm, this means I will be digging the dahlia tubers, planting the last of our bulbs (I have...

As I sit and write this, it is early afternoon out here on Chappy, but the sun is already low in the sky, casting its golden light across our leaf-littered lawn. The dark days are upon us; time to...

My family and I left Chappy early last Sunday morning to visit a very different island a bit further north: Mount Desert Island in Maine, home to Acadia National Park. Similar to Martha’s...

We have had a stretch of beautiful, perfect fall days here on Chappy. This weekend temperatures climbed into the seventies, with little wind and clear blue skies. The water is still warm enough for...

The past few days since tropical storm Dorian swept through the Island have been absolutely spectacular. The heat and humidity of summer has dissipated, but we are still enjoying warm September light...

A large crowd gathered at the Chappy community center over the weekend to celebrate the combined sixty-nine years of service of four Chappy ferry captains: Brad Fligor, Jeff Lamarche, Becca Hamilton...