Home Stretch, as Derby Enters Final Weekend

If you’ve been having a hard time getting a plumber, gardener, carpenter or even reaching a bank president lately, have no fear. The 76th Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby is almost over.

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The Path of Becoming Meets the Path of Letting Go

Autumn has arrived and summer has departed. It is the time of other arrivals and departures on the Island.

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Vineyard Bookshelf: Waterfront Poems, Vineyard Seasons

Here on the Island, for many living is an art form and here artists abound.

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The Grandness of Grandparenting and Other Goodies

Of all the stages of life that I have experienced, the one I find myself in now may be the most interesting and perhaps the most challenging.

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What's the Rush? Gam Time Is Quality Time

There are a lot of aspects of Island living that aren’t initially apparent to the short-term visitor, or for that matter to the summer resident.

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Wandering About at a Certain Age

These days things seem to change at a rate much faster than in ages past.

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Rigging and Writing Aboard the Shenandoah
Joe Keenan

Stepping aboard a tall ship for the first time, a person cannot help but wonder and be amazed at the myriad lines.

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