Monthly Archives: July 2024
Cribbage Club results
Sixteen members and two guests met Wednesday night to play our favorite game. The results are as follows:
First, Paul Humphrey with a 10/5 +59...
Education connects
According to Brown University Library, nearly all Brazilian immigrants come to the U.S. in search of higher wages, lower living costs, and a desire...
On My Way: Waking up on the water
My kayak sped over the water on a downwind sail. The water shushed the hull and my paddles splashed. I was just waking. The...
Oak Bluffs
“There’s an awful lot you can tell about a person by their shoes.” –Forrest Gump
Well, I am now in my flip-flops every day —...
Poet’s Corner: Writing Workshop
Writing Workshop
By Beki Test
they say the moon doesn’t belong in a poem
you have written The moon is sometimes male
no one knows what you mean
its...
Second Acts: Morgen Schroeder
“If I can wax poetic about cheese for a second …”
After you study civil engineering in college, and pursue a career in construction in...
Garden Notes: Our terrifying friend, the white-faced hornet
Fourth of July rolls around once again, and the Season officially begins. Fireflies spotted here on June 18. Midsummer and June’s last weeks were...
Tisbury
Heard on Main Street: Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will...
West Tisbury
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights,...
Writing from the Heart: To the heart of writing
I'm reading Carol Gilligan's brilliant book, “In a Human Voice.” It’s been 40 years since her landmark tome, “In a Different Voice,” the book...
Chilmark
Forgive me. The combination this week of an earlier deadline, the new limited length for our town columns, news of a beloved friend's sudden...
Edgartown
We’ve officially reached the high-paced season on M.V. Hold onto your hats. The next 8 to 10 weeks will be wild.
Happy belated birthday to...
Aquinnah
COVID seems to be having something of a flare. I’ve been down with COVID and know of several people besides me who have been...
Academic honors
Graduation
Junior Dos Santos of Vineyard Haven, BS and MS, from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Jeremy Regan of Oak Bluffs, BS, summa cum laude, from the...