Gail Gardner
Edgartown: With kindness and compassion
I am torn tonight between writing a typical column versus an open letter to Governor DeSantis for his inhumane political stunt last week. I’ll...
Edgartown: Community through local food
I sit down to write this week’s column on Sept. 11, the 21st anniversary of the attacks on the Twin Towers in New York....
Edgartown: Safety on the trails
Oh, how I miss the days when I was young, coordinated, and agile, with unceasing athleticism. Oh wait. I was never those things. And...
Edgartown: Back to school
Eek! Sitting down to type this, and had to enter the date. Sept. 1. How did that happen? I scared myself. The itty-bitty panics...
Edgartown: Stand-up comedy show
Happy last full week of August and the first week of (hopefully) seeing the Island quiet down a little bit. Last week was wild....
Edgartown: Positive energy
Well, I don’t know where my brain was today, but it certainly wasn’t on writing my column. It’s 10 pm on Monday night, well...
Edgartown: Mid-August events
After so many years on the Vineyard, I’ve just come to expect and accept the craziness that is summer, and particularly August, on the...
Edgartown: M.V. Atlas of Life
And just like that, it’s August, the month that has the reputation of being the harder of the two summer months here on the...
Edgartown: Have a great week
Another week, another column. Am I running out of clever stories and updates to write about? Yes. Am I writing anyay? Also yes. But...
Edgartown: Endless outdoor activities
I guess it is officially summer for me. I have completely lost track of what day it is. And as such, I’m writing this...
Edgartown: Follow your dreams
Are you a risk taker in life, or do you go the safe route? Do you follow your dreams and take chances, having faith...
Edgartown: White rabbit, white rabbit
White rabbit, white rabbit. I’m sitting down to write this week on July 1st. I remember when I was younger, the Fourth of July...
Edgartown: Summer has officially arrived
Summer has officially arrived. The calendar made it official last week. Mother Nature has brought hot and humid temps our way. The last day...
Edgartown: The bell will ring
As I write this, I find myself heading into a three-day weekend without anything to do. Well, that’s not exactly true. I have report...
Edgartown: Wrapped in rainbows
I’m writing this column from my gingerbread cottage porch, listening to the rain trickle as the hoots and hollers ring out from the Tabernacle....
Edgartown: Honoring the late Herb Foster
Well, remember last week when I wrote that I should have been in D.C. with the eighth grade? Turns out, I spent most of...
Edgartown: Timing is everything
By the time you read this, I should be firmly ensconced in D.C. with our fantastic eighth graders and amazing group of chaperones, if...
Edgartown: Congratulations, K-Faye
I hope everyone is ready, because like it or not, Memorial Day weekend is upon us, and based on last Friday when I walked...
Edgartown: 20 on the 20th
I can’t believe that we are already in the third week of May. I’m thinking that the gray, windy weather is playing games with...
Edgartown: Little bits of normalcy
The calendar says mid-May. I know it does. But this weather? It has winter written all over it. What is with this wind and...