Jonathan Burke
On My Way: To the fair
I wheeled my bike out of the shed. I took my helmet from the peg. My water bottle was full, and I was wearing...
On My Way: Adventure on the water
On a recent sweltering Saturday, my cousin Anne and I set out in our kayaks across the waters of the Lagoon.
I was in a...
On My Way: Cross-Island Hike
The 2022 Cross-Island Hike, sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, was as much a celebration as a 19-mile trek.
For the uninitiated, including myself...
On My Way: A carpet of pine needles
A few weekends ago, on a hot day without a whiff of wind, Becham, my 7-year-old terrier-mix pup, and I left my parents’ home...
On My Way: Biking Pennywise Path
I had wanted to be back in the saddle for some time. It had been a few months. Usually, a few times over the...
On My Way: Walking King’s Highway
We came to the end of the yellow trail of the Middle Road Sanctuary, and were confronted with three options: We could turn back...
Brushstroke by brushstroke
The brush in his hand, the art paper taped to a backing on his easel, the palette of paints and the water ready to...
Lifting the veil
The National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) planted a seed of hope on the Island nearly a dozen years ago when it offered the...
Growing together at Daybreak
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Members of the Daybreak Clubhouse of M.V. Community Services — a program for adults with mental illness — flourish day in and day out...
Mental Illness: The attack, and the PTSD that followed
We opened this series on mental illness with Hermine Hull’s touching piece about her struggles with depression (bit.ly/HHDepression). Last month, Martha’s Vineyard Times contributor...
Mental Illness on Martha’s Vineyard: In the bunker
We opened this series on mental illness with Hermine Hull’s touching piece about her struggles with depression (bit.ly/HHDepression). Martha’s Vineyard Times contributor Jonathan Burke,...
Mental Illness on Martha’s Vineyard
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) was taught to a group of about 20 at the Oak Bluffs Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 23. MHFA...
Mental illness on Martha’s Vineyard: Life and death with severe bipolar disorder
The Times has run several stories on Vineyarders suffering with mental illness. For others, see: bit.ly/MVMentalillness
Leslie’s husband suffered from bipolar disorder — a mental...
An anxiety story: He just doesn’t talk
Sam is 23 years old, and does not speak.
He has an anxiety disorder called selective mutism (SM). He understands language, but he is...
Mental Illness on Martha’s Vineyard: On the run with schizophrenia
In his book, “People and Predicaments,” Dr. Milton Mazer described the study he conducted on Martha’s Vineyard beginning in 1961, which showed that incidences...
Mental illness on Martha’s Vineyard: Losing one’s life to food
In his book, “People and Predicaments,” Dr. Milton Mazer described the study he conducted on Martha’s Vineyard beginning in 1961, which showed that incidences...
Families help families cope with mental illness
Families struggling to cope when loved ones have serious mental illness say they find the help they need through the Island's Family-to-Family (F2F) class.
“Family...