Margaret Knight
Domestic Disturbances: I’m tired of being self sufficient
When I was little, I always wondered why I was born into a family that had enough to eat, rather than into a starving...
When Slip Away needs a tractor, Slip Away gets a tractor
From the beginning, Slip Away Farm has thrived on the support of the Chappaquiddick community. The island’s thin and sandy soil is sadly lacking...
Domestic Disturbances: Impermanence and the End of Summer
The fish are jumping at Cape Pogue Pond, breaking the surface of the still water for a quick glimpse of the world above, where...
Domestic Disturbances: On Tree Therapy
What is Tree Therapy?
Tree Therapy is a powerful non-prescription curative used to:
Reduce the risk of feeling old associated with aging.
Treat the indefinable...
Chappaquiddick turns back the clock
For a week in April, Chappaquiddick seemed to come untethered from the normal everyday world and drift back in time to when life was...
Mass. Memories Road Show travels to Martha’s Vineyard
If you had to pick three photos to preserve for posterity, how would you decide which to choose? The Mass. Memories Road Show had...
Domestic Disturbances: Drama at Chappy Point
On a quiet fall day as I rode my bike onto the ferry heading back home to Chappaquiddick, the deckhand said, “Walk your bike.”...
My Wild Food
At the end of summer, our Island turns into a bountiful orchard full of wild apples, pears, and cherries, beach plums, grapes, rosehips, and...
The Jeffers of Chappaquiddick
The way people used to talk about Tillie and Gladys Jeffers, it was as if they were one person. They were sisters, Wampanoag Indians...
Domestic Disturbances: That Chicken in My Window
When I came home at the end of the day, there was a chicken waiting outside my front door, standing there in the patient...
The trails of Sailing Camp Park
The Sailing Camp Park has a new system of beautifully laid out trails that loop through a peaceful section of mature oak and pine...
Meet Your Farmer: Lily Walter of Slip Away Farm
Catching up with Lily Walter of Slip Away Farm.
The end of my lawn as I knew it
And what I’ve got instead.
Island holiday traditions: Vetebrod on Chappy
A treasured family recipe, courtesy of a Swedish exchange student.
Potluck on Chappy
Islanders show their appreciation to the ferry crew.
Martha’s Vineyard gardens yield end of summer bounty
It's the season of too many zucchinis
Chappaquiddick ‘Slips Away’ into the pastoral
Young farmers work the land at Chappaquiddick's Slip Away Farm.