Megan Alley

Hello to October, which will hopefully bring us more of this cooler fall weather, which is a favorite of mine. It also brings more...

“Another glorious day, the air is delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.” So said John Muir, Scottish-born American naturalist (1838-1914), as...

Today is Sept. 19, 2019. Just an interesting bit of info: The date could be written as 091919. How often does such a date...

That change in the air has arrived when you know that fall is here. Of course, fewer long lines, less traffic, and fewer people...

Labor Day has come and gone swiftly, and we all seem to have made it through the summer once again. The hummingbirds are still...

Here we are again four days before Labor Day 2019 and the start of school the next day. There do seem to be fewer...

The Oak Bluffs Fireworks on Friday last went off with great success. If you saw some of the videos of the park during that...

Trying to attend all the special events scheduled for this week is like trying to jump off the Flying Horses in the middle of...

I am missing the beautiful hydrangea bushes and other shrubs that used to bring so much beauty to the front of the Martha’s Vineyard...

The weather has been very strange lately, but stranger still is what it seems to have done to my computer and column. Although I...

The weather has been very strange lately, but stranger still is what it seems to have done to my computer and column. Although I...

In spite of the overpowering heat of the last week-end, the Holy Ghost Feast and parade did happen. Hundreds flocked to the Portuguese American...

Amazing, but it is actually July 18. Does it seem that we are racing toward August already? Of course, after the traffic gridlock of...

Now the melody the birds sing at night is a different tune than the one they sing in the morning. Their nighttime song is...

Happy Fourth of July, or Independence Day, America. Will you celebrate this holiday, or observe it? Lately a lot of the books I have...

Update: The Red Cross has notified us that they made a typo in the announcement regarding the blood drive. The drive at the P.A. Club...

The summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year and the first day of summer, is tomorrow, June 21. What will we...

“The heart of a father is an assemblage of all the tenderest sentiments of nature.” A quote from Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles, as found...

Statistics say that soon senior citizens will make up the majority of the population of the town. But not to worry. I was just...

If you read the Oak Bluffs column on May 23rd, you might have been puzzled as to why it seemed so full of Chilmark...