Saudade: News from and for the Brazilian community/Notícias de e para a comunidade brasileira
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I have started to hear from some Brazilian folks who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine at Martha's Vineyard Hospital. It brings me so much joy...
Oak Bluffs: Annual town election
Welcome spring with the sunnier days true to the predictions at last. Our family spent Sunday last raking away barrels of leaves and allowing the early daffodils and crocus to stretch toward the sunlight...
West Tisbury: Plant nursery centers
I was happily surprised to wake up Friday morning to snow blowing past my windows. It had already coated the ground and looked like it might be settling in for a blustery, snow-long day....
Tisbury: Composting food waste
Heard on Main Street: Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives that we may not even notice...
Edgartown: Featherstone videos
Happy Spring! We made it. Flowers are beginning to bloom, birds are singing, the sun is shining, and we’ve actually hit 50 degrees or more, at least for a little while. I was actually...
Chilmark: Garden Wisdom workshops
Did you balance an egg during the vernal equinox? I guess we're all hoping for an early spring. I'm still adjusting to dark mornings and sundown after dinner. It was great to see lambs...
Aquinnah: Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival
While all large in-person events have been cancelled on the Island, many arts organizations are doing amazing work online. The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse is showing “The Niceties” with Amy Breneman and Tsilala Brock streaming...
Have Faith: Easter and Passover
It's that time of year, when I ask Island clergy about Passover and Easter services. It's also that time of year when they're probably busiest.
The Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center offers a special Zoom program,...
This Was Then: Doppelgängers and namesakes
Our Island shares its names with people, places, and products around the world, some for historically connected reasons and others by coincidence, complicating our Google searches and rerouting our Amazon orders.
Tisbury and Chilmark on...
Writing from the Heart: Hello, my name is Grief
My sister died on Dec. 2. A week later I was Googling houses and land for sale in Vermont. I emailed a friend and asked her why she had moved to Quechee, a small...
On my mind: Secrets
Though she kept it a secret from her mother and grandparents, on a typical night, a 17-year-old Martha’s Vineyard High School student was a blackout drinker. She was filled with shame about “sneaking around...
Visiting Vet: Cause and effect
The night before my father died, he had liver and onions for dinner at the Howard Johnson’s where we were staying in Milwaukee. My dad was raised poor in Brooklyn by immigrant parents, which...
Dog Charmer: Pearl’s in a panic
Hi Tom,
Please help me with the following question: Pearl is a happy, curious and usually intrepid 4-month-old puppy, but now, suddenly fearful of situations she used to enjoy — a short walk in the...
West Tisbury: March celebrations
I have just been outside walking barefoot in my yard, the first time this year. The weather has been unbelievable, a whole week of those perfect early spring days that feel warm at 45...
Tisbury: William Faulkner books
Heard on Main Street: It used to be only death and taxes. Now, of course, there's shipping and handling too.
Last week I enjoyed a restful half hour with Anna Yukevich; she was singing and...
Oak Bluffs: Cancer support group
Another Monday has rolled around with just a couple of changes. We are now on daylight savings time and it is so pleasant to still have sun shining at 7 pm. However, the extreme...
Edgartown: Vaccinations and schools
Winter has come back to visit after some beautiful spring weather last week. But this is the time of year that I know it can’t hold tight with an iron fist. The sun and...
Chilmark: Island bee products
We got a taste of spring before being reminded it's still winter. It's the first time I've seen Island Bee Company proprietors tending their Chilmark bees at Native Earth Teaching Farm. Tim Colon and...