Oak Bluffs: Snow moon, best picture nominees, entertainment basketball, and a cake walk
“The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.” –Michelle Obama, August 2008
I love that quote from our first African...
West Tisbury: Community seed swap, Neighborhood Convention, town positions, and ‘Woven’ exhibit
Happy Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney Phil will have made his prediction by the time you are reading this. I’m not sure what I hope for. The mild temperatures have been pleasant and easy on our...
Edgartown: Clearing clutter, winter balance, Herb Foster memorial, and Tom Dresser’s travel talk
Sorry to miss my column last week. Honestly, I was buried up to my ears cleaning out my father’s house with my siblings, in preparation to sell it, and just couldn’t piece together anything...
Tisbury: Great Decisions, virtual trip to Greece, Writing Through, book sale, and fix-it clinic
Heard on Main Street: Don’t be yourself … be someone a little nicer.
Isn’t it amazing what a little sun shining does to your spirits? It may not provide any warmth, but somehow you do...
Chilmark: Shirley Mayhew celebration, library events, Gray Matters, jazz concert, and leaf collage
After years of careful isolation and after two nights in Boston around a medical test, my elderly parents and I came down with COVID. We went a day early because high winds were predicted....
Oak Bluffs: Library potluck, ‘Big Night Out,’ and Chefs of Martha’s Vineyard
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” –Langston Hughes
The Lunar New Year was celebrated on Sunday, but unfortunately will be remembered for a deadly shooting...
Chilmark: Leaf art workshop, Island Eats new program, and Art Talk with Janet Mandel
This week I’m writing from a Boston hotel — doing the MGH shuffle — and so very grateful to friends who stepped in to help keep the home base going. It is a good...
Tisbury: Too many books, and ‘Personal Writing
Heard on Main Street: Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
That brings something else to mind: I had a business call about something the other day...
West Tisbury: Ghost Island opens, curbside dinners, and Vineyard Smiles
Our weather has continued in the same warm, gray, drizzly pattern we have had for weeks. We had a day of wet snow, but I don’t think we have had a real freeze yet...
West Tisbury: Fiona Mayhew McMahon, equine first aid, and town’s health agent
It’s been snowing all morning, big flakes that have settled into a thick, windblown whiteness that is just beginning to cover the grass, and making pockets as it nestles against the trees. So far,...
Tisbury: Foreign policy discussion, Broadway musical revue, and ‘Wooly History’ exhibit
Heard on Main Street: Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry, it's OK to let your children see you cry.
Last week I kept stumbling over stuff, then it hit...
Oak Bluffs: Growing older, classes and clubs, concert benefit, and early education resources
“Don’t grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we are all born.” –Albert Einstein
It is so true that being old...
Edgartown: Vineyard of youth, cooking classes, film screening, and Council on Aging
This week’s column is coming to you live from the Hilton at Logan Airport. Well, by the time you read it, I’ll be back home. But tonight, I’m hanging out at the airport hotel...
Chilmark: Panel discussion, new book, leaf collage, women artists, and TV news history
“All I’m saying is simply this: that all life is interrelated, that somehow we’re caught in an inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all...
West Tisbury: Newborns, town positions, jazz concert, and MLK Day events
The change in light is noticeable. It’s almost 5 o’clock, and still light at the end of the day. No need for a flashlight when I take Abby out or bring in firewood. Even...
Tisbury: Climate Action tips, benefit concert, and a winter gathering
Heard on Main Street: Ever wonder? Why is it lemon juice contains mostly artificial ingredients, but dishwashing liquid contains real lemons?
The issue of sea level rise may be one of the most pressing for...
Oak Bluffs: NAACP M.V., Rotary Club, music events, and M.V. Family Center
"True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The NAACP Martha’s Vineyard branch announces new officers sworn in on Jan. 4. Congratulations to...
Edgartown: Navigator Homes benefit, M.V. Table Tennis Club, and Speechcraft
I know that it is March that has the old saying “In like a lion, out like a lamb,” but January certainly came in like a lamb. We had some incredibly beautiful weather last...
Chilmark: Town openings, Native Earth Teaching Farm, Pathways, and Peaked Hill Studio
"Town meetings are to liberty what primary schools are to science; they bring it within the people's reach, they teach men how to use and how to enjoy it." --Alex de Tocqueville
This past week,...
Oak Bluffs: Full moon soon, Fix It Clinic, and M.V. Table Tennis Club
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” –Albert Einstein
My wishes for the new year involve balance — finding it in all aspects of life, and keeping it....