Oak Bluffs Town Column
“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime.” —Laura Ingalls Wilder
Donaroma’s did a great...
Chilmark Town Column
The days leading up to the solstice are intense for me. I treasure time with friends. My heart is bare, easily touched by the tension between ever-present challenges and horrors and the miraculous. For...
Aquinnah Town Column
Gabbi Camilleri is back home, safe and mending. She wants you to know that all the love that was sent her way surely helped her get through what turned out not to be a...
West Tisbury Town Column
Mornings feel cold enough to need a coat when I take Abby out. The ground is frost-covered; so is the roof. Maybe we will have some winter, after all.
As the song says, “It’s beginning...
Tisbury Town Column
Heard on Main Street: Sometimes when I open my mouth, my mother comes out.
Tonight, Dec. 12, the M.V. Playhouse has “Holiday Show Biz Trivia” on Zoom, at 6 pm. Also now showing Monday Night...
Oak Bluffs Town Column
“There is always light. If only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it.” —Amanda Gorman
Oak Bluffs looks beautiful this holiday season, rescuing us from the...
Edgartown Town Column
As the first whispers of winter arrive, and the streets of Edgartown sparkle with twinkling lights, there’s a palpable excitement in the air. Christmas in Edgartown, one of the Island's most beloved traditions, is...
Chilmark Town Column
“Grace can be the experience of a second wind, when even though what you want is clarity and resolution, what you get is stamina and poignancy and the strength to hang on.” —Anne Lamott
The...
Aquinnah Town Column
I’m writing this on Dec. 7. It is Saturday night. I’m exhausted, but oh so happy. Today was the first day of the Aquinnah Artisans Festival at the Town Hall. This two-day event is...
West Tisbury Town Column
It’s been another week of weather. Looking out my window one morning, I saw a few pale cherry blossoms on a tree behind our house. Mike came home from a walk with Abby, and...
Tisbury Town Column
Heard on Main Street: It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.
The Wishing Tree at 124 William St. is waiting for you to tie your written wishes and prayers on the...
Oak Bluffs Town Column
“So quiet and subtle is the beauty of December that it escapes the notice of many people their whole lives through.” —Flora Thompson, English novelist and poet
It is hard to believe that December is...
Edgartown Town Column
Happy December! This is my first official winter on Martha’s Vineyard, and the jump from November to December, especially here in Edgartown, is an illuminating one. Just a few days ago, the houses around...
Chilmark Town Column
Last week was a lot. Geordie Gude died on Wednesday, and his family and friends gathered at the P.A. Club for a musical celebration. We are losing so many who were part of the...
Aquinnah Town Column
In case you haven’t noticed, the holiday season is definitely upon us. Aquinnah folks, hearty as they are, kicked it off in fine style. One group did so by participating in the fourth annual...
West Tisbury Town Column
Holidays are made of memories. Good. Bad. Gathering together. Missing passed-away or distant members. Delicious meals, others burned or undercooked, or eaten by the dog. Memories. Stories. We all have our histories.
Thanksgiving got an...
Tisbury Town Column
Heard on Main Street: The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.
On Friday and Saturday, you can shop the Pop-Up Book Sale to benefit the Vineyard...
Edgartown Town Column
Happy Thanksgiving! It is officially the season of giving; giving thanks, giving back, and showing gratitude for all of the wonderful things in each of our lives. I wish you all a special day...
Oak Bluffs Town Column
“We should just be thankful for being together. I think that’s what they mean by Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown.” —Marcie, “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”
Wishing you all a Thanksgiving Day that makes you feel thankful! Some...
Chilmark Town Column
This time of year opportunities for connection abound. It is also a time to pause and ponder.
I am rereading David Silberman’s “This Land is Their Land: The Wampanoag Indians, Plymouth Colony, and the Troubled...