Thursday, March 28, 2024

Health & Fitness

Island Style

Battle of the boots

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There’s an old saying that rings particularly true for working folks on Martha’s Vineyard — “you can tell a lot about a person by...

What Islanders wear to work

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When some people think style on Martha’s Vineyard, it’s all salmon-colored shorts with tiny smiling whales. Pastel-pink dresses with teal embroidered flowers. Vineyard Vines,...

Masks by Julie

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When a construction ban was announced in early April, carpenter Julie Verost’s workload was put on hold and the naturally creative Verost found herself...

Domestic Disturbances

Domestic Disturbances: I just can’t do it

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Last summer everybody and their brother worked diligently on how to plant, harvest, and preserve their own vegetables because we thought the end of...

Handyman? Wait, what?

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Something strange happened to me after March 13, 2020. I went through this transformation from scared to get within earshot of a circular saw...

Domestic Disturbances: Me and my garden

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Everyone knows about the early panic buying at the beginning of COVID-19: the toilet paper, the yeast, the flour, the butter, but I just...

So Local

Island artist Bernica Wilcox gives us ‘The Gaze of a Woman’

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Island artist Bernica Wilcox has a series of paintings featured at the Vineyard Haven library through April 2024. Titled “The Gaze of a Woman,”...

What would you say about race?

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“Mom’s people owned slaves. Dad’s were.” “Native American. Voiceless in race conversations.” “Hispanic doctor is not an oxymoron.” “No white woman cooks like that.” “I can’t leave without...

Dirty bananas?

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On my usual weekend perusal (never let an opportunity to use that word go by) of “healthy” online recipes, I went a bit off...

Around the Writers’ Table: Poetry

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Last week I had a discussion with MV Times publisher Charles Sennott about the challenges of writing a good lede. A lede is the...

Phree flowing at Feldman Family Art Space

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Classy and chaotic at the same time: The exhibit “ArtByPhree: Negative Space” is extraordinary by any stretch of the imagination. The artist Phree Claudio’s...

Museum Pieces: Envelope to eclipse

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“A performance is a conversation between you and an audience.” —Livingston Taylor I feel that concept can be applied to a museum. What I see...

Design Q + A: Making a great room in Harthaven

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The project: A family wanted a renovation of a Harthaven home that would include creating one large gathering space from several smaller rooms. The...

Design Q+A: How can we prepare our lawns for the winter?

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What are the best ways to prepare our lawns for the winter? You really should aerate your lawn every year and the fall is the...

Design Q+A: Natural swimming pools

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Daniel Whiting, owner and operator of Next Generation Natural Pools Native Islander Whiting shared three recent natural swimming pool projects, as well as facts about...