Commentary
Take This Poem
Take this poem. No. Really
take it. It belongs to you.
Like anything you read.
It belongs. Like Hawaii’s
swaying palms,...
Spring Fever
From Gazette editions of April, 1959:
COUNTING TURBINES
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
How many wind turbines for Martha’s Vineyard?
Electricity is measured in kilowatt hours. One kilo...
Here’s what I love most about my town: its edges. In three directions, Vineyard Haven ends abruptly, as a town should, surrendering, gracefully and...
The Most Valuable Things
World and national affairs have moved a little closer to the Island these days. The state of the country is affecting...
As spring approaches, students become stressed and anxious about MCAS tests. We are told “you’ll do fine” and “just do your best” by our teachers...
Oct. 23, 2003
O n Saturday, Feb. 14, we set out in the morning from Chilmark for a shop in town and a Valentine’s Day drive. It was a sunny day though terribly...
My dear friends on the Island and off the Island who came to honor my incredibly wonderful husband Luther who lost his battle with cancer, I thank...
They called themselves the Pink Squid Yacht Club. They were a fun group of hardworking Vineyarders who liked to party and raise money for one...
HEALTHY FOR VNA
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I have been reading about the VNA’s efforts to start a hospice and thought my experience with their...
Man Bites Cow
From Gazette editions of March, 1934:
Almost everyone is familiar with the famed definition of news, that it isn’t news if a dog...