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After dinner, I stepped outside onto the smallporch that leads off from my kitchen. I draped the black cover back onto the grill and stood for a...
You’d think with all the technology taking over our lives we would understand more about our surroundings and stumble over them less. But since we...
This past Saturday my wife Joyce and I flew to Ohio to spend a few days campaigning for President Obama. Our friends Tom and Lynn King had agreed to...
As I write this from afar, I can picture the long tables in the Chilmark Community Center, the town clerk’s volunteers overseeing voter check-in and...
Every once in a while, a trap door opens and another world of knowledge and experience disappears forever. Or almost. We’ve all seen it happen with...
The call went out, there’s been a sighting,
A world class bird, her name, Soo Whiting.
From near and far, like a grand migration,
Friends flocked...
For a limited time, the Vineyard Gazette is opening up access to all parts of our new multiplatform website to subscribers and visitors alike so you...
There’s a reason that at this time of year many of us experience a breakdown of sorts. It can be anything from a momentary cri de coeur to a...
When I can’t sleep I take long, late-night walks, mostly in the winter when I’ve got the place to myself. On quiet nights I usually head down...