Commentary
I appreciate the technical, legal and subjective arguments over managing Chappaquiddick beaches to accommodate responsible over-sand vehicle (OSV)...
Sand scraped against the blades of our ice skates as we headed out into the middle of Squibnocket Pond.
Martha's Vineyard is famous for eerie coincidences, some touching luminaries who live here.
In the evening the turkeys put themselves to bed. I take in the sight at the West Tisbury graveyard, my car parked at the side of the sharp curve in...
It may be that after more than 25 years, the idea of some freight service to the Vineyard coming through New Bedford (bypassing Falmouth) could...
I know it is unpopular, but I am a lifetime lover of snow.
Everybody here has a gig, sometimes two or three. They are craftsman, artists, master chefs, farriers, healers or visionaries. But what was I?
One winter I rented a house, high on a hill in Chilmark, overlooking the Atlantic. The sun came and went. The ocean changed from grey to green to...
It doesn’t happen often, at least not away from a harbor, but there are times when chance favors a meeting between well-traveled sailors when they...
These cold and sunless days of rain and intermittent drizzle have brought to mind the day I tried to rescue a white domestic duck on the Connecticut...
As I am sure readers know, the Island is a special place when adversity and difficult news hits home, the people on the Island show up.
Three bad storms, back-to-back. Severe erosion. Major flooding. It’s time to start talking about managed retreat from the coast.