If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison

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    Book Video: Pimpneymouse the last farm on Chappaquiddick

    This is a love story between a girl and her island. Almost eighty years ago, five-year-old Edo Potter came to an almost deserted island in the dead of a New England winter.

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    Book Video: Schooner building a wooden boat on Martha’s Vineyard

    Here is an exquisitely beautiful book about the creation of an elegantly beautiful wooden schooner, and the gifted artisans who built her. The many design and construction endeavors of the Gannon & Benjamin Marine

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    Book Video:Martha’s Vineyard Tile hidden gems in island homes

    Martha’s Vineyard Tile takes nine special places on the island off the coast of Massachusetts and uses them to define “Vineyard” style. It peeks inside the houses of residents and visitors to show how the owners

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    Book Video:Morning Glory Farm and the family that feeds an island

    Everyone on Martha’s Vineyard eventually ends up at Morning Glory Farm- celebrities, islanders, summer visitors, foodies. Buying fresh, locally grown and prepared foods from Morning Glory is a rite of passage.

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Life on the Vineyard

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Lovely, lovely Mexico

This is a blog just about Mexico, so if you want to quit reading now, because you’re waiting for something about the Vineyard, stop here. I’ve now been in San Miguel de Allende for three weeks and have another five to go. Everyday I walk from my house into Centro, or the center of town. [...]

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What we believe can happen

Last year, when I announced to my family and friends that I was going to Mexico for a couple of months, I was struck by the division in the reactions I got. The Vineyarders were alternatively thoughtful and envious.They asked all the right questions – Had I been there before? Was the food good? Did [...]

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To doorbell or not to doorbell. Is that the question?

The Vineyard has very set rules about many things: You don’t honk at the tourists just to get them to move out of the cross walk faster. You don’t bad talk other people in a public place, since the people sitting next to you know people who know people. You don’t refer to the Vineyard [...]

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We need one of these guys

I’ve never been one for avenging angels. But, I mean really, I keep thinking the Vineyard needs one of these. We could put it right at the ferry, with a sign warning folks they need to “treat the Vineyard gently – we’ll need to use it after you leave.” (I wish I could say this [...]

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