A Saturday smile

This, stolen from a Facebook post, pretty much says it all about blogging…On the other hand, pointless, incessant barking just isn’t enough sometimes. But, then, neither is blogging. So, what to do, what to do??

A Vineyard love affair, a guest blog from Sydney Mullen

My love affair with this Island started when I was a summer kid here. It’s where I have always felt most at home. As an adult I’ve been lucky enough to build my ‘”real” year round life here. I have many great friends from off island; I’ve never had such great friends as I do [...]

My Vineyard, by guest blogger Pam Butterick

There was a long time in my life when I couldn’t get back here, to the Island…living my life off Island, raising children, divorcing, remarrying..everyone has a story…but I missed the Island like an ache that never left my soul. In thinking of music, back in those days, I would listen to Carly Simon sing [...]

A love affair with an island — and a challenge to you

I love Martha’s Vineyard for many reasons, but especially the interesting, creative people who occupy or visit this little island. In the last few weeks, I’ve met with a man who was a diving treasure hunter in his younger years and another man who has written a thoughtful memory of winter life on the Vineyard. [...]

I’m thinking about pig tonight

There’s a pig at the Farm Institute that recently had a litter of thirteen pigs. When I saw her this week, she was resting while all her cute piglets burrowed into a pile of hay, climbed over each other, and every once in a while clambered back to mama for a little nip. When they’re [...]

Looking through closed windows

Years ago when I lived in Alexandria, Virginia, on one of the cobblestone streets, I found I had to get used to having people peer in the windows of my quaint, 12-foot-wide row house. It was one of those white houses with black shutters, built when the city was first settled in the 1700s. It [...]

Fresh produce

Summer is coming. My daughter is getting ready to transplant her seedlings to the outside. Morning Glory Farm has plowed the fields across from the farm stand and will open in May. Beetlebung Farm put up a new greenhouse. Flowering baskets are for sale at Stop and Shop, and gardening centers were mobbed on Saturday. Thanks [...]

More relief from flu and taxes

Since I’m sick, you are getting a relief from my words. In this case, my friend Jeanne Campbell has provided this wonderful photo of the Northern Lights. Here’s her story on how the shot came about: The possibility of photographing the northern lights was one of the attractions of northern Iceland. Heavy boots, down jacket, [...]