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The Infinite Now

Sometimes getting a fish on the line is beside the point.

Aye Aye Sir!

One man’s quest to find out more about an African American whaling captain from Martha’s Vineyard ended up uncovering a long-lost history of America’s first meritocracy.

Local Color

Painter Rachael Cassiani was born and raised on Martha’s Vineyard. So it’s probably no surprise that the intersection of land, sea, and sky is her constant source of inspiration.

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Essays & Humor

From the Editor

Epidemics reach through time. So who knows what we will say of COVID-19 in a decade, let alone in four hundred years.

By Paul Schneider

Wild Things

So Long Blues

Gotta get back to the good old days.

By Nelson Sigelman

Eating In

The Comfort of Strawberries

Everything’s better with berries.

By Susie Middleton

History, Wild Things

The Lyme Files

Some Cold War scientists perfected the art of injecting ticks with new diseases. Others released ticks into new areas to study their spread. But is that the end of the story?