The Art of Decoys
Vintage hand-carved ducks appeal to hunters and folk art collectors alike.
Getting Away
Most Vineyarders love the Rock, but come winter, many embrace the opportunity to indulge their wanderlust. Here are a few globe-trotting adventures to enjoy vicariously, or perhaps inspire a trip of your own.
“Don’t Shoot!”
A photo essay with style and safety tips for walkers during hunting season.
How it Works: Finding Enlightenment
A few months ago, I went to a meditation group that meets regularly in the basement of the Howes House in West Tisbury…
An Early Goodbye
Known by a lyrical name – the Place on the Wayside – this tablet, set in granite in 1901 and rededicated in 2008 by the Daughters of the American Revolution, marks the earliest event recalled by a monument on the Island.
Planning for Life
If you were to die tomorrow, what would you regret missing, not doing, or not being?
Year-Round Rowing with Beth Kramer
Pilot gigs, open-sea rowing boats, date back to the late seventeenth century. They measure thirty-two feet long with a beam just under five feet, oars up to thirteen feet long, and seating for a team of six.
Making a Difference
A venerable Island leader with a longtime construction business, John Early talks about life on the Vineyard, how affordable housing here should change, and lessons he learned in the Peace Corps.
Building Excitement About Art
The Island’s regional high school engages about half its students every year in a wide range of art, design, and technology courses. That’s twice the national average.
DAW: Rifle Colors
The maple grieves her scarlet leaves;The woods seem bleak and dead,Till hunters dressed in hat and vestContribute DayGlo red.
One Last Thing
A Snowy Passage
As the Martha’s Vineyard ferry departed Vineyard Haven during a January nor’easter, photographer Wayne Smith of West Tisbury tried to use a rainhood for his lens, but it was snowing and blowing so hard in his face, it wasn’t doing much good. “I was basically shooting through this little tunnelas the boat pulled out,” he…
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