Positive Vibration
There is something oddly mesmerizing about Peter Simon’s recent double-DVD retrospective, Peter Simon’s Through the Lens.
From the Editor
My friend Ed called recently to say he is looking for a house to rent on the Vineyard for a few weeks this summer. These calls from off-Island are one of the surest signs of spring, as reliable as the pinkletinks that crawl up out of their cold, muddy beds and into the trees…
Made to Move
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How to Build on Martha’s Vineyard Without Ending Up (Absolutely, Completely) Broke
They are not typical year-round homes; they’re more like well-appointed summer dwellings.
Clues Among the Cobwebs
With a historic Chilmark house slated for a full restoration this fall, we went looking for what remains of 350 years of home design.
Confessions of a Bottle Hound
If you don’t bring eccentricities with you when you come to live year-round on the Island, you’re bound to pick some up along the way.
La Villa di Biggs
Perched above Lambert’s Cove Road in West Tisbury, with views across the wetlands to Vineyard Sound and the Elizabeth Islands, The Folly is Friederike and Jeremy Biggs’s unexpected paean to classical Italian living. Their two-story stucco villa and surrounding seventeen acres reflect the couple’s passion for travel, art, romance, whimsy, comfort, and natural beauty. And…
Wes Craven’s The Birds: Part 1
I’ve just finished reading a book about what birds think. About migrating, mating, nesting, eating, and feeding. Even learning to fly.
DAW: Promises, Promises
This year, we vow in tones devout,We’ll pull all weeds the day they sprout!We’ll till, and all those other tasks!(“You wanna bet?” the garden asks.)
How It Works: Renting Your House
I first met Albert back in the eighties. My then-future wife rented his house in Edgartown one summer and I used to bump into him from time to time. Albert was a little rough around the edges and a bit of a free thinker, but basically a straight-up guy. When my wife rented his house,…
Summer Blues
The more time Amanda Moffat spends on the Vineyard, the more her work seems to reflect the sea and sky.
Island Classic: The Garden Boot
To boot or not to boot? It is but one of the questions.
Made to Move
On a bluff overlooking Stonewall Beach in Chilmark, architect Peter Rose has designed a remarkable home for the age of erosion.
One Place at a Time: Menemsha Hills Reservation
I first explored Menemsha Hills more than fifty years ago, when the trails we followed were mostly made by cattle and deer. In the early 1940s, my father, with the aid of friends, had stacked a pile of boulders on the summit of Prospect Hill. His goal was to make the top of the pile…
Notes from the Tackle Room: Charlie Cinto and the Goo-Goo Eyes
Leo Cooper of Stamford, Connecticut, invented the Goo-Goo Eyes plug in the late 1950s to bewitch big striped bass. It worked. On the night of June 16, 1967, Charlie Cinto caught the Massachusetts state record seventy-three-pound striped bass while trolling a blue and white Goo-Goo Eyes Big Daddy at Cuttyhunk with Captain Frank Sabatowski. Charlie…
Running with the Herd
With a house full of fine art and fields full of ponies, pigs, and goats, Cynthia and Scott Bermudes, along with their teenage daughters Paris and Anais, are surrounded by the things they love.
That's My Boat
That’s My Boat
Captain: Lynne Fraker Home Port: Lake Tashmoo The Name: Ena.“She’s named after my grandmother.” The Boat: Thirty-four-foot Malabar Senior made of mahogany over oak, built by theAlden Design Office in 1957. How I Got Her: “I’ve owned her since 1994. I had been looking for a boat, and I talked to Phil Smith [at Martha’s…
The Workshop Gallery
Why Chilmark Pays Less
We’ve all heard the complaints – some Island towns are saddled with higher property taxes, while others are among the lowest in the state. The residential tax rate in Chilmark is a mere $2.48 per thousand dollars of property value, for instance, while over in Tisbury it’s more than three times as much at $8.39.…
