Addiction or passion, Ping-Pong or table tennis – call it what you want, but Alina Wen, forty-eight, has emerged as the Island’s toughest female competitor and a fierce challenger to anyone wielding a paddle.
By Karla Araujo
When winter comes and nature calls,We go off-Island to the malls,Obeying some primeval urgeTo browse department stores and splurge.
By D.A.W.
“It’s strange, trying to talk about raising one’s children..."
Vacation tide has long rolled out. Tourists have evaporated into thin air and been replaced with thin ice. Welcome to the trenches.
By Charlie Nadler
Our photographer Elizabeth Cecil turns her lens on a memorable season.
Lying at the southern end of Chappaquiddick’s inland waterway, Poucha was historically a freshwater pond, sealed by a dike that included sluiceways and a herring run.
By Kib Bramhall
This issue marks the end of our thirtieth year in publication.
By Paul Schneider
Seaweed could be the Island’s next big thing in aquaculture, depending on the results of an experiment growing the plant in Vineyard waters.
By Sara Brown
As any Islander who works or plays outdoors can attest, the trick to staying comfortable in the off-season often involves the practice of layering.
By Alexandra Bullen Coutts
Early in the morning on Katama Bay, a rosy sunrise lights the sky above Chappaquiddick as cormorants and seagulls loiter on docks and anchored boats bob on lapping waves. The Island is still mostly quiet, but at the town landing parking lot, truck after truck pulls in and gear is unloaded, waders pulled on, boats pulled in from their anchorage. Farmers rise early, after all, and despite appearances, the bay is home to one of the Island’s most thriving agricultural industries.
By Sara Brown
When a West Tisbury Grange meeting fell on St. Patrick’s Day, the only logical move was to celebrate.
Ceramic artist Leslie Freeman is always on the go – and that’s just the way she likes it.
