When I was a teacher, sometimes all it took to start the day off right was to receive a written excuse from home regarding a recent absence or tardiness.

Shirley Mayhew

Vineyard vacations for those who live on the Island.

Linda Black

Pond grasses glow a soft umber. Roadside milkweed is fat with juice. Nomadic geese have set up camp in Ocean Park. And visitors bearing packages have come a-tapping at my door.

Shelley Christiansen

Beach plums picked and plopped in pails...

Dan Waters

John Hough Jr.’s new novel Seen the Glory ties the Vineyard to the Civil War, providing insight into issues of that day for the nation and this island. An excerpt from chapter one follows.

Brenda L. Horrigan

Of all the cookout tricks, the worst...

Dan Waters

I understand it’s August. Knowing you get inundated with letters in December, I thought perhaps you’d have some downtime now.

Kate Feiffer

Though we’ve settled on the Vineyard, many of us still feel like wash-ashores.

Deborah K. Sillimanwass

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