In August, at our Chilmark house by the woods, the air is full of sounds we didn’t hear in June and July.

Ellinor R. Mitchell

The only footprints on the beach...

Dan Waters

My husband is having an affair of heart with Mabel, but I think I’m falling in love with her, too.

Margaret Knight

While docking in Edgartown to fill up on supplies, the venerable whaling captain James Longsail once noted, “You will no sooner find affordable lodging on Martha’s Vineyard than you will find a whale riding a bicycle.”

Pete Cummin

The high point of the Vineyard year is summer, and the high point of every summer is the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Fair.

Nicole Galland

On Chappy and across the Vineyard, we make do with what’s lying around. If it still works or runs – even barely – it’s good enough for us.

Margaret Knight

“Right above the table, the little mouse paused, leaned over as if to join the conversation, then tumbled over the edge and landed with a thud on the table.”

Shirley Mayhew

Two summers ago, I took a job in downtown Edgartown. “What about parking?” I inquired.

Shelley Christiansen

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