Category Archives: Martha’s Vineyard

June License Plate Report

Posted on July 2, 2018 by

Last year’s June was so spectacular — nine new sightings — that this year’s is a bit disappointing: only three. One of them was Utah, however, which I never did get last year, so that’s something. Tennessee and Delaware were the … Continue reading →

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May License Plate Report

Posted on June 3, 2018 by

I’d say that in the license plate game, May was six times better than April, but I learned in math class that anything multiplied by zero is zero so instead I’ll just note that May’s haul was much better than … Continue reading →

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New Station on the African-American Heritage Trail

Posted on May 22, 2018 by

NOTE: I sing in the M.V. Spirituals Choir, part of the U.S. Slave Song Project, and also manage its website. This post is a reprint of one I posted there yesterday. If you’re on the Vineyard and like to sing, … Continue reading →

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Not Stranded

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

For days I’d been planning to head off-island this past Sunday afternoon for State Rep. Dylan Fernandes’s 2018 campaign kickoff in Woods Hole. The venue, the Captain Kidd, is an easy walk from the ferry dock, so no big deal, … Continue reading →

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April License Plate Report

Posted on May 1, 2018 by

I spotted NO new license plates in April. This may be a first for any month in the first half of the year. It is not one I want to repeat. So — This afternoon, on my way home from the … Continue reading →

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Z is for Zoning #AtoZChallenge

Posted on April 30, 2018 by

When I moved to Martha’s Vineyard in 1985 I was as ignorant about zoning and land-use planning as I was about refuse disposal. (See “Unsustainable” for more about that.) My education started PDQ: In January of my first winter, I … Continue reading →

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Y is for Year-round #AtoZChallenge

Posted on April 28, 2018 by

This follows on “X is for Xenophobia,” which followed on “I is for Islander.” The more I think about this A to Z Challenge, the more I realize that everything follows on everything else. Long live hyperlinks! Categories. Year-round vs. … Continue reading →

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X is for Xenophobia #AtoZChallenge

Posted on April 27, 2018 by

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines “xenophobia” as “fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign.” The American Heritage Dictionary agrees but adds the emphasis on “different countries or cultures”: “Fear of, hatred of, mistrust of, … Continue reading →

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W is for Wintertide Coffeehouse #AtoZChallenge

Posted on April 26, 2018 by

When I discovered, and promptly threw myself into, Wintertide, it was strictly a winter thing. It happened at the off-season youth hostel. Now I can’t remember whether this was during my first year-round winter (1985/86) or my second. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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V is for Violence #AtoZChallenge

Posted on April 25, 2018 by

I walk any- and everywhere at all times of day and night with nary a fear of being mugged, raped, or murdered. When something rustles in the woods, I know it’s a squirrel or a rabbit or a skunk. Come … Continue reading →

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