Category Archives: Martha’s Vineyard
Are the Terrorists Winning?
Time to trot this one out again. I wrote “My Terrorist Eye: Risk, the Unexpected, and the War on Terrorism” over several years in the mid-2000s. Yes, it does go on at some length about my out-of-the-blue retina detachment. Feel … Continue reading
We Weren’t Locked Down
. . . here on Martha’s Vineyard. We’re a long way from Boston. But the way some of us were glued to our TVs, our computers, and/or our Twittering devices, we might as well have been. Makes you think, doesn’t … Continue reading
Yellow Season
Yellow season is rolling out all around us. Yellow season is daffodils, forsythia, and dandelions. Some other stuff is yellow all year-round. Here’s some stuff that’s yellow all year-round.
A Crossroad Orange
I went to the crossroad Fell down on my knees . . . — Robert Johnson I went to the crossroad too. I went to the crossroad three times and the first two times the batteries in my camera died. … Continue reading
Todd’s Legacy
Saturday morning I arrived at the Ag Hall a little after the appointed hour of 10 a.m., and already most of the tables and chairs were in place. I fell in with the crew: helped move a few tables, set … Continue reading
More Foolishness
Exactly 20 years ago today, April 1 fell on a Thursday. Then, as now, Thursday was publication day for the Martha’s Vineyard Times. I was the Times Calendar editor. The synchronicity was too much to resist. In the following years, … Continue reading
Leaked Memo Sparks Furor
Plans to build a fast-food restaurant at the blinker intersection are well advanced, according to a Martha’s Vineyard Derision (MVD) email memo recently leaked to the Martha’s Vineyard Chronicle. The memo, from MVD director Mac Landon to Oak Bluffs selectmen … Continue reading
March License Plate Report
March isn’t quite over, but I’m not going anywhere. If North Dakota drives into my driveway tonight I’ll stop the presses. If it doesn’t, well — here’s March. February was such a rush that March was bound to be a … Continue reading
Remembering Tony Lewis
Word arrived earlier today that Anthony Lewis died this morning. In the proliferating obituaries, appreciations, and commentaries, you can read all about his major contributions to journalism, the law, and the intersection of the two, including his influential (and still … Continue reading
March Snow
Online some people have been threatening to do nasty things to the poor groundhog, all because snow fell after the spring equinox. Get a grip, people. Any critter who didn’t see her shadow in my town on February 2 should … Continue reading
From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 