Tag Archives: island economics
Ecology
Earlier today someone posted to Facebook’s MV Stuff 4 Sale page on behalf of some friends of hers: a couple with two young children who’ve just been kicked out of their house by their landlord, who’s decided he wants to … Continue reading
Posted in home, Martha's Vineyard
Tagged community, conservation, dogs, Dumptique, Facebook, island economics, Rhodry
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Death of an Indy Bookstore
Earlier this week I learned that Edgartown Books was closing for good at the end of February. I’m sorry, yes, not least because Edgartown Books took enough interest in my novel, The Mud of the Place, to keep it in … Continue reading
Posted in musing, writing
Tagged bookselling, Edgartown Books, feminism, island economics, Lammas Bookstore, Mud of the Place, my Nook, Washington DC
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Monster Houses
Before I lapsed from monotheism, I was confirmed in the Episcopal Church. My parents said that if I completed confirmation class, I didn’t have to go to church anymore. (They didn’t put it quite that way, but close enough.) Some … Continue reading
Posted in Martha's Vineyard, musing
Tagged big houses, character of the island, DRI, island economics, MVC, Occupy Wall Street, Vineyard Gazette
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From the Seasonally Occupied Territories . . . 