Tag Archives: summer people

What’s Up with the M.V. Times?

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

For the background to this post, see “Land Grab,” Aug. 17, 2011. The story in today’s Martha’s Vineyard Times, posted to the paper’s website yesterday and dated Aug. 24, opens with this sentence: “Massachusetts Land Court Associate Justice Alexander H. … Continue reading →

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Sorry, Mr. President

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

I’m not going to be out there on South Road waving when your motorcade goes by, and you won’t notice me craning for a glimpse of you when you visit the fair or hit the fairways or check out some … Continue reading →

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Land Grab

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

When I launched From the Seasonally Occupied Territories earlier this summer, I hoped that it might eventually become a vehicle for telling other people’s stories as well as my own. On Monday a story fell into my lap. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Traffic

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

People fall off their stools laughing when you say “traffic” and “Martha’s Vineyard” in the same sentence. Muwahahahaha, you think you’ve got traffic? You’re nuts. Honey, I know traffic. I lived in D.C. for 11 years, commuting by bicycle for … Continue reading →

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Small Lives, Real Lives

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

I had a major epiphany the other morning while reading Jan Pogue’s blog. Jan is the publisher behind Vineyard Stories, an independent press that publishes books about Martha’s Vineyard. The epiphany-inducing blog (which you can read in its entirety here) … Continue reading →

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First-Person Plural

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

When I moved to Martha’s Vineyard in 1985, I’d been immersed for eight years in the feminist women-in-print movement and the local (mostly) lesbian women’s community. Before that I’d been a student activist and an organizer against the Vietnam War. … Continue reading →

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