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Infested

You know those cartoon traffic jams where four cars are stuck in an intersection and none of them can move because each one is being blocked by another? Five Corners looked like that a little after midday and I was … Continue reading

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Country Roads

I sometimes wax rhapsodic about the single-lane dirt roads of Martha’s Vineyard. True, they’re all very minor roads, sort of like long driveways that have acquired names and a place on island maps. But plenty of us live on them. … Continue reading

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Roundabooboo

Around midday yesterday a Honda sedan hit the curb at the roundabout hard enough to deploy both airbags and send the driver to the hospital with what initial reports indicate (and we’re hoping) are fairly minor injuries. The Martha’s Vineyard … Continue reading

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So around 4:15 this afternoon Travvy and I were waiting to cross State Road to go to the West Tisbury post office — waiting at the crosswalk, mind you — and a nice person in an older white Subaru Outback … Continue reading

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Traffic

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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