Seven writers share elemental Martha’s Vineyard experiences.
The forces of nature impose occasional inconveniences upon everyday Island life. A ferry cancelled due to high winds, downtown streets flooded after heavy rains, Beach Road awash with sand and surf during a nor’easter. Lately those vagaries have seemed more dramatic, sometimes even a little ominous.
By Nancy Tutko
Friends and family on the shoreEat lobsters, quahaugs, corn, and more;And for dessert we gather ’roundTo toast the sunset on the Sound.
By D.A.W.
Roaming their way through fiction, biography, history, memoir, music, and gardening, more than thirty acclaimed authors will gather to celebrate books at this year’s Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival.
By Ward Just
This spring’s Martha’s Vineyard Wine Festival offered plenty of new tastes to try, and several Island restaurants and package stores made discoveries that they’re now offering customers. The spirits we sampled inspired us to share some lively summer drink ideas.
The Oak Bluffs fireworks don’t just fall from the sky. They’re only possible because of the tireless work of the Oak Bluffs Firemen’s Civic Association (OBFCA), the fundraising arm of the Oak Bluffs Fire Department.
By Geoff Currier
These crepes are the perfect summer breakfast for blueberry lovers.
In 2011, when British architect Norman Foster and his wife, Elena Ochoa Foster, Lord and Lady of Thames Bank, bought Blue Heron Farm, the Obama family’s recent vacation getaway, Vineyarders were abuzz. What changes were in store for the expansive but low-key Chilmark property? How much time would the jet-setting couple spend here? Might we see them around the Island?
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