Commentary
For the loneliness and unfocused anxiety, the smug indifference to the environment, the dreary boredom of life in the technological society, the sovereign cure is a well-organized New England storm.
Well, the first two weeks of 2015 have already brought a jarring handful of ominous tidings for our near future here.
Who will be next in line to lead the Vineyard public schools and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission?
Folks from all over the world came to see Yefim Shubentsov to end their addictions, so four years ago I made my appointment.
In 1965 I had lived for 21 years in Crestwood, N.Y., and 18 years on Martha’s Vineyard. I knew very little about the rest of the world.
Our landmarks gone.
Rough violent winter
gouged the golden sandhills
collapsed the grassy lookouts
from the top, the wooden benches
