Commentary
Editor’s Note: What follows is an oral history recorded by Linsey Lee from Hector Asselin of Vineyard Haven. Titled Everywhere You Looked There Was an Airplane, the account is of the World War II Naval Air Station on the Vineyard. It was included in the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s exhibit Those Who Served which ran from spring 2009 until Labor Day of this year. The accounts will be published in an upcoming booklet and also will be posted on the museum’s Web site mvmuseum.org. Ms.
Out of Balance
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
It was the presidential election here and Brazil was on fire. People seemed so confused about who to vote for and if I were able to vote, I wouldn’t be able to choose one myself and so I went around asking some questions. The question I asked was, who would you vote for? The first person who answered was Marcella. She is only 15 years old but she had a very interesting answer. She said: “Neither of them is prepared to lead a country. Serra reminds people of what they would have rather forget.
Warding off the Chill
Tiny broccoli florets from the Farm Institute piled high in a bin and sold by the pound. Dark red romaine lettuce and huge heads of unblemished radicchio in shades of scarlet, cream and pale green from Morning Glory Farm. Soft white farmhouse feta from Mermaid Farm. Silky homemade cakes of goat-milk soap from Flat Point Farm.
Recovery at a Snail’s Pace
The word economy — as in “the sluggish economy” — comes across as an abstraction. But an economy is made up of people, and the Island’s economy more than ever seems to be separating into two groups of people farther and farther apart.
Families Helping Families