Commentary
Under the Roof
Perhaps encouraged by the hot sunny weather, this is the summer of the houseguest. Hard-working Islanders know the script, which goes something like this:
Guest: Oh, we’d love to come for just a night. Would that be any trouble? I know you are working.
Behind the Summer Soirees
A keen observer noted that anything that isn’t ridiculously expensive on Martha’s Vineyard is ridiculously cheap. Boutique or Dumptique. One-off or secondhand. Big ticket or barter.
Historical Produce
From Gazette editions of August, 1935:
In Her Own Words:
Patricia Neal, 1926-2010
What follows is an edited piece by Patricia Neal that was published in the July 2003 Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, about how she came to the Vineyard. The actress died at her home in Edgartown on Sunday at the age of 84.
WITHOUT CAUSE
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
From a Gazette edition in 1958:
Martha’s Vineyard is famous for many things, not least of which are the waters which surround it. Explorers from the earliest times remarked upon the tidal phenomena which were and still are of unbelievable nature.