Nature & Science
For years turkeys have been setting up roost around the Vineyard in record numbers, roaming the fields and rural roads with impunity.
Suzan Bellincampi has been collecting tales and now she has collected them into The Nature of Martha’s Vineyard, illustrated with photos from Gazette photographer Timothy Johnson.
Al Pacino, as blind Lt. Colonel Frank Slade, spoke passionately about the scent of a woman. However, it is the scent of Thanksgiving that has me enamored.
While many of us are thinking Thanksgiving season–it is hard to believe that this year’s celebration is already past.
The question of natural grass versus artificial turf dominated public comment at a meeting called last week to air ongoing plans to overhaul the athletic fields at the regional high school.
On Thanksgiving night we will have a full moon, the Bay Scallop Moon. The moon appears in the zodiacal constellation Taurus.
Almanac
A comprehensive guide to weather and tides on the Island.
Vineyard Gardener
I guess this past week weather-wise is called a January thaw. We did not really experience it the last several years as December was unseasonably warm.
Farm & Field
Beige and brown and tan and black, with horns spiraled or semicircular or in undulating waves, a legion of goats marched up the hill toward us, bleating in anticipation of fresh grass and leaves.