Opinion
Merchants, Be Kind
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
By Nicole Galland
We recently moved into a place of almost inexpressible beauty. There are many such on Martha’s Vineyard. I appreciate that beauty; it adds to my love of the place. But it is not the sum of my love. What makes this place so special is the essential Vineyardness of both the home and our relationship to it.
From a Visitor’s Diary in 1872:
The diary of a visitor to Oak Bluffs in 1872 gives not only a record of what summer visitors sought and found but also invites many contrasts with the present. Here are reproduced segments of the diary written by Henrietta R. Hawes, and her comments have preserved more than a little of her personality.
The following is an open letter to Brian Roberts, chief executive officer of Comcast:
Dear Mr. Roberts:
As the chief executive of a large communications network you can appreciate the importance of having access to 21st century technology. As a homeowner on Martha’s Vineyard you can also appreciate how important that technology is to both seasonal as well as year-round residents.
A few weeks ago I went on a bike trip to Woods Hole with a group from The Anchors in Edgartown. We rode the bike path to North Falmouth and back, a pretty ride past a stretch of beach and a varied landscape of woods, fields and cranberry bog. As I pedaled along, shifting my 18 gears, a helmet planted firmly on my head, I remembered my first trip to Martha’s Vineyard. I arrived then on a three-speed Raleigh with an army surplus saddlebag slung over the rear fender and nothing but hair on my head.
Cliff Hangers
From Gazette editions of August, 1986: