December Days

The weather has been nothing short of changeable since the calendar turned to the last month of the year. Bitter cold settled over the Island early this week, creeping into every corner of the house and office and sending us scurrying for extra layers — lots of extra layers. Then suddenly it was warm again with rain and wind and ferries cancelled, interrupting holiday shoppers and soaking school children as they stepped off yellow buses and made a mad dash for home.

The Meaning of Cheer

At this time, as the holidays approach and the days are at their shortest, almost everyone is feeling somehow battered by economic fallout.

The Garage That Became a House

Sometimes the juxtaposition of two appar ently unrelated stories provides more incisive commentary than the best editorial or op-ed. Take the front page of last Friday’s Vineyard Gazette.

WORTH FIGHTING FOR

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I’m writing in response to your Nov. 21 editorial titled Educating Children Early.

Ink by the Barrel

From the Gazette editions of December, 1908: