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Writing My Obituary

Writing My Obituary

10 years ago
Margaret Knight
Essay, Features, Just Thinking, Process, Quick Reads
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Margaret Knight, building on Chappaquiddick, 1973 I’m feeling pretty healthy and not that old, so I wouldn’t have thought to write my ...
Peter Oberfest

Peter Oberfest

10 years ago
Arts & Ideas
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Peter Oberfest and his wife Barbara became partners in owning and publishing the Martha’s Vineyard Times in 1995. In a remarkable example of...
Get Thee to a Hermitage

Get Thee to a Hermitage

11 years ago
Gwyn McAllister
Artists, Quick Reads
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Illustration by Omar Rayyan Want to incorporate something really colorful into your landscaping? Don't just add art. Add an artist....
Looking for a Place to Land

Looking for a Place to Land

11 years ago
Kelsey Perrett
Artists, Painting, Quick Reads
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 Sun and Shadows, oil on canvas, 23.5 x 35.5' Bill McLane returns to the Vineyard. “I paint pictures,” Bill McLane said when asked...
Editor's Letter

Editor's Letter

11 years ago
Jamie Kageleiry
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Doug Kent, 'Chilmark Woods' 24x27, oil on birch panel. Courtesy A Gallery.  Arts & Ideas creative director and founding editor ...
Sentenced

Sentenced

11 years ago
John Hough
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Dukes County Jail, photo by Michael Cummo Unlocking doors at the jail. The Dukes County Jail sits inconspicuously at the top of Ma...
Jack Ryan at the Post Office

Jack Ryan at the Post Office

11 years ago
Rich Saltzberg
Artists, Day Job, Quick Reads
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Jack Ryan at work, photo by Michael Cummo. Much more than meets the eye. Buy a sheet of stamps at the West Tisbury Post Office a...
Marshall Pratt

Marshall Pratt

11 years ago
Kate Feiffer
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A&I Cover Artist Revealed On the cover of the Early Summer issue of Martha’s Vineyard Arts & Ideas, we featured an image that had b...
Stephanie Danforth

Stephanie Danforth

11 years ago
Arts & Ideas
Artists, Found Art, Quick Reads
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This past May and June, I traveled to Spain with a one-way ticket, and no plans of when I was returning or where I was going. My first mediu...
Why a poet wrote a poem —

Why a poet wrote a poem — "Obama Checks Black"

11 years ago
Rich Michelson
Poetry, Quick Reads
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A poem contains its own meaning. Robert Frost, when asked to explain a poem he had just read, is said to have answered, “So you want me to s...
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