Commentary
On the rainy morning of Sunday, April 23, I boarded the Steamship boat and returned to the mainland and my life as I knew it before Camp Safe Haven. I had been gone for only seven days, yet had been so immersed in the experience that I felt a sense of novelty when re-exposed to my own life. My thoughts, emotions and my passion lingered with the volunteers and campers that had shared the experience with me.
Wind turbines get all the negative ink. Noise, vibration, flicker, interruption of beloved views. Big troublemakers, aren’t they?
Solar panels, on the other hand, are considered to be quite benign. The Nantucket Historic District Commission doesn’t like them much, and some people would rather see roofs without them, but by and large they have come to be widely accepted.
But what about when we scale them up with considerably larger installations that can make a meaningful contribution to our energy supply? Are they really so benign?
After this long, cold winter, I find myself in a delightfully warm, invigorating spring with a fever I cannot contain.
I’ll explain.
WRONG SOLUTION
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Island Stew
From Gazette editions of May, 1936:
If Martha’s Vineyard people are desirous of adding to the number of deer now on the Island, the opportunity is at hand. Officials of the Rod and Gun Club are in receipt of a communication from Miss Katherine Foote of the Animal Rescue League, who is ready, pending the approval of local authorities and residents, to provide the Island not only with deer but elk as well. Twelve elk and eight deer are available, no cost being attached save that of transportation.
Living Local’s Meaty Side
The recent move by the Island Grown Initiative and the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society to form a partnership to consider construction of a facility where Vineyard farmers can have their sheep, cattle and pigs safely, humanely and cleanly converted to cuts of meat for sale and home use is encouraging.