Someone says let’s write about water.

Water? I say. Why not the history of the solar system, or maybe some ideas about infinity? 

Water? It supports our life, we come from the water, it is our treasure, what we are made of, and die without. I rejoice in the rain and fog. I love ponds, and creeks and rivers. I thrill at stormy oceans, crashing waves. I fear deep water.

This is too big for me. Could we narrow it down a bit?

News Without Walls

The world has changed since the Vineyard last had a sitting President come to visit. When terrorists attacked the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, a day that went down in history, it changed the way people travel. The necessary but time-consuming added security in airports and at bus terminals is now a well-settled fact of life; people hardly think about it.

In early October 2008 I was invited to Chicago to sit in the Family and Friends Tent in Bryant Park and witness the possible election of our nation’s 44th President, Barack Hussein Obama.

POINT MISSING

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I was wondering after reading the story headlined “African American Community Blasts Magazine Article,” what exactly was the point? Does one journalist commenting on another journalist for a thinly veiled attack on the integrity and lifestyle of a section of our Island community warrant that much ink? In my opinion, I’m just being sociological, a real testament to black achievement would be to ignore this controversy, enjoy the summer and love thy neighbor.

What Shark Tournament?

It appears the bloom is fading on the Monster Shark Tournament that has been the cause of so much controversy in recent years, and that is probably a good thing.