Commentary
Down a Country Lane
Happily, around the Island, there are still many dirt roads. These unpaved roads usually meander and tend to pass through pine and scrub oak woods. Sometimes, of course — particularly if they are not well traveled — poison ivy grows on the middle crown and explorers on foot must watch out for it. But walking down a dirt road through the woods, hearing the birds sing, the pines sough, the oaks creak and finding wildflowers and berries to pick is well worth the hazard.
Cracked Teacups, Shattered Goodwill
Before reopening yesterday, the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club Second Hand Store had a lengthy time-out — which is what boys and girls get when they have behaved badly. When parents enforce a time-out, it is to give a child time to get control of himself, and to let the shame of what they have done sink in.
BERLIN TO BEIJING
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
REWARD OFFERED
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
This is an open letter to the greater community on Martha’s Vineyard. Someone is repeatedly destroying a split rail fence with a chain saw and we need your help. We are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and successful prosecution of this person.
Although the Monster Shark Tourna ment is over until the same massacre occurs next July, please read on. My husband and I, the two protestors aside from the Humane Society, spent the hours during the weigh-in with signs stating our stance. We have heard many of the arguments that tournament participants and supporters mindlessly rattle off. If those people would do some research, they would uncover the truth about what we are doing to the oceans and the ecosystems within it.
As I pulled up to the pump last weekend and emptied my wallet for $4.35-a-gallon gas, I thought what a shame it is that we aren’t doing more to lessen our dependence on imported oil. For almost 40 years we have been talking — but not doing — anything significant to solve the problem. Alternate energy is clearly one answer. What about projects like Cape Wind in Nantucket Sound? Shouldn’t we allow it to be built to help us become energy independent? On reflection, the answer is a resounding no.