A Day at the Beach Restores and Renews
The quiet of an early June day at Lambert's Cove.
The quiet of an early June day at Lambert's Cove.
Views of the Makonikey bluffs.
Views of the Makonikey bluffs.
Sandals left at the end of the path is a longtime tradition.
Sandals left at the end of the path is a longtime tradition.
Luca Fishman and Liam Crannell enjoy the sun at Menemsha Beach.
Luca Fishman and Liam Crannell enjoy the sun at Menemsha Beach.
Green water stretches out to Vineyard Sound.
Green water stretches out to Vineyard Sound.
Chilmark's scenic north shore.
Chilmark's scenic north shore.
Pick up volleyball game at South Beach.
Pick up volleyball game at South Beach.
Any time is a good time for sandcastle building.
Any time is a good time for sandcastle building.
Fragrant rosa rugosa blooms at the Katama Bay boat landing.
Fragrant rosa rugosa blooms at the Katama Bay boat landing.
The old Katama herring run makes its way to the shore.
The old Katama herring run makes its way to the shore.
Nathaniel D'Agostino of Oak Bluffs spends his afternoon at Squibnocket.
Nathaniel D'Agostino of Oak Bluffs spends his afternoon at Squibnocket.
What could be finer than conversation and a beach stroll.
What could be finer than conversation and a beach stroll.
There is something timeless – and therefore reassuring – in a Vineyard beach as the air warms again and invites return to the ocean's edge.
"I just loved sitting still," the narrator of Barbara Kingsolver's book, The Bean Tree, says at one point; and that's the way it is at the beach. With the swirl of the water around you, sitting still at the beach is a powerful restorative; one leaves regretfully, but renewed.