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Far from the Island's shoreline lies a harbor in the woods. Edgartown's innermost harbor has all the elements of a waterfront, minus the water, the swift-moving currents and high-priced real estate.
Lose Weight, Win Big
New Year’s resolutions, so common and yet so very, very fleeting.
I will cure my Facebook addiction, learn Swahili, write a children’s book, climb Kilimanjaro, become an expert fencer, save the blue-footed boobies singlehandedly, chew thoughtfully, walk slower, breathe deeper and, and . . . Ah heck, pass the booze and smokes. I’m done with all that.
Certified qigong instructor Nan Doty will offer a four-week workshop based on the book The Healer Within: The Four Essential Self-Care Methods for Creating Optimal Health, by Roger Jahnke. Running on Wednesdays throughout January, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Chilmark Library, the workshop promises the opportunity to begin the new year with vitality.
Winter break always has been a time for reconnecting with old friends, convalescing from the scars of another year and, for a select few, settling old scores on the ice at the annual alumni hockey game. While some participants may have added pounds and wrinkles since their glory days, the years had done little to diminish the skills of the high school’s former frozen heroes on display at Sunday’s game.
First, Salute the Sun
All are welcome at a free New Year’s Day Yoga Class to benefit the Vineyard House, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the the Yoga Collective at Island Cohousing, 11 Rock Pond Road in West Tisbury.
Join Jane Norton and Mollie Doyle to start the year right in both body and karma.
For directions and more information, visit theyogacollectivemv.com.
A historic catboat named Edwina B. is the most recent acquisition of the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust. The 22-foot wooden boat, built by Manuel Swartz Roberts in Edgartown in 1931, is possibly the last of three catboats he built still in the water.
The nearly 80-year-old boat has had a circuitous life with different names and different ports of call. She has been part of the Edgartown waterfront for at least the past 20 years. The former owners see the boat’s journey bringing her to Edgartown to stay.