ROAD RAGE
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
UP AND DOWN
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
While enjoying the excerpt from David Kinney’s book The Big One on your op-ed page, May 22, I tripped over the preposterous theory, blandly presented as fact, that the terms up-Island” and “down-Island are based on longitude.
enough hypocrisy
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
This from Laurie David’s (self-proclaimed environmental activist) blog on the Huffington Post:
“My favorite action tip for the week is to stop idling. On average, a car will burn more than half a gallon of fuel for every hour spent idling. In general, 10 seconds of idling uses more fuel than restarting the car, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. — Signing off from the Green Zone, Laurie David.”
call to arms
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following letter was sent to the New England Fishery Management Council Herring Advisory Panel on May 11:
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following is an open letter that was sent to PBS television from three New England Native American tribes.
Regarding After The Mayflower, (the first episode of We Shall Remain), the tribal historic preservation officers of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), the Narragansett Indian Tribe and the tribal historic preservation authority of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe question the potential of this mini-series to “... tell the story of pivotal moments in U.S. history from the Native American perspective.”
As I write this, the lilacs are just about to bloom and the dogwoods are in full flower. So are the apple-family trees, which include crabapples, pears and quinces. (I wouldn’t know a quince tree if I saw it; I can only distinguish the others because last year that tree had pears on it.) Blueberry flowers are going crazy, blackberries not yet, and the young stems of sassafras are crunchily gelatinous and gooey. But the shadberries are a forager’s dream, because they signal two food sources at once.
