Leo Cooper of Stamford, Connecticut, invented the Goo-Goo Eyes plug in the late 1950s to bewitch big striped bass. It worked. On the night of June 16, 1967, Charlie Cinto caught the Massachusetts state record seventy-three-pound striped bass while trolling a blue and white Goo-Goo Eyes Big Daddy at Cuttyhunk with Captain Frank Sabatowski.
By Kib Bramhall
Warm and quaint, the woodstove marksOur flannel sleeves with ill-timed sparks.Devoid of charm, at least a furnaceFeels no urge to scorch and burn us.
By D.A.W.
Jesse Sylvia grew up on the Vineyard and became a local legend here in 2012 when he placed second in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
By Kate Feiffer
I first met Ray Ellis in the 1970s when we were both exhibiting at the Edgartown Art Gallery. I had just brought in a recent painting and so had he, and we got into a casual discussion about starting to work on our next canvases and what the subject matter would be.
By Kib Bramhall
Photographer Wayne Smith captures why it is we love the season known as “Not Summer.”
Since ancient times, maritime signal flags have been hoisted to transmit information between ships at sea.
Ingenuity is this issue’s red thread, the motif that winds its way through the pages. At the center of it all are two very different house lots in West Tisbury, each with distinct design challenges. One is a narrow site bogged down with wetlands restrictions, a sharp drop-off, and a specimen beech tree smack in the middle of the building envelope.
By Nancy Tutko
We wish our house was bright and cleanLike this one in the magazine Where no one messy – child or pet – Has come within a mile, we bet.
By D.A.W.
Out of a star-dense winter sky, the Hale-Bopp comet rears its brilliant head – a shining nucleus of ice and dust, trailing galactic gas and debris, forged light years away.
By Simone McCarthy
You might want to think twice about where you put that coffee table.
By Geoff Currier
A quirky, creative approach to textiles pays off for Island designer Libby Ellis.
By Nicole Grace Mercier
These tiny, ancient organisms are vital cogs in the Island’s ecosystem.
By Matt Pelikan
