This installment of Second Acts started out as a profile on Steve Ewing, dockbuilder-poet. If ever there was a Vineyarder finding his “other self,” it’s Steve, a man who drives 20-foot pilings into sand and mud and then goes home to express his feelings in iambic pentameter. But in exploring Steve’s expressive journey, it became […]
The Times asked some longtime Island couples to share some of their best tips and some of their best times together for Valentine’s Day. They all decreed that they enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Eileen and Tim Maley Where and when did you meet? And what were your first impressions of each other? Tim […]
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Writing From the Heart: As good as new
Why I m returning to Bonnie Menton s yoga class.
It s back to the yoga mat ASAP. Courtesy Nancy Slonim Aronie
When I was 18, I had water on the knee, and ended up having a tendon transplant during my freshman year of college. The campus police had to drive me to classes. I had crutches and hobbled around, but of course eventually I healed, and was as good as new.
When I was 46, I had a hiatal hernia that took me down for a year. It felt like a truck on my chest and a piece of meat stuck in my throat. I took all kinds of supplements, had an endoscopy, tried acupuncture and chiropractic, and eventually I was as good as new.