nantucket magazine summer 2010
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The Summer 2010 issue of Nantucket Magazine features an interview with MSNBC political commentator Joe Scarborough and features on the Nantucket Comedy Festival, Nantucket's Habitat for Humanity, and an interview with Adobe co-founder, Chuck Geschke.TRANSCRIPT
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NGAINING CONFIDENCEAT SEA
A Profile of Kevin FlynnKING OF COMEDY
Building the American DreamHABITAT NANTUCKET Local Hot Spots
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Cris Farley
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Paulette Chevalier
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Susan BartkowiakDavid CharlesFelix Charney
Kate CoeOrla Murphy-LaScola
Bryce Pearson
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Bon Duke Kris HancockKatie KaizerGene Mahon
Kit NobleMai Norton
Evelyn Savage
G e n e r a l M a n a g e r
Jeanette Garneau
A d v e r t i s i n g D i r e c t o r
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The arrival of July 4th marks the beginning of the full summer season on Nantucket and provides a wonderful opportunity to bothlook back and look ahead. With the economy on more solid footingthan a year ago, there is more optimism in the air and excitementabout what the summer will bring.
Our cover feature is an interview with former RepublicanCongressman and MSNBC political commentator Joe Scarborough,who shares his views on Nantucket and the national political scene.What stood out during the interview was his centrist view on the topics we discussed, and his desire to see more cooperationbetween both the Republican and Democratic parties. On a lighternote, Scarborough will showcase his comedic skills during his participation on Friday, July 30th, in the Nantucket ComedyFestival’s Media Night.
Speaking of the Comedy Festival, from July 28th through July 31stfounder Kevin Flynn has assembled a blockbuster lineup, includingLouis Black, Chris Matthews, Donick Carey, Don Gavin, and numerous others which should give us all reason to “laugh our ACKs off.”
Also featured in this issue is a story on Nantucket’s chapter ofHabitat for Humanity written by Cris Farley. Habitat is a nobleorganization that enables worthy families who have struggled financially to experience the American dream through their ownsweat equity. It is also a wonderful community-builder that allowsneighbors to help neighbors and build the American spirit.
We have the opportunity in this issue to introduce the new pastor of the First Congregational Church, Rev. Gary Klingsporn and hisdelightful wife, Debra. One of the more novel features we’ve covered isa story on Rick Sherlund, husband of NHA President, Janet Sherlund.When not working on Wall Street, Rick pursues his passion of diggingfor gold in Alaska. Also, the subject of our Sand Dollar column thisissue is Adobe co-founder, Chuck Geschke. Chuck shares with us hisremarkable success story and his wisdom, both within his industry andin the opportunities that our future holds.
Another inspiring story in this issue is that of the ‘Sail to Prevail’ organization, which helps challenged children and teenagers facetheir fears and overcome self-doubt through learning how to sail.Chaired by Paul Callahan, the organization brings its 12-meterAmerica’s Cup yacht, Easterner, to the island manned in part by youths with special needs.
We hope you enjoy this month’s issue of N Magazine and, most importantly, that you savor the sunshine during what many feel is the best time of year on this wonderful island.
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Nathan CoeCreative Director
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Correction: In our previous issue, in the article entitled “Swimming Against theReal Estate Tide”, we omitted the names of Elisa Allen’s talented real estatebrokers, Donna Barnett, Sheila Carroll and noted architect Matthew MacEachern.
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N’Side this issueSummer 2010
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A Cup of Joe on Nantucket
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Serving the Community
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Shipwrecks off Nantucket
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Handmade on Nantucket
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Going for the Gold
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Out of India
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Gaining Confidence at Sea
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Cover
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N’Style
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In Stark Contrast
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Fish On!
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NGAINING CONFIDENCEAT SEA A Profile of Kevin Flynn
KING OF COMEDY
Building the American Dream
HABITAT NANTUCKETLocal “Hot Spots”
FISH ON!
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough on politics & Nantucket’s Comedy Festival
MORNING JOE
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An array of the nation’s leading experts
on Lyme Disease will participate in a
free public forum Thursday, July 8th,
10-11:30 a.m. at the High School to
discuss the latest developments in the
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
Lyme Disease and Babesiosis.
The forum will feature Dr. John N. Aucott,
Johns Hopkins Internal Medicine and
Infectious Diseases, and president of the
Lyme Disease Research Foundation; Dr.
Peter Krause, Senior Research Scientist,
Division of Epidemiology and Microbial
Diseases, Yale School of Public Health;
Dr. Malcolm W. MacNab, chairman of the
Nantucket Tick-Borne Disease Committee,
and Dr. Timothy J. LePore, Medical Director,
Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Lyme
Disease, as we all know by now, is an
infectious disease that carries
symptoms that include rash, fever,
headache and fatigue which, if left
untreated, can cause infection which
can spread to joints, the heart, the
central nervous system and can cause
serious neurological problems.
Lyme disease has increased dramatically
in the U.S. with about 35,000 cases
reported in 2009 according to the Center
for Disease Control. In Massachusetts,
4,500 cases were reported in 2008 and
Nantucket reported 325 cases of Lyme
Disease in 2009, which affected 60% of the
households here. The island has become
an epicenter of this tick-borne illness
epidemic. A open question and answer
session will follow the presentation.
At 2-2:30 p.m. that day a “Conversation
about Lyme Disease” will take place at
Great harbor Yacht Club with Dr. Aucott,
and from 5-7 p.m. that evening there will
be a cocktail reception and conversation
with Dr. Aucott and Dr. Lepore hosted at
the home of Stephanie and Erwin
Greenberg, 26 Shimmo Pond Rd. For more
information on any of the events
addressing this timely, and Nantucket-
intensive, topic contact Anna Mikhailovich
at 212-836-4812 email at [email protected].
Display Your Fireworks Support
Leading Lyme Disease Experts Host Public Forum on Nantucket
One of Nantucket’s favorite 4th of July
activities is the fireworks display at
Jetties Beach. To help pay for the fire-
works display, Nantucket Visitor Services
will be selling stunning navy blue cotton
shirts in both adult and children’s sizes
sporting the phrase ”Clear sky at
night….Nantucket’s fireworks delight!”
The shirts will be available at the
Visitor’s Center at 25 Federal Street and
at the Farmer’s Market on Saturdays.
Remaining tee shirts will be sold at
Jetties Beach a few hours before the
show. The shirts are $15 for adults and
$12 for children. For more information
call 508-228-0925 or check by email at
The Nantucket Garden Festival, hosted
by the Nantucket Lighthouse School,
runs from July 22nd-24th, featuring
industry greenthumbs including
bestselling author Tracy DiSabato-Aust.
Other luminaries will include Noel
Kingsbury, a leading innovator in
The Nantucket Garden Festival Blooms
horticulture and landscape, Russ
Morash, producer of the award-winning
PBS program “The Victory Garden,”
noted garden writer Stephen Orr and
Dean Riddle, author of “Out in the
Garden.” Sponsor Nantucket Lighthouse
School provides a developmentally
appropriate education designed to
engage the whole child; head, heart and
hand. For ticket information contact
Connie Umberger at 508-228-0812 or
Cheryl Evans at 508-228-0427.
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In modern day parlance, the term “gold digging” has a
decidedly pejorative connotation, but Rick Sherlund is no
conventional gold digger. A summer resident in ‘Sconset
and 25-year veteran on Wall Street, Sherlund’s view of gold
digging descends from atop a 55-ton Caterpillar bulldozer,
moving tons of rocks in Ketchem Creek, Alaska, in pursuit
of the precious metal.
Rick Sherlund “left” with fellow miner
Written by David Charles Photography courtesy of Rick Sherlund
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good, but the goods are odd.” While Sherlund thoroughly enjoys the
camaraderie among miners, he acknowledges that the extremes of
the Alaskan lifestyle also bring out extremes in personalities, and
encountering survivalists and anti-government radicals is often
easier than finding gold itself.
With over $2 million invested in
heavy equipment, Sherlund
searches the depths of river
streams for flakes and nuggets of
gold, always hoping to find a miner’s
Holy Grail: deposit-rich pockets in a
stream bed. According to Sherlund, what
once took him an entire day of manual labor
through hand shoveling, he can now process in 60
seconds with a wide array of heavy equipment. While being
painstakingly sensitive to the environment, Sherlund uses a bulldozer
to scrape the earth and then a Caterpillar excavator to feed gravel
into a trommel; a large rotating barrel that separates large and small
stones into a sluice, which is eventually cleaned to reveal the results
of the day’s work. Sherlund ultimately melts the gold at 2,000
degrees and pours it into molds to create actual bars. Sherlund will
pull out about $125,000 worth of gold a year and has over the course of
his mining career excavated about 700 ounces of gold.
“I hate selling the gold,” he says with almost an emotional attachment
to the yellow metal, “but this is a business and we need to maintain
cash flow to keep it operating.” From the time Sherlund began his
business, gold has skyrocketed in value, making his enterprise more likely
to yield viable economic results versus just being an expensive hobby.
On his view of gold as an investment, Sherlund recognizes that those
buying gold are expressing their pessimism in the future, and while
he enjoys the pursuit of the precious metal, “you buy gold and hope it
goes down.” Sherlund feels that gold should be a part of someone’s
portfolio as a hedge but does not view himself as a “gold bug” who
overweighs his holdings with investments in gold. When asked
whether he knows of miners who have ‘struck it rich’ in Alaska, he
indicated that success for the average gold miner is measured not in
massive profits, but in whether or not they have indoor plumbing.
This modern-day prospector
exudes the sense of
adventure and
romance that one
would associate with
an original “49er” looking for gold in “them thar hills.” Sherlund
does not simply dabble in the pursuit of gold; it has become one of
his life’s passions and is indeed a full-fledged business which pulls
him away from Nantucket, for a portion of each summer, into the
wilds of Alaska.
For Sherlund, who was known on Wall Street as the ‘Dean of
Analysts’ of Microsoft and is a close friend of Bill Gates, searching
for gold began as a youthful fascination when he first took geology
classes as a student at Deerfield Academy. There, he began to gain
an appreciation for the science of gold, its formation and origin, and
today he applies an almost professorial approach toward his mining
efforts in the Alaskan wilderness.
With a .50 caliber Smith and Wesson pistol strapped to his side as
standard-issue equipment for protection from ever-present grizzly
bears, Sherlund transforms himself from New York financial guru to
rough-and-tumble out-
doorsman who mixes
easily with lifelong
miners with whom
he works his leased
property at his mining
camp. “I’m not sure
which threat is worse,
the grizzlies or the
mosquitoes,” says
Sherlund as he
describes living conditions far from those on Ocean Avenue, his
‘Sconset home just down the road from the Summer House.
Sherlund revels in the colorful stories of the Alaskan locals he has
befriended. He once asked a woman from the mining community
about the great opportunity of meeting men given the overwhelming
male majority in mining towns. Her response was that “the odds are
— Rick Sherlund
Vials of gold flakes
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For Sherlund and his gold-mining friends in
Alaska, finding gold is clearly a journey
rather than a destination, and the romance
of the search glitters far more brightly than
the actual discovery. Few people get the
opportunity to pursue childhood dreams
but, in carving out his personal piece of
Americana, Rick Sherlund can certainly be
counted as one who has.
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N Mag: What is your connection to Nantucket and what has
drawn you here?
JS: In 2004, Bob Wright who was then my boss at NBC
Universal, invited us up for the Nantucket Film Festival.
Nothing draws you to an island like your boss telling you to go.
Within five minutes after getting off the plane, my wife Susan
turned to me and said this place is special and we fell in love
with it immediately.
N Mag: Nantucket seems to have magnetic appeal to folks
who work at NBC. Why do you think that is?
JS: I think it all started with Jack Welch and Bob Wright but
there are very few places that have me thinking, “Oh, I’ve got
to come back here with my family as soon as possible.” It was
just one of those places where we went for business and
stayed for love.
N Mag: I understand you’re participating in the Comedy Festival
this year. While the news doesn’t necessarily lend itself to
comedy, are there aspects that you find particularly amusing?
JS: George Bush was such an easy comedic target, and so it’s taken
Jon Stewart and others a little bit of time to find their groove on
Obama. But I think they’ve finally done it by focusing on the fact
that he can be emotionally flat when everybody else is running
around with their hair on fire.
N Mag: In your transition from being a Congressman to a
media commentator, have you found that you have more
impact as a television personality than as a politician?
JS: As a Congressman you have more of an impact on people’s
daily lives. But in terms of shaping the national debate, there’s no
question that Mika and I have much more of an impact every
morning on the show than I would as a Congressman or a Senator.
And in fact, I have had several opportunities to run. The national
party approached me to run for the Senate and after talking to
friends and advisors, they usually come back with the same
question, “Why would you want to leave where you are to
become the most junior Senator?”
N Mag: How would you categorize the reaction to the
President’s speech on the BP oil spill?
JS: Very predictable. You had people on the left complaining
that he didn’t go far enough and be a champion for alternative
energy sources and you had people on the right accusing him
of trying to pass a hidden energy tax. Right now this is a
President caught in the middle who is damned if he does
and damned if he doesn’t.
N Mag: One of the things that has occurred during the
relatively short Obama Presidency is there seems to be a
tremendous amount of anger in the country, with the Tea
Party being a symptom of that anger. What do you see in
terms of the mood of America?
Interview by Bruce A. Percelay
A Cup of Joe on NantucketA conversation with ‘Morning Joe’ Scarborough
Image Courtesy of Virginia Sherwood
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JS: I actually love this question because
in the media world in which I operate,
there is increased anger from people we
interview, people who blog, and from the
people who send massive Tweets to Mika
and me on an hourly basis. However,
when we get out on our book tours,
beyond the media bubble, most people
are united in where they want this
country to go. There is really not that
big of a difference between most
Republicans, Independents and
Democrats but unfortunately we live in
a political and a media culture that
exaggerates our differences.
N Mag: So do you think the Tea Party
has staying power or do you think that
it is a reaction to the Obama agenda?
JS: Well, it’s a reaction to Barack Obama
just like Ross Perot was a reaction to Bill
Clinton and George H.W. Bush. Actually,
let me back up and restate that. The Tea
Party movement is a reaction to George
W. Bush and Barack Obama and the
bailout culture and the high debts, just
like the Perot movement was a reaction
to George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. I’ve
seen this before and the Tea Party-ers
look just like the Perot people back in
1994 that helped elect the Republican
Congress. And for people who were
around in the 1980s, they look a lot like
Reagan Democrats. I suspect we’ll be
calling them something else 10 years
from now.
N Mag: The current deficit is
unprecedented and, left unchecked,
will leave a terrible burden on future
generations. How do you see us getting
out of this financial hole?
JS: When I was in Congress back in the
1990s, we always warned Americans that
future generations would suffer if we
didn’t act responsibly. But now some 15
years later, I can say with complete
assurance that it won’t be future
generations that will suffer, it will be
our generation. Jeffrey Sachs, who is an
economist at Columbia, believes that
within the next five to ten years we will
look like Greece if we don’t start
controlling spending. So what do we do?
We can either face up to it and make
tough political decisions and survive
economically, or we can keep passing the
tough choices to the next president and
the next Congress and face an economic
crisis unrivaled even by the Great
Depression.
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N Mag: Is there a politician on the horizon
that has the strength of character to call
it like it is and risk reelection in favor of
doing the right thing?
JS: I don’t see that politician on the
scene who has the courage to say what
needs to be said about entitlements
and deficit spending, but I suspect in
2012 a candidate will emerge from the
Republican party who will win because
he or she is willing to face these hard
truths. I also suspect you’ll find
Democratic candidates across the
country doing the same thing because
more and more Americans are growing
more concerned about higher deficits
and greater debt and runaway
entitlement spending. The problem for
Republicans right now is the fact that
they inherited a $155 billion surplus
under Bush and when they left it was a
$1.5 trillion deficit. So it seems to me if
the Republicans stand any chance of ever
getting reelected they’re going to have to
once again prove that they can be trusted
when it comes to cutting the deficit.
N Mag: What do you think the role of the
President should be in the BP oil disaster,
and how do you feel he has done so far?
JS: The most important thing the
President can do is aggressively take all
action to plug the leak and make sure that BP
compensates as many people as possible who
have been impacted by this environmental
tragedy. Beyond these short-term issues the
president needs to focus on his long term
goal of moving America away from its
dependency on foreign and domestic oil. We
are allowing the Chinese to move far ahead
when it comes to alternative energy sources
and we are ceding the future to another
country. This is our greatest economic
challenge and it’s our greatest economic
opportunity. Eight of the top ten research
universities on the planet are right here in
the United States, most of them within a few
hours of Nantucket. The President will
hopefully use this environmental catastrophe
to focus Americans on what our number one
economic goal should be, and that is creating
the next great wave of energy technology.
N Mag: What are your thoughts on our
new Senator Scott Brown?
JS: I think he has a great opportunity to
help the Republican party revitalize
itself in New England. When Mika and
I went across the region talking about
the future of conservatism we were
struck by how many New England
voters who used to be Republicans are
looking for an excuse to vote for
Republican candidates again. I think
there’s been a cultural disconnect
“...most people are unitedin where they want this
country to go. There is really not that big of a differencebetween most Republicans,
Independents and Democratsbut unfortunately we livein a political and a media culture that exaggerates
our differences.”
between the national Republican party
and New England because Republicans
have been the party of Southerners like
Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich and
George W. Bush and Karl Rove and what
you’re going to find, I think, in the
coming months are a number of New
England Republicans who are going to
step to the forefront. So I think there are
great opportunities and I really do
believe that Scott Brown’s election could
be a sign of things to come.
N Mag: What would your single wish be to
America on its birthday this Fourth of July?
JS: Beyond avoiding getting soaked on
Main Street during the Fourth of July
celebration, I wish more Americans
would understand that we’re all on the
same side, that Barack Obama, just like
George W. Bush, just like Bill Clinton,
love their country and are doing as
President whatever they can do to make
this country better, and that somehow
we can move past the divisiveness that has
really accelerated over the past ten years.
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Shipwrecks are often full of colorful
stories of past lives and times. Over 700
ships have been lost in the waters
surrounding Nantucket, most on the
Nantucket Shoals and usually during
winter storms or heavy fog. The
Nantucket Shoals are so shallow and
dangerous that in the late 19th century
sailors called them the “Graveyard of the
Atlantic.” They extend 23 miles east from
the island into the Atlantic and 40 miles
southeast with some areas as shallow as
3 feet.
Today radar, GPS and depth sounders
allow for boats to be guided safely from
port to port but before these technologies
were invented captains had to utilize
celestial navigation to determine their
latitudinal and longitudinal locations. If
the stars were hidden by fog or a storm
then celestial navigation became impos-
sible and ships were forced to direct their
course around the treacherous maze of
shoals with hardly any means of guidance,
dramatically increasing the potential for
disaster.
Sunken vessels are not stagnant environ-
ments. Over time they become habitats
that support a variety of marine life and
provide opportunities for wreck divers to
explore these underwater ruins. The sur-
rounding waters of Nantucket conceal a
multitude of various ship remains that
include schooners, passenger liners,
fishing boats, tugs, freighters, tankers,
and even a German U-boat. The ocean
sands are constantly shifting to expose
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new wrecks or bury others.
The horror of experiencing
shipwreck is well-documented
in the description of powerful
gale-force winds, frigid waves
breaking over the deck, and the
deafening sound of the roaring
sea against the ruptured hull of
a doomed vessel. The terror
this inspired in passengers and
crew reduced survival odds
even further, yet in these
conditions rescue units from
Nantucket were dispatched to
the scene, fully living their motto: “We have to go out – we don’t have
to come back.” When the H.P. Kirkham ran aground on the dreaded
‘Rose and Crown’ shoal on a winter night in 1892, it took the rescue
crew 26 hours to successfully recover all six shipwrecked sailors and
return safely to the Nantucket shores.
Although inevitably associated with loss, the sunken wrecks can offer
a more peaceful experience as well. The Massachusetts Board of
Underwater Archaeological Resources created an “Exempt
Shipwrecks List” of dive sites that do not require a permit to access.
Recreational wreck divers are free to explore numerous sites around
Nantucket, which include such doomed vessels as the freighter
Canonbury, Cross Rip Lightship, French Van Gilder, a schooner, the
tug Lackawanna, Nantucket Lightship, and, on December 15th, 1976,
the Liberian oil tanker Argo Merchant, which ran aground on the
Nantucket Shoals and spewed oil into the Atlantic just 29 nautical
miles southeast of our shores – a grim harbinger of what was to
come in the Gulf of Mexico.
We even have a locally-built sunken submarine in our waters. Phil
Osley of the Sunken Ship created a yellow submarine from recycled
materials in the 1970’s and later sank it outside the harbor for scuba
divers to enjoy.
. On June 24, 1909 the 250 ft passenger ship Republic
collided with the steamship Florida. The passengers were
transferred to the Florida with no loss of life.
. The 882 ft luxury liner Olympic was the sister ship to the
Titanic. On May 15, 1934 she collided with the 180 ft Nantucket
Lightship that sank immediately
with seven lives lost.
. A fierce nor’easter on
February 18, 1952 broke both
the Fort Mercer and
Pendleton tankers in two.
The bow of Fort Mercer is
south east of Nantucket with
the stern of the ship 40 miles
away.
. The SS Andrea Doria is the
most well-known shipwreck
in our island waters. On
July 25, 1956, approaching
the coast of Nantucket bound for New York City, Andrea Doria
collided with the MS Stockholm. Struck in the side, she immediately
started to take on water. Improvements in communication and rapid
response by other ships averted a disaster similar to the Titanic of
1912. 1660 passengers and crew were rescued, while 46 people were
lost. The evacuated luxury liner capsized and sank the following morning.
. The Argo Merchant, the Liberian tanker ran aground in December
1976 and split in two spilling 7.5 million gallons of oil into the sea.
The exploration of shipwrecks,
whether from the comfort of land
or at the depths of a wreck site,
allows for both visitors and locals
to engage Nantucket’s fascinating
maritime history. The lore of the
ocean around the island, both
above and below the sea, comes
vividly to life at the Nantucket
Shipwreck and Lifesaving
Museum, just off Polpis Road by
the Salt Pond.
Famous Nantucket Shipwrecks:
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Nantucket
Chris Kardell
Cottage industries have always had a strong presence on Nantucket, and nowhere is it more evident than in the
abundance of colorful displays one can see while strolling downtown on Saturday mornings through the Nantucket
Farmers and Artisans Market. Every Saturday, weather permitting, from 9am to 1pm talented seasonal and year-round
residents of Nantucket gather on North Union and Upper Cambridge Streets to offer their homemade wares, from quilts,
honey, and flowers to home-baked goods, locally grown produce, jewelry, shawls, art and even handmade gluten-free pasta.
Sustainable Nantucket has produced a festive and friendly atmosphere at the market with fresh foods, unique gifts, and
live music that will please your senses while supporting and strengthening our local entrepreneurs and farmers.
Chris Kardell started Drift Away Soaps after a trouble-
some reaction to commercial detergent moved her to
begin making her own soaps.
She learned that the first
recipe for soap was written on
a clay tablet around 2,000 BC
and that basic soap-making
has not changed since. All her
soaps are handmade with
natural ingredients.
Amy Cabre of Spiro
Designs sells homespun
yarn made from
Nantucket Conservation
Foundation’s sheep’s
wool. She also makes
lavender-scented laundry
dryer balls, wool-wrapped
soaps, felted flowers
and clutches.
Amy Cabre
www.driftawaysoap.comwww.spirodesigns.com
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Written by Susan Bartkowiak Portraits by Kit Noble
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Mary Musat-Crandal of Bien Ecrit had always been a letter writer
and collector of note cards, but it was the quiet simplicity of a
cold Nantucket winter
that inspired her to
turn her passion into
a business. Antique
engravings and simple
motifs adorn her
elegant stationary.
Bien Ecrit
Liliana Dougan of Nantucket Pasta Goddess
realized when one door closes another opens after
she lost her job and, to relieve stress, began making
pasta! When a friend mentioned her husband was
allergic to gluten she soon mastered producing
pasta that was gluten-free. Her pappardelle,
tagliatelle, spaghetti and ravioli can all be frozen.
Look out for her pasta sauces soon.
Nantucket Pasta Goddess
Elisabeth Hazell’s vintage-inspired raw silk
scarfs are sewn with seashells, feathers,
and are embroidered and beaded. They
are works of art that can be layered for the
winter or worn individually in summer.
She also sells sundresses and organic
t-shirts and makes henna tattoos that are
a huge hit with children and adults alike.
Elisabeth Hazell
Dani Henke at The Pear creates
jewelry, collage postcards and
imaginative small gifts ranging
from whimsical to sophisticated
all made out of Nantucket-
recycled products.
Dani Henke
www.nantucketpastagoddess.com
www.thepeppypear.blogspot.com
www.bienecrit.comwww.elisabethhazell.com
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Keep it Native
Nell Van VorstHerrlooms
Herrlooms’ Allison Herr was first taught
how to thread and set up a loom on
Nantucket one winter and was soon
turning her love of fiber arts into shawls,
blankets, place mats, and drapes in
beautiful colors with fantastic patterns.
Porcelain is one of the earliest artworks
introduced to the Western World through
the Silk Road, and Nell Van Vorst’s porcelain
cups and dishes represent per-
fectly this ancient art. Whether
decorated with a flower, cricket
or bird they have a graceful
simplicity that can be
displayed as art or used
as daily tableware.
Inspired by the native women of the
Wampanoag tribe and her spirited
connection to nature, Debra McManis
of ‘Keep It Native’ hand-draws and
manually prints her t-shirt designs
of seals, whales, and a beautiful
chieftess.
www.keepitnativenantucket.com
www.herrlooms.com
www.vanvorsttile.com
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Sue Riddle
Lindsey Cressman of Spoon Home Textiles
draws inspiration from her grandmother and
her old farm near the cranberry bogs. She
sews delightful aprons and quilts reminiscent
of the stripes and colors found on beach
umbrellas that can be used not only on beds
but also for a plush lounge on the beach.
Kumani EssentialsStacy Fader of Kumani Essentials spent a winter in the African nations of Togo
and the Republic of Benin gaining insight and contacts for her fair trade-certified
beauty products. Purchasing her products enables woman and girls to gain better
trading conditions, health care and education where sustainability literally could
be a matter of life and death. Kumani
Essentials are available at Great Harbor yacht
Club, Darya Salon and J. Parave & Co.
When it comes to purchasing unique
gifts and locally grown food, there is
no place like home.
SpoonHomeTextiles Sue Riddle prints t-shirts for
babies and toddlers using non-
toxic ink. If you see an elephant
using a balloon to fly, or an
octopus offering a flower to a
fish, you will know you have
an Octumble original.
www.kumaniessentials.com
www.spoonhometextiles.com
Images courtesy of Kumani Essentials and Stacy Fader
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Brewery BarbequeA benefit for the Nantucket Land Council
Saturday, August 7th@ Cisco Brewery
Tickets @ 508-228-2818 or www.nantucketlandcouncil.org
Featuring eco-activists & musiciansTodd Anders Johnson & Salem
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THERE’S SOMETHING
FUNNYGOING ON!
Kevin Flynn has thrilled audiences for years with his stand-up
comedy performances, having headlined at clubs and colleges
around the country and at numerous shows on Nantucket.
Images by Bon Duke
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fter winning the Boston Comedy Riot in 1988 his
career took off and has since added film and
television credits to his name, including the
“Heartbreak Kid” with Ben Stiller, “Me Myself
and Irene” with Jim Carrey, “Osmosis Jones”
with Bill Murray, and “Sex and the City”.
Kevin’s career could have taken a different turn, having been
a professional soccer player in the Major Indoor Soccer
League. He covered World Cup soccer for Fox sports, ESPN
and ABC and received the POLK Award for excellence in
children’s programming.
In addition to numerous comedy awards and high-visibility
appearances, Kevin is the co-founder with Bonnie Levison of
the Nantucket Comedy Festival which is emerging as one of
the must-see events on the island. The event runs this year
from Wednesday, July 28th to Saturday, July 31st.
Flynn is most proud of
his launch of Project:
Comedy designed for
kids and teens who,
through learning the
art of stand-up, build
confidence and self
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KEVIN DOESN’T SIMPLY MAKEUS LAUGH, HE MAKES US SMILE.
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NantucketCelebration
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Cocktails and Light Buffet
Honored GuestUnited States Congressman
William D. Delahunt
ChairsBob and Laurie Monahan
For information please contact
Steve Greeley at (617)574-0720
The mission of The American Ireland Fund
is to be the largest network of people of Irish ancestry
and friends of Ireland dedicated to raising funds to
support programs of peace and reconciliation, arts and culture,
education and community development throughout Ireland.
www.irlfunds.org
Image by Bon Duke
Kevin’s life as a comic is often frantic as
he darts between Nantucket, New York
and even shows overseas, but he freely
acknowledges that his heart stays on
the island as this is his favorite place
on the planet. Kevin doesn’t simply
make us laugh, he makes us smile.
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The family photo album suggests that my earliest fishing trips
were from my baby seat aboard my grandfather’s boat as he fished
blues in the acid waters off Ambrose Light. I grew up on a pond in
Westport CT. and spent my adolescence stalking the wily sunfish.
Those early experiences created a connection with the waterways
and streams that led me to fish the oceans and rivers of the world.
Despite all those options, few places better hold the quality and
diversity of fish than the waters surrounding Nantucket. Inshore by
boat, or from the beach, a stunning variety of fish including blues,
striped bass, fluke, scup, sea bass and, in August, bonita and
albacore, can be taken here.
The following is a summary of the inshore ‘hot spots’ around the
island that we fish regularly, as well as recommendations for
charters if you do not have access to a boat. This information is the
product of 30-plus years of fishing here and is truly an ‘insider’s
view’ of where to spend your time most productively, either on shore
or by boat. I hope you have as much luck in these spots as I have.
First, a couple of points to remember. Blues are toothy and aggressive
fish, and will strike at motion and commotion. Plugs work great; use
a rapid retrieve, which creates white water. Leaders are a must.
Unhooking a fish is tougher than catching it. Consider bending over
barbs and use pliers when unhooking blues.
Bass are less aggressive than their oily friend, the blue. Slow down
your retrieve, fish the low light of sunrise or sunset, don’t use
leaders, and work with proven performers like the white bombers,
storms, buck tails, and sluggos. Both bass and blues are protected;
thus, blues have a 10 fish- per-angler limit and bass have a size
(28in.) and a two fish-per-day catch limit. (Check www.mass.
govdfwile/dmf/recreationfishing/rec_index.htms for regulations.)
Learn to read the water, watch for swirls, slicks, floating stunnedbait, and birds as indicators of where the fish are. Take a rest ormove on when seals are spotted in your fishing area. They’re better fishermen than you and the fish know it.
One final thought; practice catch and release to assure that
we don’t endanger such an amazing and fragile resource.
FISHON!The Insider’s Guide to Fishing Nantucket
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1. Madaket on shore. Head to Smith’s Point
by jeep where you’ll find solid blue and bass
fishing from the rips that form on the running
tides. Casting bombers, storms, buck tails or
flies with no leaders work best for bass. Plugs
and swimmers with leaders are particularly
effective with bluefish. You’ll need a beach
pass for vehicle access on any Nantucket
beach; these can be purchased at Town Hall.
2. Esther’s Island. Wade the flats along the
north shore of Esther’s in the gray light with
a fly rod if bass is your target. Slowing
retrieved swimmers or sluggo’s work well
for the spin fisherman.
3. Eel Point. This spot holds blues and bass
and offers the wading fisherman a chance to
fish the deeper drop-offs which produce bass later
in the day. Storms work well in these deep holes.
4. Smith’s Point by boat. Fish the rips that
form the seaward side of Smith’s and along
the south shore of Tuckernuck; all reliably
hold schools of bass and blues. The water is
Caribbean-clear so use your eyes. In fact,
you can sight-fish much of Nantucket waters.
5. Tuckernuck Northwest. Follow the
shoreline north and explore the rips and the
rocks on the northwest side of Tuckernuck.
Blind-casting a swimmer, a storm or a
sluggo all along these rips, bumps and edges
can produce a hit, or at least an opportunity
for great uncrowded fishing.
6. Muskeget. For the ambitious, fish the rips
that extend from the west end of Muskeget to
the Vineyard. These unpressured waters are
great for bass and blues.
7. Tuckernuck flats. This area offers some of
the best sight-fishing north of the Florida
Keys. Bass and blues prowl these flats and
attract the island’s best fly fisherman.
(Restaurateur Joe Panterno of the Club Car
and fashionista Paul Bruno of Zero Main
know these flats well. Feel free to ask them
about tides and fly selections next time you’re
in their establishments.)
8. Walter Barret Dock. If you’re looking for
charter assistance, the Walter Barret dock in
Madaket is the launching point of some of
the West End’s best charter Captains. Tom
Mleczko (508-228-4225) operates five boats
from this area and Hal Herrick of Sankaty
Head Charters (508-257-1575) also knows
the waters of the West End like few others.
The owners of Cross Rip at 24 Easy Street
(508-228-4900) operate several boats
from the West End, all with extremely
knowledgeable skippers.
9. South Shore. The most reliable mid-day
blues fishing on the island can be found in
the rips just off the airport, reachable only by
boat. Use bombers and missiles in both the
rips and on the slicks. Expect very large,
aggressive blues in this spot. Bring heavier
tackle and plenty of extra plugs.
10. The East End. As the Walter Barrett pier
is to the West End charter fleet, so the
Straight Wharf dock is home to the East End
fleet. Walk the docks in the afternoon around 4
pm, examine their catch and visit with the
returning captains who are all too happy to share
with you the details of the day’s trips. Boats can
be hired by the hour, half day or full day.
Nantucket Boat Rental offers small boats from this
location for those who want to do it themselves.
11. The Old Man. One of my favorite inshore
rips, The Old Man is home to packs of blues.
If you’re lucky, you’ll witness schools of big
blues surfing the lead wave of the rip, chasing
bait fish. Later in the season you may find an
occasional small bluefin tuna. Should you hook
one of these freight trains, be sure to release it
unharmed, as the bluefin is highly regulated.
12. Brant Point Light. It’s not only a great
location for a family photo. Casting bait or lures
from this beach will yield porgies, bass, and
blues. In the early season the first big keeper
bass are usually caught here in mid-May.
13. First through Fourth Point in PolpisHarbor. Getting here is half the challenge,
but fly and spin fisherman catch bass with
good results in this area all summer long.
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14. The Jetties. There are hordes of scup,
sea bass and an occasional fluke for the bot-
tom fisherman. Fish close to the rocks with
squid and small hooks to get steady action
for you and the kids.
15. The Cord of the Bay is a reliable spot to
blind-cast or troll for bluefish. Captain Josh
of the ‘Monomoy,’ 508-228-6867, and Captain
Mark of the ‘Just Do It,’ 508-228-7724, offer
great trips especially for kids as they fish for
porgies and sea bass on the wreck or troll
for blues in the calmer waters of the Cord.
Captain Josh sets lobster traps which he
tends on these trips, called “Critter Cruises”,
which kids absolutely love.
THE RIPS The bass fishing opportunities of our
eastern rips are without equal. Be it #18
Pochuck, #11 The Old Man, #19 the 6 Can
#20 Mc Blair’s #21 the Rose and Crown or
the countless other unnamed rips that lie to
our east, these rips offer the best opportunity
to catch BIG bass. Using eels, fly, plugs or
trolling with wire, few do it better then Capt
Bob DeCosta of the ‘Albacore’, 325-1920 or
Capt Pete Kaizer of the ‘Althea K’, 325-2167.
These Captains know Nantucket’s eastern
waters and its many rips. Both run traditional
Down East boats with keels that allow them
to stem the rip and put you on the big bass.
If you’re running your own boat, try one of
above-mentioned spots and look for birds,
breaking or surfing fish, or simply run your
baits in the rip until you hook up. Give the
charter guys a wide birth as there are more
rips than fishermen, so move to another
rip rather than crowd someone trying to
make a living.
I will cover the offshore opportunities and
some of our adventures in the August issue
of N Magazine.
Until then, walk the charter docks and book
a trip, or visit two of the island’s great
tackle shops, Bill Fisher Tackle on 127
Orange St., 228-2261, or Nantucket Tackle
Center on Sparks Ave., 228-4081, and pick
up plenty of info and equipment, for your
adventure which awaits just offshore.
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16. Great Point. Whether from the beach or
by boat, this is one of the island’s favorite
spots for blues, bass and fluke. Combined
with a family beach-day or cookout, it can
make for a wonderful family adventure.
From the surf, blues can be found in and
around the rip and respond well to ballistic
missiles. By boat, troll the edges of the rip
with rubber squid, tubes and umbrella rigs.
Or hire Captain Fred of the ‘Herbert T’,
228-6655, Captain Brian of the ‘Absolute’,
325-4000 or the ‘Topspin’, 228-7724, for a great
day of blue and bass fishing at Great Point.
17. Sankaty Light. From Great Point to
Sanakty Light offers great fishing and, with
the prevailing southwesterly winds, makes
for calm-water fishing for bass, blues, sea
bass and fluke. Don’t be surprised to see
blues and bass right on the surface directly
under the light. Expect to see a fleet of fluke
fishermen fishing 15-45 feet of water as they
prowl their favorite hole for some of the
finest fluke fishing anywhere. Fluke or
summer flounder can grow to 11+ lbs. Fluke
are unusually aggressive and are best fished
from a steady drift. Use a jig with a dropper
hook baited with squid and bellies. Expect
to catch a selection of sea bass, dog fish,
skate, sea robin, and the occasional blue or
large bass if you fish this technique.
Map Courtesy of Nantucket Ship Chandlery Corp.508-228-2300
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Alan Lafrance & Mary Walsh — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi
Laura Gallagher Byrne, Marybeth Bradley & Kelly West — LunafestPhoto by Kris Hancock
Cece Moore & Claire Seaquist — LunafestPhoto by Kris Hancock
Phyllis McInerney, Warren March, Margaretta Andrews — Cape Cod Five Bank Reception Photo by Fifi
Phil Stambaugh, Dorothy Savarese, Bert Talerman — Cape Cod Five Bank
Reception Photo by Fifi
Alex & Diana Gambal — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi
Larry & Nancy Hollen — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi
Lyman Perry, Lauren Giglio, Sanne Payne, Mathew Cramer —Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi
Marty & Lance Kelly — Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi
Debra Walsh & Allen Wannamaker — Cape Cod Five Bank Reception
Photo by Fifi
Kathey F. Parcels & Jim Cromartie — Cape Cod Five Bank Reception Photo by Fifi
Michel & Martine Anglada with Denis Toner — Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi
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Jo Slavitz & Connie Mundy —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton
Duncan Fog & Ryan Dobbins —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton
Brett & Maria (Ponzi) Fogelstrom — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi
Gail & Rafael Osona, Duff Meyercord — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi
Jack & Ciara Fritsch — Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi
Katherine Tucker, David Walker, Antonella Walker, Nancy Haas — Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi
Frank Fasanella & Trudy DuJardin — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi
Lori Corry & Carrie Thornewill — LunafestPhoto by Kris Hancock
Rhoda Weinman & Kay Sheehan — LunafestPhoto by Kris Hancock
Randy & Wendy Hudson, Frank Neer — Nantucket Wine Festival Photo by Fifi
Kristin & Chris Glowacki — Nantucket Wine FestivalPhoto by Fifi
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Anne Dyer, Lucile Hays, Bill Hays, Annie Bissinger —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton
Wendy Rouillard, Ray Pohl, Illya Kagan —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton
Zona & Whitney Butler —Sam Sylvia Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer
Dave Provost & Sarah Alger —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton
Jenny Paradis, Amanda Congdon, Liza Paradis —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton
Nicole del Rosario, Christian del Rosario, Laura Tedeschi —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton
Ron Lefebvre & Elizabeth Davies —New School Anniversary Photo by Mai Norton
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Jeff Ottani, Jonathan Anastos, Justin Lawson, Doug Collatz —Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer
Dave and Kristen Provost — Artists’ AssociationPhoto by Gene Mahon
Bob Giusti, Richard Glidden, TL Halford, John Murray — Sam Sylvia Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer
Bob Lobel & Phyllis McInerney, Executive Director — Sam Sylvia Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer
Alan & Vickie Scheuer —Boys & Girls Club Golf Party Photo by Katie Kaizer
Kim Griffin, Doug Collatz, Kelly Griffin —Boys & Girls Club Golf Party Photo by Katie Kaizer
Skip Guss, Bill Belichick, Linda Holliday, Tom Bresette — Sam Sylvia Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer
Ray Conlon, Susan Bond, Frank Kaminsky, Don Allen — Sam Sylvia Boys & Girls Club Golf Tournament Photo by Katie Kaizer
Dave Monast & Leslie Johnson —Boys & Girls Club Golf Party Photo by Katie Kaizer
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Paula O’Leary & Bob Gardner —Nantucket Chamber 10K Survivor Challange Photo by Gene Mahon
Jessica Manning, Francesca Ifantiede & Sandy Walsh —The Studio Photo by Gene Mahon
John O’Connor & Chris Morris —Nantucket Chamber 10K Survivor Challange Photo by Gene Mahon
Ryan Fitch & Brian Harris —Nantucket Chamber 10K Survivor Challange
Photo by Gene Mahon
Sherre Wilson Rae, Anne Laurilliard, Heather MacLeod —The Studio Photo by Gene Mahon
Denise Olsen & Andrey Stanev —The Studio Photo by Gene Mahon
Nina Locario and her mother Louise —Children’s Advocacy Award Photo by Gene Mahon
Susan Kervin & Pauline Proch —Children’s Advocacy Award Photo by Gene Mahon
Jason Sullivan —Children’s Advocacy Award Photo by Gene Mahon
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Dave and Kristen Provost — Artists’ AssociationPhoto by Gene Mahon
Nick & Jana Duarte, Logan & Scott O'Connor — Blazing Paddles Photo by Gene Mahon
Jeanne Esti, John Shea & Gabrielle Gould —TWN Dinner with Friends Photo by Gene Mahon
Victoria & Joe Lipuma, Susan McGinnis, Laurie Richards —TWN Dinner with Friends Photo by Gene Mahon
Judy Belash & David Boyce — Blazing Paddles Photo by Gene Mahon
Betty & Frank Sprigs —Blazing Paddles Photo by Gene Mahon
—TWN Dinner with Friends Photo by Gene Mahon
Flint & Corkey Ranney — Blazing Paddles Photo by Gene Mahon
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IN STARK
There are many unmistakable
qualities to every Stark painting,
but which specific qualities depends
entirely upon which Stark has done
the painting. Perhaps the most
well-known father and son artists
on the island, Robert Stark and his
son, also Robert, each has his own
distinctive style which is in sharp
contrast to the other, yet both share the same passion for
their subject matter and discipline in executing their work.
Robert Stark Jr., the father, is a man who has lived through great
change in both the country and Nantucket. He came to the island
as a summer resident after being introduced to it as a child.
Louise Stark, Walter Jewett and Madaket Millie
Artistic style of Robert Stark Jr.,
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CONTRASTWritten by Bryce Pearson Photography by Nathan Coe Artwork courtesy of the artists
Artistic style of Robert Stark III
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objects, but are all crafted with a level of precision that gives them
a rare sense of energy and photo-like realism.
Clearly inspired by Dutch still life painters, Stark seemingly chal-
lenges observers of his work to
study their intense detail and
near technical perfection. While
his paintings are not Nantucket,
Stark draws inspiration from the
solitude of Nantucket’s winters.
Stark, the son, was born in
New York City and moved to
Nantucket when he was ten.
He attended Georgetown
University and after college
moved to San Francisco where
he worked for Patagonia clothing.
The most remarkable fact about the
younger Bob Stark is that, as an
artist, he is completely self-taught.
He selected a style that is highly
demanding but through experimentation,
trial and error and mentoring from
local artists George Murphy and
Michael Miller, achieved commercial
success. Stark says “The longer I
paint, the longer it takes me to paint”
but seeing his work explains why.
There is yet another Stark who is entering the world of painting.
Son and brother Dylan Stark recently worked in television but is
now concentrating fully on his paintings. While Dylan’s works show
the influences of both his father and brother he too has developed
his own style.
If there is a painting gene, the Starks have it and while their styles
are a study in contrast, they share a common or, in this case, a
truely unique and uncommon gift.
He graduated from Nantucket High School and, a talented athlete,
was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds baseball team. However, World
War II had begun, and the father Stark joined the Coast Guard.
Upon his return to Nantucket he became commodore of the
Nantucket Yacht Club and along with his wife was a founding
member of the Nantucket Artist Association .
The Artist Association was bequeathed the Macy Warehouse and
the Little Gallery, which became their home. The properties were
donated by Kenneth Taylor who directed “as far as it lies in our
power, to maintain these galleries as an art center forever.”
Stark makes no bones about his displeasure with the sale of
these properties, in 1986, to the NHA, after which sale he and his
wife left the organization.
Robert Stark Jr.’s gallery started in 1972 on Old North Wharf, is
the oldest continually running gallery on Nantucket and showcases
one of the most iconic artistic styles on the island. The bright
orange sails on his signature catboats have come to symbolize
Nantucket. His paintings of the rainbow fleet are universally known
and are evocative of a simpler time that was the island during
Stark’s youth. Despite the seeming simplicity of his work, there
is complexity to his dark, brooding skies that portend dramatic
weather ahead. It is a style that Nantucketers have embraced,
making Stark’s art some of the most valuable contemporary
work on the island.
The style of the son, Robert Stark III, reflects a singular attention
to detail that departs from the romance and occasional playfulness
of his father’s work. His still lifes often show eccentric pairing of
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Encountering challenges at sea is a concept
not unfamiliar to Nantucket. In fact, few
places on earth have more seriously tested
the resolve and fortitude of sailors over the
centuries than the waters that surround
our island.
Today Nantucket is one of the ports for a
new and perhaps even more formidable
sailing challenge than those experienced
by whalers of the past. Sail To Prevail,
formerly Shake-A-Leg, and the brainchild
of paralympic sailor Paul Callahan, is a
remarkable organization that puts children
GainingConfidence
at SeaEmpowering Those with
Special Needs
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Sail to prevail
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Prevail, “Training and racing an actual America’s Cup 12-meter and
beating seasoned, able-bodied competitors sends a message that is
loud and clear to those who lack the belief in their ability to better
manage their circumstances and overcome their own adversity.”
Callahan indicates that over 1,000 children per year benefit from
his organization as do their families, who often see a renewed sense
of confidence in their children.
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and teens facing physical, developmental and health issues to the
test. Through the world of sailing, these young people confront
their own fears and self doubt through mastering skills they never
thought possible. By learning to sail and being part of a sailing team,
they realize that the impossible is possible and that they can indeed
overcome the obstacles in their lives.
Pushing boundaries is what Sail To Prevail is all about and the
organization’s recent donation of the legendary 12-meter racing
America’s Cup yacht, Easterner, provides an example of just how far
they are willing to push. According to Paul Callahan, CEO of Sail to
Image of Paul Callahan by Nathan Coe
Image courtesy of Sail to Prevail
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The opportunities found in and around the
waters of Nantucket continue to enrich
those willing to explore their limits, and for
participants in Sail To Prevail they have just
begun to discover how far they can go.
The organization relies almost exclusively
on personal donations and is hosting a fund
raiser on Saturday, July 24th at the Great
Harbor Yacht Club.
To learn more about Sail to Prevail visit:
www.sailtoprevail.org.
For information on the July 24th
GHYC fundraiser contact
or 401.965.2000.
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OUT OF INDIA
A T R U E N A N T U C K E T S T O R Y
WITH FREEDMAN’S OF NANTUCKET
From his store at 14 Centre Street, Don Freedman can see the Nantucket he has loved for almost three
decades. Through his creative mind, he can also see the rural villages in India where he has visited
and worked with the master craftsmen there for almost as long.
Originally a wholesaler who sold to Bloomingdales and Niemann Marcus, Don Freedman, never
stopped listening to his creative side, whether designing a new tapestry, clock or a variation on a leather
chair he had seen on a sales trip.
Images courtesy of Don Freedman
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“I sold wholesale for many years, but when I retired and did nothing
for two years, I got bored. I wanted to open my own store in order to
sell my own creations. “ And so, in 1981, “Expressions by Don
Freedman” got its start in a little fishing shack on Straight Wharf.
‘We started out with one shack,” Don remembers. Then, as his
retail shop and reputation grew over the years, “We got another
fishing shack and then another, and pretty soon we couldn’t get
the freight in and out.”
Finally, in 2004, he moved to his Centre Street location, where he
continues to greet customers who come back year after year to
see what he has designed.
“The store was like a toy for me. I could
greet my customers, and watch them, not
to judge them but to see what appealed
to them. I learned that my customers are
the true artists because it is their eye that
determines what they will buy, and there-
fore what I will create for the next year. “
“My pieces are a step back in time, I want
to create things that have charm and
character; that are exquisite and unique,
their quality unequaled. And I tried to
find the best craftsmen in the world,”
he recalls.
That quest took Don around the world
two, and sometimes three times each
year. It was in London that, quite by
accident, Don received a tip from someone
who had overheard his conversation
about looking for master craftsmen. For a
small fee to his eavesdropper, Don was
directed to a location in rural India where,
through an interpreter, he found the
craftsmen who were the masters of the
art of making tapestries, leather or metal
goods. These would be the people who
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could manufacture his creations and allow him to introduce to the
world the quality of design that he had long sought.
But would they work for him? “It took me many years to develop
the relationship of trust that I have now with the Indian artists,”
Don says, sitting on the bench outside his store. “They wanted to
work with me but they had to first trust me. That is why I went
back to India again and again. Once they knew that I would not
take advantage of them, they brought artists who were expert in
other areas of design or fabric or materials to me. “
Don tells the story of how, from a conversation in India, a metal
table became featured in the front window of his store.
“I was in very rural India, a place where they have electricity
only a few times a day, and I was with my interpreter. We met a
man who told me through my interpreter, ‘I can do anything in
metal. Anything you give me, I will make. Please give me business,
I want to start exporting for you.’ And from that meeting came
this ‘way-out’ draftsman’s table. I was influenced by a table I had
seen several months ago at an auction. It had a glass top that
angled and had wheels, and although no one would use it for
that purpose, I saw it differently – it could be a step back in time.
I sketched it out for him, and that became the table you see. “
Don also finds a connection that flows from piece to piece within
his store. “From the classic books that are leather-bound, to the
leather furniture, to the interesting dimensional clocks to the old
nautical-looking objects. The whole premise of my work is to
take a step back in time – to make things that are charming and
have character.”
As he has for so many years, Don Freedman keeps returning to
India, 65 times now over the past several decades. His goal is
simple; to bring his products out of India and back to Nantucket,
to the steady stream of customers and friends he greets, to
provide them with unique creations that they will love and
which will last a lifetime.
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“We walked up the cobblestones
on Main Street in a driving
rain storm,” recalls Debra
Klingsporn “and we loved it.”
Despite the cold, raw weather,
the greeting by the search
community of the First
Congregational Church was
nothing but warm. The church
was looking for a new pastor
and found in Reverend Gary
Klingsporn a match made
in heaven.
With a Ph.D. in New Testament
studies at Baylor, where he
also taught, and as a practicing
minister, Gary’s quiet charisma,
devotion to his faith and
infectious personality made
him their ideal choice. His wife
Debra, an accomplished writer
and speaker, added even more
gravitas to the team.
REACHING ACROSSTHE COMMUNITY
First Congregational Church welcomes its new pastor
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“We had been at
our church in
Minneapolis for 20
years, and we had
looked at churches
in seven or eight
places,” says Gary.
“Nantucket just
happened to be one
of them, along with
a church in
Monterey, California
and even one next
to O’Hare Airport
in Chicago.” He
remembers. “But
we fell in love with this church and this town.” And the
committee embraced him as their new pastoral leader and
Gary and Debra as new stewards of the church’s ministry.
Debra recalls her first surprise upon their arrival this past
January. “I expected small town appeal but didn’t expect
such a strong sense of community. People come here
because hey want to be here.”
For Gary, being on Nantucket in his new role as pastor meant first
learning about his congregation and the island he would serve.
“What was surprising was the
diversity on the island. I didn’t
expect people from all over
the world. And the church is
diverse, not social or ethnic
diversity, necessarily, but
socio-economically – we have
working families who are
doing two or three jobs, and
we have people who are retired
who have done well in their
lives, all of them together here in the church.”
The next order of business has been to reach out into the
community. “I asked Bill Pitman, the police chief, whose family
is a member of the church, what are the biggest social needs
on the island. And he described issues such as substance
dependency, depression and suicide prevention. I hope that
we as a church can start to get involved in outreach programs
such as A Safe Place and Habitat for Humanity which, I understand,
was once an active part of our church mission. I’d love for us to
host a regular AA meeting. Who knows, maybe we can be helpful
in child care, or sponsor an English as a second language
class, or get involved with our immigrant neighbors.
My understanding is that no one has really focused on those
who come here to work in a very comprehensive way, and so
maybe there are those in our congregation who can advise
them on visas or their work cards – help them cut through
the red tape. Not that his parishioners have been idle in
reaching out to other Nantucketers. “We have an active
seniors group in the church, people who really care about
our island elders,” says Gary. On May 1st, 20 to 30 volunteers
gathered fruit, snacks and candies, assembled them in ‘May
baskets’ and delivered them to 85 of our seniors, and then
they visited with them.”
“Now that we’ve been here a little while,” says the new,
obviously energetic pastor of the First Congregational
Church, “I believe that the opportunity for our church to
grow into the next generation is definitely there. While it can
be pretty difficult to be a young person growing up here
because of a lack of diversity, there are also some real
advantages. People naturally rely on each other. It’s a very
family-friendly place, and we look forward to being a giving
part of our new home.”
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By1965, Alabama native Millard Fuller, at the age of 29 had become
a lawyer and millionaire but had jeapordized his marriage in the
process. Following many soul-searching nights Millard, and his
young bride Linda, made a series of decisions that not only changed
their lives but, ultimately, helped to change the world.
Millard left his law practice, reconciled his marriage and found a
calling in Christianity. He and Linda gave away everything they
owned, performed missionary work in Africa and, in 1976, in a little
Georgia town called, appropriately enough, Americus, founded what
would become the single largest private builder of homes in the
world, Habitat for Humanity.
BUILDING THE
Written by Cris Farley Images by Kit Noble
The Deras Family, Katie, Thomas, Max and Sofia
Volunteer and formerHabitat president, Chris Lohmann
AMERICANThrough Nantucket Habitat DREAM
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In 1976, housing was not a problem on Nantucket but, by the turn of
the century, many could not afford to live on the island.
In December, 2000, Phil Read, a former Habitat volunteer from
Florida now living here, met with Reverend Tom Richard, pastor of
the First Congregational Church, and together they started the
process that created Habitat for Humanity Nantucket.
Their first Habitat home, a single-family residence on Norquarta
Drive, worked on and purchased by a family of five, was completed in
March 2004, with labor and materials almost completely donated by
the island community. The second project was a duplex for two fami-
lies on Saratoga Lane, completed in January, 2007. This month, the
third Habitat home, a single-family, LEED-certified, environmentally
efficient home on Okorwaw Avenue, will be completed
for a single island mother and her
three children.
“Our goal is to produce safe, affordable, decent housing,” says
Habitat Nantucket president Tom Richards (who is not Rev. Tom
Richard.) “And, yes, that means the bricks and mortar, the boards
and nails you think of and that go into constructing a living struc-
ture. But what we really build is hope for families and their future
generations.”
Habitat for Humanity doesn’t simply construct a dwelling and turn
the keys over to the lucky buyer. Families selected for a Habitat
home must be willing to make several commitments. First, they
must invest their time and energy; 350 volunteer-hours for a couple
or180 hours for a single parent, to actually help build the house in
which they will live.
They then must commit to buy the house, repaying over 20 or 30
years an interest-free loan provided to them directly from Habitat.
The returning funds are in turn used for the next Habitat home.
They must also agree to join the Habitat team and lend whatever
skills they have to the Habitat project for the next selected
Nantucket family. By the time they’ve completed their home, with
help from a multitude of island volunteers,
a bond will be formed that will last a lifetime. And it is within this
community of volunteers that resides the secret of Habitat; why so
many have made it their life’s abiding avocation.
“There’s an unseen but remarkable layer of people and skill sets
here on Nantucket who come together to help their neighbors build
a future for their families,” says Tom Richards. “We all have other
jobs, but we know that through our work we might be helping a
teacher who is great in the classroom or, like Katie, who works at
the hospital, to be able to afford to stay here and, in turn, help our
entire community.”
The ‘Katie’ to whom Tom refers is Katie Deras, who you might
meet if you would ever need the services of the emergency room
at Nantucket Cottage Hospital. The island has for too long lost
competent professionals like Katie who were simply unable to find
a way to afford to live here. Among all its other noble goals, Habitat
Nantucket helps prevent the loss of people like Katie.
“As a single mother of three, it’s the best thing that ever happened
to us.” Katie says as her house nears completion next month.
“I never could have done this by myself. It’s a dream come true.
I have 150 new friends for life, and since our house is so solid that
it’s hurricane-proof, any of them can come and stay here if they
need to in the next storm.”
Katie and her kids, ages 17, 13 and 5, may have been painting, sanding
and hauling wood on the jobsite of their home-to-be, but what they
have really been doing is becoming part of a community of friends who
care about her and will be there in the future for her family.
And, as Millard Fuller envisioned almost 40 years ago, she will carry
forward her commitment to the next Habitat effort, an ambitious
two-house project at 143 Surfside Rd. slated to begin in July, in
which one home built from scratch and another donated by
On-site coordinator Craig Spery
Alex Crispin
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constructed as simultaneously and as quickly as the flow
of volunteers will allow.
If you’d like to learn more about Habitat Nantucket, call
project manager Craig Spery at 508-228-7892 or visit
www.habitatnantucket.net. President Tom Richards prom-
ises a spot on the Habitat team to anyone who wants to
join.
The Scott Family outside their Habitat home
N.H.S. senior, Abergavenny Whiteford
“We might be building houses, but we’re really building a
community of friends, helping and caring for each other,”
he says with a smile.
Elizabeth Crispin
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do a deal together. Had it been successful, it would likely
have put us out of business. That’s a time when you examine
your soul. We were a company of inventors. We would bring
our technology to the market well in advance of whatever
Apple and Microsoft could do. And we, in fact, did that. It
took Apple and Microsoft three years to bring out their
technology. We brought ours out in 90 days.
N Mag: You mentioned that you are a company of inventors.
Inventors often are not the best business people and business
people are often not the best inventors. But it seems you have
integrated both skill sets.
CG: Neither of us ever took a business course in our lives,
and I only read one business book before we started. The
only chapter I remember was something called “Market Gap
Analysis.” And it said if you’re going to bring out a product,
find out something that people want or in which no one else
already has an entrenched position. I said, “That sounds like
a good idea.” So that’s what we’ve always done. We’ve always
opened new markets with new technology.
N Mag: Your products touch virtually every aspect of the visual
communication world. Did you ever imagine the global impact
that Adobe would have?
CG: Of course not. We thought we would never have more
than fifty employees. We succeeded way beyond our wildest
dreams. And I think the thing I feel the most satisfaction
from is the fact that, as you suggest, essentially any piece
of material, either static, or motion, motion video, motion
pictures, that you see today, a piece of our technology has
been used in its creation. It’s worldwide.
N Mag: Do you think there is a future for the printed word?
Specifically, newspapers and magazines or is this an inexorable
road toward extinction through products like Kindle and the iPad?
CG: One thing I believe, for example, is that while bloggers
are interesting because they give a variety of different points
of view, we really have no way, when we go out onto the Web,
to calibrate the accuracy and reliability of what we read.
That’s one thing that the print media brings to the table, The
New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times.
You have a certain amount of confidence that they are
accurately presenting two points of view. That eventually is
going to happen to the internet, we just don’t know exactly
how in the world of media distribution.
N Mag: Your role in the transformation of media from print to
computer is particularly ironic given that your father and
grandfather were letter press photoengravers.
CG: Fortunately, my dad lived to be almost 99 and he saw what
Adobe accomplished before he passed away. I’ll never forget the day
N Mag: You left Xerox in 1982. Was there trepidation leaving the
comfort of a large organization to go into the uncertainty of your
own venture?
CG: I would hesitate to assert a large organization like Xerox
as necessarily comfortable, although I did have a great job.
Because of our educational background and the environment
in Silicon Valley we knew we could always get a job. The only
risk was probably to our egos if we failed.
N Mag: And at what point after you began your new venture
was success apparent?
CG: Within one year we were able to sign a significant deal
with Apple Computer that made us profitable, and increased
the value of our original venture investors five-fold, because
Apple bought 19% of the company. That was extremely
unusual in startups.
N Mag: Was the growth of the company linear or did you ever
experience a major bump in the road?
CG: In 1989, through a combination of negotiations and
technical developments, we got into a situation in which
our largest customer, which at that time was still Apple
Computer, and our largest competitor, Microsoft, decided to
Chuck GeschkeCo-Founder/Chairman, Adobe
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Interview by Bruce A. Percelay
Dr. Charles Geschke with Dr. John Warnock co-founded
Adobe in 1982. The company with its 7,000 employees has
revolutionized visual media on a global scale.
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I brought him something home I knew was
really good. He looked at it and he said,
“Charlie, I think you’ve done it.” It was a
huge thrill.
N Mag: You are a true veteran of the
technology business which is so incredibly
young. How many people have been at
this as long as you?
CG: Steve Jobs. Bill Gates. Yeah, I’ve been at
it a while. I started working on my doctorate
in computer science in ’68 so if you sort of
measure from that point—that’s more
than 40 years. And it’s been a remarkable
transformation that I’ve experienced. You
know, 20 years ago there were dozens and
dozens of household-name
software companies and
now there are relatively few.
N Mag: So taking the
trajectory of where you
started and where the
world is, does your
imagination let you see
where the world could be
20 years from now?
CG: I honestly think that
if I were a young person
today, and I was interest-
ed in engineering and technology, I
wouldn’t necessarily focus on the world
of computing and electronics. I would be
much more focused on clean energy and
biotechnology because that’s where I
think the next big, huge transformation
will happen. That doesn’t mean that I
don’t think our industry will continue to
prosper and grow and build exciting
stuff. It’s just that at the place where
there is real leverage is where the need is
so huge now.
N Mag: Do you want to comment on the
current relations between you and Apple?
CG: Well, you know, Steve is an incredibly
inventive guy. He has a sense of what
people want and what they have. And
he’s got a point of view now where he
really wants to expand his business into
the media distribution market, at least
that’s my impression. And in that
environment, he feels that the best way
to do it is to control all aspects of the entire
process of creation through distribution.
The version of Flash that we just
released, and you can see on any Droid
phone, is getting incredible reviews.
N Mag: The country as a whole is in an
economic situation that perhaps we have
not seen in modern history in terms of our
own balance sheet. How concerned are you
about the economic condition of the U.S.?
CG: Well, I’m very concerned but not so
much just from a financial point of view.
In fact, that’s probably low on my list of
the concerns. My real concern is that we
are doing a terrible job of educating our
children relative to the rest of the world.
And as a result, over time, the most
precious natural asset which we have,
which is people and their collective mind
and talent, is something that we will no
longer be able to position ourselves as
the best in the world. You see what’s
happening in China and India and other
parts of the world, and I think we are
deluding ourselves to think that we can
continue to under support education and
maintain our position as the most pow-
erful economy in the world.
N Mag: You are known for being
very modest; a regular guy. Some
people who achieve great financial
success, or success in other terms,
are able to stay grounded. Other
people are not. What are your
observations on why some people
can keep their wits about them
and retain their basic values and
others get lost.
CG: Well, I had wonderful parents
who instilled good values in me.
And I have the great good fortune
to be married to a wonderful
woman and I have a great family.
Trust me, they keep
me grounded and let
me know who I am. I
think a lot of the credit
goes to them.
N Mag: Your success
is inspirational and
I want to thank you
for taking the time to
share some of your
insights with us.
“If I were a young person todayI wouldn’t necessarily focus on theworld of computing and electronics.
I would be much more focused on clean energy and biotechnology,
because that’s where I think the big,huge transformation will happen”
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of all the miles involved with bringing an
animal onto this island. It’d be a shame
not to use every last morsel!
Not all our local restaurateurs actively
support small farms; some prefer
pre-portioned meats and fish and the
accessibility and ease of factory-farmed
fruits and vegetables. Since running a
restaurant is first and
foremost a business, sometimes the
bottom line does prevail. Yet thankfully,
the overall trend in Nantucket’s finer
kitchens is toward small, sustainable
and local.
If you applaud these practices and are
curious as to whom you should support,
I’ve put together a couple of pointers.
Read the menu… and then read it again.
Do you see names of producers or
farms? Are there promises of sustainable
practices? While these are usually good
initial indicators of a local, sustainable
menu, price is also a good distinguishing
factor. Unfortunately, supporting local
farms and vendors sometimes means
what’sthedish?Ask any number of Nantucket summer
residents why they love this particular
little sandbar of an island, and the
answer—more often than not—is a love
of nostalgia.
The reason I mention nostalgia is
because in recently talking to friends
and colleagues about food trends, it
became quickly evident that nostalgia
plays a big role in the culinary world
these days. As we consider the trends for
the restaurant scene of the future, we
find ourselves looking to the past.
Additionally, everyone’s talking about
local, local, local. I’m thrilled to see the
continuation of nose-to-tail cooking and
buying produce from local vendors and
fish from local boats docked in the harbor.
While elsewhere in the States, the idea of
nose-to-tail cooking is quickly becoming
passé; here on this sandbar in the middle
of the ocean, we continue to be mindful
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Yet thankfully, the overalltrend in Nantucket’s finerkitchens is toward small,
sustainable and local.
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specifically for their market. With the
arrival of summer, our community of
overly-fit folks takes to the trails and
pack the bike paths. This particular
community tends to become even more
food-obsessed, as there are races to be
run and Iron Man and Iron Woman
teams to join. The bottom line with
locally-sourced food is it has a proven
higher nutritional rate than factory-
farmed equivalents. Local fruits and
vegetables are not picked six to 10 days
before they are sold, as they hardly travel
at all. Also, riper fruit and vegetables
have more nutritional value.
So buy local; for the runners, it will
help you shave a second off your time,
and for the non-runners, will help make
you a happier person . Granted, I am not a
doctor and have no basis for these claims,
aside from liking the sound of them. With
all that is available here, I ask you to be a
conscious diner. For your well-being, eat
well and mindfully, and please cast your
vote/dollar for the local market!
what’s the dish? : epicureanhigher prices. Yet, these prices tend to
stay fairly consistent because the local
production-market prices are not driven
by trends or futures fluctuations in the
commodities market; tractors, weather
and hoes drive local prices.
There are great people involved in local
production on Nantucket. They are
supporters of local business, which bring
dollars full circle just like the days
before Hallsmith and Sysco trucks rolled
through town. Also, there’s something so
romantic about knowing the people who
produce your food, or maybe that is
specific to me. I have been known to
embarrassingly clap when a plate of
food is presented to me. And I did end
up marrying a chef, after all. Sustainable
practices gives chefs and diners a say in
what is available in how it is farmed. Today,
this notion is without doubt the healthiest
option. Knowing that a chemical-free
approach is important and being told it
is so by your customers at a local farmers
market, means that farmers can produce
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