by Alison Bass | Aug 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
This past weekend, I took a stroll into my past, attending a gathering of old (and new) friends at Bryn Gweled, the intentional community in eastern PA where I grew up. Bryn Gweled was founded in 1940 by far-sighted Quakers who envisioned a rural utopia where members...
by Alison Bass | Jul 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
The setting could not have been more incongruous. Inside a tony home decor store on Martha’s Vineyard, where soothing blues and beiges make one think of ocean breezes and cool martinis, the president of the National Institute of Reproductive Health was talking...
by Alison Bass | Jul 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
I can’t help but laugh at this New Yorker magazine interview with the lawyer Alan Dershowitz, in which he complains about being “cancelled” as a speaker at events on Martha’s Vineyard. I’m amused for two reasons, one, this is old news....
by Alison Bass | Jul 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
As some of you may know, I’m moving from West Virginia to Washington, D.C. in late August. Now that I’ve retired from teaching journalism at West Virginia University, I have felt increasingly isolated in the Mountain State, far from family and the...
by Alison Bass | Jul 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
After a two-year hiatus, Edgartown, a town on Martha’s Vineyard, resumed its July 4th celebration with a parade and fireworks over the Edgartown Harbor. The parade route was packed with people of all ages, from young babies to octogenarians and I felt distinctly...
by Alison Bass | Jun 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the years leading up to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, you could always find protestors waving signs and yelling at patients going into abortion clinics, particularly those in urban areas where there was easy access to public transit. The protestors were usually...
