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Commentary by Shelley Christiansen
This is an archive of Shelley Christiansen's commentaries. It was created in December 2012 and is no longer being updated. Enjoy exploring here. For current postings, please visit capeandislands.org.
Shelley Christiansen is a freelance writer and a regular contributor of features and essays to Martha's Vineyard Magazine. She is also the author of the Wedding Guide for the Grownup Bride, published by Berkley Books in 2000. Shelley has vacationed and lived on Martha's Vineyard since 1962. She makes her home in the town of Oak Bluffs.
You can hear Shelley Christiansen's commentaries on WCAI every other Friday.
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Post a CommentLorelei 11.22
What a wonderful addition to the WCAI lineup. Shelleys essays are so intimate. I think they must come from a place of quiet solitude actual or selfmade that allows her to ruminate without distraction and immerse herself into the idea, the character, the tale. And then she delivers her story or commentary or radio ID or interlude with such a unique, calming voice. Hearing Shelley is a reason to stop, take a breath, and just listen. Ahhhh ...
Holiday display
Shelley has been keeping an eye on a particular holiday display in Oak Bluffs.
Island Book
This year's Island Book is a perky green, thanks to its hardworking publishers, the Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce. Shelley promises the Chamber that the teasing will stop as soon as her own listing is reinstated.
It's a Crime
Most crimes are Martha's Vineyard are unexceptional. Except when there's not.
Growing Vegetables
Shelley talks about the Edgartown School Garden. It is
a project of Island Grown Schools, an initiative that nurtures young
locavores in all seven K-through-12 schools and four pre-schools on Martha's
Vineyard.
Summer Camp
Camp Jabberwocky is considered to be the nation's first sleep over camp devoted to enriching the lives of people with disabilities. Helen Lamb, fondly known as Hellcat, founded the camp in 1953. She passed away last August. Her memorial service is scheduled for July 26 at the Oak Bluffs Tabernacle.
Island Food Pantry
Folks on Martha's Vineyard wait in different lines for a variety of reasons. The staples for a basic meal, for example.
Jury selection
Forget jury selection in the olden days of Perry Mason and Matlock. This is Martha's Vineyard.
Shearer Cottage
February is Black History Month. Shelley prepared this story to mark the occasion.
Shearer Cottage will be the subject of a feature article in a summer issue of Marthja's Vineyard Magazine.
Bookstores (repeat)
With the news that Edgartown Bookstore is closing, we repeat Shelley's commentary that first aired in June 2009.
Sharing or Gossip?
Sharing or Gossip? It's a matter of context when you live on an Island.
Shelley says philanthrophy on Martha's Vineyard is dignified -- but sometimes just barely.
Rotary
Shelley weighs in on the controversy over whether to build a traffic circle or "rotary" on Martha's Vineyard.
Another dimension that is Martha's Vineyard
Visiting that other dimension that is Martha's Vineyard.
Winter life
What's it like when you only experience life on Martha's Vineyard during the winter months?
Encountering your former love
Sometimes you can't escape your past when you live on an island.
Shelley says philanthrophy on Martha's Vineyard is dignified -- but sometimes just barely.
The chili contest, the chowder contest, and the Harley Riders Toys for Tots Run take place annually for the benefit of the Red Stocking Fund, which has been supporting children and families on Martha's Vineyard since 1938. Shelley says philanthrophy on Martha's Vineyard is dignified -- but sometimes just barely.
The chili contest, the chowder contest, and the Harley Riders Toys for Tots Run take place annually for the benefit of the Red Stocking Fund, which has been supporting children and families on Martha's Vineyard since 1938.
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