The Hobo Diaries: Down and Out on Martha's Vineyard

You can idle for decades on a gorgeous island—comfy, safe, and warm—immersed like a Medieval mystic on a life-long spiritual path, and all of a sudden it feels as if you’ve been dumped on a water slide with a sign that reads: This life is out of your price range, sweetheart! Splash!! . . . Where ya gonna live? In the spring of 2018, writer/reporter Holly Nadler gave up her year-round apartment on Martha’s Vineyard, even as everyone cried out, “Don’t do it! You’ll never find another one!” An...