How many for Labor Day? Mom would ask at supper the week before. We had to account for ourselves and guests so she could order food.

I hope elected officials on Martha’s Vineyard were watching as more than half a dozen states took steps to remove monuments to the Confederacy.

It was 25 years ago that I met John Cruz. I was outside his house playing guitar in the Irish style of dropped tuning where you slack the strings.

I am not used to ill health in myself, which is why not too long ago I signed up to build a chimney with a friend.

My mother called me the other day nearly breathless. “I have an idea for another fair entry,” she said.

Martha’s Vineyard will experience a partial solar eclipse Monday. The first order of business is safety.