Slow sun pulls long days over July. The marsh holds its breath and soaks in warm water.

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History, I like to think, is a larger way of looking at life. It is a source of strength, of inspiration. It is about who we are and what we stand for.

When I was tapped to lead the Oak Bluffs elementary school, a wise educator reminded me to be sensitive to the children of my new school as I highlighted areas that required change.

Sometimes I have to abandon my journalistic training and resort to cliches — such as what goes around, comes around.

In everyone’s favorite 1940s movie, Rick tells Ilsa, “We’ll always have Paris”. Well, maybe not.