Jerry Kohlberg was a brilliant man. His incredible intellect never ceased to impress me during the more than 25 years I knew and worked with him.

Dear Madame First Lady: I am writing today in my present capacity as manager (and past owner) of the Royal and Ancient Chappaquiddick Links.

Robert Wesley Jones (at different times Bobby or Bob Jones or B.J.) was born in Boston on July 24, 1929, but within days was on Martha’s Vineyard, at his grandparents’ house on Pacific avenue in Oak Bluffs

Varian and David Cassat were Presbyterians, but probably not deeply theological Presbyterians

I cherish memories of taking my son Alan and daughter Emma out saltwater flyfishing when they were growing up on the Vineyard.

This past May, my wife and I decided to fix up our house on Martha’s Vineyard in order to put it on the market. I came up in May, while my wife Gail came up a month later.