My husband and I left the Vineyard for a monthlong stay off the Gulf coast at the end of February. It is almost April and I am astonished by headlines and emails about the Vineyard’s weather.

I love the combination of traditions like the August fireworks that prompt presidents to pay us summer visits and the modern, relaxed atmosphere that attracts young families.

Winter solstice was hardly a comfort, for those of us who suffer from SAD while enduring our endless days fading daylight.

This is to express my concern about the proposed project of the Army Corps of Engineers to re-dredge the existing channel.

Donnie used to think of himself as something of a curmudgeon and I wasn’t about to argue the point with him, but somewhere along the way I figured out that it was just a ruse.