In early January, I flew to Livingstone, Zambia with Janet Holladay to visit the community that my nonprofit, the African Artists Community Development Project (AACDP), has been helping to support.

My first career job out of college was running a large campus arboretum nursery at Michigan State University.

At age 70, I often found myself stretched out awkwardly on the floor of our guest room, peeking under the bed at Wiggle, our new gray tabby kitten.

Standing tall and proud in the historic Mayhew Parsonage in Edgartown is a grandfather clock that has adorned the home of 11 ministers of the Federated Church.

The first time I visited Montgomery was to introduce Vernon Jordan, a longtime Vineyard summer resident, as our speaker at the Clifford and Virginia Durr lecture series.