Memories are sparked in many ways, connecting life and lives in circles at times concentric but not always touching.

It is February and it would be nice if it were warmer.

Robert (Bob) Carter Hayden Jr. died Jan. 23. His serendipitously popular saying, “know your history” dovetails nicely with this Black History Month.

An elephant in the classroom / Unheard voices from slavery / So essential to understanding / How past is prelude / To inequities we now see.

The recent blizzard here on the Island took me back in time, to my life as a child growing up in Garrison, N.Y. before sailing brought me to the Vineyard.

Here’s the ultimate coffee table book for every home in New England.