The following was written as part of a monthly inclusion and diversity newsletter the writer sends out monthly to his staff of 2,000.

On March 5, 1983 I put up an osprey pole for Jerry and Nancy Kohlberg on their Chilmark property at the foot of Abel’s Hill.

Thirteen years ago, an urban planner and designer came to the Island from Montreal as the new executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

It isn’t new to find the Atlantic Portuguese man-of-war along the coastal beaches of the Vineyard.

Way back in the 1930s my father and his brother, as well as my two older brothers enjoyed firing their .22 rifles in target practice.

Thank you Martha’s Vineyard for another practically perfect summer.