George Eliot, pen name for novelist and poet Mary Anne Evans, captured my feelings when she explained, “Certain winds will make men’s temper bad.”

Many a birders’ favorite shorebird — the American oystercatcher with its long bright red beak — returned to our shores this week.

After weeks of storm delays, the first chunks of rocks and cement were clawed out of the earth at Squibnocket Beach Monday to start the public portion of the public/private project.

A plan to repair and stabilize the East Chop bluff won approval with conditions Thursday night from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

Curling stones are made of Blue Hone granite, which comes only from the island of Ailsa Craig off the coast of Scotland.

On Sunday night, about an hour after sunset there are three celestial objects close to the western horizon.