My mantra is attitude and gratitude. Attitude for me (I’m 77 years old) is a bit of a shape shifter.

I use the mug with the four leaf clovers, butter the bread made with Lost and Found Island flour, lay out the New York Times and Boston Globe near the rain soaked window.

In these stay-at-home days I am cleaning out my cellar and finding all sorts of interesting memorabilia from a lifetime of writing about travel.

My sister and I questioned whether or not to go home to the Vineyard to shelter.

This past week Camp Jabberwocky announced it was canceling its summer season due to the coronavirus pandemic.