The other day I was watching the umpteenth news item about how the flu bug is everywhere. Midway through the story I think I may have missed a crucial piece of information because the dry cough I’ve so far endured for every single day of 2013 decided to go into its impersonation of a garbage disposal and drowned out my TV. I’m not sure what triggered the cough. Maybe it was brought on by multi-tasking. There I was watching the TV at low volume, half listening to Chopin on an iPod and admiring a print of a Modigliani painting on our office wall.

During the last election, seven out of ten people in the state of Massachusetts voted to decriminalize marijuana and legalize it for medicinal use.

As members of the clergy affiliated with St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Edgartown, we deem it important publicly to state our strong support for legislative measures currently being considered and debated that would address the obvious need for enhanced safety and protection of all people related to gun violence.

I and many others would welcome an invitation to share our concern over gun violence at one or more gatherings sponsored by hunting and shooting clubs

I read with great interest your editorial, “Living By The Rules,” [1/25/13, MV Gazette] regarding the propriety of obeying zoning laws on Martha’s Vineyard.

When I heard that WBUR’s programming, including my little show Here and Now, would be carried on the Vineyard, I was over the moon and flooded with memories.