I liked turning 90 a year and a half ago. I was given a party overlooking Chilmark Pond by friend Mary Jane Pease.

Rev. Dr. Calvin Butts 3rd was an exceptional spiritual force, community activist and health leader who improved our world.

It had been two years since the United Nations conducted its business in person, a period when world affairs veered dangerously out of control.

The call went out, there’s been a sighting, / A world class bird, her name, Soo Whiting.

Eric Jackson’s death at 72 hit me hard — not just as a longtime listener from a family of fans, but as someone who knew him personally and guest-hosted his show, Eric in the Evening on WGBH.

Late Wednesday afternoon, our food outreach coordinator at the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury had two huge pots of pea soup simmering in the Parish Hall.