The hurricane was marked by generosity and selflessness, of people going out into rising waters in their boats and pick-up trucks to rescue family, friends, strangers.

I started thinking about Hiroshima again last month, when John Kerry went to the city. But I usually think about Hiroshima this time of year anyway.

Jodi Bailey was born and raised in Vineyard Haven but now lives a continent away from her Island roots. She’s a professional dog musher based out of Chatanika, Alaska, about an hour north of Fairbanks, and completed her fourth Iditarod race last month — a race of more than 1,000 miles.

The varsity girls tennis team is off to a winning start under coaches Nina Bramhall and Liz Roberts. And although both women are new to the varsity scene they are well known to this team, having been part of the Youth Tennis Center for years.

An ongoing visioning process will be in evidence at the Tisbury town meeting this year.

Beach Road is the only place on the Island where both the sky and the road open wide, where you can see the world unfold in front of you for miles as you drive.