A few stalks of asparagus appear in my overgrown West Tisbury vegetable garden each year.

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.

In these disruptive coronavirus times, I have been searching for something cheerier. And, of course, I have found it.

The West Tisbury historian, justice of the peace, county commissioner and former longtime selectman, died suddenly at home Wednesday. He was 78.

I know I am in a minority on the Vineyard, but I like snow.

Clearly, I am out of step with the times.