In January after over 40 years with the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group, I will be stepping down as its director.

When you’re a man alone in the house and your family is away for nearly two months, the stuffed animals really stand out.

What you have lighted upon, curious reader, is a nest of memory built twig by twig of fact-checked and emotional truths fertilized by nesty things like author’s privilege

Welcome to my spot on the map/My dot in the water/Martha’s Vineyard/Could have been called/Bartholomew’s Haven

For most of us, Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends and over indulgence.

It will be good to be on Martha’s Vineyard for the holidays this year.