My car, a weather-beaten 20-year-old sedan, began to die while I was on the way to picking up my wife, son and his girlfriend at the fast ferry.

My Cape and Islands tour with my new film, Peter and John, has given me plenty to think about — and an abundance of stories to share.

I never really relax while underway in a sailboat. I’m constantly looking and listening for new sights and sounds.

Seventy years ago Saturday, World War II ended with the surrender of Japan. The other day I said to a middle-aged friend, “Saturday is V-J Day.” She replied, “What’s V-J Day?”

Softball players at Flanders Field in Chilmark paid tribute last Sunday to Jerome Kohlberg, who died two weeks ago at the age of 90.

Runners often end up having a favorite race that they return to each year. For me it’s the Chilmark Road Race 5K on Martha’s Vineyard.