Reading the newspaper, watching television or surfing the internet, we acknowledge these are turbulent times. However, examining world affairs, the most pressing issue seems to be the Coney Island hot dog eating controversy

The subject of West Tisbury resident Marc Favreau’s latest book for young adult readers is the surprise attack launched by Japan on the US Naval base at Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Now is the season of roses and they are adorning West Tisbury roadsides and gardens and fields.

“Black as ink” / A simile just right / Yet as a metaphor, / “Inkwell” takes flight / More than a beach / On the Vineyard’s shore / This enduring icon / Transcends ocean waves.

Islander idly rumbles in her slip calmly churning in the dying light

Good afternoon my fellow Vineyarders and associated wash-a-shores. Thank you all for being here today.