AnnaBell Washburn, a longtime Edgartown seasonal resident whose devotion to saving animals earned her many citations and awards, including from a U.S. president, died on August 12.

It is the season of orange lilies up-Island and down.

As summer approached the Vineyard last year, I decided on a brief escape to another less touristy island.

Island artists and photographers this week remembered Brandy Wight as a person who encouraged them early in their careers and helped them prosper.

Last year, I was in Switzerland interviewing refugees from war-torn Syria and Somalia and from Eritrea seeking new lives in Europe.

I missed the best of last week’s snow. Snow bunny that I am — though not the hopping or the skiing kind — that is unusual for me.