This is not a theory. This is a stone cold fact. The day after the Super Bowl should be a national day off from school, work or whatever you are supposed to be doing. In my years of teaching I entered classrooms where the kids’ heads were on their desks napping. Heck, some of the teachers heads were on their desks napping. Yes, a national holiday day after the Super Bowl. I want this implemented by next year.
Sunday was a disappointing day for my friend Billy and me. First we watched our Celtics lose a game. Then our beloved Patriots! We are rebuilding now. Same time next year.
My eyesight is failing. A friend put a box in my freezer and when I saw it I read it as: “Smooth torture.” Upon closer inspection I saw it actually said “Smooth texture.” But then I was fascinated to consider the idea that smooth torture was an acceptable description of my life.
Our MV Chowder restaurant is moving to Kennebec avenue. It expects to reopen in the former building where Red Cat Kitchen and Zapotec served us well.
Our Tisbury library, now housed at 15 Church street while renovations continue at 200 Main street, will close for the holiday on Monday, Feb. 16.
The theme song for this month seems to be “don’t your feet get cold in the wintertime the sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine.” I am done with this weather.
Get well wishes to James Hutchison. And Mark Santon has a new heart! So wonderful he had a donor. Mark is still in rehab over this. I hope we welcome him home soon.
A very special birthday on Valentine’s Day. My dog Toby will be 18. Betsi Convery Luce will do the honors of making Toby a bone shaped dog-friendly cake. She will make a human friendly cake also. We have such talent on this Island.
The birthday bandwagon pulled along Jamie Alley on Jan. 28; celebrating on that same date were Lisa Anne Browne and Molly Conole; Feb. 2 was for James Ralston; Feb. 6 belongs to Marcia R. Wise; Feb. 8 was a party for Anne Fardo; Feb. 9 goes to James Marc O’Donnell; and on Feb. 11 Sabrina Leuning takes the cake. Many happy returns.
This article appears in February 13, 2026.