If you were wondering about the high tide that flooded the approaches to the Chappy ferry a couple of Saturdays ago for no obvious reason you are not alone.

Chappy has felt a bit busier and brighter over the past week as lights went up at a few houses and families gathered to take part in the festivities of Christmas in Edgartown.

The Chappy Community Center will host a Christmas Eve supper on Tuesday, Dec. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.

I hope our community will rally for Jeff and Becca LaMarche, former Chappy ferry captains, who need our support during a heartbreaking and challenging time.

The Chappy Community Center will host a Thanksgiving open house and crafts fair Saturday, Nov. 30 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Two nights of freezing temperatures last week finally brought a hard frost to Chappaquiddick.

The ferryboat On Time 3 returned to service on Tuesday, Nov. 5 after only two weeks and two days away.

As I sit and write this, it is early afternoon out here on Chappy, but the sun is already low in the sky, casting its golden light across our leaf-littered lawn.

The next potluck dinner at the Chappaquiddick Community Center is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 6.

My family and I left Chappy early last Sunday morning to visit a very different island a bit further north: Mount Desert Island in Maine.