The first of the off-season Chappy Community Center potlucks will be hosted by Leslie Floyd on Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m.

We don’t get to write our own stories. Rather, we are the unauthorized autobiographers of our lives — we may believe that the words on the page are our own, but there is, in fact, something (or someone) much larger than ourselves at work on the typewriter.

The Chappy Community Center potlucks will begin again on Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. Please bring a dish for six.

The Chappy Community Center will host an end-of-summer potluck on Wednesday, August 24 from 6 to 8 p.m. Please bring a dish for six.

I attended my 35th high school reunion this past weekend. Man, those people are old!

First, a reminder that the Chappy Community Center annual meeting is scheduled for Saturday, August 6 at 9 a.m. at the center.

As a youth growing up on the west coast of Massachusetts (great surfing!), I was fortunate to be located within the wheelhouse of the touring version of Up With People! (exclamation point theirs).

The Chappy Community Center annual meeting is scheduled for Saturday, August 6 at 9 a.m. at the center. The CCC has become a vital part of Chappy life.

I asked Milo how many sisters he has now and he held up two fingers in front of the biggest grin that I have ever seen on a guy his size! His sister Ramona was also grinning ear to ear as she told me that her brand new sister’s name is Matilda.

I’ve decided that the chipmunk is the most indecisive member of the animal kingdom. I’ve yet to witness one commit to a trip across the road without reconsidering its decision two or three or 12 times. It’s as if they’ve just left home with a dozen irons possibly still hot.