Jeff Traenkle grew up as a young boy during World War II with a fascination with flying.

Come and take a flight with me. We’ll fly from New York city to Hong Kong on a Boeing 777. Tad Hazelton with Cathay Pacific Airways will be our senior pilot.

Dick Sanford, son of Mimi and the late George Sanford, is an American Legion baseball coach in West Hartford, Conn.

Last summer in August the Beach Club held a history night. In Mimi Carroll’s introduction, we learned that George Semler had done the computer work for the slide show.

Fall asleep to the sound of a gently breaking surf in this carefully renovated and meticulously maintained turn of the century East Chop beach house. Nestled between the shore of the Vineyard Sound to the west and Crystal Lake to the east, this unique property boasts water views from every window. Enjoy spectacular sunrises from your breakfast table and sunsets over West Chop. Watch maritime activity of all kinds or just listen to the waves from numerous first and second floor oceanside porches.

I try to walk early each morning. Along the way, I often join up with an old friend or two.

I met Kevin Grassa about two weeks ago in his home on East Chop Drive, the one across from the lighthouse that was completed 10 years ago but never occupied. Kevin knew the history. He did his homework before finally taking the plunge with an offer, and he and his wife Elaine are thrilled to own it.

At the end of June, Featherstone celebrated the art of the Barnes family, an amazingly talented family with deep roots in East Chop. Tokey’s political cartoons, first published by the Boston Globe, along with several of his humorous oils were prominently displayed. Tokey’s paintings are found in houses all over the Chop. He still makes us laugh.

Saturday afternoon at the tennis club (5:30 to 7 p.m.), East Chop will celebrate the life of Jeff Riotte. There is no better life to honor and remember. As a kid Jeff wowed us with his ability on the tennis courts and at the piano. As an adult, we appreciated most his smile, sense of humor, and artistry with the harmonica.

Last week was exciting. On Sunday (August 23) Lyn and I went to the opening of Sarah Moore’s art show at Homes on Martha’s Vineyard located in Post Office Square in Edgartown. The show featured two dramatic paintings of the ocean and six pen and ink drawings of trees.