Club Passim has an East Chop connection. It has been run for the last seven years by Dan Hogan. Jim Wooster will take over from Dan who is retiring on September 1.

It happened on her fourth trip. Chesca Potter had a dream come true. She met Taylor Swift backstage after her concert at Gillette on July 7.

The house was packed on August 9 when East Chop celebrated the life of Jean Kay. Jay Kay welcomed the guests on behalf of his two sisters, Kathy Kay and Carole Croteau. Rob Hammett read a poem by Elizabeth Frye about a person requesting mourners not to stand at her grave and cry because she is not there. She did not die. Eric Surface played a haunting violin meditation

About a year ago I was channel surfing, and I came across a familiar voice. Anne Carmichael Lemenager was broadcasting a girls field hockey game. I was impressed. She was really good.

The life of Emma Carmichael was celebrated at the East Chop Tennis Club on Sunday, July 26. The Reverend Cathlin Baker presided over the service. The clubhouse was packed.

Saturday July 18 was an exciting day at the East Chop Tennis Club. Between sets in the men’s singles finals (Mark Willis eventually defeated Zach Wooster 6-3, 6-4), Court one was dedicated to J. Bushnell Richardson Jr.

What a first date! In 1981 Skip Ivison took his future wife Leigh to a small restaurant in Chadds Ford, Pa. On the way home from the restaurant, Skip asked Leigh what she would like to do next. “Let’s drive to Martha’s Vineyard,” Leigh replied.

I have come to think of it as our Amherst connection. It began 15 or 20 years ago when our nephew Wes Dripps was a geology major at Amherst College. Craig and Betsy Dripps, Wes’s parents, became friends with one of Wes’s professors, Dr. Anna Martini, a hydrologist. She was looking for a field trip for her students, and Craig had the perfect project. Crystal Lake.

Walkers along East Chop Drive have watched the Stockton home being reconditioned for three years, and speculated on the new owners. I was thrilled to meet them this winter and to learn that they are as interesting as the beautiful home they have recreated.

Several East Choppers met informally on Saturday, Feb. 21 on the 8:15 a.m. boat. Of course we talked about all the snow on the Vineyard; but we were shocked when we arrived in Lincoln, Mass., and tried to find St. Anne’s Episcopal Church, hidden amidst eight-foot snow drifts. We were headed for Bart Skeen’s memorial service.