A spit of snow! So, can we put the pet friendly ice melt and snow shovels away now? After all, it is New England. Perhaps we should wait till June.

Meanwhile, gang warfare has taken over the planet, and that is exactly what I call that “club,” a gang. Stop calling them terrorists, that imparts too much psychic power to them. They are just gang boys who need real jobs. Call them what they are, jerks. A four letter word that is so fitting. To our brothers and sisters in Belgium, you have our hopes and prayers. Former Tisburian Rachel Rice wrote an interesting paragraph to me and her Facebook friends about us being asked to pray after yet another incident. What are we praying for? Why are we praying after the event? What good will it do us? I would like your input.

The First Baptist Church announces a Sunday morning Easter service at Eastville beach at 9:15 a.m. A continental breakfast follows at the parish hall on William street. A full Alleluia service follows at 11 a.m. inside the church. All are welcome.

Mary Korba of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services announces the second annual on campus Easter egg hunt which honors Island veterans and their families. All are welcome to this free event. The egg hunt begins promptly at 10 a.m. Other festivities will be arts and crafts, music and snacks. Enjoy.

I don’t know what you might be serving Easter morning but Tammy Morrison Glenn, the founder and CEO of Cooking on the Vineyard, sent me a picture of Jamaican breakfast pudding which might be my first attempt for a brunch. Join our club online; just ask Tammy if you can join, she’s very accepting.

Thank you to Ellen O’Brien for sending me the proper mix information for starting tomato plants. Without my best girl, Teri, my farmer friend, I must now reinvent myself with a green thumb.

Our Vineyard Playhouse will be presenting Shakespeare for the Masses on Saturday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 3 at noon. This is a lively stage reading of Richard II and Henry IV, parts one and two. The readings are free, donations are welcome. The show is presented by the lively Playhouse Players with Chris Brophy back on the boards.

Condolences to the family and friends of Mary Marshall who died last week. Mary was a steady and most pleasant person working at our hospital for over 40 years. We miss her.

Get well wishes go out to Lew (Andy) Anderson for his recovery from surgery. Continued get well wishes go out to Patches Kazlauskas, recovering under the watchful eyes of her vet and her loving parents, Kristen and Sue.

The birthday bandwagon pulls along Michael Mortimer on March 25; March 26 is a party for Jay Leno, Liz Owens, Shirley Robinson, Anne Bennett, Jo-Ann Murphy, Ari Rayman Siegler and June Manning; March 28 is for Mike Hebert and Mary Campos; March 29 is shared by Deb Stuart and Sandra Apericida Gomes; March 30 belongs to Eric Clapton, Abigail Chappell and Andrew Nelson.

And on March 31 Laura Alexander and Rachel Pires take the cake. Many happy returns.

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