Meanwhile, back here at the department of Life Goes On, where all of us work, it’s no longer business as usual.

The Trustees of Reservations will be hosting a Beach Clean-up this Saturday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to noon to pick up trash and debris on the Wasque and Cape Pogue beaches.

Lately I’m reminded daily of the saying about folks forgetting their history and having to live through it again. I Googled it.

Floyd Norton was soft spoken, exceedingly polite and never once did I hear him interrupt another person while they were speaking. That’s why it was so surprising when he told a risqué joke.

About 40 years ago, Virginia Gassel asked me to build her a coffin. She had heard that Scott Nearing, that original “back to the land” guy up in Cape Rosier, Me. actually slept on top of his.

Good news, the heat is back on in the great room of the Chappy Community Center.

With the constant below-freezing temperatures and the parade of weekly storms, this is beginning to feel like the winters of my childhood.

It’s cold down on the harbor at 15 degrees! I put up a sign at the ferry that says, “Extreme low tempuratures may hamper service.”

This week’s Chappy Community Center potluck has been postponed to Wednesday, Jan. 22.

The next potluck supper is on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at the Chappy Community Center from 6 to 8 p.m.