Yes, I am the 10-year-old Ukrainian kid whose parents are trying to shelter from Russian bombs — in my case they were German bombs.

In the early 1970s, I spent summers working at Poole’s Fish Market in Menemsha.

Memories are sparked in many ways, connecting life and lives in circles at times concentric but not always touching.

Robert (Bob) Carter Hayden Jr. died Jan. 23. His serendipitously popular saying, “know your history” dovetails nicely with this Black History Month.