The Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living will hold its third in a series of cultural luncheons focusing on the arts and cultural community of Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday, March 23, at the Grill on Main in Edgartown. The luncheon will be from noon to 2 p.m. and will honor The Martha’s Vineyard Museum. The featured speaker is museum chief curator Bonnie Stacy.

The Martha’s Vineyard youth football team will be hosting an obstacle course benefit for Relay for Life, the annual American Cancer Society walkathon, this Saturday, March 16. In addition to an adventurous obstacle course, there will be a bouncy house, face painting, food, raffles and a DJ.

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum is hosting a reception tonight, March 15, for its latest spotlight gallery. These are short-term galleries devoted to rarely seen collections, new acquisitions and curators’ favorites. The latest spotlight was curated by the museum’s Facebook fans and Twitter followers. Over the past few weeks, these friends have voted on their favorite objects in the museum collection. The winners are now on exhibit.

Ever wonder what all those birders were up to out there in the woods and on the shorelines? Well, master birder Rob Culbert will be teaching a bird identification class beginning March 28. The course will help interested birders identify the Vineyard’s shorebirds, terns, gulls and warblers and other songbirds. The class meets on Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the regional high school. The cost is $81.

To register visit acemv.org.

What to do when you are an organization dedicated to helping the community and wondering how to create a new logo? If you are the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (MVCS), you ask the community.

Welcome to the 2013 Community Logo Contest. Everyone is invited to enter the contest and the winning entry will appear on all internal and external materials of MVCS. Logo entries may be sketched by hand or designed electronically. The deadline for entries is April 5.

Charlie Brown and his human ilk don’t have a monopoly on grieving. While humans have developed elaborate rituals when a loved one dies, we may just be following our instincts.

Emotions lead the way when dealing with death, and some research and observation has shown that we are not alone in our methods of mourning. Animals, too, show signs of sadness.

It’s the season for the ospreys to return, which, along with the arrival of red-winged blackbirds and other migrant icterids and an uptick in birdsong volume and variety, signals a kickstart in bird awareness right about this time each year.

Thanks to everyone for your condolences regarding the death of my mother. I have been doing quite a bit of reflection during the past few weeks.

One good thing about gardening — there is always something to do. It’s wonderful to have an activity that is not only useful but meditative. There is plenty of time in a garden for thinking and enjoying.

A faint comet will appear low in the western sky tonight after sunset but it will be tough to see. Forecasters predict that Comet Pan-STARRS will be harder to find than originally anticipated.

10 Field Club Drive in Edgartown sold for $1,805,000 on March 4.