The program for last weekend’s high school production of Willy Wonka included this director’s note: What could be more apropos in February than a musical about becoming the owner of the most magical chocolate factory on earth? Yes, the perfect antidote for cabin fever on the Island, extra helpings of dessert.

And there was a voluptuousness to every aspect of the play. There was a cast of thousands, or so it seemed, as the high school drama department all pitched in ladling out chocolaty goodness in every scene.

Time to Walk Squibnocket

Down on the far southwest side of the Vineyard, Chilmark and Gay Head come together on the map in the form of what looks like a shadow puppet; a calf’s head comes to mind. Look closely, the image is possible. The ear, if you will, curves back around along Lobsterville beach towards Menemsha. At the base of this calf’s neck lies Squibnocket Point.

The art of Michele Jones is now on display at the Oak Bluffs Library Meeting Room. The subject of her work is Martha’s Vineyard; however it is by no means parochial. Her use of color, in particular, gives each painting a universal quality, almost as if she has found a way to render emotions on canvas.

Haiti Slide Show

Harvey Beth and Jeanne Staples have just returned from Haiti and will be showing slides of their trip at the Vineyard Haven Public Library on March 1 at 7 p.m. These are not your typical home movies.

These slides tell the story of Haiti in 2011 as it continues to suffer from the earthquake of 2010. The rebuilding has been very slow. But still, hope is evident as the talk will address.

Health Fair

The annual Martha’s Vineyard Health Fair takes place Saturday, March 12 from 8 a.m. to noon. There will be screenings and exhibits designed to increase awareness about health issues, promote healthy lifestyles and highlight all of the health services and medical programs available on and off the Island.

For more information call 508-693-4645 or visit mvhospital.com.

What to have for lunch — grilled hamburgers or cafeteria food? It was an easy choice for the culinary arts students at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School on Tuesday late morning before they started prep work for a dinner function that night. Ethan Himmel flipped burgers in the kitchen while Carlos Guzman toasted bread in the convection oven and got out cheese.

On Feb. 19, Flip and I were in the Florida Everglades with our old birding friend, Paul Bithorn from Tropical Audubon, coleading a birding trip for Audubon of Martin County. We were leaving the Anhinga Trail where we had seen both dark and light morph short-tailed hawks and purple gallinules when I received a call on the cell phone. It was Edo Potter. She was very excited and proceeded to tell me that her sister, Ruth Welch, had alerted her and Bob that there were four greater white-fronted geese in the pond behind her Chappaquiddick house.

I have been living with an imposter.

After seven years, it was a bit of a shock. I was betrayed by a bulb. Not just any bulb: I thought that this was the one the perfect mate that would bloom year after year with a long, lanky stem and a large stunning flower that never disappoints.

I don’t even know what to call this phony flower, except a disruption to my household.

I take a bit of a walk early in the morning. I always take the same route. Every day there is some tiny sign of impending spring.

At a special town meeting Tuesday, Oak Bluffs voters agreed to deep cuts to balance the budget for the current fiscal year. Voters slashed $249,666 from the budget; the majority of the cuts came from leaving positions unfilled including the town finance director, two teaching aide positions at the Oak Bluffs School, the zoning board of appeals administrator and a heavy equipment operator. A town library reference librarian position was saved after library trustees offered to take $12,000 from other places in their budget.