As I write this the weatherman is reporting record breaking heat wave in Massachusetts, but am relieved to see we are in the green and not going to be affected.

Is Miss Rumphius responsible?

The northward migration is over for all practical purposes and now all birds in the northern hemisphere are nesting and raising their next generation.

This is the week to be grateful for living on the Vineyard.

Michael Ehrenberg and Donna Richman purchased 5 Stillpoint Meadows Road in West Tisbury from Cynthia Cavanaro and William Cavanaro for $5,300,000 on June 14.

“Black as ink” / A simile just right / Yet as a metaphor, / “Inkwell” takes flight / More than a beach / On the Vineyard’s shore / This enduring icon / Transcends ocean waves.

Sydney Bierman, 21, of Chilmark, was arraigned on June 3 charges in Chilmark of operating under the influence of liquor and negligent operation of a motor vehicle. Her bail was set at $100 and she has a pretrial hearing July 11.

This week Sam Permar wrapped filming on his original short film, Tick, a dark satire of the Island’s tick-borne illness epidemic. His sister Tessa was by his side as producer, choreographer and nearly everything else.

This Sunday, the Katharine Cornell Theatre will be vibrating with rap, hardcore and more from three rising Vineyard musical acts.

Harriet Bernstein feels the Island is a haven for creativity. She has been coming to the Vineyard since she was five years old, moved to West Tisbury permanently in 1997, and now has her first solo art exhibit.