There haven’t been many rainy days on Chappy this summer. Some sprinkles, but frugally distributed like a greedy ice cream vendor. I suspect most are okay with this paltry precipitation, and I like the sunshine as much as the next guy, but I need my rainy days. Firstly, my grass children tend to thrive when their home is wet, and I love my green kids, so I am happy when they’re happy. Secondly, and moreover, I need the excuse to go dark, to hunker down with a book — held captive by the forbidding closeness of nature.

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I was able to bail Nonna out of the United Hebrew of New Rochelle rehab facility on Monday. Heartfelt thanks go out from us to her entire team that put her back together and polished her up for a Vineyard summer. Michael Bobrowski, her social worker, goes above and beyond for every person under his care. Home we are, a few home visits of physical therapy, and we are on the road again to join you. Polish up your martini shakers!

Chilmark is alive and well and having a good time! We had a huge weekend with summer pleasures being experienced all around us. I hope the beach folk took advantage of the beach bus shuttle. I heard a boat brought in a large haul of yellowfin tuna to Menemsha on the weekend.

Because the recent announcement of a long-awaited nuclear accord with Iran happens to coincide with the publication of my book, The Overthrow of the Persian Peacock Throne, I am compelled to comment.

We aren’t shopping yet, but my wife and I are definitely thinking about getting another dog. We really miss our yellow lab, Floyd.

“The Bethel” is what the village calls it, and the bethel it is, although something much more than that as well.

I’ve spent a lot of time on a lot of sailboats. I have read about them and talked about them with naval architects and boat builders. But I still don’t understand most advertisements for them.

Over the past three years, over 30 states have introduced bills or ballot initiatives to require the labeling of genetically engineered foods.

I am writing to inform you of a traffic hazard on Ocean avenue, the street which bends in a semi-circle around the bandstand in Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs.