This letter is to any person, especially Islanders, who use the ferry system.

As I head out to the porch for another armload of wood for the stove, I am reminded of the upside to this truly remarkable winter.

I would think an interesting article could be written about snow removal. Pictures of the piles of snow, say, at the Edgartown Triangle.

Everything that could be said about spring was said last year, not to mention some years before last year, but spring is again a favorite topic.

Edgartown selectmen received complaints last week about the line of vehicles that forms at the ferry to Chappaquiddick, which they say hampers access to their homes and poses a safety hazard in peak season.

At the Polly Hill Arboretum, horticulturalist Ian Jochems has started planting trees in the frozen ground — not living trees, but important stand-ins: tree-shaped panels that make up a traveling outdoor exhibit. Vanishing Acts: Trees Under Threat will be at the Arboretum from mid-March to June.

Tracking Teen Stress

Vineyarders working with teenagers have documented a rise in stress, anxiety and depression among Island youth. In response, the Island Wide Youth Collaborative was formed in 2013 to fill gaps in adolescent mental health services.

Snow, more snow, and a little more snow. It has already snowed three out of four nights this week thus far. Sleet, rain, a little warmer to melt some of the ice and snow and then create a little more ice.

Do you like good writing? Do you like to read? What do you read, Emmanuel Kant, David Berry, Primo Levi, Danielle Steele? All the town columns, the editorials, the letters to the editor?

The Steamship Authority’s Woods Hole terminal reconstruction project will be up for discussion at a special meeting Tuesday on the Vineyard. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the regional high school Performing Arts Center.