Sheila McHugh Hazell and Emerson Hazell of Edgartown, announce the birth of a son, Myles Bishop Hazell, born on Feb. 14.

This will ruffle some feathers.

I love when it warms up after a couple of snowy days and the snow gives itself back up to the atmosphere. The foggy mist is a welcome calm.

About 40 years ago, Virginia Gassel asked me to build her a coffin. She had heard that Scott Nearing, that original “back to the land” guy up in Cape Rosier, Me. actually slept on top of his.

Mother Nature is keeping us on our toes this winter. Now she has thrown in the wind to add to all the other winter weather.

This feels to me like the longest winter ever. Not because of the amount of snow we have had — hardly any and it has vanished quickly.

Last year, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that Golden Bull and its president owe Mr. Silva more than $200,000. In the more than seven months since the ruling, Mr. Silva has not received any money and the court hasn’t been able to get in touch with his former employer.

A new restaurant partnership is preparing to reinvent the long-vacant Golden Bull steakhouse in Vineyard Haven as a pair of casual eateries: MV Tap and Vineyard Caribbean Cuisine.

We have no adoptions to report this week but our pets of the week are Molly and Mia, two very friendly Guinea Pigs.

In the 60’s I marched against the Vietnam War. In the 70’s I voted against a corrupt President.