It is the end of October and the flip flops are still out and on. Yes, it is chilly in the morning and the temperature plummets at 3 p.m. like clockwork, but the in-between hours have been just beautiful.

When the big yellow school bus pulled up to Menemsha Beach the other day and a rather large group of young teens disembarked, the situation was clear. We’d been invaded by the British.

This Friday night come to the Chappy Community Center and listen to John O’Toole and friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. $10 donation at the door.

So I will buy a small bag of KitKats and place a pumpkin next to the front door, but it is unlikely that any little space aliens will come to our house on Halloween.

I do not even know why I bothered to put in my contact lenses before watching the Patriots game in the UK last Sunday...and against the Jacksonville Jaguars!

Emmalaine and Ian Murdoch Baker of New York city and Chilmark are pleased to announce the birth of a daughter, Lily Jane Baker, on Sept. 24, at Weill Cornell hospital in Manhattan. Lily is expected to make her first visit to Martha’s Vineyard for Thanksgiving.

The beauty of fall migration is that some migrants unexpectedly persist. Of course daytime temperatures in the low 70s, help.

It’s been downright hot for several days. I overdress in the mornings and by midday, the truck turns into a closet.

Since the end of the Derby has come and gone, it is not the anglers or their escapades that have me pondering poisson.

GE Vernova, the manufacturer of the blades for the wind farm south of the Island, said Wednesday that it intends to remove more turbine blades as a precautionary measure, while taking steps to strengthen others.