This is all about time for reflection. I think that is why we party so much this time of year. More so than in spring, we are revaluating the past and making resolutions for the future.

In this season of sharing and caring, which I think shouldn’t be a season but year-round, I had the most delightful surprise last night.

Happy Hanukkah. So many are gearing up for the holidays. Catch the community sing on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.

Patience and Fortitude. They greeted me almost every day for years when I lived in Manhattan and worked at the Lincoln Building.

The Island was crowded with visitors for the long Thanksgiving weekend. My favorite thing is to see our young students returning to see family and friends.

My annual tradition is to present my wish list to Santa by Thanksgiving weekend. Pull up a chair, get your coffee or wine, have your checkbooks and credit cards ready.

Perhaps the person I think about most this time of year is Isabella White, that fabulous woman who graced our shores from Scotland.

I have been working on a photo book for years now. It is a very sad undertaking.

No one can dispute the imagination and invention of the students at our charter school. Yet again they have delighted our town with their display of scarecrows.

I'm still getting used to Island living. I actually walked on a beach for the first time in three years. Sand in my shoes.