“These are the times that try men’s souls” was never more true in this nation than now.

Everyone has become contentious. Issues on Island, issues off-Island, is it true a house divided against itself cannot stand? I shall concentrate on the changes going on here on the Rock; someone else will have to straighten out the mess off-Island.

Now it is on to climate change, and if you had been paying attention the last few decades you would have noticed.

Monsoon season! Did any of you take your dinghies down to Five Corners and go rowing? I expect lush lawns and gardens this summer considering the amount of rain we have had.

There is just so much going on, we didn’t have a long winter’s nap at all.

In the ever-shifting face of our Main Street my sources say the Waterside Market building will be a Chinese restaurant.

Our famous book store is on the move again. The Bunch of Grapes will be relocating on Main Street to the building that formerly housed Juliska. Back in the day it was Bramhall and Dunn.

Could the weather get any crazier? Oops, I shouldn’t ask that because then you know it will.

That was the storm that wasn’t, or was it? High winds still caused mayhem. Boats had to run on a trip-by-trip basis.

“Dearest Nancy, thank you for honoring my beloved husband Bob and bringing more attention to the epidemic of cancer that is invading our Island home. I am grateful and will continue to fight the good fight against this beast that is cancer.”