For Christmas this year my sisters made me a booklet of photos and memories of my parents, Russell Ethan Wells and Polly Eldridge Curtis.

This last blizzard really gave me a feeling of the dead-of-winter. I had not sensed that for the past half decade or so.

Several of our Chappaquiddick-raised first year college and university students were home for the holidays.

Out of curiosity, I dialed 911 from my cell phone while standing on the deck of my house at number 4 North Roger Road.

My granddaughter and I drove to Boston last Sunday for a performance of Bach Christmas compositions.

Over the past quarter of a century the Chappaquiddick Community Center has grown to become the heart of the Chappy community.

The Chappy Community Center Christmas tea will be Sunday, Dec. 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. Thanks to Joanne Brine for her willingness to host the tea. She will need bakers to make tea sandwiches and/or baked goods.

Every year the Chappy Community Center hosts a potluck supper to honor the Chappy ferry captains and deckhands.

The sudden cold weather that brought the first sleet of the season to Chappaquiddick reminds me of a Thanksgiving several decades ago.

As far as I know the last time a baby was born on Chappaquiddick was back in the mid-seventies.