The next Chappy Community Center potluck dinner will be hosted by Leslie Floyd on Wednesday evening, March 7. Appetizers and conversation from 6 to 6:30. Dinner and dessert from 6:30 to 8. Please bring a dish of your choice to serve six. There always seems to be a well-rounded feast. A few decades back the potlucks were often attended by only a dozen people in the dead of winter. At least a couple of times we all brought desserts. As the cake, brownies and ice cream disappeared, the kids got more rambunctious and the adult conversation became more animated and sincere.
Parkland, Fla. sure seems like a long way away. Most places and events seem to be a safe distance away from Martha’s Vineyard. Chapppaquiddick feels even more remote from what we often refer to as the real world.
By the middle of the day last Wednesday the forecast for the storm had become so threatening that we started telling ferry travelers that we probably wouldn’t be able to run at all the next day.
Sunday is New Year’s Eve. Many decades ago there was a group of lively somewhat young year-round adults on Chappy who seemed to have unlimited energy for staying up late.
