Hailing from Europe, vinca has become naturalized in this country and is known for its purple-blue salverform flowers, evergreen leaves and tendency to take over.

Sundays are for spider speculations.

I miss pea crabs.

Don’t squash the squills.

An opossum, not a native species on the Island, was caught on the Vineyard last week.

Frog love is loud.

Dr. Alvin F Whittemore of Essex, Connecticut, suspected that alcohol was the answer.

Most of us are not having guests or hosting any sort of gatherings these days, so it was curious that I heard of a recent account of a four-day getaway at a home in West Tisbury.

This is not a poison pen article.

Which weighs more: a bird's bones, or its feathers?