A New Beginning

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DONALD VIERA, A NATIVE OF MARTHA’S VINEYARD, MASSACHUSETTS, IS IS THE YOUNGEST CHILD OF A FAMILY OF SIX CHILDREN. HIS SIBLINGS INCLUDE TWO BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. THOUGH HE LIVED ON “THE VINEYARD” FOR A FEW YEARS, HIS HEART BELONGS IN NORTH FAIRHAVEN, MA, WHERE HE HAS LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE. DON SERVED TWO YEARS ACTIVE DUTY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY, STATIONED IN GERMANY, AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AT THE END OF HIS TERM. DON AND HIS WIFE, SHIRLEY, HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS, A SON, SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN AND FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. AMONG MANY OF HIS INTERESTS ARE WOODWORKING, SPORTS AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN SPINNING TALES. AT LOW TIDE YOU WILL BE SURE TO FIND HIM DOWN BY THE WATER DIGGING FOR QUOHOGS (HARD SHELL CLAMS). DONALD HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL NOVELS, AS WELL AS CHILDREN’S STORIES. HIS BOOK, “SMOKE RINGS”, HAS BEEN PUBLISHED. HIS WRITTEN POEM, “NO MATTER THE TIME”, HAS ALSO BEEN PUBLISHED. IN HIS WRITINGS, DON LIKES TO IMPLEMENT REAL LIFE SITUATIONS HOPING PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THE STORIES. DON VIERA BELIEVES THAT EVERYONE HAS A STORY TO TELL, AND HERE IS ONE OF HIS.