I have always said the summer season goes by in three blinks of the eye. The first time you blink, Memorial Day is gone; the second time, the Fourth of July […]
Archives for 2020
MEET THE MAKER
The Tiny Pricks Project Is a Stitch
Textile artists use the president’s own words to needle him
The Tiny Pricks Project began in 2018 when Diana Weymar, a Canadian-born, Princeton-educated textile artist, heard the current president say, “I am a very stable genius,” and found herself stitching […]
MATCH
Provincetown Tennis Closes Out Tournament
PROVINCETOWN — The Provincetown Tennis Club (PTC) finished up its members tournament last week. Maria Cirino defeated Judy Mencher in two sets, 6-2, 6-3, in the women’s singles final, while […]
COCKTAIL HOUR
Memories of Citrus Season Stir a Paloma
Mix grapefruit, tequila, and lime for a toast to Mexico
There have been years, like the ones when we had our restaurant in Provincetown, when I did not think a lot about the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, where […]
UNSOLVED MYSTERY
You’ve Got Gail
Trying to escape the notorious RMV road tester is no sure thing
Fail Gail. The epithet strikes fear in the hearts of high schoolers, yet no one seems to know her real name. I am speaking, of course, of the infamous road […]
WIND
PYC Season Crown Rides on Last Race
Drama on the water as Snark comes up with last-minute win
PROVINCETOWN — The Provincetown Yacht Club crammed three races and a party into Labor Day Weekend — and with just a week left in the summer racing season, the PYC […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
John Y. Newcomb, Wellfleet’s Most Famous Oysterman
Thoreau’s visit with the Rabelaisian resident of Williams Pond
Even before there was a written Wellfleet history, there were Wellfleet oysters. We know that indigenous peoples savored them raw, smoked, roasted, steamed, and dried, because of the massive shell […]
BODY/MIND
In the Spirit of Sangha, Don’t Go It Alone
With Covid depleting our social capital, mutual aid is good for your health
“See you Friday night at Sangha!” Hugh said to me on the way out the door. I looked at the schedule on the back of my manual and sure enough: […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Sept. 8, included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
When Action Stalls, Check Your Motivation
Mars is going retrograde, but you don’t have to follow
As the summer begins to wane, so, too, can our sense of motivation, especially now, as Mars goes retrograde. A rarer celestial event than Mercury’s three or four retrogrades a […]
NO CONTACT
Fall Sports to Play in Two Seasons
Football, cheerleading, and volleyball competition is pushed to February
EASTHAM — Nauset fall sports will be a completely different game this year. The Cape & Islands League Executive Board voted last week to allow boys golf, cross country, boys […]
ADMINISTRATION
Truro Hopes No. 4 Is the Charm
Select board passes over Sean O’Brien again for town manager job
TRURO — After Robert Wood, the top town manager candidate, and the select board could not agree on salary and benefits, the board met on Sept. 4 to weigh its […]
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
State Flag and Seal Question Is on Wellfleet, Truro Warrants
Critics call the coat of arms an emblem of white supremacy
For more than 100 years, Massachusetts has used as its state seal a colonial swordsman’s disembodied arm brandished over a Native American. The same coat of arms has also been […]
CURRENTS
This Week in Provincetown
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. Go to provincetown-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. Thursday, Sept. 10 Animal Welfare Committee, 12 noon Public Pier Corp., 2 p.m. Provincetown […]
CURRENTS
This Week in Truro
Meetings Ahead Meetings are held remotely. To watch live, go to truro-ma.gov and follow the “helpful link” to Truro Channel 18. Thursday, Sept. 10 Climate Change Action Committee, 10 a.m. Housing Authority, […]
