During a morning surf, a young surfer-girl caught a big set wave. She scrambled to paddle as it reared up and hollowed. She made a late critical drop and disappeared […]
Archives for April 2022
THE ESSENTIALS
Finding Renewal in the Garden
Herbs, violets, and early vegetables for the spring holidays
Clearing dead leaves and debris off the vegetable and herb beds on one of the first truly warm afternoons of this spring, I’m amazed to find that lemon balm and […]
MOVEMENT
A 15-Minute Core Workout That Gets Beyond the Belly
Stability exercises are subtle but powerful strengtheners
If you read my 15-minute workout advice this winter, you know what’s coming. I promised to add a core routine to those basic upper- and lower-body programs. An effective set […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
Living on the Eminence
By the lighthouse, the Smalls welcomed Henry David Thoreau to Truro
“These are the Highlands of Cape Cod, the most dangerous point on the Cape,” wrote Shebnah Rich in his landmark Truro history. “No place, perhaps, has witnessed more shipwrecks, and […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, April 12 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Take a Walk on the Pink Side of the Moon
A Libra lunation has us blushing in our blossoms
April’s full Moon, the Pink Moon, is in lovely Libra this week. That, coupled with the energy of the Jupiter-Neptune connection described previously, means you may find yourself seeing the […]
SENATORS SPEAK
Cyr and Moran Sway Assembly to Step Back
A regional process will continue for county’s ARPA millions
BARNSTABLE — Right up until the day of the vote, it looked like the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates was going to steamroll the County Commissioners’ opposition to distributing $20 […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Lacrosse Beats Catholic Memorial
A weekly preview of Nauset High sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys baseball team got its first win of the season on April 7 after several scrimmages and games were postponed to start the season. The team […]
PROVINCETOWN: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
VSB Reflects on Town Meeting
Some meetings in Provincetown are in person, some are online, and some are both. Click on the meeting you want to attend on the calendar at provincetown-ma.gov for a link to an […]
TRURO: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Conduct Complaint
Most meetings in Truro are remote. Go to truro-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch. The agenda includes instructions on how to join. Thursday, April 14 Climate […]
WELLFLEET: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
Planning Board Posts
Most meeting in Wellfleet are remote only, but some are being held in person. Go to wellfleet-ma.gov and click on the meeting you want to watch, then follow the instructions […]
EASTHAM: THIS WEEK'S CURRENTS
A Suicide Prevention Film
Most meetings are being held in person, but some are still remote or virtual. Go to eastham-ma.gov/calendar-by-event-type/16 and click on the meeting you are interested in to learn about meeting […]
WRITERS
Vedran Husić Is Searching for Meaning
The returning FAWC fellow writes of love and grief
“This place will always be a part of my life, more so than I ever imagined,” says the writer Vedran Husić. “The work that I’m doing here is so meaningful […]
BOOK REVIEW
Landscape as ‘Poetic Space’
How artists and thinkers influenced America and its politics
Considering the origins of the Cape Cod National Seashore in 1961 doesn’t usually bring Ralph Waldo Emerson, the 19th-century transcendentalist, to mind. Or artists, either. In local imagination, the origin […]
ALBUM REVIEW
Just Listening With Mike Flanagan
His new album with Lisa Bello is a tribute to ‘third musketeer’ Justin Waithe
If you walk into Provincetown’s Tin Pan Alley or The Club in the evening, you’re likely to hear Mike Flanagan’s fingers on the piano or the sound of his saxophone. […]
