The notion of an advice columnist brings up strange memories. There’s Nathanael West’s Miss Lonelyhearts, the dark novella about a Depression-era newspaper columnist who is driven mad by the horrific […]
Archives for 2022
IN THE STUDIO
Margot Stage Brings the Discarded Back to Life
After a career in radio journalism, Stage finds joy in telling a different kind of story
EASTHAM — Margot Stage had a career in public radio as a producer for WGBH in Boston where she worked primarily with words and sounds, creating stories by combining interview […]
TV OR NOT TV
The Season for Streaming
What to watch with the family — or get cozy with when you need some alone time
Picks by Independent staff and contributors Drink Masters, Netflix When I was a kid, the best part of Thanksgiving was always raiding my uncle’s liquor cabinet. (It was the ’70s. […]
LINE BREAK
Pilgrims in Provincetown
Robert Strong queries colonial legacy on the Outer Cape
The overlapping stories of the Outer Cape are so thick and rich that it’s hard to hear them all: Nauset and Wampanoag people, Viking explorers, Basque fishermen, other European explorers, […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for November 23, through December 1, 2022
Suzette Lebenzon’s Mystical Wellfleet In Suzette Lebenzon’s Broken Heart Mending at Lieutenant Island, a crow flies above a winding road that extends into a fantastically colored night sky. The road […]
VIGNETTE
Selfie With Turkey
STEAMERS
Freedom from Want
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Giving Thanks Is the First Step
Sometimes you have to separate the hype from the essentials
Let’s face it: most of us are not walking around feeling thankful; it’s just not in our nature. We more often concentrate on what we don’t have than what we […]
ENCOUNTERS
Making Space at the Table
A Thanksgiving with Afghan refugees embodied the spirit of the holiday
Last year I celebrated Thanksgiving in the Hyannis home of my friends David and Paloma McLardy, immigrants from Scotland and Spain, respectively. They put a few tables together in their […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Thankfully, It’s Sagittarius Season
The better for giving and receiving the gift of gratitude
Unbutton and relax, you cosmic cranberries. With a four-planet stellium in soft-bellied Sagittarius, Thanksgiving Day hits the spot. Feel free to go back for seconds. Coasting on the unseen beams […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Unsung Musicians
The front page of last Friday’s New York Times had a fascinating story headlined “When Climate Talks Stall, She’ll Find the Words.” It was about Sue Biniaz, a veteran attorney […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Nov. 24, 2022
From George F. Davis, M.D. and John A. Wolf
Wellfleet’s Town Seal To the editor: There must be some mistakes in your article “Wellfleet Select Board Says ‘No’ to a New Town Seal” [Nov. 10, page A6]. It is […]
OBITUARY
Edith McGuinness, 88
Edith C. McGuinness died peacefully at Brooksby Village in Peabody on Nov. 17, 2022. She had struggled with Alzheimer’s disease, surrounded by loving family, for several years. She was 88. […]
OBITUARY
Gail Guilford, 82, of Hartford and Eastham
Gail Lida Widdison Guilford of Eastham died at Pleasant Bay Nursing Center in Brewster on Nov. 11, 2022 with her husband, Gill, at her side. She was 82. Gail was […]
OBITUARY
Cuban Émigré Oscar Armando Montejo Dies at 91
Oscar Armando Montejo died peacefully on Nov. 7, 2022 in Kauai, Hawaii with his son Oscar at his side. He was 91. Oscar was born on Aug. 30, 1931 in […]
