I’d just left Chinatown after reclining in a chair for hours inside a state-of-the-art dental school. Each white cubicle featured an oversized nature photo, and all the while I’d been […]
TEACAKE’S TAKE
Tastes Like
FEAR AND TREMBLING
Haiti, I’m Sorry
The island suffers yet another disaster, and again we witness and rage
Haiti I’m sorry We misunderstood you One day we’ll turn our heads And look inside you. —“Haiti,” David Rudder One night in January 2010, I woke to a severe trembling […]
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Summer
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Conservation
Juneteenth: A True Story
TEACAKE'S TAKE
The Six Stages of Boredom
EPISTOLARY HISTORY
The Weight of Prejudice
Ellen LeBow responds to a half-century-delayed apology
Hi Ellen, You probably don’t remember me. We attended Camp Amik together back in the summer of 1968 or 1969. I was working as an au pair and you were […]
TEACAKE'S TAKE
The End
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Thanksgiving 2020
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High School
APPRECIATION
To Peter Watts, Who Captured Wellfleet’s Timeless Luminosity
With thanks from one here, still walking in the landscapes he painted
Thank you, Peter Watts. The loss of any artist is a double shock, as it dawns on us what has ended. Not only will we never again catch his eye, […]
