Commentary
STEAMERS
More Stop Than Shop
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Hilde Oleson: An Appreciation
She taught us that we need each other
As the days get shorter and the nights colder, many of our summer visitors leave. As fall progresses into deep winter, even more abandon us. What is left is a […]
STEAMERS
Didn’t Hold the Pickle
URGENT CARE
Provincetown’s Moors Are Dying
Action is needed as purple crabs make the West End marsh disappear
As a longtime visitor to Provincetown, I have been nourished in many ways by its natural and cultural beauty, but nothing here has touched me as deeply as the salt […]
VIGNETTE
Book Signing
SKETCHBOOK
September
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Living in Play Land
The importance of time spent with no purpose
A couple of weeks ago, I stood on an East End beach looking out at the harbor and the bay beyond. I saw, all at the same time, the Dolphin […]
COUNTY LINE
An Ominous Drought
We may need to rethink our expectations of annual rainfall
This was written in a dune shack in the Province Lands, where, on the day we arrived, the well was not pumping any water. We rationed our limited supply. Until […]
STEAMERS
Future Cape Cod Cookout
VIGNETTE
Pot Luck
Inspired by reports received by the Indie’s editors of items left behind by summer visitors, ranging from an Italian vermouth to a half-empty bag of marshmallows, a tin of caviar, […]
QUEER ‘I’
Ta-Ta for Now to All That
A writer reflects on returning to Provincetown after a year away
It is a showy move to begin a personal essay with a Virginia Woolf quote, but I am a showy person. So, here is Woolf: “What does it mean, then? […]
VIGNETTE
Pied-à-terre
STEAMERS
Happy Labor Day
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Reflections on Carnival 2022
Provincetown witnesses the exuberance of emancipation
One day a few years ago, I sat in the office of Provincetown’s director of public works. I saw on the wall what can only be termed a flow chart: […]
