I first saw Provincetown when I was 16. I came for a few hours with my parents on my father’s highlighter-yellow boat, a midlife-crisis acquisition we rarely made use of. […]
Commentary
VIGNETTE
Change of Seasons
STEAMERS
Pilgrim Envy
VIGNETTE
Plein-Air Minuet
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Future Tourists
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Pilgrims Revisited
Current events ask us to explore the motivations of our ancestors
Nov. 11 was the 403rd anniversary of the arrival of the Mayflower in Provincetown Harbor. For at least the last 120 years, the people of Provincetown have worked to correct […]
VIGNETTE
Spicy Pumpkins
STEAMERS
Beachfront Property
VIGNETTE
Trojan Squirrel
STEAMERS
Street Art
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Identity and Ethnic Specialness
Dehumanizing divisions are tearing our world apart
I can still see the resplendent genuine Sioux war bonnet in the window of Fitch’s Trading Post down on Third Street in Harrisburg, Pa. Even though it has been almost […]