Commentary
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Robert, the Down East Philosopher
‘We are born into a narrative,’ says a visiting dissident
Most of the philosophers I have ever met have been from Maine. I am not sure why, but they seem to crank them out up there. Perhaps it is their […]
VIGNETTE
Walking With Dogs
CHOOSE YOUR OWN EPITAPH
Low Point on a Winter Mood Swing
VIGNETTE
Sunbath
STEAMERS
Wish You Were Here?
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Life Flows Through Us All
How the living behave and create meaning
On a cold gray day trying to be blue, large blowsy snowflakes swirl out of a pewter sky. There is no wind. The harbor and the bay beyond are calm […]
ANTI-RACISM
The Kids Are Watching Us
Teaching our students how to stand up to bigotry
Last week’s Independent reported the story of a student who withdrew from Nauset Regional High School because of anti-Semitic harassment. An unnamed girl who participated in that harassment was said […]
VIGNETTE
Sending Valentines
STEAMERS
Road Diet
TEACAKE’S TAKE
Valentine’s Day
LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND
The Nearness of Swans
Observing the Royals, sort of
“He that steals the Eggs of Swans out of their nests, shall be imprisoned a Year & a Day, and fined at the King’s Pleasure.” —English Common Law It must […]
VIGNETTE
Cold Snap
WISH YOU WERE HERE
Portrait of February to Share With Your Summer Friends
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Taking Steps on the Breakwater
Much as people love it, the Long Point dike has no useful function
Is there a pile of rocks anywhere in this world as beloved as Provincetown’s West End breakwater? Generations of residents and visitors have clambered over it — it stretches more […]
