The ungainly spider crab out on our tidal flats decorates its carapace with bits of seaweed, the better to camouflage itself and enhance its role as an ambush predator. Several […]
Commentary
VIGNETTE
Feeling the Breeze
STEAMERS
Lib-Hard
VIGNETTE
Booked in Advance
STEAMERS
A Head of its Time
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Requiem for the Beech
What will we do when these eminently huggable trees are gone?
There is a sadness in Provincetown’s East End Dwyer Woods today. It is a beautiful morning, with bright sunshine and enough breeze to make the mosquitos work for their blood […]
VIGNETTE
Pollen Angel
STEAMERS
The Province Lakes
VIGNETTE
Down at the Pier
STEAMERS
Getaway
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
What Would Dune Charlie Have Said?
The proposed shack leasing rules put profit over preservation
Exactly 50 years ago, I met Charlie Schmid, or Dune Charlie, as he was known. He was what might have once been called a hermit, living by himself with his […]
VIGNETTE
The Chickendales
STEAMERS
Destination Bus Stop
WATERCOLOR
Invisible Family
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
On Reading Moby-Dick
The annual library marathon symbolizes entry into a community of believers
Of all the human shortcomings I can think of, the one that irks me most is complacency. Of course, a healthy sense of self is a positive thing, but being […]
