Sketchbook by Mark Adams
Commentary
STEAMERS
No Normal
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
This, Too, Shall Pass
After the pandemic, what will we have left?
I drove to the Evergreen Cemetery in Eastham the other day to try to see the rare clay-colored sparrow that has been reported there. I didn’t find it, but it […]
Shelter in Place
The new mantra Find a shelter How easily demanded by those in power Stay there Open yourself to alone Become someone else now Someone who can live Without order Or […]
NATURA VIVA
Helleborus
“Helleborus” by Natalie Van Staden
VIGNETTE
Ark
“Ark” by Daniel Dejean
SUGGESTION BOX
“Suggestion Box” by MDA.
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Deep Time and This Day
What do we owe to the distant future?
I have been invited to participate in a (virtual) panel discussion at Ian Edwards’s Art-Science-Climate Broto conference scheduled for May 16-17 in Provincetown. The topic is “Deep Time and Climate […]
TEACAKE’S TAKE
The Riddle of the Mask
STEAMERS
Clamelot
“Clamelot” by A. Crock
IN AND OUT
Geoff
Observations of humans as they come and go from our town
ESSAY
If the Suit Fits
When Norman left his new outfit at Molly’s and Mary’s house
Norman Mailer’s new suit was hanging up in the Provincetown home of my employer, Molly Malone Cook, and her partner, the poet Mary Oliver. Molly and Mary were at that […]
DUNE TOWN
Lingo and its Discontents
Drawing by Daniel Dejean
STEAMERS
Clam-splaining
“Clam-splaining” by A. Crock