Inner Voices
STEAMERS
Never Pick Up Strange Animals
OP-ED
Six Hours of Suspense
Taking heart in South Korea’s resistance to martial law
I have gotten a dose of much-needed inspiration from what just happened in South Korea. In case you missed it, the political opposition there joined with members of President Yoon […]
VIGNETTE
Ducks in a Row
STEAMERS
Filter Bubble
KEEPING WATCH
How to Find Respite in a Topsy-Turvy World
Reflections of a retired English teacher
My old friend and colleague Marty at Blair Academy in New Jersey wrote the other day, saying, “Hope I can outlive this mess” and asking how I’m faring. I wrote […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Time Rolls On in Lopes Square
It’s really a rectangle and, in summer, a six-ring circus
If MacMillan Wharf is the heart of Provincetown, then surely Lopes Square is its aorta, where thousands of visitors surge, pulse, and begin their journey into town. After their stays, […]
VIGNETTE
The Thanksgiving
STEAMERS
The Un-Cival Body Politic
OP-ART
Postcard to the Scientists
VIGNETTE
Private Hunting Area
STEAMERS
Stop & Forage
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Getting the Name Right
It’s about basic common decency
Many years ago, in that time before cell phones, I was driving up Route I-95 when a familiar voice came on the radio singing “With a Little Help From My […]
OP-ED
Finding My Bearings
How grief and gratitude can coexist
Like so many others, I’m trying to find my bearings, my way forward. One moment, I’m ready for action, for the resistance (again), ready to fight Trump (again), but then […]
