Inner Voices
DECLUTTERING
How Not to Be Buried in Treasure
Seven rules for reducing the stress of having too much stuff
When you get to a certain age, you might find that you have too much stuff. Maybe you downsized and your stuff doesn’t fit in your new home. Maybe your […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
See-Sawing by the Light of the Full Moon in Aries
The time of the season for loving, maybe
This week’s full Moon in Aries on Oct. 9 (this astrologer’s birthday!) comes with a couple of cosmic caveats (wouldn’t you know?). Libra exists on the same axis as Aries; […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Hilde Oleson: An Appreciation
She taught us that we need each other
As the days get shorter and the nights colder, many of our summer visitors leave. As fall progresses into deep winter, even more abandon us. What is left is a […]
STEAMERS
More Stop Than Shop
VIGNETTE
North South
TAKING BACK CHILDHOOD
Straight Talk With Young Children About Racism
Intervening in racist behavior can produce positive change
Racism is deeply rooted in American institutions and life. Children begin early on to internalize messages about race from TV shows and other screen media, toys, books, what they see […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Looking Back at the Lessons of Retrograde
Mercury is in Virgo, where you’ll find the will to move forward
No sooner than is necessary, Mercury finally stations direct from its three-week retrograde right into what astrologers refer to as its “shadow.” Dun dun duuun! This is an important time […]
STEAMERS
Didn’t Hold the Pickle
WATERCOLOR
Queen Bee
URGENT CARE
Provincetown’s Moors Are Dying
Action is needed as purple crabs make the West End marsh disappear
As a longtime visitor to Provincetown, I have been nourished in many ways by its natural and cultural beauty, but nothing here has touched me as deeply as the salt […]
VIGNETTE
Book Signing
SKETCHBOOK
September
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Living in Play Land
The importance of time spent with no purpose
A couple of weeks ago, I stood on an East End beach looking out at the harbor and the bay beyond. I saw, all at the same time, the Dolphin […]
COUNTY LINE
An Ominous Drought
We may need to rethink our expectations of annual rainfall
This was written in a dune shack in the Province Lands, where, on the day we arrived, the well was not pumping any water. We rationed our limited supply. Until […]
