Henry David Thoreau’s residency, starting in 1845, in a 10-by-15-foot shack next to Walden Pond for two years, two months, and two days is generally considered by scholars as a […]
Inner Voices
Summer of '43
Little Joe Gould Arrives in Truro
A child’s life becomes less normal when a bohemian comes to town
little joe gould has lost his teeth and doesn’t know where to find them(and found a secondhand set which click)little gould used to amputate his appetite with bad brittle candy […]
Metaphysics
A Sense of Place
Taking care of internal business
Places that matter can help define us. For much of my life, the Outer Cape has molded a substantial piece of my inner being. My folks were renters, then residents […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Winter Retreat
A week to recast intentions
A winter retreat to warmer climes may be in the cards as the Sun, idling on the cusp of fun-loving Aquarius and escapist Pisces, shines in the 5th and […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Paper Hearts, Beware
A week for love’s beginnings and endings
Romantic shakeups — and even breakups — set the mood for Valentine’s week. The Sun shines in the 5th House of Love and Expression while lover Venus conjuncts healer Chiron […]
LOOKING BACKWARD
The Black Tiger: Lessons From the History of the Drug Trade
The laws of economics suggest that the cannabis bubble may burst
Edmund Burke, among others, warned that those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. So a bit of history is in order in these times when many people […]
METAPHYSICS
The Short-Lived Loves of Local Squid
While males get distracted, females sneak in multiple mates
Squid appeared maybe 700 million years ago. They predate everything we think of as ancient — sharks, fish, and even trees. But they don’t predate sex. That invention happened about […]
SKETCHBOOK
East Harbor, North Truro
East Harbor, North Truro by Mark Adams
UNIMPEACHABLE
What Free Speech Looks Like
Photography by Jamie Demetriou
YES WE CANNABIS
Not Your Mama’s Marijuana
An avid pothead finds what she wants on Commercial Street
After months of riveting social media debates about oligarchs and the forthcoming invasion of “dumb stoners,” legal weed has arrived on Cape Cod. Curaleaf, Provincetown’s first recreational marijuana dispensary, opened at […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Provincetown Identity
It’s about beauty, differentness, and openness — but mainly it’s the people
I have always loved Provincetown. From my very first day here, well over 50 years ago, I knew I belonged. I remember a long-ago conversation with the (late) cartoonist Howie […]
SUGGESTION BOX
Things You Can Do in February
“Things You Can do in February” by Mary DeAngelis
teacake's take
Groundhog Day
Charlie
“Charlie” by Mary DeAngelis
Eight Solid Ideas for Reducing Waste
Shifting the way we think about trash and recycling
Throughout Barnstable County, the Commonwealth, and the country, municipalities are struggling with the very real issue of too much trash with no place to put it, and the accompanying increase […]
