Inner Voices
SKETCHBOOK
Hummingbird
OP-ED
Writers Against Trump
Aiming to swing the swing states in November
In the middle of August, a group of eight writers, prompted perhaps by chants of “12 more years!” at the Republican National Convention, began an online discussion about finding ways […]
HIGH HOLIDAYS
New Ways to Observe the Days of Awe
Going it alone on Rosh Hashanah 5781
The year 5781 in the Jewish calendar begins this Friday evening, Sept.18. The season is called the Days of Awe, beginning with the two days of Rosh Hashanah, the “head […]
ON THE ROAD
Wild Turkeys
Wild Turkeys by Mary DeAngelis
VIGNETTE
Heading South
Heading South by Daniel Dejean
Dear Thomas Jefferson
Dear Thomas Jefferson by Linda Dujack
THE NEW OLD CAPE COD
You’re Sure to Fall in Love
Plan are underway to build a machine gun range at a Cape Cod base used for training by the Massachusetts Army National Guard. The proposal for Camp Edwards at Joint […]
VIGNETTE
Wellfleet, 7:30 p.m.
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Summer of Our Discontent
Whose heart does not ache in these fearful times?
PROVINCETOWN — Nothing in life is perfect. I woke up this morning unrefreshed. The weather has been too damn hot, even at night. I ran out of full-strength coffee and […]
OP-ED
Walking the Cape Cod Camino
An exercise in reflecting on systemic racism in a privileged community
WELLFLEET — In the middle of the current racism pandemic, many of us who are not black or brown — who do not worry that our sons will be murdered […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
A Lot Gets Revealed by the Light of the Corn Moon
And it’s full in Pisces, so dream on
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon? Or a coyote, maybe? Named by the Algonquin tribe to mark the corn husking season, the Corn Moon, […]
