Inner Voices
STEAMERS
Lib-Hard
LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND
The Menstrual Minstrel Visits Scotland
Jay Critchley and Lady Tampon Liberty ask, ‘Have we lost our desire for eternity?’
Scotland was the first country in the world to mandate the free provision of period products, and so it was a most fitting place for the second annual conference of […]
INCIDENTALLY
Nanna to Nanna
I took a walk the other morning, setting out from my East End home with a neighbor to catch up, return library books, and get my 10,000 steps in. We […]
VIGNETTE
Booked in Advance
STEAMERS
A Head of its Time
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Requiem for the Beech
What will we do when these eminently huggable trees are gone?
There is a sadness in Provincetown’s East End Dwyer Woods today. It is a beautiful morning, with bright sunshine and enough breeze to make the mosquitos work for their blood […]
HEALING
Remembering a Beloved Pediatrician
A bench at the Wellfleet marina stirs thoughts of Henry Seidel
I have planted three pink geraniums in the flower box next to Dr. Henry Seidel’s memorial bench at the marina overlooking Wellfleet Harbor. They are pink because I remember Dr. […]
INCIDENTALLY
Pretty in Pink
I was the only customer in the Truro Post Office when I pulled my mail out of our box and found it included a large rolled-up Manila envelope. I didn’t […]
VIGNETTE
Pollen Angel
STEAMERS
The Province Lakes
CASUALTIES OF WAR
Veterans Organizations Confront a National Suicide Crisis
For many in the military, asking for help is the biggest challenge
PROVINCETOWN — When Marine Corps veteran Craig Butilier was stationed on Okinawa in 2004, he told a recent meeting of the VFW here, “there were eight suicides in my unit.” […]
VIGNETTE
Down at the Pier
STEAMERS
Getaway
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
What Would Dune Charlie Have Said?
The proposed shack leasing rules put profit over preservation
Exactly 50 years ago, I met Charlie Schmid, or Dune Charlie, as he was known. He was what might have once been called a hermit, living by himself with his […]
