Inner Voices
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Our Founding Documents
Ben Franklin and others admired the founding document that unified the Haudenosaunee peoples (who were called the “Iroquois” by the colonists), which some said had influenced the founding of this […]
WELLFLEET HOUSING AND TAXES
‘Creative Destruction’ Is Tearing the Fabric of Community
The short-term-rental tax should be dedicated to addressing the housing crisis
An article directing Wellfleet to dedicate 80 percent of its rooms tax revenue to affordable housing was narrowly defeated — the vote was 90 to 101 — at this year’s […]
VIGNETTE
Good Old Jaws
STEAMERS
Whale Watch
OP-ART
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over it became a butterfly (after Picasso), drypoint and watercolor.
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Reading at the Old Colony
For one night, a sacred watering hole becomes a literary salon
Many years ago, I attended a reading by Michael Cunningham at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. I think he was reading from his then-just-published book, Land’s End. In […]
VIGNETTE
Summer Haircuts
STEAMERS
Dude, Where’s My News?
KEEPING WATCH
The Complexities of Eastham’s Wastewater Problem
Searching for a true community solution
Eastham has not made it easy for residents to vote without reservation for the financing of its Targeted Watershed Management Plan (TWMP). The $170-million cost of the project is an […]
VIGNETTE
Gone Fishing
STEAMERS
Vent Fatigue
WATERCOLOR
All Your Eggs In My Basket
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Waiting Tables
The powdered oyster joke was on me
On a cold night in October more than 50 years ago, the staff at Ciro & Sal’s restaurant was getting ready to close. It was after nine o’clock, there had […]
