The dramatic loss of affordable housing on the Outer Cape has been called a “crisis” for more than 30 years. Naming it a crisis has not slowed the market forces […]
Inner Voices
VIGNETTE
Mom, Dad, Please
STEAMERS
The Metamorphosis
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Old News: An Informal Study
The attitudes of the aging, from grumpy to giddy
It is often said that old age is not for sissies. Although I know quite a few old sissies, I generally agree. Old age is no joke. I firmly believe […]
INCIDENTALLY
Puppy Love
When I encountered some sunrise watchers who were not usually at Longnook Beach at 6 a.m. on a Sunday, I apologized for my nine-month-old Aussie, who was excitedly barking at […]
VIGNETTE
Run Local
STEAMERS
Pumpkin Spice Drag
KEEPING WATCH
We Are Not the Apex of Creation
Reflections of a retired English teacher
Ponder the improbability of it all. Instead of barren rock, lifeless water, and gaping nothingness, there is a planetary ecosystem teeming with a nearly incomprehensible number of protean life forms, […]
VIGNETTE
Just Visiting
STEAMERS
Baggage
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Waiting for the Storm
Imagining what will happen when our turn comes
Do you remember that scene from Hitchcock’s The Birds when a flock of crows silently swoops into a deserted playground — first one, then a few more, and then many […]
HISTORY
Remembering the Hurricane of 1938
85 years ago, an unprecedented disaster hit New England
Sept. 21 is the 85th anniversary of the great Hurricane of 1938, considered the most destructive storm in the recorded history of New England. It followed a path that hurricanes […]
TAKING BACK CHILDHOOD
Why Babies Shouldn’t Be Looking at Screens
New evidence that infants and toddlers are hurt by excessive exposure
A couple of years after smartphones became popular, my friend Joyce told me a story I found troubling. She had recently been on a city bus, sitting in an aisle […]
