We each tumble into birth somewhere on this planet, and many of us just stay put. In fact, for most of human history the vast majority of people lived and […]
Inner Voices
NO-COMPLAINT DEPT.
The Ambient Music of Provincetown
From daybreak to late at night, the mixed-up sounds of a neighborhood
British composer and self-styled “nonmusician” Brian Eno has recorded several albums of “ambient music.” In the liner notes for his Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978), he wrote that ambient […]
INCIDENTALLY
Traffic Delay
Driving down Depot Road in Truro, I saw ahead a small boxlike shape in the road. Slowly pulling closer, I saw that it was a box turtle crossing the road. […]
VIGNETTE
Clearing Out
STEAMERS
Crud is in the Air
RAISING THE RTE
A Deeply Flawed Process
Next time, it could be your concerns that are dismissed
The Provincetown Select Board at its last meeting on Aug. 28 dramatically increased the residential tax exemption (RTE) from 25 percent (where it had held steady for several years) to […]
VIGNETTE
Tickets
STEAMERS
Boss Fight
LOCAL COLOR
Augustitis
WATERCOLOR
Mugshot
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Being With Whales
Why are people so drawn to these wild creatures?
You know what you’re doing, but do you know why you’re doing it? How often do we really think about our actions? How conscious are we of our motivation? We […]
INCIDENTALLY
Emotional Minimalism
When my now-35-year-old son, Jesse, was 18 months old I carried him out onto the flats at the Audubon Sanctuary. It was a warm September day, gray sky, gray sand, […]
VIGNETTE
Business Unusual
STEAMERS
Buggins the Conqueror
SANCTUARY
The Peace of Ponds
Leaving the sturm und drang of our burning world behind
When the various weights of our world press at my shoulders, I head to one of Wellfleet’s hidden ponds. At the parking lot at Great, as children yelp and harried […]
