Inner Voices
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
On the Edge
What is legal in our society is not always ethical
Sometimes the truth of a story is found between the lines, between the words, even. Not that the words are not true, but that there is a larger truth behind […]
VIGNETTE
Winter Sales
ACTIVISM
Fannie Lou Hamer
“Righteousness exalts a nation. Hate just makes people miserable,” was one of Fannie Lou Hamer’s mantras. She fought passionately against attempts to deny Black people the right to vote. Born […]
ON POLITICS
The Death of Democracy and Capitalism
We live in a system that no longer serves citizens’ needs
Our two most significant institutions, democracy and capitalism, exist today in name only. Our political system has abandoned us, and our economic system has consumed us. Politics and social media […]
VIGNETTE
Ennui
UP A CREEK
Missed Connections
Love found, sometimes, in unexpected places
“The winter is so very cold, and dark, and when the dog leaves the bed to bark at the extended squirrel family in the attic, it leaves me colder, and […]
LOVE NOTES
Four-Legged Valentines, Plus Two Chickens
COUNTY LINE
Dividing the ARPA Millions
Helping neighbors who are having a hard time is a priority
Forty-two million dollars sounds like a pile of money. Until it gets divided up. Across the Cape this month, the glint of federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds has […]
ACTIVISM
Daisy Bates
Daisy Gatson Bates was a newspaper publisher whose Arkansas State Press was dedicated solely to the coverage of the civil rights movement. In it, she and her husband, Lucius Christopher […]
VIGNETTE
Patchwork
STEAMERS
Waste Management
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
White Christmas Dreams
Provincetown winters — and much else — are not what they used to be
In December, I kept hearing the familiar Irving Berlin tune: “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know….” Of course, what we had was […]
VIGNETTE
Extra Cheese
SPECIAL DELIVERY
Suggestions From a Mail Enthusiast
She wants you to raise those little flags on your mailbox
I love my job. I get to deliver mail to people in the town where I live in all its splendor, all year round. The summer traffic is intense, and […]
