Inner Voices
STEAMERS
Starving for Art
ZONATIONS
More Perfect Unions
Workers’ associations can be a democratic force for good
In Michigan, the United Auto Workers was the quintessential labor union. We breathed cars and trucks, and our economy rose and fell in direct correlation to auto sales. Every family […]
WATERCOLOR
On Acorn Hill
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Over the Bridge
Two weekend trips to a foreign country
I believe I have mentioned my fierce love of Provincetown. I believe, too, that I am not unique in this respect. Indeed, one of the defining attributes of people on […]
VIGNETTE
Orange Season
STEAMERS
Silence of the Clams
VIGNETTE
Heading South
THIS WAS ENOUGH
The Summer and Winter Wetus of Our Predecessors
People of the First Light migrated with the seasons
We are moving deeply into November, the month now recognized as containing the National Day of Mourning for the Native Peoples of this land. Looking wistfully for optimism, or something […]
COUNTY LINE
Let’s Change the Power Structure
Short-term profits won’t allow us to strengthen our fragile electric service
The last week of October brought fierce winds, broken trees and poles, and power outages. In Provincetown, no one had electricity for the first day, and in large sections of […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Look Back Before You Look Ahead
Prepare now for the Moon’s transition through Taurus
Take a breath before you look ahead, as November will culminate with series of notable celestial events, starting with a Full Moon and partial lunar eclipse in the sign of […]
VIGNETTE
Blowers
STEAMERS
Storm’s a Brewing
SKETCHBOOK
The tides
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Dog on a Beach
The satisfactions of immeasurable love
The British inventor Lord Kelvin famously said that if you can’t measure something, “your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind.” I heartily disagree. The most important things in […]
