Inner Voices
VIGNETTE
More Year-Rounders
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Clamming: Opening Day
Our collective tension vaporizes on the flats
PROVINCETOWN — Friday morning, Nov. 6, 2020. Under a serene and cloudless wide blue sky, with a temperature in the high 50s, a scene reminiscent of the work of Breughel: […]
STEAMERS
Xtreme Dining
UP A CREEK
Alternative Transitions
Outermost options for picking the next president
As Jan. 20, 2021, creeps closer, and with experts describing the atmosphere at the White House as “tense,” it is looking like it may be time to get beyond alternative […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Broken Wing
The ways of nature can be difficult to witness
Three days in a row, in late September, I went out to Race Point Beach in search of a couple of rare gulls. Three days in a row I failed […]
TONGASS AND US
There Were Trees Clear Down to the Sea
What ruins lay beneath our built environments?
Over his breakfast of toast and eggs smothered in ketchup one morning, my father told me, “I’m having those trees cut down,” motioning to the mature white pines framed by […]
VIGNETTE
It’s just one earthquake after another
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Where Cloverleaf Stands After a Year of Review
Critiques of the project have been plagued by misinformation
Approximately 2.4 percent of the year-round housing in Truro is classified as affordable. This translates to 27 homes or apartments that are affordable for residents earning up to 80 percent […]
POEM
Whitman: The War Is Over
'Turn O Libertad,' by Walt Whitman
A poem by Whitman has to be the one to celebrate the Biden-Harris victory — only Whitman expresses the sheer joy that democracy can give the spirit. When I looked […]
SKETCHBOOK
Peace in America
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
A Reckoning With Evil
The real story is not Trump but his supporters
I meant to write this in time for last week’s paper, but I missed the deadline. That means you will be reading these words on Nov. 5. Between this day […]
NEWSPAPER AS ART
Ballston Beach
“I took a collage class from Michael Walczak at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, and one of the assignments was to use print to create a picture. […]
LOS MUERTOS
An Ofrenda to All Souls
What if everyone were to light a candle?
This past week, as the days began to shorten and the nights became cooler, my thoughts drifted to All Souls Day, Dia de los Muertos. I have been trying to […]
AN ELECTION ISSUE ARTISTS’ SPECIAL
A Visual Commentary
Editor’s note: Maybe it’s anxiety about the election ahead. It seems as if worry has quieted the usual clamor of civic and community life here. With so many of us […]
