EASTHAM — One of the reasons my husband and I decided to move back to Eastham from Orleans was its scenic beauty. When I lived in Orleans, I was a […]
Inner Voices
JUSTICE
Remembering RBG
Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdo
“Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof: Justice, Justice you shall pursue. This quote hung in her office. I’ve given her a gold pin inscribed with it.”—Traci Harmon-Hay
SUNSET
R.B.G.
I stare at this photograph The setting of the sun Over the ocean the dunes My world Luminous So alive Without her body She pours her love Upon us Dare […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Hope Is the Thing With Flowers
A blossom survives in the corner of a playground
I aspire to be a writer. My two young granddaughters, though, ages four and seven, would not care if I never wrote another word. They are staying with us now, […]
STEAMERS
Cheers?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Celebrating A Year Of The Independent
VIGNETTE
Underwater
SKETCHBOOK
Hummingbird
OP-ED
Writers Against Trump
Aiming to swing the swing states in November
In the middle of August, a group of eight writers, prompted perhaps by chants of “12 more years!” at the Republican National Convention, began an online discussion about finding ways […]
HIGH HOLIDAYS
New Ways to Observe the Days of Awe
Going it alone on Rosh Hashanah 5781
The year 5781 in the Jewish calendar begins this Friday evening, Sept.18. The season is called the Days of Awe, beginning with the two days of Rosh Hashanah, the “head […]
ON THE ROAD
Wild Turkeys
Wild Turkeys by Mary DeAngelis
VIGNETTE
Heading South
Heading South by Daniel Dejean
Dear Thomas Jefferson
Dear Thomas Jefferson by Linda Dujack
THE NEW OLD CAPE COD
You’re Sure to Fall in Love
Plan are underway to build a machine gun range at a Cape Cod base used for training by the Massachusetts Army National Guard. The proposal for Camp Edwards at Joint […]
