Virtual Carnival by A. Crock
Inner Voices
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The American Dream
Recognizing a broken system for what it is
PROVINCETOWN — The American Dream rides high out on the gray waters of Provincetown Harbor this morning in the form of an immense yacht. Actually, I can see five yachts […]
OP-ED
Quahogs and Culture Change
Having the courage to ask for help
EASTHAM — The quahog fritters were sensational. In the kitchen of this house I’d known for 68 years and had quietly rattled about in for three and a half months, […]
VIGNETTE
Meteor Shower
KARMA AND DOGMA
Taking Stock of What We’ve Done to Young Children
The pandemic gives new evidence of how play helps children cope
A friend who used to do a lot of substituting in Outer Cape schools once described a scene in a classroom for four-year-olds that was well-designed for all kinds of […]
VIGNETTE
Summer Tan
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
A New Moon in Leo Can Get You Loved and Lauded
Try not to let real life burst your bubble
The momentum of this week culminates in a New Moon in Leo. Who doesn’t revel in extended moments of admiration and praise? Yet what becomes of such gaudy lauding when […]
Origami Independent
Editor’s note: 75 years ago this week,the United States became the only country in the world to deploy nuclear weapons against civilians, dropping atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima(Aug.6, […]
OP-ED
We Must Act Locally on Climate
Building committee has wrongly nixed a net-zero emissions high school
Climate change is a clear and present danger to our community and to humanity as a whole. We are digging a hole for ourselves by continuing to produce greenhouse gas […]
SKETCHBOOK
Piping Plovers Hatched
TEACAKE'S TAKE
Seasonal Divinity
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Finding Your True North in a Tilting Cosmos
The only thing worth being is yourself
Our Sun signs, along with the rest of our charts, are imprinted at birth in that first moment of independent existence. We are free to begin the process of personality […]
COVID PORTRAIT #3
Back to the Future?
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
What Makes a Story Important?
Just one of the hard questions local journalists must ask
Look at what you are holding in your hands (or reading online). It is the creation of a group of people dedicated to bringing you the stories of the Outer […]
