Every day, some ridiculous or explosive or dangerous or miraculous thing happens with our teenagers. I wish I could sit them all down and tell them about John Lewis. A […]
Inner Voices
STEAMERS
Gossip Superspreader
Gossip Superspreader by A. Crock
VIGNETTE
Mother Duckie
Mother Duckie by Daniel Dejean
SKETCHBOOK
John Lewis, Good Trouble, 1940-2020
John Lewis, Good Trouble, by Mark Adams
OP-ED
Racial Inequity in Our Back Yard
Truro’s Cloverleaf project and the costs of systemic exclusion
TRURO — In early June, many Outer Cape Codders joined in our shared reckoning over the crisis of white supremacy and racial inequity in this country. After the protests, many […]
VIGNETTE
Mockingbird
Vignette by Daniel Dejean
OP-ED
The Bias Against ‘Pit Bulls’
Headlines can hide the truth behind dog bites
PROVINCETOWN — The Independent’s July 9 front-page story on the effects of the coronavirus crisis on dogs, “Pandemic Is No Treat for the Four-Legged,” fell into a common and unfortunate […]
VIGNETTE
One Way
SKETCHBOOK
Watercolor Lesson
Watercolor lesson on the bank of a Great Pond. Massachusetts common law tradition says that any pond over 20 acres is a Great Pond and is a Commons, held by […]
DUNE TOWN
Ode To That Something In The Air
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
The Moon in Leo Finds Fresh Perspective
A time to be optimistic — don’t miss the good around you
The new moon on the cusp of Cancer and Leo clears the air for fresh perspective. It’s time to forgive and forget what’s past and focus on what’s to become […]
HEY DAHLIN’
‘Ambassador’ Job Description
Wanted: Gender-nonspecific “soft butch” having most qualities of a classic soft butch (you know what they are). In addition, applicant must be mature, firm but kind, must like people, but […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
A Higher-Stakes July 4th
Confronting instead of celebrating American history
The Fourth of July has come and gone and I am not quite sure what to make of it. There was celebration and merriment — always a good thing, I […]
