Naturists by Daniel Dejean
Inner Voices
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
What Work Is
The existential costs of being unemployed
The first time I really focused on the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, I was about eight years old. The rabbi explained that the two […]
STEAMERS
Gazed and Confused
Gazed and Confused by A. Crock
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Feeling Dutiful
The full moon’s energy in Capricorn will define the weeks to come
The Fourth’s familiar festivities yield to more practical and sober affairs. Instead of fireworks and fanfare, the lunar eclipse in Capricorn casts a pragmatic light upon limitations in terms of […]
SKETCHBOOK
The Flags of Provincetown
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Racism in My Body
Recognizing and weeding out a dangerous invasive
“Lock your door.” That was the first insidiously racist thing my body remembers hearing. There were other words, heard earlier. Subtle, belittling generalizations. Words that didn’t match up with what I knew […]
If Not Now, When?
OP-ED
Keeping Watch
Reflections of a retired English teacher
In 1872, Congress authorized the reorganization of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the refurbishing of old and building of new stations along the Atlantic Coast. The waters off Cape Cod […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
A Dead Seal
The evidence of danger just beyond the beach
The immense corpse lay on its back on the upper beach, eyes heavenward, although unseeing. Its full abdomen, up-thrust chin, bristly whiskers, and jowly throat suggested a human quality; if […]
SKETCHBOOK
Gray Seal Pup
Mark Adams Sketchbook
STEAMERS
Table for Phase 2
Table for Phase 2 by A. Crock
VIGNETTE
Metamorphosis
LEZ IS MORE
Confession of a Former Southern Gentleman
Calling on women to check their ‘misses-ogyny’
“Remember, son,” he said with an earnestness that boggled my 10-year-old brain, “girls love it when you open the door for them.” It was my friend’s dad, and he was […]
BLACK LIVES MATTER
We Should Not Have to Be Afraid
Why sharing a black screen on Instagram isn’t enough
I am outraged and I am terrified. I am outraged by the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and so many other black American citizens. We […]
