We knew the waves were good. The surf reports showed it. There was a big south swell sweeping in from the Indian Ocean onto the reefs to the west. The […]
Inner Voices
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Confronted by Caring
Reminders of how Provincetown responded to earlier crises
“A man who carries a cat by the tail,” wrote Mark Twain, “learns something he can learn in no other way.” I have shelves and piles of books in our […]
OP-ED
Sharks and Viruses
Why Islamic terrorism scared Americans more than pandemics
WASHINGTON, D.C. — If I had to pick the one thing that has changed most in the 28 years I’ve been coming to Truro, it would be the fear factor. […]
REFLECTIONS
No Winter, No Summer
Notes on another calamity of 204 years ago
Sorry, Farmer’s Almanac. Your prediction of colder than normal temperatures this winter from Washington to Boston proved to be very wrong. Indeed, this is being called “the year without a […]
WATERCOLOR
Queen Hen
Queen Hen by Traci Harmon Hay
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Take Advantage of a Harmonious Reprieve
A time for helping each other shine
The Full Moon in Libra offers a harmonious reprieve from the gravity of the present. Despite our mandated disconnection, we live in a connected world. Let the love of your […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
A Time to Revisit Interpersonal Connections
Are you willing to embrace change?
Time to rewrite the social contract for modern times. The Sun in Aries in the 7th House of Relationship places scrutiny upon our interpersonal connections. Meanwhile, a massive conjunction […]
STEAMERS
No Normal
OP-ED
Gimme Shelter
The wish to be both protected and at peace
IRVINGTON, N.Y. — New York is well stocked with uncertainty this week. I am sheltering in place and wish I were somewhere else. I covered wars in the Middle East […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
This, Too, Shall Pass
After the pandemic, what will we have left?
I drove to the Evergreen Cemetery in Eastham the other day to try to see the rare clay-colored sparrow that has been reported there. I didn’t find it, but it […]
Shelter in Place
The new mantra Find a shelter How easily demanded by those in power Stay there Open yourself to alone Become someone else now Someone who can live Without order Or […]
SUGGESTION BOX
“Suggestion Box” by MDA.
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Deep Time and This Day
What do we owe to the distant future?
I have been invited to participate in a (virtual) panel discussion at Ian Edwards’s Art-Science-Climate Broto conference scheduled for May 16-17 in Provincetown. The topic is “Deep Time and Climate […]
OP-ED
On Hunkering Down While Raising a Glass
The new social distancing normal calls for some amelioration
Looking for inspiration as we approach the end of Lent? Try L.B.J. for a change: “Sometimes you just have to hunker down and take it like a jackass in a […]
