What must it have been like to live on this landscape a thousand years ago, before the Europeans came here? I sketch objects in museums and map them onto the […]
Commentary
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Errands: A Cure for Ennui
The necessity of getting together
Seasons come and go, but it is the same day always. Whatever the vagaries of weather, it is the same morning, noon, and night. The toothbrush in the mug on […]
VIGNETTE
Mushroom Moment
DECLUTTERING
How Not to Be Buried in Treasure
Seven rules for reducing the stress of having too much stuff
When you get to a certain age, you might find that you have too much stuff. Maybe you downsized and your stuff doesn’t fit in your new home. Maybe your […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Hilde Oleson: An Appreciation
She taught us that we need each other
As the days get shorter and the nights colder, many of our summer visitors leave. As fall progresses into deep winter, even more abandon us. What is left is a […]
STEAMERS
More Stop Than Shop
VIGNETTE
North South
STEAMERS
Didn’t Hold the Pickle
URGENT CARE
Provincetown’s Moors Are Dying
Action is needed as purple crabs make the West End marsh disappear
As a longtime visitor to Provincetown, I have been nourished in many ways by its natural and cultural beauty, but nothing here has touched me as deeply as the salt […]
VIGNETTE
Book Signing
SKETCHBOOK
September
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Living in Play Land
The importance of time spent with no purpose
A couple of weeks ago, I stood on an East End beach looking out at the harbor and the bay beyond. I saw, all at the same time, the Dolphin […]
COUNTY LINE
An Ominous Drought
We may need to rethink our expectations of annual rainfall
This was written in a dune shack in the Province Lands, where, on the day we arrived, the well was not pumping any water. We rationed our limited supply. Until […]
STEAMERS
Future Cape Cod Cookout
VIGNETTE
Pot Luck
Inspired by reports received by the Indie’s editors of items left behind by summer visitors, ranging from an Italian vermouth to a half-empty bag of marshmallows, a tin of caviar, […]
