I have never written a love letter to a building before, but the spirit moves me now. Provincetown Town Hall is doubly beautiful, first for her physical attributes but even […]
Commentary
VIGNETTE
Impatiens
FOOD MEMORIES
When It Was Pie Day All Day
Remembering the irresistible allure of a potentially pagan practice
The thing about being raised a Baptist in south Louisiana was that you ended up missing out on half the fun. Most of the idiosyncratic practices and traditions that gave […]
SKETCHBOOK
Year-Rounders Have No Regrets
STEAMERS
Crazy Times
VIGNETTE
Layering
JACK CHEESE
Katz
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
On the Edge
What is legal in our society is not always ethical
Sometimes the truth of a story is found between the lines, between the words, even. Not that the words are not true, but that there is a larger truth behind […]
VIGNETTE
Winter Sales
VIGNETTE
Ennui
UP A CREEK
Missed Connections
Love found, sometimes, in unexpected places
“The winter is so very cold, and dark, and when the dog leaves the bed to bark at the extended squirrel family in the attic, it leaves me colder, and […]
LOVE NOTES
Four-Legged Valentines, Plus Two Chickens
VIGNETTE
Patchwork
STEAMERS
Waste Management
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
White Christmas Dreams
Provincetown winters — and much else — are not what they used to be
In December, I kept hearing the familiar Irving Berlin tune: “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to know….” Of course, what we had was […]
