Commentary
CUP OF SUGAR
Why I Love Provincetown
POETRY
Provincetown Pantoum
Inspired by Maria Nazos
This poem was inspired by Elizabeth Bradfield’s article on Maria Nazos’s “Cape Cod Pantoum” [“Afloat at Land’s End,” Oct. 6, page C8]. There is so much right about using this […]
VIGNETTE
Leaf Peepers
STEAMERS
The Uncanny DALL-E
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Voice of Old Provincetown
Listening to six writers of a town’s living history
Last night I heard the voice of Provincetown. Old Provincetown. It was not one voice but six, each unique, yet they blended into a song of remembrance and regret. I […]
VIGNETTE
Time to Move Out
STEAMERS
Pilloried
VIGNETTE
Start Small
SKETCHBOOK
A Field Trip to an Ancient Landscape
Imagining the Outer Cape of 6,000 years ago
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 […]
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 […]
