Commentary
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, […]
QUEER ‘I’
Ta-Ta for Now to All That
A writer reflects on returning to Provincetown after a year away
It is a showy move to begin a personal essay with a Virginia Woolf quote, but I am a showy person. So, here is Woolf: “What does it mean, then? […]
VIGNETTE
Pied-à-terre
STEAMERS
Happy Labor Day
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Reflections on Carnival 2022
Provincetown witnesses the exuberance of emancipation
One day a few years ago, I sat in the office of Provincetown’s director of public works. I saw on the wall what can only be termed a flow chart: […]
