Commentary
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Life Among Artists
What is it that compels some people to dare to make art?
I was born in Harrisburg, Pa. and grew up there around the middle of the last century. In my young life, I observed the adults around me: the women were […]
VIGNETTE
Mushroom Month
SKETCHBOOK
The Real American Horror Story
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Music in Us
What is left behind after the instruments have been packed away?
A wedding party celebrated on a large East End deck on a sunny Sunday afternoon and on into a moonlit evening, with a live local band — Steve Morgan and […]
The Catch
UP A CREEK
Dear Friend
An easy-to-use fill-in-the-blanks end-of-summer form letter
Dear ________ (friend / family member’s name), So sorry to have missed you in ________ (July, August)! Option A: I understand you were very disappointed that we couldn’t get together. […]
VIGNETTE
The Last One
VIGNETTE
Back Home
TEACAKE’S TAKE
Tastes Like
VIGNETTE
For Rent
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Swimming for Our Lives
Whether you live or visit here, the water defines your experience
Many years ago — 55, to be exact — I was on the island of Mykonos, in the Aegean Sea. I had met a young British woman there, and we […]
FEAR AND TREMBLING
Haiti, I’m Sorry
The island suffers yet another disaster, and again we witness and rage
Haiti I’m sorry We misunderstood you One day we’ll turn our heads And look inside you. —“Haiti,” David Rudder One night in January 2010, I woke to a severe trembling […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Welcome to the Whale’s World
How we love them, and how we fail them
On a still day in late March out at Herring Cove Beach, dozens of people faced the water. Low voices traveled over the sand. The crowd was hushed, as it […]
