Suggestion Box by Mary DeAngelis
Commentary
STEAMERS
When The Wild Doesn’t Call
NATURA VIVA
Witch Hazel
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Watching a Red Supergiant Die
One of Orion’s stars could blow any time now, or in 100,000 years
Betelgeuse — the star with the funny name. Maybe you know it from the 1988 movie Beetlejuice, about the eponymous poltergeist-for-hire. Or maybe you’ve heard the name in the news […]
the year-rounder
‘How Slight a Shelter’
What would Thoreau have made of 2020 Cape Cod?
Henry David Thoreau’s residency, starting in 1845, in a 10-by-15-foot shack next to Walden Pond for two years, two months, and two days is generally considered by scholars as a […]
Summer of '43
Little Joe Gould Arrives in Truro
A child’s life becomes less normal when a bohemian comes to town
little joe gould has lost his teeth and doesn’t know where to find them(and found a secondhand set which click)little gould used to amputate his appetite with bad brittle candy […]
TEACAKE’S TAKE
So Much to Love, So Little Time
“Teacake’s Take on Romance” by Ellen LeBow
VIGNETTE
Amphibian Love
Vignette by Daniel Dejean
METAPHYSICS
The Short-Lived Loves of Local Squid
While males get distracted, females sneak in multiple mates
Squid appeared maybe 700 million years ago. They predate everything we think of as ancient — sharks, fish, and even trees. But they don’t predate sex. That invention happened about […]
STEAMERS
“Gumshoe Crab”
Gumshoe Crab by A. Crock
SKETCHBOOK
East Harbor, North Truro
East Harbor, North Truro by Mark Adams
UNIMPEACHABLE
What Free Speech Looks Like
Photography by Jamie Demetriou
YES WE CANNABIS
Not Your Mama’s Marijuana
An avid pothead finds what she wants on Commercial Street
After months of riveting social media debates about oligarchs and the forthcoming invasion of “dumb stoners,” legal weed has arrived on Cape Cod. Curaleaf, Provincetown’s first recreational marijuana dispensary, opened at […]
VIGNETTE
“I’m Flying”
“I’m Flying” by Daniel Dejean
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Provincetown Identity
It’s about beauty, differentness, and openness — but mainly it’s the people
I have always loved Provincetown. From my very first day here, well over 50 years ago, I knew I belonged. I remember a long-ago conversation with the (late) cartoonist Howie […]
