Commentary
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Resolved: A Better Version of the Self
‘How to live this life of ours well and naturally’
The establishment of the first of January as the beginning of the “new year” is entirely artificial. A better date for a celebration would be the spring equinox — or […]
VIGNETTE
Season’s Greetings
STEAMERS
Ho, Ho, No
WATERCOLOR
Stop
VIGNETTE
Letter to Santa
STEAMERS
Outlaws
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Entropy Disrupted
Friends and helpers bring order out of chaos
“It’s always something” is a common phrase loaded with meaning. At my place it is the rule. Why is everything always breaking? And what am I to do about it? […]
STEAMERS
Dejoyous
VIGNETTE
Grumpy Day
STEAMERS
Jolly Folly
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Looking for the Blackbird
A futile search yields other breathtaking sights
That damn yellow-headed blackbird: I just couldn’t find it. As William von Herff reported in last week’s Independent (“Rare Birds in Truro,” page B8), this rare Western bird was first […]
QUEER ‘I’
At My Doorstep
On reconciling fear and pride
I first saw Provincetown when I was 16. I came for a few hours with my parents on my father’s highlighter-yellow boat, a midlife-crisis acquisition we rarely made use of. […]
