Should I be so lucky as to reach old age, I imagine I will be asked what I did during the pandemic year, when a virus set fire to the […]
Op-Eds
UP A CREEK
Winter Wanderland
Fun-filled activities for a dark time of year
Cheers, community, from the Lower Cape Outdoor Winter Activities Council! Oh, what a year we’ve wassailed! We hope your holidays were abundant, yet realistic, and that you rejoiced in a […]
FROSTBITE
Stopping by Woods in a Plague Year
Who hung this here I do not know. He must be from the village, though, And must have brought […]
CELEBRATION
Four Weddings and a Funeral
In 25 years of event planning, this year’s have been especially moving
This fall, I designed four weddings and my best friend’s funeral. Planning a memorable gathering in a pandemic may sound impossible. In reality, all five events were experiences I will […]
DOCTORS’ ORDERS
A Global Pandemic Sparks Historic Worldwide Collaboration
Citizens of many countries are working together
The administration of the first safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines is reason for hope and celebration. The pandemic is global and the effort to combat its devastation must be international. […]
UP A CREEK
Alternative Transitions
Outermost options for picking the next president
As Jan. 20, 2021, creeps closer, and with experts describing the atmosphere at the White House as “tense,” it is looking like it may be time to get beyond alternative […]
LOS MUERTOS
An Ofrenda to All Souls
What if everyone were to light a candle?
This past week, as the days began to shorten and the nights became cooler, my thoughts drifted to All Souls Day, Dia de los Muertos. I have been trying to […]
OP-ED
What Has Happened to the Cape Cod Times?
To save the Cape’s only daily, readers must take the initiative
Readers must have noticed that Cape Cod’s only daily newspaper has gotten much slimmer in the last few months. It’s no accident. According to the Brookings Institution, over 2,000 U.S. […]
OP-ED
The Moment When the Tide Turns
Thoughts on steering the leaking ship of state
EASTHAM — It started as a quick trip down the steps to the pond, with sandwich in hand, before a run into town to fetch bird seed from the Bird […]
SUNSET
R.B.G.
I stare at this photograph The setting of the sun Over the ocean the dunes My world Luminous So alive Without her body She pours her love Upon us Dare […]
OP-ED
Writers Against Trump
Aiming to swing the swing states in November
In the middle of August, a group of eight writers, prompted perhaps by chants of “12 more years!” at the Republican National Convention, began an online discussion about finding ways […]
THE NEW OLD CAPE COD
You’re Sure to Fall in Love
Plan are underway to build a machine gun range at a Cape Cod base used for training by the Massachusetts Army National Guard. The proposal for Camp Edwards at Joint […]
OP-ED
Walking the Cape Cod Camino
An exercise in reflecting on systemic racism in a privileged community
WELLFLEET — In the middle of the current racism pandemic, many of us who are not black or brown — who do not worry that our sons will be murdered […]
OP-ED
Reasons to Reopen the Provincetown Schools
In-school learning is what’s right for this community
The Provincetown Schools plan to open next month with online learning only — at least, for the foreseeable future. At the same time, other Outer Cape schools are opening with […]
OP-ED
Quahogs and Culture Change
Having the courage to ask for help
EASTHAM — The quahog fritters were sensational. In the kitchen of this house I’d known for 68 years and had quietly rattled about in for three and a half months, […]
