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VIGNETTE
One Way
SKETCHBOOK
Watercolor Lesson
Watercolor lesson on the bank of a Great Pond. Massachusetts common law tradition says that any pond over 20 acres is a Great Pond and is a Commons, held by […]
DUNE TOWN
Ode To That Something In The Air
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 16, 2020
From Martha Magane, Bill Docker, Deborah Grabler, and Michael Spielman
‘Redeem the Dream’ To the editor: Dennis Minsky’s column in the July 9 Independent [“A Higher-Stakes July 4th, ” page A3] spoke to me. This past July Fourth, being like […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
A Higher-Stakes July 4th
Confronting instead of celebrating American history
The Fourth of July has come and gone and I am not quite sure what to make of it. There was celebration and merriment — always a good thing, I […]
VIGNETTE
Rumblebee
STEAMERS
Buggin’ Out
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The Seashore Beat
What’s the most fun part of starting a newspaper? Thinking about what to put in it. We knew from the start that our home territory was the Outer Cape, four […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 9, 2020
From Michael DeVasto, Meri Hartford, Laurie Veninger, Dianna Morton, Jennifer Weiner, and Jeannette Kinzer
Parking and Elitism in Wellfleet To the editor: Your letter from the editor in the July 2 issue misrepresents the intention and impact of the policy to restrict parking at […]
VIGNETTE
Independence Day
Naturists by Daniel Dejean
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
What Work Is
The existential costs of being unemployed
The first time I really focused on the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, I was about eight years old. The rabbi explained that the two […]
STEAMERS
Gazed and Confused
Gazed and Confused by A. Crock
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
An Unhealthy Restriction
“The coronavirus pandemic has provided an opportunity for communities to act on their most exclusionary impulses,” writes Andrew W. Kahrl in an essay titled “Who Will Get to Swim This […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, July 2, 2020
From Barbara Klipper, Robert S Johnson, and Brendan Noonan
For a 24-Hour Mask Rule To the editor: The best defenses we have against the coronavirus are mask wearing, social distancing, and hand washing. Yet as businesses open and more […]
