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Opinion
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
On Welcoming Visitors
On March 19, the Truro Select Board signed a formal proclamation declaring a state of emergency. The 10 “whereas” clauses of this proclamation noted, among other things, that the governor […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, April 2, 2020
From John R. Dundas, Laurie Veninger, and William Marvel
Seeing the Elephant To the editor: “Seeing the elephant” is an expression that means “gaining experience at a significant cost.” Its origins in the U.S. are often attributed to early […]
Isolation
The Pilgrim Monument shelters in place.
Sketchbook
Sketchbook by Mark Adams
STEAMERS
No Normal
OP-ED
Gimme Shelter
The wish to be both protected and at peace
IRVINGTON, N.Y. — New York is well stocked with uncertainty this week. I am sheltering in place and wish I were somewhere else. I covered wars in the Middle East […]
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
This, Too, Shall Pass
After the pandemic, what will we have left?
I drove to the Evergreen Cemetery in Eastham the other day to try to see the rare clay-colored sparrow that has been reported there. I didn’t find it, but it […]
Shelter in Place
The new mantra Find a shelter How easily demanded by those in power Stay there Open yourself to alone Become someone else now Someone who can live Without order Or […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Casualties of War
Amy Whorf McGuiggan’s marvelous story in last week’s Independent about the young man from Provincetown for whom V.F.W. Post No. 3152 was named — Lewis Armstrong Young — noted that […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, March 26, 2020
From Susan M. Reverby, Ian Edwards, and Debbie Ullman
Advice for Second-Home Owners To the editor: The Wellfleet Seasonal Residents Assoc. (formerly Wellfleet Nonresident Taxpayers Assoc.) has been keeping members apprised of the effect of the coronavirus on the […]
NATURA VIVA
Helleborus
“Helleborus” by Natalie Van Staden
VIGNETTE
Ark
“Ark” by Daniel Dejean
SUGGESTION BOX
“Suggestion Box” by MDA.
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Deep Time and This Day
What do we owe to the distant future?
I have been invited to participate in a (virtual) panel discussion at Ian Edwards’s Art-Science-Climate Broto conference scheduled for May 16-17 in Provincetown. The topic is “Deep Time and Climate […]
