The ‘Impossible Cookie’ To the editor: Regarding the doubly baked biscotti from John D’Addario’s Yonkers grandma Filamena/Fay [Dec. 15, page B3]: What are called biscotti in Italian are known as […]
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VIGNETTE
Solstice
THE LAPSED
Home for the Holidays
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Ebenezer Scrooge Revisited
There is a bit of this classic misanthrope in most of us
It is time to confess: you have never actually read Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol. This work is so ingrained in our culture that it lives in the collective subconscious, […]
LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND
The Blessing of the Shearwaters
Late on a fall day, an unpredictable wonder of the sea is revealed
In Edinburgh, the cherry trees have lost their leaves. Golden and carnelian-colored, they carpet the grass and fill the gutters like heaps of slender sunset fish. We will watch the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Artificial Snow Job
“Hi there! I’m writing to let you know about an incredible new AI tool that can help with various tasks related to website copywriting and SEO. It’s been used by […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Dec. 22, 2022
From Thom Schwarz, Joe Cavicchi, Priscilla Jenkins, Amy Whorf McGuiggan, and Joel Chaison
The Hospital Affair To the editor: Your clear and readable coverage of the rancor and legal battles at Cape Cod Hospital (“Doctor Sues Cape Cod Hospital,” Dec. 15, front page) […]
VIGNETTE
Family Selfie
STEAMERS
Hell Care
OP-ED
A Prayer for Unlearning
We are all called to the mission of creating lessons of acceptance
We woke up to the news of another mass shooting on Sunday, Nov. 20, this time in a gay club in Colorado Springs. I cannot stop thinking about it, although […]
COUNTY LINE
Respiratory Illnesses Threaten Health-Care Systems
Covid, flu, and RSV stress hospital staff
We have become accustomed to living in the Age of Covid. Even blasé about it. For almost three years, we have faced existential threats from potentially every person we come […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
Making Good on Housing
I got to report some good news this week: eight years of sustained effort, including major support from the state, have brought the Cloverleaf project in Truro to fruition. A […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Dec. 15, 2022
From Walter Buckingham, John A. Wolf, Dick Elkin, and Judy Wood
Correcting a Mistake To the editor: I am writing to respond to Wellfleet Select Board member Kathleen Bacon’s letter regarding the town seal (Dec. 1, page A2). Along with many […]
