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THE YEAR-ROUNDER
Beeches, Whales, and Salt Marshes
The natural world now depends on us
The funk of decomposing autumn leaves and the whiff of wood smoke are in the air. Fall colors are seeping through the woods — the scarlet leaves of the tupelo, […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
‘Truth & Tradition’
It’s election night, and we are filing the last story on local election results with one ear anxiously tuned to the returns from across the country. As this day approached, […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Nov. 10, 2022
From Ben Williams, Frank Barringer, and Dick Elkin
More Buried Lines To the editor: I read “Homeowners Learn They Must Maintain Buried Power Lines” [Nov. 3, page A9] with sadness, as I lived this myself. I’m a first-time […]
STEAMERS
Totes Destruction
CUP OF SUGAR
Why I Love Provincetown
POETRY
Provincetown Pantoum
Inspired by Maria Nazos
This poem was inspired by Elizabeth Bradfield’s article on Maria Nazos’s “Cape Cod Pantoum” [“Afloat at Land’s End,” Oct. 6, page C8]. There is so much right about using this […]
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK
The Personal Is Political
Katie Couric and I have two things in common: our breasts. We both have dense breast tissue. If you have no idea what I am talking about, consider yourself lucky. […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Nov. 3, 2022
From Kevin Kuechler, Clinton C. Kershaw, Gael Poltrack, and Cynthia Cole
The Way the Water Flows To the editor: Last week’s article about the recent joint meeting of two select boards regarding the Walsh property in Truro [“Provincetown and Truro Discuss […]
VIGNETTE
Leaf Peepers
STEAMERS
The Uncanny DALL-E
THE YEAR-ROUNDER
The Voice of Old Provincetown
Listening to six writers of a town’s living history
Last night I heard the voice of Provincetown. Old Provincetown. It was not one voice but six, each unique, yet they blended into a song of remembrance and regret. I […]
LETTER FROM ACROSS THE POND
Animal Magic in the Marsh
A shamanic excursion to land’s end
Because she possesses a kind of shamanic animal magic, when Rina said she wanted to go for a bike ride with me, I let her lead the way. At the […]
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Questions From the Campaign
Law enforcement and mental health have been in the news a lot recently. We know that a large percentage of the calls that our local police must respond to are […]
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters, Oct. 27, 2022
From Mary Moniz and L. Michael Hager
About the Obituaries To the editor: I love reading the obituaries in the Provincetown Independent. Does that make me a voyeur? Is it wrong that I come away from reading […]
