When Mariah Fidalgo and her husband, Tom Rommé, came to visit her parents in her hometown of Orleans in the spring of 2020, they packed for a two-week stay. They […]
Visual Stories
THE WHOLE TABLE
Bread, Glorious (Flat) Bread
A user-friendly primer on gluten-free flours and one of the best ways to satisfy a carb craving
It is no exaggeration to say that I went into a kind of mourning when I discovered I could no longer eat gluten. I had a deep feeling of loss […]
A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING
Sean Gardner’s Miniature Maximalism
In a small Provincetown apartment, the more you look, the more you see
Sean Gardner notices that a visitor is transfixed by the unfocused stare of a crayon drawing of Bob Dylan on the wall of the West End apartment he shares with […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Fishing for Photo Ops
Big tuna’s numbers are up, and so are amateurs on the water in Daddy’s center console
Although the market for bluefin tuna is oversaturated, which has led to a price collapse, the state of the bluefin population continues to improve. In 2010, the western Atlantic bluefin […]
FRESH BROOK: PART 2
The Sea-Run Trout’s Return to Wellfleet
Understanding a subspecies that starts in fresh water but needs access to the sea
In May 1840, a small group of sport fishermen set out from Newport, R.I. in search of sea-run brook trout. Traveling first by ferry, then by coach and horseback, and […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Top Dennis-Yarmouth 20-9 for First Lacrosse Victory
Nauset dominates at the draw circle as Kipperman scores 10 times
YARMOUTH — On a dreary, chilly Cape Cod day, the Nauset girls lacrosse team caught fire early, scoring five goals in the first five minutes on the way to an […]
NATURAL SELECTION
Wishing on Neon Stars
There are two species of the New World genus Hudsonia, or false heather, on the Cape: a woolier one with fuzzy leaves and flowers that don’t have much of a […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, April 8 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Prepare to Exhale
Relief from retrogrades is on the way
With so much going on in the cosmos (and in the world), it’s been hard to focus on the tasks at hand. It hasn’t helped to have retrogrades turning workaday […]
THE DRAFTING TABLE
A House Painter of a Different Sort
Marin Reinhardt renders her love of design in watercolor
Marin Reinhardt had always wanted to run her own business. For a few years, she brainstormed how to build on her background in interior design. Should she start a housecleaning […]
SLICED AND SHAVED
Salads for When Spring’s Not Yet Green
It’s time to cast aside winter’s comfort foods, even if the lettuce isn’t up
I have been a fan of shaved salads ever since I had my first plateful at a Brooklyn neighborhood restaurant called Frankies 457 Spuntino many years ago. It was a […]
MEET THE MAKER
Making a Scallop Dredge, Al Youngren-Style
In the Orleans workshop of a veteran fisherman who knows all the angles
ORLEANS — On a rusty table fashioned from what once held the shaft of a windmill, Al Youngren sketches the outline of a scallop dredge with a piece of white […]
BEHIND THE WHEEL
Knowing When to Let an Old Car Go
A fix-it freak consults his inner analyst for advice
A 30-year-old car cannot be your backup car. The problem with a 1995 Subaru Legacy station wagon — snazzy metallic teal and all — is that it’s not exactly what […]
THIS WILD CAPE
Respect for the Gulls
Learning to look for yellow legs and other distinguishing features that make a bird not just a bird
[Here we are, anywhere on Cape Cod. We look up and see a gull. There’s a flock in a parking lot, or bobbing on a freshwater pond. Fifty miles out […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Spring Sports Preview, Part 2
Unified and co-ed track, golf, and tennis teams are optimistic
EASTHAM — The spring season gets underway in earnest this week as every team except unified track plays at least once. This is the second of a two-part series previewing […]
