This is the story of seeing the rarest bird I’ve ever seen on Cape Cod. It was a few days before Christmas when I got an email from Provincetown resident […]
Visual Stories
THE WHOLE TABLE
Enchantment in the Land of Chard
Turning a leafy green mountain into lovable mini gratins
You know how it is with cookbooks. There are certain ones you delve into over and over again, becoming friends with the authors as they tell you about their favorite […]
NOISE-MAKER
A Collector of Songs and Side Stories
Walter Buckingham brings his antique instruments to the stage in Wellfleet
Walter Buckingham’s first job after college was as a drummer for a musket squad. It was 1975, and he had just graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, so […]
FASHION MAYDAY
If It Feels Right, Wear It
Advice from a vintage clothing maven who only has fashion dos
May is peeking out from every corner — neon pink tulips, verdant leaf buds, and deep purple grape hyancinths. But what about me? I’ll admit I’ve been feeling a little […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Track Teams Celebrate Final Home Meet With Wins
Victories over Martha’s Vineyard included personal bests
EASTHAM — When the five boys competing in the 110-meter hurdles lined up at Nauset High School’s track on Tuesday, April 29, the rest of Nauset’s team crowded around the […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Golfers Defeat Dennis-Yarmouth, 5-1
Girls overcome windy conditions to earn third victory
BREWSTER — The Nauset Warriors girls golf team ignored challenging conditions and put on an entertaining show on Tuesday afternoon at the Captains Golf Course, defeating an undermanned Dennis-Yarmouth squad […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Cold Water Has Stripers Staying South
When they get here, we’ll be measuring these fish differently
It’s strange, given our warming climate, but the ocean water temperatures off our shores are still running in the low to mid 40s — that’s cold for this time of […]
NATURAL SELECTION
Carex Calls for Aid
Rising (relatively) high on triangular stalks, the male flowers of Carex pensylvanica, a grass-like sedge that can be found softening the Outer Cape’s oak-pine forest floors, are jutting out their pale-yellow stamens […]
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 29 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
RIDING THE RAILS
With Otis on the High Lonesome
From Wellfleet, woo-wooing into the unsettling expanse of New Mexico
At one time, before they ripped up the rails in northwest Wellfleet, I might have hopped on a red caboose to visit Otis. I had this thought as Otis and […]
CROSSWORD #62
Off to the Races
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Go After Your Goals With Taurean Ambition
Just make sure you don’t poke the lion on the way there
Taurean energy continues to fuel our ambitions and goals. And with Mercury and Venus in Aries, those goals become all the more attractive. We’re given a burst of inspiration to […]
GLAD HATTERS
A Parade of Hats, With All the Frills Upon Them
PROVINCETOWN — From early Beachcombers’ Balls to the Carnival Parade, people here have never been shy about dressing in costume. One of the latest opportunities, the Provincetown Arts Society’s annual […]
FROM THE LARDER
A Soup to Come Home To
After a winter escape, a return to spring minestrone
There is something perhaps unadventurous in an annual pilgrimage. But travel is only half about seeking: the other half is escape. I didn’t dream that up, but when I read […]
RIDING THE RAILS
With Otis on the High Lonesome
From Wellfleet, woo-wooing into the unsettling expanse of New Mexico
At one time, before they ripped up the rails in northwest Wellfleet, I might have hopped on a red caboose to visit Otis. I had this thought as Otis and […]
