PROVINCETOWN — Alice Brock came of age in the 1960s, which everyone knows because one of the most famous songs of that era was named after her. The song, of […]
Visual Stories
OFF THE TABLE
The Many Moods of Monsieur Dinde
A turkey is pardoned and becomes a pet
Goodness, there are turkeys everywhere! We Outer Cape dwellers watch as ever-growing flocks, or rafters, of these wild birds boldly wander across our lawns and streets. We are also surrounded […]
HUNTING
’Tis the Season for Getting a Bird
Outer Cape hunters pursue wild turkeys and pheasants
EASTHAM — It’s an unusually warm Saturday in November. The noontime sun shines, and the air is still, when Jim McGrath lets out a turkey call in a remote, wooded […]
PLANTCRAFT
Create a Palette of Colors From Nature
Time-tested recipes for plant-based inks and paints
As winter draws near, we lose more leaves to the wind each day. The ones that remain give the landscape a patina of russet, sienna, ochre. The ground is covered […]
KITCHEN TABLE
Fall’s Last Apples Go Into a Soup
In a Truro back yard, a two-tree orchard provides
When we first moved into our cottage in Truro several years ago, one of my first acts (after setting a great many mousetraps) was to scout out a place for […]
ECONOMY
For Local Fishermen, Change Is a Way of Life
Whatever the crisis, the answer is: adapt
WELLFLEET –– For a few days of each week this summer, Will Barrio hung up his waders and went out to wire electrics. Normally, Barrio would wait to grab his […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Feeling the Full Moon’s Effects, in Gemini Terms
A time to weigh logic and spontaneity
November ends with a lunar celebration, marked by a full Moon and lunar eclipse in the sign of Gemini. The Moon, of course, is the second most influential celestial body […]
Keeping it Going
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MOVEMENT
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Your hooves work hard; it’s time to give them some love
Feet are unsung heroes. They carry you for thousands of steps a day. And when you walk or run, every time your foot hits the ground, it’s loaded with an […]
BIG BIRDS
It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, It’s Eversource.
“It was so loud I could not hear myself think,” said Elena Ruehr, a composer who splits her time between Brookline and Wellfleet. “I felt like there was a giant […]
MAYFLOWER HISTORY, PART II
For Some, It Wasn’t a Pilgrimage but Pure Hustle
John Howland’s unlikely rise from servant to patriarch
On Nov. 11, 1620, the Mayflower arrived in Provincetown Harbor. Four hundred years later, we — most of us, anyway, on the Outer Cape and all across the nation — […]
FISHING
Continuing the Family Legacy, Local Lobsterman Gets a Big Upgrade
Covid complicated the arrival of an import from Prince Edward Island
PROVINCETOWN –– Jeff Souza came in hot one quiet November evening at MacMillan Pier. He was at the helm of his brand-new lobster boat, Crash, a custom-made Provincial 45’, which […]
MEET THE MAKER
Painting Without a Brush
Fibers make for tactile reflections of nature’s texture and color
WELLFLEET — I am an artist who “paints” with fiber. Inspired by my grandmother’s skilled needlework and embroidery and a lifelong desire to paint, I developed my own technique by […]
ROOTS
Eastham Turnip Festival Week
Just because we can’t hang out in person to taste treats like the famous (or infamous) turnip whoopie pie doesn’t mean we have to miss a day of celebrating Eastham’s […]
SOCCER
Nauset Boys Take Title; Girls Fall Just Short
Bittersweet season endings for two outstanding teams
EASTHAM — After finishing the regular season first in its conference with an impressive 7-1-2 record, the Nauset Regional High School girls soccer team felt like they still had something […]
