I fell in love with my hot water bottle when I was in college. And I’m not your granny’s age — I’m talking about last year. I had moved into […]
Visual Stories
FOOD MEMORIES
An Epic Hunter’s Stew
Poland’s sweet, sour, meaty, zingy winter meal
I grew up in 1980s Poland, where my mother and father took an old-school approach to parenting — meaning tough love and a lot of faith in our abilities. This […]
LOVE NOTES
A Pop-Ups Crush
The simple magic of a Valentine is in the cards
When I was a child, Valentine’s Day was one of my favorite holidays. But I’m not sure I understood that the theme was primarily about people in love. I was […]
GROWING WILD
Starting Native Seeds From Scratch
It’s not too late to coax purple poppy mallows and pussytoes through hibernation
The bounty of our native flora, with all its beauty and ecological benefit, is available to home gardeners at quite an inexpensive price — if we can just figure out […]
DISNEY DISPATCH
At Home Away in Tokyo
At DisneySea, Cape Codde Village is one strange place to be
Tourists flock around the shoreline, snapping photographs of rowboats and lobster traps. “Youkoso, Keipukoddo e,” a restaurant worker shouts: Welcome to Cape Cod. But I’m not on Cape Cod: I’m […]
GIRLS HOCKEY
Nauset-Monomoy Warriors Victorious on the Road
Sophie Eldredge scores 30 seconds into overtime to seal win over Pope Francis
SPRINGFIELD — “Looks like we are a little more consistent today,” Coach Zach Wells of the Nauset-Monomoy Warriors remarked to a bystander with a slight grin as he approached the […]
NATURAL SELECTION
The Birches Stay Forever Young
You can spot plenty of native gray birch trees in the brush next to Bound Brook and Pole Dike roads in Wellfleet: just look for the chalky bark with the […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Feb. 4 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Warriors Turn In Valiant Effort in Loss to St. John Paul II
Team displays grit and character in midst of losing streak
EASTHAM — All you need to know about the Nauset Regional High School girls basketball team’s heart can be summed up by the reaction to Kendall Faley’s three-pointer at the […]
MIGRANTS
Seasonal Visitors
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Ice Farmers of Provincetown
A hundred years ago, the clamor of the first harvest of the year intruded on the winter stillness of the ponds
The Shank Painter Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, part of Provincetown’s freshwater ecosystem, is, in a sense, a way back in time. As the heart of winter takes hold, a stillness envelops […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Aquarian Insights to Live By
When hidden truths come into view, push on through
This week will likely be one full of insights and realizations, especially about your relationships with those around you. The planet Mercury will cazimi the Sun this week in Aquarius. […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Ice Farmers of Provincetown
A hundred years ago, the clamor of the first harvest of the year intruded on the winter stillness of the ponds
The Shank Painter Pond Wildlife Sanctuary, part of Provincetown’s freshwater ecosystem, is, in a sense, a way back in time. As the heart of winter takes hold, a stillness envelops […]
ONE BITE AT A TIME
Deliver a Little Joy With Chawanmushi
A soup-adjacent steamed egg dish to give you shelter from the storm
We find ourselves here, in the coldest, quietest, (arguably) bleakest season in our little village, with time to spare. It’s my favorite time of year for a few reasons: I […]
D.I.Y.
The Willow Weavers
In quiet company, a group twines its way past snaps and kinks to sturdy baskets
On a snowy Saturday afternoon, seven women gather in a community room at the Provincetown Commons, picking up bunches of brown sticks from a table in the corner before settling […]
