EASTHAM — I used to think that bingo was simple. Listen to the numbers as they’re called. Mark them if you see them. Five in a row means you’re a […]
Visual Stories
COOK’S KITCHEN
A Gift of Preserved Lemons Awakens a Mussel Memory
Chatham mussels meld deliciously with North African flavors
Mussels will always seem glamorous to me. The first time I had them, they were presented so artfully: a small woman carrying a steaming, oversized stainless-steel pot walked into the […]
BACK TO THE GARDEN
When Dirt Is Your Canvas, Start With a Big Idea
Rules that lay the groundwork for designing the space you seek
Late summer and early fall are good times to plant. Which means now is a good time to start thinking about that garden bed expansion or adding the new plantings […]
MOVEMENT
Making a Comeback, the Careful Way
Lessons from an athlete’s slow and steady recovery from Lyme disease
My friend Andy has always been a good athlete. He loves running, skiing, and tennis — and he does them all well. He was also extremely lucky, rarely getting injured. […]
FORMER HUB
The French Cable Museum Offers a Snapshot of History
It’s one of just three such cable station museums in the world
ORLEANS — Inside a small white colonial house in Orleans is a telegraph cable station that once made this spot an international communications hub. Now it’s the French Cable Station […]
SAVED SPACE
A Crowdsourcing Campaign to Preserve a Book Store
The owner of Womencrafts is raising money to purchase the shop’s building
PROVINCETOWN — Soon after Michelle Axelson got the bad news — the building that houses Womencrafts, her business at 376 Commercial St., was to be put on the market — […]
ACTIVISM
A Statewide Trek to Protest Dobbs Ruling
Andrew Fitch walked 325 miles in 24 days, ending in Provincetown
PROVINCETOWN — Andrew Fitch of North Adams was troubled on June 24 when he heard that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed abortion rights across the […]
MARSH MELLOW
In View this Week
CAPE COD BASEBALL
With 2 Big Wins, Firebirds Look to Playoffs
Both Division leaders fall to Orleans as season winds down
ORLEANS — The Firebirds picked up two of the most important late-season wins possible by beating Yarmouth-Dennis and Hyannis on back-to-back nights this week. Both opponents sit on top of […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Beware the Green Bubble Clouds
Boats should stay at least 100 feet from feeding whales
It seems like once a summer we have a whale incident that brings out all kinds of crazy myths on social media. It can make your head spin. Last year […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Aug. 2 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Just When You Thought It Was All About You
A full Moon in Aquarius illuminates the big picture
The full Moon, as you are probably aware, is an exercise in self-examination — things in the dark being illuminated as they are by its light. Full Moons always occur […]
TREES
Walking Where the Tupelos Grow
An arborist sets out to explain the existence of a lone grove and gets a long look back in time
On a July day two years ago, after walking the roadside for several hundred yards, an impulse led me down an unmarked path into the Wellfleet woods. I imagined it […]
ART OUTSIDERS
Where Plein Air Is for Painting and Selling
On the lawn and in the Seashore, a guild gathers artists and their work
EASTHAM — The white tents are up, a summer ritual that fills the lawn of the 1869 Schoolhouse Museum. Under their shade, browsers rub elbows with painters, collect, and gossip. […]
DESIGN
Creating Works That ‘Take the Place of Things’
How two Outer Cape logos have settled into our visual vocabularies
The Nike swoosh; McDonald’s golden arches; the Macintosh apple. These designs are deeply ingrained in our visual vocabularies, recognized in a space where image and commerce mingle. “Logos take the […]
