After 15 years of both classical and new-age yoga training, I still find my home practice beginning the same way. Somewhere in the first five minutes: tabletop, on hands and […]
Visual Stories
MEET THE MAKER
Agostino DiBari Molds Beeswax Into Light
In the end, even for a mold maker, it’s not the shape of the candle but its glow
The air in Agostino DiBari’s shop on Main Street in Orleans smells slightly sweet. But not in that Jolly Rancher way that can make scented candles so fearsome. It’s a […]
FROM THE LARDER
Jazz and Oysters Bring Two Festivals Home
Homemade salt pork meets Wellfleet oysters for a soup from the Mosquito Supper Club
In south Louisiana, where I come from, if you can eat it or dance to it, there’s probably a festival for it. We have festivals celebrating crawfish, gumbo, catfish, soybeans, […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Life on the Libra-Aries Axis
A time to find the balance between compromise and self-assertion
October 20 presents a full Moon in the sign of Aries. Because full Moons occur when the Sun opposes the Moon, it is often helpful to consider the polarity of […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Oct. 12 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
The Schooner Rienzi and the ‘Mystery Brig’
A 15-month voyage in 1859 and 1860 was long remembered for a strange encounter
During Provincetown’s fishing and whaling heyday, the Bowly brothers — Joshua Elsbury (1813-1883) and Gideon (1816-1893) — were among the town’s most prominent owners and outfitters of vessels. In 1849, […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
In View This Week
A driftwood sculpture stands tall, face to the wind, at Newcomb Hollow Beach on Saturday, Oct. 9. (Photo Teresa Parker)
WARRIORS WATCH
Golfers Take on Nantucket to Kick Off Homecoming
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset High sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset Regional High School boys golf team improved to 13-3 on the season with an 80-157 win over the Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins on Friday, Oct. 8. (Golf is […]
UP A CREEK
An October Guide to Pop-Ups
Who says entrepreneurism is dead?
The Outer Cape is teeming with pop-ups this fall. Pop ups don’t typically post their hours because that would take the fun out of guessing when to go where. In […]
OYSTER WEEK
Mind Over Matter (and Hundreds a Day) Win Shuck Offs
A contender reveals his approach to championship shucking
WELLFLEET — Six-time champion Chopper Young won Wellfleet’s Oyster Shuck Off last year, opening his 24 oysters in a penalty-adjusted time of 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Calen Bricault was […]
SPIRIT
Without Enough Players, Nauset Football Forfeits a Game
Inactivity slows the sport’s recovery from a rough pandemic year
EASTHAM — Just 11 players at a time take the field for each team in a football game. But behind them are the special teams and substitutes who provide the […]
95 LAWRENCE ROAD HOUSING
Task Force, With Pencils Sharpened, Begins to Rate Proposals
Three bidders’ financial strategies still to be judged
WELLFLEET — The committee charged with recommending the best developer for 46 affordable rental units to be built on Lawrence Road has started rating the three proposals submitted, and the […]
PLANTCRAFT
How to Make a Fall Wreath for Stick Season
A circle of branches can serve as a starting point for decorations through the year
Wreaths aren’t just a Christmas thing. At different times in history, their circular form has suggested eternity, or feminine power, as in the floral wreaths atop a maypole, or victory, […]
FROM THE SNACKBOOK
An Umami-Rich Pasta for the Changing Season
Don’t forget to warm up the bowl
That slight bite in the air — the one that makes you roll your shirtsleeves down, pull on a hat, and recognize the crunch of leaves as you walk — […]
BACKYARD FARM
So, You Want to Wean a Goat
Lessons in how best to send your kids into the world
When we bred our doe, Buttercup, for the first time, we were novice goat keepers. We rented a buck, Stinky Dan, whose musky aroma was nothing out of the ordinary […]
