The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy reported 25 separate ocean beach closures because of shark sightings on the Outer Cape in the week ending Tuesday: 5 in Provincetown, all at Race […]
Visual Stories
THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY
‘Fake News’ Cry Is Fake
It’s fine to hate the press, but do it for the right reasons
“Fake news” has become President Trump’s favorite counterpunch when challenged by reporters doing their jobs. He uses that phrase when he is caught with nowhere to hide. Any piece of […]
WHILE I WAS SLEEPING
Don’t Riot, Dance
In a time of disparagement, we need resistance fired by love
Some folks are legends, some are magic, some magnificent. Terry and Jo Harvey Allen, longtime residents of Santa Fe, N.M., are all that and more. A brilliant songwriter, Terry has […]
HELMSMEN AT PLAY
Wind Cooperates, at Times, and PYC Gets Back to Racing
‘A bad day of sailing is still a better day than sitting on the beach’
PROVINCETOWN — It’s been a while, but the Provincetown Yacht Club’s summer racing season is back on course. The hiccups started July 11, when excess wind postponed the third leg […]
PERSONAL HISTORY
‘Who Have I Doomed?’
Timeline of a coronavirus scare
TRURO — As my close friend and neighbor calmly explained to me on the phone that he had a high fever and was showing potential coronavirus symptoms, my eyes drifted […]
IN MEMORIAM
The Poet of the Dunes Brought Down to Earth
Recalling Harry Kemp on the 60th Anniversary of His Death
Fewer and fewer people these days have a clear idea of who Harry Kemp was. Some might recognize his name from Harry Kemp Way, the road in Provincetown where Outer […]
BODY/MIND
Practice Makes Practice
A dedication to learning, instead of to perfection
“Practice makes perfect” or “10,000 hours to become an expert” — we like to believe that if we do something long enough, we conquer it. Then we can set it […]
HELP LINES
Wellfleet, Taking Cue from Provincetown, Dials In on Mental Health
Community members are on call, so no one has to go it alone
Editor’s note: In the Aug. 6 print edition of the Independent the Well Line’s phone number was incorrect. The correct number has been substituted below. WELLFLEET — “We all have to go […]
ASSESSING THE RISK
New Guidelines for Fall Sports Offer No Guarantees
Soccer teams may play games, but for football the picture is clouded
Fall sports will most likely be much different than ever before this coming season. The Mass. Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) officially voted on July 15 to move the start date […]
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. 4, included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Oblivious Whale Nearly Takes Out My Friend
Vaughn Cabral’s close encounter with a cetacean
In last week’s column, I wrote that I thought I had seen it all, only to watch a man with a scuba mask dive off his paddleboard to swim with […]
WORKOUT WOES
With Gyms Reopened, Fitness Buffs Work Off Their ‘Covid-19’
In Provincetown, no pain meant unwanted gain
PROVINCETOWN — It happened just weeks ago, when he was shopping: Lorenzo Wigfall pulled on a pair of jeans and realized — to his horror — that it was too […]
COCKTAIL HOUR
Blueberry Lemonade With a Bite
Summer fruit cocktails that aren’t at all cloying
The fleeting joy of summer is something we wait for all year here on the Outer Cape and, yet, it is almost gone before we know it. Right now, August […]
PLANTCRAFT
Plant Matter to Dye For
Mix solar rays and garden clippings for earthy fabric hues
Solar dyeing starts with a gathering: deadheaded blooms, freshly unfurled petals, bright green leaves. Dyer’s Coreopsis, Queen Anne’s lace, and Rudbeckia. My garden shears make quick work of the task. […]
GALLERY
Hustle and Flow
‘This Old’ new Eastham house is full of ideas
Collaboration among innovators, designers, builders, and television executives built the 2020 This Old House Idea House, the first of its kind on Cape Cod. It started with a design by […]
