It’s strange, given our warming climate, but the ocean water temperatures off our shores are still running in the low to mid 40s — that’s cold for this time of […]
Visual Stories
NATURAL SELECTION
Carex Calls for Aid
Rising (relatively) high on triangular stalks, the male flowers of Carex pensylvanica, a grass-like sedge that can be found softening the Outer Cape’s oak-pine forest floors, are jutting out their pale-yellow stamens […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, April 29 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
RIDING THE RAILS
With Otis on the High Lonesome
From Wellfleet, woo-wooing into the unsettling expanse of New Mexico
At one time, before they ripped up the rails in northwest Wellfleet, I might have hopped on a red caboose to visit Otis. I had this thought as Otis and […]
CROSSWORD #62
Off to the Races
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Go After Your Goals With Taurean Ambition
Just make sure you don’t poke the lion on the way there
Taurean energy continues to fuel our ambitions and goals. And with Mercury and Venus in Aries, those goals become all the more attractive. We’re given a burst of inspiration to […]
GLAD HATTERS
A Parade of Hats, With All the Frills Upon Them
PROVINCETOWN — From early Beachcombers’ Balls to the Carnival Parade, people here have never been shy about dressing in costume. One of the latest opportunities, the Provincetown Arts Society’s annual […]
FROM THE LARDER
A Soup to Come Home To
After a winter escape, a return to spring minestrone
There is something perhaps unadventurous in an annual pilgrimage. But travel is only half about seeking: the other half is escape. I didn’t dream that up, but when I read […]
RIDING THE RAILS
With Otis on the High Lonesome
From Wellfleet, woo-wooing into the unsettling expanse of New Mexico
At one time, before they ripped up the rails in northwest Wellfleet, I might have hopped on a red caboose to visit Otis. I had this thought as Otis and […]
WHO’S KEEPING SCORE?
At Nauset High, the Debate Club Talks It Out
A noncompetitive approach means students are also there to listen
EASTHAM — The 20 or so Nauset Regional High School students who show up at 8 o’clock every Friday morning to discuss social, political, and philosophical issues are not a […]
CROSSWORD #62
Off to the Races
SOCIAL SPECIES
A Footprint Foretells the Recovery of Our Would-Be National Bird
In the wild, turkeys are more fascinating than that drawing on the bourbon bottle suggests
The frantic sprint of the large-but-lithe bird got my youngest daughter’s attention first: “Turkey! Turkey! I see a turkey!” My eldest scanned the road in front of us. “Where? I […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Watching Whales and Studying Squid
The CeeJay crew mourns the death of a young angler
The striped bass are getting a little closer to our waters as we finally get some warmer spring weather. The canal remains quiet, but I am hearing about catches in […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Lacrosse Takes Mansfield, 15-14
Strong goaltending and persistent offense in a suspenseful game
EASTHAM — Thanks to clutch fourth-quarter goaltending by Norah Swanson and timely draw controls by Julia Kipperman, the Nauset girls lacrosse team posted a comeback 15-14 victory over Mansfield on […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Boys Lacrosse Tops Burlington 14-8
Goalie Frank Rogers nearly shut out the Red Devils in the second half
EASTHAM — Local hockey legend Logan Poulin led the Nauset boys lacrosse team to a 14-8 win over Burlington at home on Saturday, April 19, proving that his range as […]
