Our solar system has eight planets, including Earth. Of these, five are visible to the unaided eye: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Uranus and Neptune require a telescope. Of […]
Visual Stories
SUMMER LEAGUE
Baseball Is Back at Eldredge Park
Firebirds fall 2-0 to Cotuit Kettleers in home opener
ORLEANS — At Eldredge Park the first-base line is blanketed with lawn chairs. Children wearing baseball caps and carrying gloves roam the outer edges of the field in search of […]
STEEPLECHASE
Close-Up of a Touch-Up at the Unitarian Meeting House
A Provincetown documentarian gets a vertiginous tour of a church’s steeple
PROVINCETOWN — The Provincetown skyline was transformed in early April by what looked like a new 10-story structure: a bright-green encrustation from certain vantages, a translucent scrim from others. It […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 18 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Dive Deep Into Crab Season
A time to explore emotion and compassion
With the Sun shifting from loquacious Gemini to the more sensitive but ever-resilient Cancer, let’s all exercise a little compassion for ourselves and others. Cancer can be characterized as intuitive […]
BENEFICIAL INSECTS
Life Among the Dragonflies and Damselflies
Watching as the odes emerge for their one short season in the sun
If you are in the right place and at the right time, you might find yourself among the dragonflies and damselflies as they emerge from their natal coastal ponds and […]
FATHER’S DAY
Cornbread Should Not Be Sweet
Practicing Dad’s lessons in doing barbecue right
One thing my dad has learned since moving to Cape Cod from Hot Springs, Ark. is that the main difference between people here and the people he really relates to […]
STEEPLECHASE
Close-Up of a Touch-Up at the Unitarian Meeting House
A Provincetown documentarian gets a vertiginous tour of a church’s steeple
PROVINCETOWN — The Provincetown skyline was transformed in early April by what looked like a new 10-story structure: a bright-green encrustation from certain vantages, a translucent scrim from others. It […]
SNAPSHOT
Kingsley Samuel Recycles It
PROVINCETOWN — In morning’s early light, Kingsley Samuel, known around town as KG, loads recyclables into the bed of his Chevrolet low cab forward parked outside Spiritus Pizza. KG handles […]
TO THE MAT
Natarajasana Is a Dance for Summer
Getting into a groove with June and maybe the whole universe
After all those quiet months, suddenly there is so much to do. June’s arrival on Outer Cape Cod can make a person feel scattered. That is why this month I’m […]
THE PEOPLE’S PERENNIALS
A Not-So-Secret Garden Is Blooming Again
Local green thumbs complete a 3-year restoration of Suzanne’s Garden
Suzanne Sinaiko never wanted a vegetable garden in the plot near her East End home. “My mother said to me right at the beginning, ‘Look, I can get vegetables at […]
VERY POPULAR
The Tallest Tulips Are From Tennessee
Getting to inspect the blooms of a tulip poplar while out for a walk is a treat, since they’re often visible only to those equipped with wings. The tallest native […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Old Thom Is Back
Bass fishing slows, flounder fishing is good; the future is hard to fathom
Striped bass fishing slowed this past week, as the fish seem to have moved out of the bay, and the few that are around are down on the ocean side […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Lacrosse Falls in Its First-Ever Final Four Match
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The fifth-ranked Nauset boys lacrosse team fell 19-5 to top-seeded Medfield in the MIAA Division 3 Final Four match on Tuesday. Senior Colby Smith led the way with […]
IN VIEW THIS WEEK
Spring Colors
ROSY VIEW FLORID
