If corned beef hash is on the menu, I order it. Rosy hand-cut hash with sunny eggs and steaming black coffee feels old-school, seductively noir. Like something the laconic Sam […]
Visual Stories
DESIGN
A Greenhouse for Gatherings
With help from family, friends, and history, a longed-for warm spot comes together in a builder’s back yard
Braunwyn Jackett wanted to have a kitchen garden with a greenhouse. But not just that. “I knew I wanted to be able to hang out in it, too,” she says. […]
MORNING FLIGHT
When Birding Opens Up ‘a Whole Huge World’
After getting a birding camp scholarship, Megan Morey explores next steps in environmental science
Some people think birding is something only older people do — people who have time on their hands and an ability to focus that supposedly comes only with age. But […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
A Gray Whale’s New England Visit
Signs of serious warming but also of animals’ adaptability
Greetings from my winter off-Cape worlds of northern Connecticut and New Hampshire. I’m beginning to get excited about returning to Provincetown Harbor for our soon-to-start fishing season. While I sharpen […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Girls Hockey Falls in Quarterfinals as Boys Advance
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — Junior Logan Poulin had two goals and an assist, senior Julian Krivos recorded a goal and two assists, and junior Zach Coelho posted his second playoff shutout to […]
COREMA, COREMA
At First Blush
Of all the native plants, Corema conradii, the broom crowberry, has one of the earliest spring blooms on the Outer Cape if not the very first. It’s a rare plant, common […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, March 12 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Where to See the Whole Picture
A week for looking below the surface
The Sun conjunct Neptune continues, joined by Pluto as it forms a sextile with the Sun later in the week. This will bring tip-of-an-iceberg moments, and we will need to […]
KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL
Tackling the Overstuffed Gadget Drawer
A cook lets go of his butter curlers but holds tight to a few favorite tools
I don’t know why spring cleaning is a thing. Around here, winter is our chance to tackle tasks that can’t be done in the warm months. Come spring, seeds will […]
SUPPER CLUB
In February, a Surprising Feast Springs From Foraging and Farms
Nicole Cormier conjures a cream of mushroom dip with flavors of the forest, not the can
Nicole Cormier often dances, all by herself and spontaneously, in the kitchen of her North Truro cottage. And when she cooks, she likes to harness that same kind of improvisational […]
TO SCALE
Model Ships That Start With Stories
A tinkerer and rocket scientist finds a craft that concentrates his thinking
Dan Sanders visits Ballston Beach most days, looking out on the vast stretch of ocean where so many ships, overwhelmed by nor’easters or shattered on shoals, lie with their ill-fated […]
ON THE MARSH
Of Settlers and Silt
How the invasive earthworm came to shape the Outer Cape’s landscape
The measured opening of the 115-year-old Herring River dike is front and center in a decades-long restoration project aimed at bringing back some of the Wellfleet estuary’s original tidal flow. […]
RALLIES
Local Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza Grow
Protestors in Eastham and Provincetown have Bushnell in their thoughts
PROVINCETOWN — Calls for a ceasefire in Gaza were repeated by demonstrators who gathered both in Eastham and Provincetown on March 2. In Eastham, the demonstration brought out a handful […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Hockey Teams Reach State Tournament Quarterfinals
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset High boys and girls hockey teams both advanced to the Elite 8 quarterfinal rounds of their respective state tournaments following triumphs at Charles Moore Arena in […]
INKBERRY
The Real Understory
With an engulfing green understory and damp earth underfoot, the hike through Whistle Path Woods on its eponymous trail can feel almost tropical, even in winter. This narrow path in […]
