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 […]
Visual Stories
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
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 11 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
A Bad Week for the Dishonest
Better to practice truthfulness and tact
What would the world look like if we didn’t have the ability to lie or misrepresent things? Can you even imagine what it would be like to live with radical […]
ON THE LANDSCAPE
Remembering That Last Bobwhite’s Song
After a meditation, listening differently for the peepers and the bees
When I think back to my childhood here, I remember days spent in the woods and fields and on the marshes and the dune tops. The memories have an enchanted […]
THE ESSENTIALS
Calm Summer Seas Deliver Dayboat Scallop Feasts
Local cooks like them raw and seared, but in my book it’s chowder season
Living at the ocean’s edge means ready access to many rare treats local fishermen bring in. When friends arrive for summer suppers, the ones I like best, because they’re at […]
LITTLE THINGS
An Artist in the Garden
Tessera C. Knowles plants an invitation to slow down and look closer
In Tessera C. Knowles’s painting Saltine at Egg’s Isle, Provincetown’s drag mistress of political satire sits in a chair on the sand behind the Julie Heller Gallery surrounded by an […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Watching for Rebounds in Canada and Spain
Promising reports on Atlantic cod and bluefin tuna reach our shores
Striped bass fishing is heating up in the bay, and Billingsgate Shoals is the place to be. A few days ago there were a lot of bass off Wood End […]
