Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 28 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
Visual Stories
ON THE BEACH
The Striper Fisherman’s Dilemma
Wrestling with joy and guilt as bass suffer a precipitous decline
It was the kind of afternoon a fisherman dreams about all winter — one spent wading in the spectacular beauty of the Herring River, casting surface lures into receding waters […]
MORNING FLIGHT
Dispatch From the World Series of Birding
In New Jersey, watching and listening to win — or not
“Competitive birding” sounds like an oxymoron. People think of birding as a deeply personal hobby. It’s supposed to be about one’s connection with nature and desire to know one’s place […]
ODD JOBS
The Rigger’s Life Is a Curious One
In Provincetown Harbor, a man with a head for mechanics and knots
On a calm and sunny Monday morning in May, Samuel Rouse hops into his small skiff to make an easy commute, zipping across Provincetown Harbor toward a 37-foot sailboat that […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
The Air Signs Get Their Air Time
Feeling the vibe of a stellium in Gemini
Ah, the interesting case of the shifting stelliums. For those not in the astrological know, a stellium is a grouping of three or more planets in one sign (or house). […]
STYLE NOTEBOOK
A Summer Cuppa
In Provincetown, a shop where teas set the tone for the season of escape
Walking through Dani Niedzielski and Meghan O’Connor’s Provincetown shop, the Captain’s Daughters, is a lesson in personal style. The shelves are loaded with temptations from one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces to cheeky […]
KALE AND BEYOND
Lessons in Herbs, From My Salad Days
Use your greens extravagantly lest they go to waste
I love going to the grocery store almost as much as my mom hates taking me there. She says I’m a spendthrift. I prefer the term epicurean. To her point: […]
ODD JOBS
The Rigger’s Life Is a Curious One
In Provincetown Harbor, a man with a head for mechanics and knots
On a calm and sunny Monday morning in May, Samuel Rouse hops into his small skiff to make an easy commute, zipping across Provincetown Harbor toward a 37-foot sailboat that […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Learning to Expect the Unexpected
Melting icebergs send colder, more acidic fresh water our way
The Provincetown waterfront is coming alive with the lifting of the bay-wide 10-knot speed limit. Our first high-speed ferries from Boston arrived this week. Our first cruise ship also came […]
MORNING FLIGHT
Dispatch From the World Series of Birding
In New Jersey, watching and listening to win — or not
“Competitive birding” sounds like an oxymoron. People think of birding as a deeply personal hobby. It’s supposed to be about one’s connection with nature and desire to know one’s place […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Track and Field Gears Up for Championships
A weekly round-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset boys and girls track teams placed second and third, respectively, at the Cape and Islands League Championship at Barnstable High School on Monday. Barnstable won the […]
PEEP SHOW
A Glimpse of Blue Toadflax
Squatting among the beach grass, plums, and roses that decorate the coastal bank bordering Wellfleet’s Mayo Beach is a colony of blue toadflax, a diminutive native wildflower whose beauty isn’t […]
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, May 21 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
The Inviting Opportunities of Gemini Season
Proof that harmony can happen in the social sphere
At the end of last week, the Sun moved from Taurus into Gemini. With that the astrological forces move from embracing times of comfort to inviting times of sociability and […]
FIELD DAY
A Glimpse of the Past at Motta Field
With major renovation approved, a look at the Motta Field that was
PROVINCETOWN — Many town residents are familiar with the name Motta — either because they have used Motta Field, the town’s 4.5-acre, rather antiquated sporting green, or because they have […]
