To be a new mother is to disappear in plain sight. It’s cold coffee every morning and shirts damp with milk. It’s rocking a stroller with one foot, answering emails […]
Visual Stories
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 13 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Catching Curveballs
Maybe you can turn the unexpected into a pleasant surprise
The Sun conjoins with Uranus, throwing us all a proverbial curveball. The changes we face are sure to be unexpected, and they may force us to look at our life […]
THIS WILD CAPE
Watching the Songbirds
The beauty of migratory birds’ arrival in May’s fleeting weeks
Yes, we got through the winter here on Cape Cod, and we’ve been counting the days through March and April. Finally, the wind and the cold are pretty much behind […]
BAKE IT EASY
Popovers That Promise Good Stories on the Side
A family recipe for the perfect crisp-yet-custardy pastries to slather with butter and jam
My aunt Mary Jane is here for a visit, which means there will be family stories over a Mother’s Day brunch — my mother’s side loves to reminisce. Even though […]
MOTHERS’ DAYS
The ‘Mama Gaze’ Reveals a Raw and Beautiful Reality
Photographs from the Eye Mama Project by mothers who are artists
To be a new mother is to disappear in plain sight. It’s cold coffee every morning and shirts damp with milk. It’s rocking a stroller with one foot, answering emails […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Flounder and Mackerel Are Here, but Haddock Are Not
We’ll be getting the blues early this year
The water temperatures off Cape Cod are only sluggishly increasing this spring, reaching the upper 40s and in some spots the low 50s last week. If all you’re thinking about […]
LEADERSHIP
Spring Sports Captains Learn Conflict Resolution Skills
Listening and questioning to resolve everyday issues
EASTHAM — Coaches look to team captains to provide leadership that discourages disruptions and builds team unity. It can be a daunting task, and many captains are thrust into the […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Falls to Duxbury 15-5
Warrior bats come alive in fifth to extend game
ORLEANS — The Nauset Regional High School Warriors, trailing Duxbury by 11 runs in the fifth inning and down to their last strike in a game that would have been […]
NATURAL SELECTION
70 Million Years Young
The fuzz-covered newborns that can be seen unrolling from their fetal positions near the cedar swamp in Wellfleet this week are the fresh fronds of cinnamon fern, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, an […]
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 6 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Questioning Tradition in the Sign of Taurus
Don’t take your creature comforts for granted
This week, the stars urge us to question tradition and routine. Not that we’re supposed to forget those things are important. As the Sun enters a conjunction with Uranus, we […]
MORNING FLIGHT
A Place for Rare Birds
Seeing one rare winter visitor led to seeing another at a Provincetown feeder
This is the story of seeing the rarest bird I’ve ever seen on Cape Cod. It was a few days before Christmas when I got an email from Provincetown resident […]
THE WHOLE TABLE
Enchantment in the Land of Chard
Turning a leafy green mountain into lovable mini gratins
You know how it is with cookbooks. There are certain ones you delve into over and over again, becoming friends with the authors as they tell you about their favorite […]
NOISE-MAKER
A Collector of Songs and Side Stories
Walter Buckingham brings his antique instruments to the stage in Wellfleet
Walter Buckingham’s first job after college was as a drummer for a musket squad. It was 1975, and he had just graduated from Berklee College of Music in Boston, so […]
