A tiny flash of yellow draws the eye to the bloom of a low-lying plant — one that is otherwise growing rather inconspicuously on the floor of the Beech Forest. […]
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, July 22 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
FOUND AT THE FARMERS MARKET
Squashes Beloved and Baffling
July 16 Wellfleet With the blowing of the conch shells, the farmers at the Wellfleet market are open for business. Rebecca Scanlon of Pleasant Lake Farm in Harwich recommends the […]
WEATHER
Radiational Cooling Brings a Chill
Cool, Canadian high pressure built into the region early in the week, yielding a couple of days of very nice midsummer weather. Temperatures held in the 70s with plenty of […]
DATE AND TIME
Where Once Was Dangerfield
From the July 28, 1869 issue of the Provincetown Advocate, selected and edited by Kaimi Rose Lum Pond Village is more regularly built than Provincetown, but stands in a cramped […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Leo Lends Himself to Kindness
Sometimes the small things make a big difference
The cosmos is going to be charitable this week to those who are charitable to others. While the Sun is in Leo, it’s natural to direct attention toward oneself, but […]
THIS WILD CAPE
Here to Be Admired
Dragonflies and damselflies emerge like winged jewels from their aquatic lives
Dragonflies and damselflies have been flying over wetlands, meadows, and woodlands for over 300 million years, making them one of the most ancient orders of insects found on Earth today. […]
THE BERRIES
A Torte on the Wild Side
The cousin of the blackberry is the fruit to choose for a cornmeal cake
Ten years ago, when I was 12, a gaggle of friends gathered in a circle at summer camp in Vermont and organized ourselves into categories, each with its own implications […]
WATER KEEPERS
Tending the Commons
A group gathers to get rooted in the nature of this place
Under the gleam of the full Moon, the group of 12 women moved at a meditative pace through the woods along Old King’s Highway and past the still ponds of […]
MODERN TIMES
The Breuer House Revisited
Picture hanging and other finishing touches after a year of archiving and restoration
The screened porch of the house that eminent architect and designer Marcel Breuer built in Wellfleet in 1949, a box-like room cantilevered off the side of the house in such […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Celestial Sights for Summer Nights
Glittering stars, exploding fireballs, and a sea breeze
Summer is a great time of year for stargazing. On even the hottest days, the temperature drops after sunset, and often a cooling breeze picks up near the bay and […]
DOG TALK
Animal Magnetism
Trainer Adam Piñero teaches a language of posture, ears, and tails
Adam Piñero is fluent in the language of dogs. “Most people are familiar with the classics,” he says. “A wagging tail usually means happy. A tucked tail usually means scared.” […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Cold Rain and Belly Rubs
The fish disappear, then come back big-time, at least for a while
We’ve had another week of up and down bass fishing, interrupted by a late-fall-like mini-nor’easter bringing heavy rains and some wind. The storm chilled our water temperatures from 70 degrees […]
CAPE COD BASEBALL
Firebirds Top Division-Leading Brewster, 8-3
Solid pitching and timely hitting power Orleans to third straight win
ORLEANS — The Firebirds used a 5-run 6th inning and strong pitching from starter Isaiah Magdaleno and 6 relievers to best the Brewster Whitecaps 8-3 Sunday night at a fog-shrouded […]
ON THEIR MARKS
Wellfleet’s Annual Road Race Is One for the Generations
WELLFLEET — Mild temperatures and a gentle breeze on July 6 complemented the cooling spray of garden hoses neighbors trained on the 247 runners on the hilly 5-mile course from […]
