TRURO — The sun is setting at an angle that casts a cool shade over three stools in the grass in front of a garage-like barn, where piles of produce […]
Visual Stories
ON THE BEACH
Move, Talk, and Follow the Bluefish
Three tips for catching bass from the beach on a summer day
On most summer days, even when there are no fishermen casting at the water’s edge, fishing rods stick up out of the sand on the back shore like so many […]
PADDLING
On the Pickleball Circuit
A nationwide obsession has made landfall on the Outer Cape
PROVINCETOWN — A light mist hangs over the 20-odd people who have decided to spend an overcast Saturday morning playing pickleball in Provincetown. Periodic exclamations cut through a rhythmic thwack-thwack […]
CAPE BASEBALL LEAGUE
Firebirds Holding Onto 2nd Place Despite Falling Below .500
ORLEANS — Despite falling a game below .500, the Orleans Firebirds (17-18) maintained their second-place spot in the Cape Cod Baseball League’s East Division standings. The team dropped two straight […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Smaller Bass, Bigger Blues
It’s still quiet on the big tuna front
Water temperatures have moderated from the unusually high numbers we were seeing the week before last. The harbor cooled down from readings as high as 78 degrees to a more […]
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 25 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Leo Season Brings Heat and Maybe Light
Save some of that expansive energy for Carnival
If you thought the last few weeks were hot, break out your personal pocket fan. This week the Sun transits into the fiery sign of Leo. That’s right, baby, it’s […]
ENVIRONMENT EXCHANGE
Visitors From Mexico Take Lessons From the Herring River
Four university students from Michoacán learn about rallying a village
WELLFLEET — The decades-long fight to unite local stakeholders behind the restoration of the Herring River — the largest salt marsh restoration project in Massachusetts history — has created ripples […]
EVERYTHING ICE
Bright Pops of Summer Joy
Lime, mint, watermelon, and berries make ice pops even parents can love
Summer swept over us like a heavy blanket when we were growing up in New York City. Above ground, my twin sister and I absorbed the fumes of hot asphalt. […]
MILLION-YEAR PICNIC
Who Owns Earth’s Orbit?
A skywatcher keeps an eye, warily, on proliferating satellites
Sometimes good starwatching is as simple as stepping outside on a clear night and looking up at the sky. It’s exciting when there’s a particular object to see, like a […]
BAR CART
A Tipple Before Tea Dance
A Southern girl makes up for what’s missing at the Provincetown party
One of the pleasures of my semi-annual trek to Cape Cod is catching up with friends who convene here every year. Some, like me, come from New Orleans; others I’ve […]
QUIET MIND
The Monkey Pose Is a Leap for Love
Imagining your way into a pose is more important than how far you go in it
Love is something we humans tend to seek out, a joy — but it isn’t always easy. Love asks a lot from us. I’m not thinking only about romantic or […]
SCAVENGER HUNT
Fantasy Surfboards
ORLEANS — A multicolored house cat, low to the ground, stalks a variety of woodland prey. But not in your back yard. The scene can be seen on a surfboard-shaped […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
One Fine Week for Bluefish, Bass, and Tuna Fishing
Two fine messes we’re in: warm water and too many seals
Fishing this week was solidly good for bluefish, striped bass, and tuna. Water temperatures are rising to extremely warm levels for this part of the world, however. I recorded temperatures […]
SURFING
Waterwomen Have Their Day at the Beach
Freezing cold water, crumbly waves, and new surf buddies galore
WELLFLEET — On a drab, rainy Friday in July some 20 hardy waterwomen gathered on Marconi Beach. Mothers and daughters, friends, first-timers, and one reporter milled around on the sand, […]
