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, […]
Visual Stories
CAPE BASEBALL LEAGUE
6 Firebirds Are Chosen for All-Star Team
ORLEANS — The Firebirds had six players named to the Cape Cod Baseball League’s East Division All-Star team on Monday: Jo Oyama (Southern Cal), Jack Penney (Notre Dame), Matt Halbach […]
BOTTOMING OUT
Digging the Cove
In the cove, seen from Fort Hill, a boater kicks up the bottom. (Photo by Nancy Bloom)
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 18 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Shake It Up, Baby, Work It On Out
For Family Week, planetary invitations to question the conventional
As we welcome Family Week in Provincetown, we are reminded of the varied definitions of family and the range of people who influence and shape our lives. I was brought […]
CONGESTED WATERS
Reckless Boaters Increasingly Pose Risk for Whales
Ignoring whale watch rules could deter animals from feeding
PROVINCETOWN — Every summer for decades, the Dolphin Fleet has taken tourists out to Stellwagen Bank, just north of Race Point, where humpback whales, minke whales, fin whales, and endangered […]
IN SEASON
Wellfleet Yearns for the Lighthouse Blueberry Muffin
Pursuit of a recipe yields an outpouring of nostalgia for the place itself
Peter Simon didn’t really plan to make blueberry muffins when he wrote his post on the Wellfleet Community Space Facebook page asking for a recipe. It was February, and with […]
FARMERS
Chris Murphy Digs ‘the Most Important Job’
A good friend, a rare plot of land, and local markets make his farm possible
Off Hatch Road in Truro, rows of crops spill down a slope and surround farmer Christopher Murphy’s house. There, at Nestwood Farm, Murphy — friends and neighbors know him as […]
THE STORYTELLERS
Look Before You Leap
A collector doubts his ability to assess beauty
I hear my wife, Valerie, calling my name. “Oh, Wi-i-ll,” she sings, in a high, melodious warble reserved to signify the advent of the strange and the amusing. “Look what […]
THE COMMUNICATOR
‘Beware of Gypsy the Terrier’
On being taken for a ride by an adorable foulmouthed Jack Russell
I was pushing Sofia, my 16-year-old rescue mutt, in her stroller one recent afternoon when I ran into Thomas Nikolai and Brian Buckley with their dog, Gypsy, a 13-year-old Jack […]
MEET THE MAKER
In an Eastham Workshop, Garments Whose Elegance Goes Beyond Fashion
Teodora Ficca turns buckskins into bikinis, ceremonial dresses, and everything in between
EASTHAM — Teodora Ficca’s studio and shop are one and the same space. Her leatherworking tools hang on pegs across the window behind her workbench. “I need to organize,” she […]
ON THE BEACH
Night Fishing Is an Angler’s Alternate Universe
Some of the best adventures with bass and seals are had under a new Moon
Catching a fish at night off the beach is as easy as turning off a light. Only in striper fishing, that light is actually the Moon. I’m surprised how few […]
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
Tuna Chase Bluefish While the Bass Nap
Warmer water slows bass fishing, but the blues have arrived
What an exciting week this has been, though things were deceptively slow at the start. Fishing was pretty good for striped bass even though water temperatures have been skyrocketing lately. […]
CAPE BASEBALL LEAGUE
Firebirds Halt 3-Game Slide, Remain 3rd in Standings
Oyama is now second in league batting
ORLEANS — The Orleans Firebirds ended a three-game losing streak with a win over Cape Cod Baseball League East Division foe Brewster on Tuesday night at Stony Brook. The Firebirds […]
PICKUP GAME
A Summer Evening at the East End Basketball Court
Happenstance and the love of a game unite locals and visitors on the court
Photos by Elias Duncan A three-on-three full-court pickup game is underway at the East End basketball court on a balmy Friday night in July. The air is dense, salty. The […]
