I wait all winter for the precious June afternoons when the wind and sun are at my back, and the tide is low and incoming. These are perfect conditions for […]
Visual Stories
THE SCUTTLEBUTT
It’s Hide and Seek With Bass, but the Seals Are in Plain View
Boats work together to make Provincetown a good fishing port
The game of hide and seek we’re playing with our striped bass continues — they seem to be unwilling to settle into an area and stay put. It’s a daily […]
TRAP SHOOTING
At Home on the Range, With Clay Pigeons
78 years after its founding, a gun club gets its dedication
EASTHAM — The story among members of the Nauset Rod & Gun Club is that their first trap house — the shelter from which clay pigeons were thrown — was […]
FASHION FORWARD
Super Grover in Leather
It’s a warm Tuesday morning in Provincetown and artist Paul Rizzo is wearing knee-high athletic socks with garters, a royal blue vintage speedo, a black leather chest harness, and a […]
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 1 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
STRANGE BIRD
A Cardinal Squawks for Some
Others cover their ears when the Firebirds’ unofficial mascot yells
ORLEANS — George Hoskey has a low, gravelly voice that draws strength from his diaphragm. If he pulls it taut, he can release a piercing squawk. A friend once measured […]
NATURAL SELECTION
Ovals of Opuntia
There’s something kind of human about a mature patch of Opuntia humifusa, the Eastern prickly pear cactus. Maybe it’s the plant’s new growth and round fruits that attach along the […]
WEATHER
The Humidity Will Take the Holiday Off
One of the busiest times of the year on Cape Cod — the Fourth of July — is upon us, and the weather looks to cooperate quite nicely through the […]
FOUND AT THE FARMERS MARKET
Sunflowers Rising
June 28-29, 2025 Wellfleet and Truro If you’ve just missed the farmers market, try exploring some of the local farm stands. Sea and Soil Botanical Designs (Pole Dike Road, Wellfleet) […]
DATE AND TIME
The Poster Show at Town Hall
From the July 4, 1918 issue of the Provincetown Advocate, selected and edited by Kaimi Rose Lum To write an honest article about a patriotic poster show wants, as our […]
VIEWFINDER
Flight Patterns
POLLEN NATION
ASTRAL PROJECTIONS
Big Bang Theory
The planet of innovation doubles down in Gemini
The stars invite transition. Fine, you say: things are constantly shifting, changing, and creating friction in the cosmos. But sometimes the effects are subtle, and other times they come with […]
TIDYING UP
How to Organize Your Spice Shelf
A pantry project spurs a crash course in ingredient sourcing and letting things go
I live in one of those 1800s Cape houses that shows its age with an absolute lack of repositories for the stuff of life, save for a solitary cupboard tucked […]
FROM THE LARDER
A Forgotten Jar of Sumac Brightens a Rainy-Day Dinner
Palestinian mussakhan marinated for the grill is just as good roasted indoors
In food, as in art, one never quite knows where inspiration will come from. Sometimes the fruits of the season demand attention, such as when the peas come in, or […]
NATURE
One Naturalist’s Vigil for an Ailing Forest
'Solstice Tree' preserves an artist’s observations of Provincetown’s Beech Forest
For six months, from the summer solstice last June to the winter solstice in December, Grace Emmet walked through Beech Forest in Provincetown every week — 27 times in all. […]
