NAUGHTY YET NICE STUNNED COMPASS POINTS
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, Dec. 6 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Mars, Venus, and Jupiter Walk Into a Galactic Bar
If you’re going to pick a fight, let your heart be light
In the tailwinds of the full Moon in Gemini on Dec. 7, you may have noticed it was a rockier lunation than usual. This full Moon was in a tight […]
MEET THE MAKERS
The Art of Making and Giving Cards
Handmade greetings are a cozy form of communication
Working on a tabletop in her Provincetown studio, Sylvia Tomayko-Peters drags a layer of mint green ink across the surface of the silkscreen she’s using to print a series of […]
WE THE PEOPLE
New Citizens Say Naturalization Is About Community
Passing the test and putting down roots on the Outer Cape
“I had never pictured myself living in the U.S.,” said Sandra Paredes, who grew up in Colombia. But then she fell in love with an American man, and it made […]
CRYSTAL PALACE
An Oasis of Oddities
At Buddha Bobs, sages sit among tchotchkes, geodes, and gems
EASTHAM — Tellis Dion isn’t always sure what he wants when he comes to Cape Cod. But he knows that whatever it is he will find it at Buddha Bobs. […]
SURFING
An Epic Tale, in Dialect, With Sound Effects
Footnotes for understanding a surfer’s meaning
Have you ever overheard a conversation between two surfers and wondered “What language are they speaking?” Surfer talk is a dialect that uses borrowed terms, completely made-up words, a wide […]
FROM THE LARDER
Baking Brings Out the Beauty of a Knobbly Fruit
A dessert-inspired resolve to bring back the homely but fragrant quince
Before we came to Truro, we lived in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, where I grew salad greens and root vegetables in a community garden plot. That’s where I […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Footballers Lose Heartbreaker in Chowder Bowl
A weekly wrap-up of Nauset Regional High School sports
EASTHAM — The Nauset High School football team dropped a heartbreaker at Dennis-Yarmouth High School, 45-42, in the 26th edition of the Chowder Bowl on Thanksgiving Day. Sophomore defensive back […]
CROSSWORD #37
Gobble It Up
RARA AVIS
This Week’s Bird Sightings
Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, Nov. 29 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
You Might Try Believing in Magic Again
To the end of Neptune’s retrograde and a Gemini full Moon, just add glitter
Polish your rose-tinted glasses and get out your wands — December begins with the end of dreamweaver Neptune’s six-month retrograde. That period was about seeing beyond the veils of perception […]
ART OF FORAGING
Ink Making With Acorns
An illustrated wild harvest how-to
Drawings and text by Grace Emmet
VANCOUVER DISPATCH
A Spicy Curry Soup to Come Home To
A light, aromatic bowl is an antidote for travels and turkey dinners
Now that travel is a thing again, Christopher and I decided to revive our tradition of getting out of town for a bit just before Thanksgiving. We’d been missing the […]
GRAVEYARD SHIFT
When Cranberry Fever Came to Provincetown
Thomas Lothrop was ridiculed — until his Shank Painter bogs became wildly successful
Like a favorite fishing hole or blueberry patch, one’s preferred swath of wild cranberries becomes a closely held secret. Most folks will be adding a bag or two of commercially […]
