The next time you’re fighting traffic at the Cape Cod bridges, imagine if your journey could “put you in a mood thoroughly to enjoy the delights that await.” That’s how the 1909 New York Sun described the journey on the $2 million steamship that ferried p... See more
December comes and Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” starts playing in my head. For a dozen years, “The Nutcracker” ballet was as much a part of our holiday season as Santa Claus. And when people ask me what Cape Codders do in winter, I mention this local-ce... See more
It’s hunting season on Cape Cod – the hound and I wear orange in the woods. I have no objections to hunting done responsibly. But it reminded me that not all hunts are equal. Some are for the unexpected … and some turn out unexpectedly. And sometimes ther... See more
The hound has gifted me a new image of hope. And it looks like an otter.
One of our regular walking routes passes over a bridge spanning a tidal bore – a reversing tidal bore I believe it’s called - meaning it surges in or out depending on the tide. It se... See more
Five Minutes of Peace: A Morning at the Pond on Cape Cod
One recent morning at the pond, I watched a young mother try to get five minutes of peace.
She picked up the blue raft that she had pumped up in the parking lot, eased onto it in shallow water and p... See more
