Seen from space, it seems so obvious that Cape Cod is one.But we know better.
The eclipse on Nantucket, then and now
Nantucketers take pride in our long history of stargazing and astronomy. Maria Mitchell, the...
People come to live on Cape Cod for a variety of reasons. I came because its landscape and...
Cape Cod’s greatest inventor created something we still use today
People thought Luther Crowell was insane, but he wasn’t. He was the greatest inventor in Cape Cod...
A remarkably unremarkable event, part 2
This week Bob concludes his account of the stranding of a large fishing boat on the Outer Beach...
Yes, I have sand in the car. So what?
If you live on Cape Cod, you likely have sand in your car. And if you live on Cape Cod and don’t...
I’ve never thought of any beach before as my beach. Maybe that’s because all those other beaches...
Taking a trip on the Downeaster
A few weeks ago, I had the occasion to visit my daughter and her family in Portland, Maine. I...
J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Cape Cod connection
Not included in the blockbuster J. Robert Oppenheimer movie is how a Cape Cod connection played a...
Beginning a new year in the middle of winter has always seemed ridiculous to me. But then no one...
At the end of December, one of the Cape’s newspapers ran a special nostalgia issue. On the front...
Savery Avenue, a template for the future transportation
Whenever I have occasion to go to Boston and don’t need to rush home, I often avoid the divided...
Reflecting on seasonal changes
Late Sunday afternoon — it isn’t all that late, but now that it’s dark at 4:30, late is all...
Embracing Halloween on Cape Cod
Cummiquid writer Susan Moeller talks about the thrill of trick or treating.
Seth Rolbein, a journalist living in Wellfleet, talks about an 1820 fire that had a major impact...
Revisiting Captain Jack’s Wharf in Provincetown
Nantucket Writer and Historian Mary revisits a place she wondered about as a child.
Paying attention to our smaller neighbors
In the pale morning light I began to notice that the wooden wall of the shower was in motion: in...
Patiently waiting on Nantucket
Right now, we are waiting to see what the impacts of Hurricane Lee will be. Caretakers are...
Over more than a half-century of observing Cape Cod’s Outer Beach, I have seen many things thrown...
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