Cape Cod

FINLEY THE FRIENDLY SHARK By Lavinia M. Hughes Finley the friendly shark cruised and cruised and cruised continually, for that is what sharks do. His home was the waters off Cape Cod on the Lower Cape end. His turf was on the Atlantic side facing England whence the Pilgrims had…

Located at the very tip of Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA, Provincetown is known for its eclectic mix of artists and writers, the fishing community, and the LGBTQ+ community. With a thriving downtown on Commercial Street, beaches, resorts, and historical sites, it’s a popular place to visit. The year-round population…

A love poem I wrote on the Elizabeth Islands, in spring 2019, just before the end of an 8 year relationship. Wild rose, love and honey. The waves crash over the rocks, one by one, Before being sucked back through the gaps, Only to be thrown back again, Over the…

Morgan Johnston is an award winning indie folk singer-songwriter stomping, strumming, speaking, and singing her way to empowering both…

Howard Johnson and Mrs. Paul lied to us. Over the years, I’ve learned that spending a week in a beach cottage on Cape Cod is an excellent way of finding out things that you hadn’t realized are important to you. For example, it turns out I’m a big fan of…

Cape Cod in the springtime is variable. Temperatures struggled to reach the high 40’s last weekend. The trees danced with the gale force winds. White caps on the bay side. Nearly 20 degrees cooler than my adopted home of Vermont. An unexpected turn of events… A Sunday afternoon walk in…

When walking Town Neck Beach on Cape Cod I possess a sense of spaciousness and then often an accompanying longing for the South Dakota prairie where I grew up. These sensations are intertwined, my native Nebraska artist friend, Elizabeth Bunsen, and I have named this our “interior geography”. The dominant landscapes of my life share something so powerful with my middle-aged sense of self. When I think of exploring the field behind my childhood home and now walking Town Neck Beach, I feel grounded.