Zen and the art of painting a boathouse
Painting a boathouse turns out to have a lot in common with yoga: stretching, balance, and the patience of proper prep work. A meditation on...
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A Cape Cod Notebook from WCAI
A nature writer living in Wellfleet, Robert Finch has written about Cape Cod for more than forty years. He is the author of nine books of essays. A Cape Cod Notebook airs weekly on WCAI, the...
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When empty nest hits home
Turns out empty nest syndrome doesn't require actual children. Susan Moeller follows a gray catbird family that set up shop in the viburnum...
The Drought
Nantucket wakes most summer mornings wrapped in fog, yet the island is deep in drought. With a sole-source aquifer and no neighboring town t...
The Name Game or What to Call Our Cottage
From "Happy as a Clam" to "Squeezed Inn," a Cape Cod cottage-naming saga full of bad puns, a 92-year-old sign-maker's wisdom, and the realiz...
On Another Shore
After a long winter on Cape Cod, Mary Bergman laces up her boots and heads to Portugal's rugged Atlantic coast to hike the Fisherman's Trail...
What does America see?
A dog's unblinking vigil at a Cape Cod window becomes a quiet reflection on attention, perception, and all the things just outside the frame...
The People’s Stop on the Hydrangea Tour
From hydrangea fun facts to backyard storytelling, Tom Moroney shares a charming and humorous vision of what he calls “The People’s Stop” on...
The mysterious bottleneck
One of many mysteries that attends living on Cape Cod manifests in an unlikely location: Route 6, Harwich, around what most people still cal...
Waiting for the Lilacs
A quiet nighttime journey to count horseshoe crabs becomes an exploration of Nantucket’s seasonal transformations. From blooming lilacs to s...
Frozen in Place
In the middle of a snowy Cape Cod winter, a dog, an opossum, and a pair of neighbors create an unforgettable moment of surprise, humor, and...
The Herring Sentry
Tom Moroney explores the efforts to protect the herring population on the Cape and the volunteers and infrastructure that make its recovery...
April Sounds
Nantucket writer and historian Mary Bergman talks about the sounds of wildlife reemerging signaling the return of spring.
For the Love of Cranberry Bogs
Walk around the cranberry bogs of Cape Cod – cranberries.org says about 11,500 bogs in southeastern Massachusetts – in mid-winter, and it’s...
The bay scallopers leave in the dark these days
Nantucket historian and writer Mary Bergman speaks on the practice and tradition of scallop harvesting.
My Stone Walls
Building a stone wall
The storm of 2026
A nature writer living in Wellfleet, Robert Finch has written about Cape Cod for more than forty years. He is the author of nine books of es...
Walking into the unknown
Trespassers
Garage or snowy driveway? Cape Codders decide.
S’no garage for me….
A tale of an 18th Century abolitionist from Cape Cod
Jonathan Walker, slave stealer