A Cape Cod Notebook

The bay scallopers leave in the dark these days 17.03.2026 3:26 ↓

Nantucket historian and writer Mary Bergman speaks on the practice and tradition of scallop harvesting.

My Stone Walls 10.03.2026 3:36 ↓

Building a stone wall

You Can't Have Light Without a Dark to Stick It In 25.02.2026 4:09 ↓

Darkness

Walking into the unknown 17.02.2026 2:50 ↓

Trespassers

Garage or snowy driveway? Cape Codders decide. 10.02.2026 3:59 ↓

S’no garage for me….

A tale of an 18th Century abolitionist from Cape Cod 03.02.2026 3:25 ↓

Jonathan Walker, slave stealer

Walking a grand Cape Cod beach 27.01.2026 3:51 ↓

Standing at the Edge of the World

Gone 'Nantucket Native' 20.01.2026 3:12 ↓

I spent many years as an objective observer of this place. An academic, a historian, a researcher. On my better days, an anthropologist or some kind of gonzo documentarian, snapping pictures and recording my observations on the yellow legal pads I took everywhere, even the beach.

Yes, I have sand in the car. So what? 13.01.2026 3:25 ↓

If you live on Cape Cod, you likely have sand in your car. And if you live on Cape Cod and don’t have sand in your car, I might question if you are really living life to its fullest.

Storing Cape Cod's history 06.01.2026 3:24 ↓

A repository of Cape Cod artifacts