It Hurts When I Do This

It Hurts When I Do This

A while ago I sought some help with back pain that I reasonably thought was a back problem. I stretched, iced, heated and otherwise babied my back to no great effect. Once in the care of someone knowledgeable, I came to learn that my back pain originated from a...
It Hurts When I Do This

A Cautionary Tale

Simplicity has an allure. When faced with complex topics, a degree of uncertainty and nuance, many people want direct guidance on whether something is safe or dangerous, right or wrong, good or bad. In reality, few things lend themselves to clear lines of demarcation...
It Hurts When I Do This

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Remember back when the early talk about climate change predicted sweltering heat, long droughts interrupted by tropical downpours, and poor air quality driven by increased wildfire activity? Those predictions describe July on Cape Cod—this July actually. The debate is...
It Hurts When I Do This

Up is Down

If I were to come to your house and burn it down or bulldoze it to the ground, you might reasonably think that I had done you harm. Most people would apply a common sense standard that harm occurs when the place you live is destroyed. Until last week, that was the...
It Hurts When I Do This

We Need You

It is that time of year again. Along with sun-filled days and time outside with friends and family, early summer also brings with it APCC’s Summer Appeal. While no one enjoys asking for money, the hard truth is that the job of speaking for the Cape’s environment has...
It Hurts When I Do This

Death, taxes and… ?

The answer could be a lot of things but for this purpose it is cyanobacteria. Along with the transition from cool spring to hot summer, we are starting to see the return of unwelcome but increasingly familiar cyanobacteria blooms. Along with providing yet another...