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Thanksgiving
This week kicks off the 2021 holiday season. For many of us, the upcoming holidays come with the hope that this season will feel more normal than the 2020 season did. That said, it is impossible to ignore the disruption, pain, sacrifice, and loss that we have all...
Pond Stories: Looking Out Over Deans Pond, Popponesset
This poem by 15 year old Alex Macey, was written about Dean's Pond in Mashpee. A few weeks ago, he had to adhere to a poetic style for an assignment. Alex is a sophomore at St Johns Prep in Danvers, and wrote the poem from the perspective of sitting on his...
E&E News: YIMBY? Cape Cod welcomes first large U.S. offshore wind farm
BARNSTABLE, Mass. — When a developer proposed building an offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound two decades ago, some of the fiercest opposition came from Cape Cod residents. Yesterday, they struck a different tone, welcoming America’s first major offshore wind...
“But you said…”
I got a coin in my palm I can make it disappear I got a card up my sleeve Name it and I'll pull it out your ear I got a rabbit in my hat If you wanna come and see This is what will be This is what will be I got shackles on my wrists Soon I'll slip 'em and be gone...
Pond Stories: What We Should Have Feared
"I am pessimistic about the human race because it is too ingenious for its own good. Our approach to nature is to beat it into submission. We would stand a better chance at survival if we accommodated ourselves to this planet and viewed it appreciatively instead of...
Pond Stories: 7 Months of Sunsets & Sunrises Over Elbow Pond
Thanks to Sanford Zevon for sending us these poetic images of sunsets, sunrises (and daytime photos too!) of Brewster's Elbow Pond from May to November, 2021. How can you not fall in love with ponds and want to protect them based on how beautiful they are? Got a Pond...
Can You Hear Me Now?
Yep, that was a big storm, and it did a lot of damage. It was not the direct hit of a summer hurricane that will eventually strike us, but it was clearly a wakeup call. For many of us, it was the only call we received for a few days because one of the big casualties...
Pond Stories: Mary Oliver
We love when you share pictures and thoughts around how special our local water is, especially in poem form! Lisa Nagel shares her pond connection with this poem by longtime Cape Cod poet and Pulitzer prize winner Mary Oliver. At Blackwater Pond by Mary Oliver At...
Pond Stories: Crystal Lake, Orleans
We love all your photos, stories and thoughts on Cape Cod ponds. Keep them coming! Jean Arnold sent us this picture of Crystal Lake in Orleans which showcases the fall as if in a mirror. "Every day is a joy when you can glimpse the beauty of a natural pond on Cape...
Long Walk Home
I’m just back home from attending town meeting as I write this and I’m agitated. Not for the typical reason that something I cared about lost. To the contrary, all the environmental protection measures were approved. I’m upset because I feel like the proxy culture...