Pond Stories

I'm not sure if this story I'm about to tell you is one of my more negative or positive learning experiences. It involves the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, a rainy night on Commercial Street in Provincetown and everything you miss when you don't stay...

Canoeing on Long Pond, Centerville By Steve Waller January 2022 was the first calendar month when I did not get out in my single-seat canoe since we moved to Long Pond in Centerville four years ago. The weather has been harsh and the ice often completely covering the...

There are so many things to see and do on the Cape in the winter and taking an easy hike to a local pond is not only free, it's good for your mental and physical health. With everything happening in the world right now that is completely out of your hands, clear your...

Thanks to Sanford Zevon for sending us these poetic images of Brewster’s Elbow Pond. How can you not fall in love with ponds and want to protect them based on how beautiful they are? And yes, that's Sanford paddle boarding at 89! Got a Pond Story you want to share?...

I recently finished reading Patti Smith’s The Year of the Monkey the day after Chinese New Year, this year, The Year of the Tiger. Smith's final thought in the book, “The trouble with dreaming is that we eventually wake up.” Sometimes. Before I dove into the brain of...

by Leslie Spencer My husband Larry and I and our two dogs relocated from Boston to our home on Fresh Pond in August of 2020. It seemed like the perfect spot for us to enjoy in retirement. Fresh Pond is a small tranquil pond of less than 8 acres with a mix of...

By Dianne Chilingerian So often when I look out my window, I am struck by the beauty of Ashumet Pond and feel compelled to take a photograph. I’m not a professional photographer, but sometimes I am able to capture the magic, and that is exciting! In this photo of...

by Judith Bruce Most of us are very aware of and regularly get out and appreciate the wonders of nature in our saltwater environment: Watching the marshes change from the palest yellow-green to deep emerald from spring to summer then to an amazing gold in autumn;...

I recently discovered this Smithsonian's Stories from Main Street Podcast from a friend in Western Mass who has been watching our water challenges here on the Cape. Not to take any comfort in that we are not alone with this issue, it is exciting to see the...

by Susan Baur  The water had finally climbed above 70 degrees in June and turtles, still hungry from hibernation, were out eating everything they could cram in their mouths. I swam slowly to a rocky point, and in fifteen minutes saw all three kinds of...