Peter Has a Fling

Peter Has a Fling

This was a long time back—in the 1970s, when Provincetown was still one of the only places you could go to be yourself.

Gray Seals

Grey Seal

If harbor seals are the cute “cocker spaniels” of the sea, then gray seals are more like the bulldogs–tough, muscular

Andrew Finds a Home

Andrew Finds a Home

Like everybody else, I’d been thinking about buying a place in Ptown. My boyfriend and I live in New Hampshire, but every chance we get we head out to the Cape, usually by car, which gets really old really fast, if you know what I mean. And we were spending a fortune on guest houses. […]

Leatherback Turtles

Leatherback Sea Turtle

There are multiple species of sea turtle here on Cape Cod, but out of all of them the leatherback is my absolute

Sister Clare’s Ocean Adventure

Sister Clare's Ocean Adventure

I first took the ferry from Boston to Provincetown when I was twelve or thirteen… what I remember most about it was that it was the best day of my life! My father had made some sort of sale and wanted to celebrate, so we all (my parents, my brother Alan and I) boarded the […]

Basking Sharks

Basking Shark

You know that fish (including sharks) breathe through their gills, but did you know that some sharks eat through

Minke Whales

Minke Whale

I love whale-watching. There’s the boat, the gentle rocking of the waves, the sea breeze, and, of course, the whales!