A Cape Cod Notebook

Mar 04 2025 20 ep. 3 mins 23
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A Cape Cod Notebook can be heard every Tuesday morning at 8:45am and afternoon at 5:45pm.It's commentary on the unique people, wildlife, and environment of our coastal region.

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My neighbor is a sly fox

Mar 04 2025 4 mins  
We’ve all had one of those neighbors. You know what I mean. The ones that keep offbeat hours. Or they just wander onto your property without asking. Or they disturb your household with their comings and goings.

The fascinating past of the island fisherman

Feb 25 2025 4 mins  
Nelson Sigelman writes about a friend who is an island fisherman with a mysterious past.

Optimist Atlantic Islander

Feb 18 2025 2 mins  
After years of watching people leave Nantucket during the winter, I decided I wanted to be one of them. Not for the whole winter, just for a week

Walter Baron

Feb 11 2025 2 mins  
When Walter Baron built his workshop on a side road in Wellfleet 40-odd years ago, he knew what he wanted to do: Build boats.

Winter, lost and found

Feb 04 2025 3 mins  

January, it’s time for the golf course

Jan 28 2025 4 mins  
January is the time of year on Cape Cod when we really start to doubt some of our life choices. A couple of different decisions and I would be living in a place where the temperature rarely falls below 50 degrees, and there’s no such thing as ice.

Gone 'Nantucket Native'

Jan 21 2025 3 mins  
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.

The intricacies of bird nests

Jan 14 2025 4 mins  

My Jimmy Carter stories

Jan 07 2025 4 mins  
He already was becoming the most exemplary former President maybe in history, picking up hammers to help build Habitat for Humanity homes, donning a suit and traveling the world to encourage free and fair elections.

Do not go gentle

Dec 31 2024 3 mins  
Bob McKeon, a 78-year-old retired state trooper, splits his time, as many do, between his primary residence -- his is in North Attleboro -- and his place on the Cape in South Dennis. A favorite activity is going out to dinner, and when he started posting restaurant reviews on a popular Facebook page years ago, he gained more and more friends -- many of them touched by his endearing