John Dowd is a Provincetown painter who magically captures the feeling of every scene he paints, so the viewer is right there in that moment. And it's always a moment of mystery, excitement, expectation. Dowd never paints people — he leaves the painting open so the viewer can step in. http://www.williamscottgallery.com

Two great Cape Cod shellfish growers whose
owners helped me learn about aquaculture:

www.dennisoysters.com

www.woodburyclams.com
"Pat's Blog" has great photographs and clear explanations....and recipes too

more oyster links:

www.boatma.com
Cape Cod Tide Charts

http://www.massaqua.org
Massachusetts Aquaculture Association

http://www.wellfleetoysterfest.org
the Wellfleet Oyster Festival, a great time every October

writers' links:

some dear friends whose books you are likely to love:

http://elizabethstrout.com

http://www.theendnovel.com

http://www.peterhodavies.com

http://www.elinorlipman.com

http://sarahblakebooks.com

other links:

great independent bookstores:

http://www.booksonthecape.com
Where the Sidewalk Ends, a mother-daughter bookstore in Chatham, MA

http://www.brewsterbookstore.com
The Brewster Bookstore, Brewster, MA

http://www.titcombsbookshop
Titcomb's Bookshop, Sandwich, MA

http://www.nowvoyagerbooks.com
Now Voyager Bookstore, Provincetown, MA

http://www.thebookloft.com
The Bookloft, Great Barrington, MA

http://www.buxtonvillagebooks.com
Buxton Village Books, Cape Hatteras, NC

etc:

www.fawc.org
the venerable Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, whose fellowships to 'emerging artists' have helped me and many, many others over the years

http://www.counter-productions.org/home
a community theater devoted to producing the most moving, most thoughtful plays and musicals, through the very isolated Provincetown winters. Carrying on from Eugene O'Neill.