The farm stand has upgraded our cooler. More doors, more shelves, more produce. Stop by & check it out.

August (and, sadly, much of Summer) is behind us. Not a bad month for sales, but down from July's robust sales numbers, volume-wise. Here are the facts...

• There were 8 closings in August (down from July) with an average sale price of $486K, and a median of $378K.
• This year, August's closings totaled $3.9M. Last year's total was $4.2M on 10 sales.
• There were 74 closings year-to-date (8/31/10), up 51% from 2009's 49 sales (note: single family homes).
• Currently, there were 109 homes for sale in Eastham, with an average list price of 600K, and a median price of $469K.

For more a snapshot of Eastham market conditions, including sale details, listings, and community information go ... Here..

The unfortunate reality is Barnstable's Klimmboobs obey the laws they choose to obey, and until Barnstable voters decide to change this reality, we’ll never make progress toward the same kind of...

This has been a particularly musical summer at Chez Sven. We had two fiddlers as guests in July, and now Ulf, a Swede with a viola, is staying in the cottage with his wife, Beth. No doubt they’ll want to attend at least one of the concerts this weekend to benefit Outer Cape Health Services (OCHS). What concerts? Glad you asked. Baroque violinist Monica Huggett will play in Provincetown

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As hurricane Earl careens toward the Eastern seaboard, their is a slight hum going around town. This is the same hum that you can feel before a Nor'Easter (big snow storm). It's the hum of excited anticipation. I am not sure if this happens in other parts of the country, but I think New Englanders actually like the anticipation of a good storm. It's exciting. It's something to talk about. It's an excuse to hunker down, eat junk food by candlelight and listen to the wind blow around. My...

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Almost 2 decades ago the New York Times 'discovered' Eastham. It's an interesting article, but it shows how things change, yet stay pretty much the same, in Eastham. Read "1993: Cape Cod's Little Secret" .... Here.

Seventy years ago I’d be oblivious to what was coming. Now I know too much and what I know sucks. Starting Sunday I started keeping an eye on Hurricane Earl, a category 4 storm that is now forecasted to pass extremely close offshore of Cape Cod. Very close. The last forecast from the National Weather [...]

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My post "Imagine a Green Wellfleet" was chosen for the Healthy Child, Healthy World Blog Carnival about clean air and water solutions, an effort by Healthy Child, Healthy World to help inspire a movement to protect children from harmful chemicals. Woo-hoo! What a wonderful way to get out the word. I was just reading Beth Terry's Fake Plastic Fish post this afternoon about her disappointment when

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