Mary Bergman

They say Windswept Cranberry Bog is retired, as if all the little insects, ferns, frogs, and grasses have simply moved south. Now, the bog is on its way to becoming a wetland after a century of cranberry production. On Nantucket, cranberries provided such an influx of cash into the strapped post-whaling economy that these little bouncing berries were known as “red gold.”

They say Windswept Cranberry Bog is retired, as if all the little insects, ferns, frogs, and grasses have simply moved south. Now, the bog is on its way to becoming a wetland after a century of cranberry production. On Nantucket, cranberries provided such an influx of cash into the strapped post-whaling economy that these little bouncing berries were known as “red gold.”

Can you remember a winter where you were sorry to see it go? A fall where you wished you had carved more pumpkins or taken more hayrides?

Nantucket Writer and Historian Mary Bergman grew up in Provincetown and recently paid a visit to her old hometown.

Nantucket writer and historian Mary Bergman has some thoughts about beach people and how different things are at the beach on today's A Cape Cod Notebook.

Nantucket writer and historian Mary Bergman is noticing signs of seasonal change.

Nantucket writer and historian Mary Bergman is noticing signs of seasonal change.

Maybe you saw that New York Times opinion piece about how we can be different people after the pandemic. “Our personalities are not set in stone,” Olga Kahzan wrote, “They are more like sand dunes.”

As we look back on the year anniversary of the pandemic, writer and historian Mary Bergman remembers a crowd on Nantucket’s Main Street.