Melancholy Wellfleet Scallops

Yes, if one is prone to bitterness and depression, it is possible for one to be felled by it even on Cape Cod, even on this curving hook of land buffeted by ocean breezes. I have mastered the art of being a sourpuss with my family. It's a private story. But describing my depression is not. I was later coerced into going to dinner at Mac's in Wellfleet w Dan and Punch. The self-pity was so strong that when Dan tried to take a picture of me and Punch near the Mac's picnic tables, a pretty sunset behind us, I could not make myself smile. I'm in physical pain, I said, and that's how it felt. Not just my mind, but my heart, my soul, my body, Better days ahead, I trust. Punch in Great Pond today; she went with Dan.