Author: Brian Shortsleeve

Brian Shortsleeve is the owner, publisher, and founder of Cape Cod Life Publications. His personal column, “Gunkholing,” has appeared in all issues of Cape Cod LIFE since the very first issue in 1979.

Brian Shortsleeve

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Gunkholing: New Year, New View

Publisher Brian Shortsleeve reminisces on the various moves throughout his life.

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Gunkholing: Celebrate the Holidays on the Cape & Islands

‘Tis the season to give thanks and celebrate. gunk’holing is the art of getting a boat into any small shallow…

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Gunkholing: Bill Zammer 1945-2021

It has been just over a year since our good friend Bill Zammer passed away. For those of you who may not recognize the name behind the corporation Cape Cod Restaurants, Inc., you most certainly must be familiar with the successful restaurants that Bill built across the Cape and beyond.

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Gunkholing: “Olde Cape Cod”

In our August issue, in recent years we have done our best to capture “Olde Cape Cod.” The cover photo…

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Gunkholing: Cuttyhunk

Looking northeast over Copicut Neck Photo by Brian Shortsleeve When I began publishing Cape Cod Life 43 years ago, photography…

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Gunkholing: Photos by Joshua Shortsleeve

We have just introduced a new section in our online shop under our Photography Prints: Photos by Joshua Shortsleeve.

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Gunkholing: The “Head of The Bay” in the Off-Season

Now living in the area known as “The Head of the Bay,” meaning Buzzards Bay, has proved to be wonderfully eye opening for Publisher Brian Shortsleeve.

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Gunkholing: An Off-Season Getaway

Join the Shortsleeves as they enjoy three nights on Martha’s Vineyard during the off-season!

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Gunkholing: A Special Memory

In this holiday issue of Cape Cod Life I would like to share with you my column from the holidays…

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Gunkholing: From “The Foot of Buzzards Bay” To “The Head of The Bay”

About 40 years ago I first sailed into Buzzards Bay. I had gone to Roanoke, Virginia to buy a center-cockpit,…

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Gunkholing: Cape Cod Life Takes Us There

In the first issue of Cape Cod LIFE magazine, in 1979, I wrote, “We hope to do photo journalistic justice…

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Gunkholing: The Tides Tell the Whole Story

We include the phases of the moon in the Cape Cod Life Seascapes Calendar because the phases of the moon…

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Gunkholing: Life Goes on Within me and Without me

My thanks to the entire Cape Cod Life staff for doing such a great job! For months most of us…

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Gunkholing: Best of Both Worlds

Above, the 2020 issue of Cape Cod LIFE June, known to readers as the Best Of issue. Digital: During these…

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Gunkholing: Some “Best Of” Days

In this issue of Cape Cod Life my younger brother, Kevin, has written a fine article about our family’s memorable…

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Gunkholing: We Had A Party In His Honor

In February, if my father was alive, he would have turned 100-years-old. Several of us, starting with my nephew Chris…

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Gunkholing: 2020 is going to be our best year yet!

Allyson Plessner came to Cape Cod Life in the summer of 2017 as a summer intern after graduating from the…

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Gunkholing: It Took About Six Minutes

In 1992, the January issue was dedicated to the historic Hurricane “Bob” that had just ravaged the shoreline of the…

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