Despite thousands of people voting early and by mail, Election Day on Cape Cod saw plenty of action at polling places.

We discuss the tools that drama and performance offer those in recovery.

A cottage bought against a home inspector’s advice becomes the proving ground for a second act as a skilled tradesman. Between a neighbor’s critiques and an offhand job offer, he finds that staying busy keeps him in midair.

This Halloween episode of The Garden Lady starts off with a postcard from things that are spooky in the garden. C.L. talks about ghost pipe plants, stinkhorn fungi, and other creepy things that appear in our yards and gardens. Listeners call in with assorted questions about topics including transplanting hydrangeas, "lasagne bulb pots," African violet renewal, and watering spring blooming shrubs this fall.

A review of the week's local headlines with our region's leading jouralists.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to political consultant and publisher of The Bulwark, Sarah Longwell, who runs focus groups with swing voters, about what mattered to independents in the midterms.

The twin victories in the House and Senate return the Democratic Party to full control of Congress and deepen the level of expected friction between President Trump and congressional Democrats.

The Democrats picked up seven Senate seats Tuesday night, flipping the chamber in a decisive victory.