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00000177-ba84-d5f4-a5ff-bbfc9baa0000Ways of Life airs every second Monday at 8:40am and 5:45pm.Our series Ways of Life is A collection of stories about people who live down the street... our neighbors: Fishermen, scientists, craftspeople, recovering addicts, surgeons, dog rescuers, motorcycle gang members, nursing home residents, musicians, the homeless, kid athletes, social activists, and all the others who share this place.Each portrait becomes part of the surprising, interwoven tapestry of our lives together here on the Cape, Coast and Islands. Ways of Life is edited by Jay Allison and produced by our production partners at Atlantic Public Media Ways of Life is made possible by The Circle of Ten, ten local businesses and organizations committed to local programming on WCAI.

Up and Snapping: When a Shark Is Your "Happy Place"

When he was a child, Tom Burns read a book on a very famous breed of animal. And he fell in love.

While his days are spent treating the sick and injured pets of South Yarmouth, his free time and holidays are devoted to finding and photographing something far more toothy: Sharks.

This piece came to us from our production partners at Atlantic Public Media through their media training program, The Transom Story Workshop in Woods Hole. John is a graduate of the workshop and you can find out more about that program at Transom.org Ways of Life is edited by Jay Allison and produced by our production partners, Atlantic Public Media. It’s made possible by the Circle of Ten - Ten Local businesses and organizations  committed to local programming on WCAI.