Don Wilding’s Cape Cod

Race Point reflections, Hatches Harbor.

Great time visiting Race Point Lighthouse in Provincetown today. Weekly tours of the light are provided by the American Lighthouse Foundation. This was the last one of the 2026 season, but they’ll be back next June.

Autumnal chill and clear skies at Coast Guard Beach in Eastham on Sunday.

Clouds exiting but Autumn is kicking in over Cape Cod Bay today — Paines Creek Beach, Brewster.

Saturday at WOMR in Provincetown. Tickets here … onthestage.tickets/show/provinc...

Autumn on the bay, Paine’s Creek Beach, Brewster, this morning.

#OTD in 2013 — snapper crosses Route 6 in Truro.

Dune Dog at Chapin Beach in Dennis …

NEXT Friday October 16th tour the Old Harbor Life-saving Station. Imagine the lives of these brave surfmen while you tour the furnished museum. Located at Race Point Beach, Provincetown.

2 WEEKS FROM TONIGHT … Author talk / book signing ✍️ “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In”: OCTOBER 19, 6 P.M. Raynham Historical Society at the Raynham Senior Center, 2215 King Philip St., Raynham.

The O’Neill Festival of New Works presented the staged reading of “Outermost Writers: Beston and Coatsworth,” by Wellfleet’s John Dennis Anderson at The Red Room in Provincetown this afternoon. If you missed it, there will be another reading at WOMR in Provincetown on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 2 pm.

TODAY in Provincetown, 2 pm … redroom.club/shows/387824

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Sunday in Provincetown … redroom.club/shows/387824

We’ve seen way worse than this … donwildingscapecod.substack.com/p/ive-seen-w...

"Take long walks in stormy weather, or through deep snows in the fields and woods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be cold and hungry and weary." — From Henry David Thoreau's Journal; December 25, 1856.

I wrote this last winter, but it applies ANY time that a potent weather system approaches the area. Don’t turn your back on an angry ocean, and stay away from the edge of the cliff. donwildingscapecod.substack.com/p/do-not-tur...

The wind is picking up prior to the predicted nor’easter this weekend. This was the scene at Chapin Beach in Dennis this afternoon.

Hmm … traffic looks light today!

This week in 2023: Hurricane Lee, tracking just far enough offshore to avoid major damage but still close enough for gale force winds, roars past Race Point Light & Herring Cove.

Upcoming off Cape events for “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In”: OCTOBER 19, 6 P.M. Raynham Historical Society at the Raynham Senior Center, 2215 King Philip St. OCTOBER 27, 7 P.M.  Foxborough Historical Society, Foxborough Public Safety Building, 8 Chestnut St. dwCapeCod.com/events

25 YEARS AGO: In the days following Sept. 11, 2001, an American flag was planted on a dune at the south end of Nauset Spit in Eastham. It remained there for quite some time. In the second photo, I’m holding on during a raging nor’easter.

Henry Beston returned to Eastham on Thursday night, as Wellfleet actor John Anderson portrayed The Outermost House author in front of a sold out audience at the Eastham Historical Society’s 1869 Schoolhouse Museum. Great job, John! #outermost100

Upcoming off Cape events for “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In”: OCTOBER 19, 6 P.M. Raynham Historical Society at the Raynham Senior Center, 2215 King Philip St. OCTOBER 27, 7 P.M.  Foxborough Historical Society, Foxborough Public Safety Building, 8 Chestnut St. dwCapeCod.com/events

Meet Henry Beston on Thursday, Sept. 10. This interactive, living-history performance by John Dennis Anderson marks the September 100 years ago when Beston first took solace in his small house on the Eastham dunes. This is a spceial fund raising event. Email easthamehs@gmail.com for info.

Thanks so much to the Cape Cod Maritime Museum for hosting my “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In” author talk this evening — SOLD OUT! This was my final talk of the summer — next month, I’ll be heading off Cape for talks in Raynham (10/19) & Foxboro (10/27). Details: dwCapeCod.com/events

“We should have a living relationship with nature. Some kind of relationship between man & nature is necessary to the peace of his soul, something that the Indian has. Machinery is all right as a servant, but it is poison as a master.” — Henry Beston, American Legion meeting in Quincy, Mass., 1933

#ICYMI: I was a guest on Ira Wood’s radio program, “The Lowdown,” on WOMR in Provincetown on Aug. 25. Click here to listen (Aug. 25 button toward the bottom of the page) … womr.org/about/meet-o...

Thanks so much to Ira Wood, Matt Dunn & WOMR for having me on Ira’s weekly show, “The Lowdown,” this afternoon, when we discussed “Prohibition On Cape Cod.”

Tune in to WOMR TODAY (Tuesday, Aug. 25) at 12:30 pm as I return to “The Lowdown” to discuss my latest book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In,” with host Ira Wood. Tune in at: 92.1 FM (Provincetown); 91.3 FM (Orleans); Streaming worldwide at WOMR.org.

Meet Henry Beston on Thursday, Sept. 10. This interactive, living-history performance by John Dennis Anderson marks the September 100 years ago when Beston first took solace in his small house on the Eastham dunes. This is a spceial fund raising event. Email easthamehs@gmail.com for info.

Tune in to WOMR on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 12:30 pm as I return to “The Lowdown” to discuss my latest book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In,” with host Ira Wood. Tune in at 92.1 FM (Provincetown), 91.3 FM (Orleans), or at WOMR.org.

Eerie cloud bank over #NantucketSound off #CraigvilleBeach #CapeCod What’s the meteo explanation? Photogenic though! @capecodweather.net @capeproducer.bsky.social @dwcapecod.bsky.social @evezuckoff.bsky.social @capecodcom.bsky.social @capecodpostaah.bsky.social

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 5 PM: Join me at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum for their “History On Tap” series. Sample Cape Cod Beer as I discuss my latest book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In.” Get your tickets here: capecodmaritimemuseum.org/events-and-l...

And that’s a wrap for the Outermost House history walks for the 2026 summer season! Big thanks to the Harwich Conservation Trust & the Eastham Conservation Foundation for bringing the walks to the Cape Cod National Seashore. (Photos by Gerry Beetham)

August 31, 1932: Provincetown “terrifyingly darkened” by historic solar eclipse. donwildingscapecod.substack.com/p/eclipse-te...

“Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.” — Thomas Merton

Tune in to WOMR on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 12:30 pm as I return to “The Lowdown” to discuss my latest book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In,” with host Ira Wood. irawood.com/the-lowdown WOMR.org

Thanks to Provincetown Magazine for running Chapter 3 of my latest book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In,” in their Aug. 6 edition! cloud.3dissue.net/5191/5172/51...

Tune in to WOMR on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 12:30 pm as I return to “The Lowdown” to discuss my latest book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In,” with host Ira Wood. irawood.com/the-lowdown WOMR.org

I’ll be at the Mansfield Public Library on Tuesday night, discussing my latest book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In” …

Next talk: “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In” at the Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St. in Mansfield, Mass., this Tuesday night at 6:30 pm.

Great to see John Dennis Anderson at last night’s Outermost House talk at the Eastham Historical Society’s 1869 Schoolhouse Museum in Eastham. John will be portraying Henry Beston in “An Evening with Henry Beston” on Sept. 10 at the Schoolhouse. jdanderson.org

Next talk: “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In” at the Mansfield Public Library, 255 Hope St. in Mansfield, Mass., this Tuesday night at 6:30 pm.

We’re closing in on the 100th anniversary of “The Outermost House”! Learn all about Henry Beston’s iconic seaside retreat and his influence on the Cape Cod National Seashore — Thursday at 7 pm, Eastham Historical Society’s 1869 Schoolhouse Museum, 25 Schoolhouse Road in Eastham.

Jaws author: Henry Beston’s “words are engraved on my frontal cortex” open.substack.com/pub/donwildi... #sharkweek