Don Wilding’s Cape Cod
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Cape Cod’s Storyteller to the World:
Author of 6 books, including the upcoming “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In” (5/12/26) dwCapeCod.com
Author of 6 books, including the upcoming “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In” (5/12/26) dwCapeCod.com
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My sixth book, "Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In," will be available from History Press, a division of Arcadia Publishing, on May 12! I'll be in Brewster and Falmouth in June -- more dates to come! dwCapeCodCom/events
Stormy seas as seen from the Outer Beach. (Photo taken by Nan Turner Waldron while staying at Henry Beston’s Outermost House, likely 1970s)
January 24, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Stormy seas as seen from the Outer Beach. (Photo taken by Nan Turner Waldron while staying at Henry Beston’s Outermost House, likely 1970s)
Think it’s cold now? The Winter of 1875 was even worse …
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Cape Cod’s ‘Arctic Winter’ of 1875
As the mercury has plunged across Cape Cod since early December, memories of frigid winters past quickly come to mind.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Think it’s cold now? The Winter of 1875 was even worse …
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Much more of the white stuff on the way for Sunday & Monday …
January 23, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Much more of the white stuff on the way for Sunday & Monday …
Braving the Blizzard of 2005 in the “Outermost Van.”
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The Outermost Van and the Blizzard of January 2005
When the term “granddaddy of them all” is brought up during a discussion about Cape Cod weather events, the storm known as the “Blizzard of ’78” is the one that all others are usually compared to.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Braving the Blizzard of 2005 in the “Outermost Van.”
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Stormy weather on the way for the Outer Beach. (Photo taken by Nan Turner Waldron while staying at Henry Beston’s Outermost House, likely 1970s)
January 22, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Stormy weather on the way for the Outer Beach. (Photo taken by Nan Turner Waldron while staying at Henry Beston’s Outermost House, likely 1970s)
After the snowfall along Bass River — about 2-3” in Dennis.
January 19, 2026 at 5:16 PM
After the snowfall along Bass River — about 2-3” in Dennis.
Here’s a few more shots of the Chatham South Beach shack from yesterday. The shack celebrates its 11th anniversary on Feb. 2 — read all about it here … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Here’s a few more shots of the Chatham South Beach shack from yesterday. The shack celebrates its 11th anniversary on Feb. 2 — read all about it here … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...
The Occupy Chatham South Beach first appeared on Feb. 2, 2015.
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January 19, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The Occupy Chatham South Beach first appeared on Feb. 2, 2015.
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Coming in for a landing at Lighthouse Beach, Chatham.
January 18, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Coming in for a landing at Lighthouse Beach, Chatham.
During the weeks and months that followed the collision of the ocean liners Republic and Florida, Marconi Operator Jack Binns was the toast of the maritime world and an American hero — and he couldn’t understand why.
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CQD Binns: The first hero of Wireless
During the weeks and months that followed the collision of the ocean liners Republic and Florida, Marconi Wireless Radio Operator Jack Binns was the toast of the maritime world and an American hero.
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January 18, 2026 at 1:31 AM
During the weeks and months that followed the collision of the ocean liners Republic and Florida, Marconi Operator Jack Binns was the toast of the maritime world and an American hero — and he couldn’t understand why.
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Oyster Pond Beach, Chatham, October 2023.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Oyster Pond Beach, Chatham, October 2023.
Saw this beauty at Bass River the other day. Can anyone ID?
January 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Saw this beauty at Bass River the other day. Can anyone ID?
Guglielmo Marconi’s journey to Wellfleet …
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Marconi’s journey to Wellfleet
When Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first wireless message across the Atlantic Ocean on Jan.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Guglielmo Marconi’s journey to Wellfleet …
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Eugene O’Neill’s haven on the dunes of Provincetown … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...
Eugene O’Neill’s haven on the dunes
Over the centuries, many landmarks have been lost to the encroaching sea along Cape Cod’s Outer Beach.
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January 13, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Eugene O’Neill’s haven on the dunes of Provincetown … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...
“Flight of the seabirds
Scattered like lost words
Wheel to the storm and fly.”
— John Barlow / Bob Weir
Scattered like lost words
Wheel to the storm and fly.”
— John Barlow / Bob Weir
January 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
“Flight of the seabirds
Scattered like lost words
Wheel to the storm and fly.”
— John Barlow / Bob Weir
Scattered like lost words
Wheel to the storm and fly.”
— John Barlow / Bob Weir
Reposted by Don Wilding’s Cape Cod
Farewell to the great Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead who kept the long, strange trip rolling long after the death of Jerry Garcia. variety.com/2026/music/n...
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist, Dies at 78
Singer-songwriter-guitarist Bob Weir, a cornerstone of the Grateful Dead and the band’s many latter-day offshoots, has died
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January 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Farewell to the great Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead who kept the long, strange trip rolling long after the death of Jerry Garcia. variety.com/2026/music/n...
In 1940, the French Cable Station was temporarily closed for security reasons after Brest, France, the other end off the cable, was invaded by German forces. The last words received at the Cape Cod end were “Here they come!”
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A World War II shutdown in Orleans
The French Telegraph Cable Company, or Cie Francaise des Cables Telegraphiques, often found itself relaying some of the important news of the day during the late 1800s and early part of the 20th centu...
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January 10, 2026 at 2:18 AM
In 1940, the French Cable Station was temporarily closed for security reasons after Brest, France, the other end off the cable, was invaded by German forces. The last words received at the Cape Cod end were “Here they come!”
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Bathtime at West Dennis Beach. I’m told this is a ruddy turnstone.
January 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Bathtime at West Dennis Beach. I’m told this is a ruddy turnstone.
Not mine. Good stuff.
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A Relationship With Nature, Not a Moment
Why real connection is built through presence, not peak experiences
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January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Not mine. Good stuff.
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Washing ashore May 12: My new book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In.” Preorder now at bookshop.org/p/books/proh...
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Washing ashore May 12: My new book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In.” Preorder now at bookshop.org/p/books/proh...
1911 storm leads to “three disasters in one” near Provincetown … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...
1911 storm leads to ‘three disasters in one’
Out of the thousands of shipwrecks on Cape Cod’s Outer Beach, many of them were barques and schooners, but coal barges were also among the casualties during the early 20th century.
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January 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
1911 storm leads to “three disasters in one” near Provincetown … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...
Soaring over surf & sand, West Dennis.
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Soaring over surf & sand, West Dennis.
Frosted sea stones at Coast Guard Beach, Eastham.
January 5, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Frosted sea stones at Coast Guard Beach, Eastham.
Surf strikes stones in the sand. Coast Guard Beach, Eastham, Cape Cod National Seashore.
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Surf strikes stones in the sand. Coast Guard Beach, Eastham, Cape Cod National Seashore.
"A year indoors is a journey along a paper calendar; a year in outer nature is the accomplishment of a tremendous ritual."
-- Henry Beston, "The Outermost House"
-- Henry Beston, "The Outermost House"
January 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
"A year indoors is a journey along a paper calendar; a year in outer nature is the accomplishment of a tremendous ritual."
-- Henry Beston, "The Outermost House"
-- Henry Beston, "The Outermost House"