The storm of Jan. 20-21, 1978 paved the way for the historic damage at Coast Guard Beach during the “Blizzard of ‘78” just two weeks later. open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

More from the storm’s early hours at Chapin Beach in Dennis.

Venturing out in the storm at Chapin Beach in Dennis and Gray’s Beach in Yarmouth Port this morning.

Ice & snow take over Cape Cod Bay at low tide as the storm arrives — at Chapin Beach, Dennis.

Ahna and I took on the elements at Chapin Beach in Dennis as the snow began this morning. A blistering 23 degrees, but at least the wind hadn’t kicked in yet. That’s sea ice piled up in the background.

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 … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

Much more of the white stuff on the way for Sunday & Monday …

Braving the Blizzard of 2005 in the “Outermost Van.” open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

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.

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. open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

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. open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

Oyster Pond Beach, Chatham, October 2023.

Saw this beauty at Bass River the other day. Can anyone ID?

Guglielmo Marconi’s journey to Wellfleet … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

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

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!” open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

Bathtime at West Dennis Beach. I’m told this is a ruddy turnstone.

Not mine. Good stuff. open.substack.com/pub/highonna...

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...

Soaring over surf & sand, West Dennis.

Frosted sea stones at Coast Guard Beach, Eastham.

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"

Tragic options in 1907 schooner wreck off Monomoy … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

“Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us, and see the beauty in ordinary things.” — Thomas Merton

Winter chill at Mothers Bog in Brewster.

Walkers Pond, Brewster.

Sun on the new fallen snow in South Dennis.

Nan wrote this 35 years ago. More true now than ever.

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

You shall not pass!

Late afternoon layers at West Dennis Beach.

A faulty compass did in the A. Roger Hickey in 1927 … open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

Not quite sure how I did this, but I can assure you all that no drugs were involved in taking this photograph of the former Coast Guard station in Eastham.

Rock Harbor reflections, Dec. 21.

Solstice stroll at Eastham’s Coast Guard Beach this past Sunday.

Winter Solstice at Pine Pond in Brewster.

For eight days and nights in December 1890, the wide open sea was all that Ulah Deer of Chatham, along with her husband, Captain William Reed, and the crew of the Fred Richards, saw before being rescued, just in time for Christmas. open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...

Nan wrote this 35 years ago. More true now than ever.