Greeting the #supermoon at Nauset Light, Eastham.

Beach campfire for #supermoon2025 at Nauset Light Beach, Eastham.

That’s me taking aim at the #supermoon2025 at Nauset Light Beach, Eastham. (Thanks to Wendy Golden for the photo!)

"’The Outermost House’ is strong medicine. I genuinely believe that it will live for other generations. It stands alone, not only in this publishing year, but in any year." — John Riddell, Vanity Fair, December 1928

#thoreau #capecod

Think we can make it? Not likely. That’s a long way from Chapin Beach in Dennis to the Sandy Neck dunes in Barnstable.

RIP, Tommy Dill …

Reflections at low tide.

Sept. 20, 2015: Storm clouds hover over Stage Harbor Light, Chatham.

Super September day as summer concludes at Chapin Beach ...

She’s really loving this beach in September thing …

From August 2019: View of the Atlantic from the Old Harbor Lifesaving Station at Race Point Beach, Provincetown.

Found this at high tide along the west end of Chapin Beach. About 3 feet long. Doesn’t appear to be made of wood.

Still a couple of months away, but November will be here before you know it. On Thursday, Nov. 13, I'll be at the Cape Cod Maritime Museum in Hyannis, where I'll be bringing in "Historic Storms of Cape Cod.” Pick up a signed copy of the book! capecodmaritimemuseum.org/events-and-l...

Riding the wild southwesterly winds along both sides of West Dennis Beach on Saturday afternoon.

“The world is big, and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.” — John Muir

Labor Day has come & gone. That means dogs can go to the beach again!

“I went there to spend a fortnight in September. The fortnight ending, I lingered on, and as the year lengthened into autumn, the beauty and mystery of this earth and outer sea so possessed and held me that I could not go.” — Henry Beston, “The Outermost House”

#OTD in 1954, Hurricane Carol was the first of two tropical cyclones to hit Cape Cod, followed by Edna 11 days later. Read more about these events in my book, “Historic Storms of Cape Cod.” www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

The one and only Tim Sweeney performing at today's Orleans Farmers' Market. www.timsweeney.us

#OTD in 2011: Hurricane Irene was downgraded to a tropical storm just before hitting New England, but the Cape still felt her presence. Some of us ventured out to Glendon Street Beach in Dennis Port to experience those gale force winds. #HurricaneIrene #tropicalstormirene

Storm clouds over Plymouth, as seen from Dennis this afternoon.

Earlier today, an isolated area of rain passed over Cape Cod Bay, just to the north of Barnstable, Yarmouth, and Dennis. Just after 4 pm, a very intense thunderstorm, with very heavy rain, lightning, and hail, barreled through. Quite the weather day on Cape Cod.

Always a great view from Chapin Beach in Dennis, especially when rain passes by to the north …

While hurricane-stirred surf was slamming the nearby beach, this Great Blue Heron kept an eye out for lunch in the quiet water of Nauset Marsh.

Surf stirred up by Hurricane Erin as seen from Coast Guard Beach and Fort Hill in Eastham. #hurricaneerin

Great sky

Something to keep in mind as the elements carve up the Cape Cod coastline this week …

Wednesday morning advisory …

#CapeCod 🐋! www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/l...

34 years ago today — Hurricane Bob strikes Cape Cod. Pictured here is the damage done to the Sandcastle Resort in Provincetown. Read all about it in my book, “Historic Storms of Cape Cod.” www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/978...

"I believe that being close to the natural environment inspires a quest, perhaps inherent in Man, to understand human nature.” — Nan Turner Waldron, “Journey to Outermost House”

“The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world.” — Henry David Thoreau

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

Thursday in Chatham … capecodchronicle.com/articles/321...

Erin’s exact course is still undetermined, but one thing seems pretty certain. Even if the storm stays out at sea, high surf is likely along the East Coast later next week — same time as the new moon, which means tides will be well above average.

Will Erin hit Cape Cod?

I remember this one — NYC area.

On August 7, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed the bill authorizing the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. www.massmoments.org/moment-detai...

“In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.” — Rollo May

Caught up with these critters as darkness was descending upon West Dennis Beach tonight.

Well represented at the Highland Light gift shop …

When jazz rocked Harwich — From the Harwich Conservation Trust … harwichconservationtrust.org/when-jazz-ro...