Don Wilding’s Cape Cod
Where Land, Sea, and History Meet. Cape Cod’s Storyteller to the World. Author of five books.
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‘I’ve Seen Worse’ (opens the original)
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“Nor’easter.”For the last several days, the phrase has been tossed about media reports like rogue waves on the ocean, like you might see during a, well, nor’easter.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="3368" src="https://substackc
#OTD in 1991: Cape hit by Hurricane Bob (opens the original)
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The seawall at Menahaunt Road consists of about thirty to thirty-five huge blocks of concrete. The surge of Vineyard Sound submerged the entire outboard half of the road, dislodged about twenty-four of those barriers, which (Falmouth Public Works Director William) Owens said weigh fifteen tons each, and scattered them across the road and the front lawns of the houses, as a child would scatter toy building blocks on the living room rug.”— The Falmouth Enterprise, August 23, 1991<a class="image-li
Eclipse ‘terrifyingly darkens’ Cape in 1932 (opens the original)
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If the sky seems a little bit dark today, it’s not solely because of wildfires or thick clouds. Between roughly 1:01 and 2:46 this afternoon, a partial solar eclipse will be visible across Cape Cod and the rest of Massachusetts.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal"
Sharks and The Outermost House (opens the original)
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Jaws author Peter Benchley referred to one of Beston’s best known passages from The Outermost House in his article, Why Sharks Are Fast Becoming An Endangered Species, following an encounter with a rather large shark:<img alt="" clas
A Silver Anniversary For Don’s History Talks (opens the original)
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Twenty-five years ago, my journey down the road of Cape Cod History began. In collaboration with the Eastham 350th Anniversary Publications Committee, I wrote and edited a 32-page booklet about Henry Beston and The Outermost House, On its Solitary Dune.<source type="image/webp
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