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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod

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Cape Cod’s Storyteller to the World: Author of 6 books, including the recently released “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In.” dwCapeCod.com

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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 22h
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.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
TODAY in Provincetown, 2 pm … redroom.club/shows/387824
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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A Dreary Storm Departs for Now - The Provincetown Independent
The slow-moving ocean storm that lingered here Friday through Tuesday has finally shifted away from the region. While the storm was not unusually intense or damaging as nor’easters go, it […]
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sunday in Provincetown … redroom.club/shows/387824
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Red Room | Outermost Writers: Beston and Coatsworth
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We’ve seen way worse than this … donwildingscapecod.substack.com/p/ive-seen-w...
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‘I’ve Seen Worse’
“Nor’easter.”
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"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.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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...
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Do NOT Turn Your Back On The Ocean … And Other Rules Of Cape Storm Chasing
‘Tis the season for the number one spectator sport on Cape Cod.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The wind is picking up prior to the predicted nor’easter this weekend. This was the scene at Chapin Beach in Dennis this afternoon.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hmm … traffic looks light today!
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
“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
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#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...
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Ira Wood | WOMR – Outermost Community Radio
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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.”
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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.
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aka GlobalQZ @latitudez.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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...
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
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)
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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A Fisherman’s Daughter’s Research Finds Histories of 865 Lost at Sea - The Provincetown Independent
PROVINCETOWN — For a lifelong Provincetown resident and self-proclaimed “Portuguese Princess,” Lisa King has spent a lot of time up Cape in Barnstable. That’s because the Sturgis Library there, in […]
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
August 31, 1932: Provincetown “terrifyingly darkened” by historic solar eclipse. donwildingscapecod.substack.com/p/eclipse-te...
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Eclipse ‘terrifyingly darkens’ Cape in 1932
‘Cries of amazement and appreciation’ as thousands flock to Provincetown
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“Solitude is a way to defend the spirit against the murderous din of our materialism.” — Thomas Merton
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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...
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’ll be at the Mansfield Public Library on Tuesday night, discussing my latest book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In” …
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Jaws author: Henry Beston’s “words are engraved on my frontal cortex” open.substack.com/pub/donwildi... #sharkweek
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Sharks and The Outermost House
Benchley: Henry Beston’s ‘words are engraved on my frontal cortex’
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
On July 30, 2001, I gave my first ever talk on Henry Beston & “The Outermost House” in Eastham as part of the town’s 350th Anniversary celebration. I’ll be marking my 25th year on the Cape Cod history lecture circuit on July 30, 2026 — once again with my pal Henry. open.substack.com/pub/donwildi...
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A Silver Anniversary For Don’s History Talks
Eastham Outermost House Event July 30
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
TONIGHT at the Truro Public Library, 6 pm.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"The seas are the heart's blood of the earth. Plucked up and kneaded by the sun and the moon, the tides are systole and diastole of earth's veins". — Henry Beston, “The Outermost House”
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Off-Cape Event! Join me at 6:30 pm on Aug. 4 as I bring my author talk for my latest book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In,” to the Mansfield Public Library , 255 Hope St. in Mansfield, Mass. Book signing after the talk. www.mansfieldlibraryma.com
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Today’s Outermost House history walk at Cape Cod National Seashore, made pouty the good folks at the Harwich Conservation Trust & Eastham Conservation Foundation. (Photos by Gerry Beetham)
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Join me at the Eastham Historical Society’s 1869 Schoolhouse Museum on July 30 for a look back at Henry Beston’s “The Outermost House” …
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
July 29 in Eastham …
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
There’s still a few spots open for my upcoming Outermost House history walks at Cape Cod National Seashore on July 18 & Aug. 15. Sign up here … secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/...
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Born #OTD in 1817: Henry David Thoreau.
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Don Wilding’s Cape Cod @dwcapecod.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
BOOK SIGNING for my latest book, “Prohibition On Cape Cod: Running The Rum In,” at Murphy's General Store in Harwich Port THIS WEDNESDAY, July 8, from 5-8 pm, during the Summer Stroll. murphysgeneralstore.com
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