By now, you’ve probably all heard that there’s a new breach at Lighthouse Beach in Chatham. Since the break happened on April 1, Chatham’s Andrew Giles Buckley has proposed that the new inlet be known as “Fool’s Channel.” It certainly should come as no surprise to anyone. The folks of Occupy Chatham South Beach warned me back in January that the frequent overwashes just south of the dune shack would lead to a break. The Cape Cod Chronicle also issued a warning in its Feb. 22

When one seeks the solitude and seclusion of a shack on Cape Cod's Outer Beach, the journey almost always involves a lengthy walk or four-wheel drive ride through miles of shore and sand, not to mention the arrangements that might need to be made weeks or even months in advance. It's not always a world that you can just reach out and touch. Yet, just about a quarter of a mile southeast of the Chatham Lighthouse, facing the "Cut" along South Beach, stands a shrine to that oute

The Henry Beston Society will present an in-progress screening of its upcoming feature length documentary about naturalist writer Henry Beston and his influence on the creation of the Cape Cod National Seashore at the Chatham Orpheum on Wednesday, May 4, at 9:30 a.m. As the film's producer, I will present the background and current status of the project, and director Christopher Seufert of Mooncusser Films will follow with an updated sample of cinematography, including aerial