Over the last 16 years, I’ve done a lot of talking, writing, and lecturing about the history of Outer Cape Cod. If you’re interested in learning even more on this subject, then perhaps you might want to check out my course, Cape Cod History: Journey to the Outer Beach, for Nauset Community Education at the Nauset Middle School in Orleans, during January and February. Classes begin on Monday, Jan. 22, with four more 90-minute sessions on Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 12, and Feb. 26,

I'll be presenting a special talk and multi-media presentation, “The Outermost House: An Eastham Story”, during Eastham’s Windmill Weekend. The program will be held at the Eastham Historical Society’s 1869 Schoolhouse Museum, 25 Schoolhouse Road, on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. I've presented a variety of public talks about Beston’s literary classic and Cape Cod experiences since 2001, and will take a comprehensive localized look at Beston's ultimate Cape Cod experience. For

As I've mentioned on several occasions, I've always considered the late Nan Turner Waldron, author of the book, Journey to Outermost House, to be one of my great mentors when it came to The Outermost House and life on the outer beach of Cape Cod. As the 95th anniversary of her birth approaches later this month, I often wonder what this sage of the sea and sand, who passed away in November 2000, would think about the state of the world today. Her words from the closing paragra

As the days of autumn grow shorter across Cape Cod, many across the peninsula turn their eyes skyward for some of the best entertainment that the natural world can offer — as Henry Beston called it, “the great migrations.” Bird watching is big business in these parts, although it may have been Beston who popularized it after his Cape Cod nature classic, “The Outermost House,” was published in 1928. From his outpost cottage on the seaside dunes of Eastham, the self-proclaimed

In a scene from Cape Cod on any given day, two men were sitting on a cottage porch in Truro, overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the Pamet River Valley, and the Truro Highlands. On this particular day in 1905, Dr. Herbert Howard, the cottage’s owner, was hosting a visitor, Truro’s Dr. L. Thomas Hopkins. As is often the case with a view like this, caring for the beauty and splendor of this corner of the world became the topic of conversation. “All of this area should be taken over

As many of you have probably heard, the Henry Beston Society and I are in the middle of producing a feature-length documentary film about Henry Beston and the story behind his Cape Cod nature classic, "The Outermost House." This Sunday, the public will have a chance to see where we're at with a rough cut screening of footage from this independent grass roots project. Thanks to Rebecca Alvin and the Cape Cod Film Society, I'll be presenting a program on "Henry Beston's Cape Co

The storm known as the “‪Blizzard of ‘78‬” swept away Henry Beston’s Outermost House during the monster nor’easter on Feb. 6-7, 1978. In this video from the HB Society, Cape Cod essayist Robert Finch, novelist William Martin, “Journey to Outermost House” author Nan Turner Waldron, radio newsman Bob Seay, writer/photographer Noel Beyle, former CCNS Ranger Jack Clarke, and former Eastham Natural Resources Officer Henry Lind offer their thoughts on the demise of the Fo’castle, a