![]() These things speak to us of the persistence of life against all odds. Beach plums have enormously long taproots which draw water up from the the 'moist core of the sands'. Life is scarce on these dunes and what there is eke’s a precarious living from the dry sand. The dunes roll away into the distance having been sculpted by the persistent winds endlessly removing and depositing sand creating shapes that mimic the waves of the nearby ocean. “I have always loved to walk through the great dunes of the Outer Cape. Touch the earth, love the earth, honour the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas rest your spirit in her solitary places.” - Henry Beston Spiritually shaken by his experiences in World War I, Beston retreated to the outer beach at Eastham in search of peace and solitude. To all who love her, who open to her the doors of their veins, she gives of her strength, sustaining them with her own measureless tremor of dark life. The Outermost House, now considered a Cape Cod nature literary classic, was written after Beston spent what he called 'a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod'. ![]() Hold your hands out over the earth as over a flame. ![]() For the gifts of life are the earths and they are given to all, and they are the songs of birds at daybreak, Orion and the Bear, and the dawn. Touch the earth, love the earth, her plains, her valleys, her hills, and her seas rest your spirit in her solitary places. Do no dishonour to the earth lest you dishonour the spirit of man. Henry Beston - The Outermost House Photographsby Debora Rosen 1965 Cape Cod, MA. "The ancient values of dignity, beauty, and poetry which sustain it are of Nature’s inspiration they are born of the mystery and beauty of the world. ![]()
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