Local Journalism Project Winter Reading Series

Our next Winter Reading event is right around the corner-Saturday, March 29 at the lovely Inn at the Oaks in Eastham. We will be reading from The House on Nauset Marsh by Wyman Richardson.

A classic of Cape Cod literature and a great piece of nature writing, The House on Nauset Marsh is a lyrical, poignant and often humorous work of a much-loved land and the people who called it home in a simpler time. Dr. Wyman Richardson lived the life of a busy, and distinguished, physician, practicing in Boston and teaching at the Harvard Medical School, but here is recorded his other life, the one closest to his heart. Cape Cod, and, more specifically, his humble farmhouse on Nauset Marsh, was his refuge. First published in 1947, The House on Nauset Marsh presaged later authors who discussed such subjects as the intelligence, language, and emotions of animals. His observances of fog, time, bird language, the wind and weather touch upon the philosophical. Little could escape Wyman Richardson’s gaze in his activities and at rest,reflecting on the shifting moods of land and sea, the denizens of salt marshes and woods, and the personalities and stories of the Cape Codders of a gentler time.

We will gather at the Inn at the Oaks (with thanks to innkeepers, Marirose and Bernie Lynch) where Mark Vonnegut, Leah Dower, Nancy Elsenbarth and Bob Seay will read from the chapter “The March Doldrums”.

Tickets are $30. The setting is cozy and intimate-space is limited-reserve your spot today!

All funds from this event benefit the Local Journalism Project, the nonprofit partner of the Provincetown Independent.