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Tidewater TimesSeptember 2013
Tom & Debra CrouchBenson & Mangold Real Estate
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Features:About the Cover Photographer: Mark Sandlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Confessions of a Chocoholic: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9The Oxford-Bellevue Ferry: Dick Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23MRYC Foundation Honors Sailing Coach: Philip J. Webster . . . . 39Squirrely: Dr. Jack Scanlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Delmarva Atlantic Beaches: Harold W. Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Villages of Talbot County: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . 141Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith-Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Tidewater Review: Anne Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Tidewater Traveler: George W. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
David C. Pulzone, Publisher · Anne B. Farwell, EditorP. O. Box 1141, Easton, Maryland 21601
102 Myrtle Ave., Oxford, MD 21654410-226-0422 FAX: 410-226-0411
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Departments:September Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Dorchester Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Easton Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105St. Michaels Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115Oxford Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Caroline County - A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169Queens Anne’s County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171September Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
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Mark will do anything to get the shot. He has hung out of he-licopters, paddled remote rivers, mushed dog sleds, and logged mil-lions of miles in cramped airline seats. He has shared meals with presidents and with lepers in Ne-pal. No matter who he has photo-graphed or where he has traveled, he has left with new friends and an invitation to return. His work shows a respect for his subjects, a passion for his craft, and an unfail-ing instinct for beautiful light.
Pictured on the cover is Old Point, a 1909 dredge boat that is part of the Chesapeake Bay Mari-time Museum collection.
Freelance photographer Mark Sandlin has criss-crossed the globe, camera in hand, to tell the stories of the people and places that make the world such a color-ful and intriguing place. His pho-tographic assignments have taken him to several Olympic Games, all 50 states, numerous foreign countries, many of the finest res-taurants in the South, and even a couple of war zones. Most recently, he served as director of photogra-phy at Southern Living Magazine, where he was on staff for more than 16 years. He also served many years as director of photography for the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
About the Cover PhotographerMark Sandlin
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Confessions of a Chocoholicby
Helen Chappell
My name is Helen, and I’m a chocoholic.
I’ve struggled with my love for the brown stuff since I was a little kid. When my mother was in an es-pecially good mood, she’d reward me with a piece from her Whit-man’s Sampler. The ritual was that I’d bend down on the seat of a din-ing room chair and hide my eyes, to be “surprised” when she produced a piece of that sweet, luscious drug, wrapped in a brown paper pleated liner. I would bite into that sweet chocolate shell and feel the glori-ous crunch of nut filling against my tongue and teeth.
Chocolate spelled love to me. That box of Whitman’s Sampler al-ways lived on a high shelf and was rarely shared. Children, especially chubby children, weren’t supposed to eat sweets, as they were fatten-ing and hard to digest. Or that’s what post-War moms were told.
If you’re seeing a symbiosis with love and chocolate here, you’re right. Science says chocolate has a chemical similar to that released by the endorphins of love. This is probably why there are so many chocoholics out there.
Good old Wikipedia tells us co-
coa solids, the basis for chocolate, release alkaloids “that are linked to serotonin levels in the brain.” Serotonin is the stuff that makes you feel gooooood. Chocolate also has caffeine, so it can perk you right up.
Chocolate and humans have a long history. Cacao is the seed of a tree indigenous to South America. Mesoamericans drank the pro-cessed beans straight in a bitter drink called xocolatl, which be-came chocolate to Europeans.
The Mayans and Aztecs used it in religious ceremonies and con-sidered it sacred. They knew a good thing when they saw it. They also added chili pepper and vanilla beans to the mix, which, if you’ve ever tried exotic chocolates, you’ll
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Xocolatl often contained other in-gredients such as chili pepper and vanilla beans.
know isn’t as odd as it sounds. Al-though it takes a true chocolate lover with an adventurous palate to try these, they’re well worth sam-pling. A nibble can send you back in time to Palenque or Chichen Itza.
The cacao seeds are fermented and dried, then shucked out of their shells so the nibs can be ground to a fine powder called cocoa mass that is then made into either cocoa solids or cocoa butter. When it ar-rived in Europe, the sweet-craving Europeans added cane sugar, va-nilla, milk, and whatever else to create an addiction that started in
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Confessionsthe 1500s and continues to this day.
As with most additions, it start-ed simply enough, with hot choco-late. The first taste is always free, remember, unless you were an enslaved Mesoamerican forced to work on a Spanish Colonial cocoa plantation. The Spanish began exporting cocoa to the Old World with great success.
Upper class Europeans took to morning chocolate with a passion. It was a custom for 17th century French gentlemen to call on ladies of fashion while they were still in bed, and all would happily sip and gossip the morning away.
Chocolate quickly spread to
England, where every class happily took to it. The English have always dearly loved their sweets.
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produced, and from there it was a short step to solid milk chocolate and Wednesday night Chocoholics Anonymous meetings.
Chocolate as a confection and as a candy was developed and refined over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries by the Dutch and the Swiss. Bless them both!
Adding fruits and nuts and creat-ing baked goods solidified the crav-ing for that thick, dark sweetness that explodes on the tongue and in the brain, which continues on to this day and will into the future.
Sure, there are other sweets. I’m a fan of good genuine vanilla, which has a subtle and varied f la-
Confessions
Godiva ~ king of the chocolate world.
vor. But chocolate just goes with so many things: mint, fruit ~ like pears Helene ~ pears enrobed in chocolate ... don’t you love the word enrobed? Enrobed is a choco-latier’s way of saying it has melted chocolate poured over it, that then
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Confessions
NO! They’re MY cupcakes! And so the breakdown in diplomacy continues.
turns into a nice shell ... enrobed makes me want to dive into a choc-olate fountain, which is always the best part of a wedding reception, after the champagne. Enrobed also makes me want to be buried coated in milk chocolate. Why not?
Chocolate use is limited only by imagination. Whether it’s choco-late candy, chocolate cakes, choco-late ice cream, chocolate desserts, or just a spoonful of Nutella, choc-olate can heal a thousand wounds. It can inspire great creativity. It can change the world.
Maybe if we forced every leader in the world to sit down with a cup of chocolate and a cupcake, they’d all be in a more peaceful mood. You think? Well, it’s a nice dream, anyway.
Whether it’s the expensive bliss of Belgian chocolatier Godiva, whose smooth open oyster shells with a creamy hazelnut filling are just to die for, or the homely crunch of Re-ese’s Pieces, I cannot live without chocolate. But it looks as though, in my middle years, I’m going to have to learn how to live with less of the good stuff. Too much of a good thing may be wonderful, but savoring ev-ery bite as if it were your last bit of chocolate, wonderful chocolate, may be even better.
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Oxford-Bellevue Ferry Reaches Historic Mark
byDick Cooper
The Oxford-Bellevue ferry docking in Bellevue.
Just as Captain Judy Bixler eases the ferryboat Talbot away from the Oxford pier and into the Tred Avon River, a f leet of tiny training dinghies rushes into her path like a f lock of white chicks working a farmyard. Calmly she guides the square-nosed vessel around the Optis, giving the young sailors a wide berth. It is another “interest-ing moment” that is part of the
daily routine of the Oxford-Bellevue Ferry, the oldest privately owned ferry in the nation.
“People ask us if we get bored going back and forth all day,” says her husband and business partner, Captain Tom Bixler. “Every cross-ing is different and you never know what to expect.”
The ferry route that connects the two historic villages was founded
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in the fall of 1683 when the colo-nial government of Talbot County agreed to pay Richard Royston 2,500 pounds of tobacco to trans-port men and animals across the river, either by rowing or sailing, depending on the weather. Accord-ing to the Bixlers’ website, www.oxfordbellevueferry.com, the ferry service has been running continu-ously since 1836.
Over the decades it has been operated by a succession of owners. One of the most notable was Judith Bennett who outlasted three hus-bands during her tenure from 1699 to 1739. She was one of five women who were early ferry operators.
The Bixlers are planning a 330th birthday party to celebrate that waypoint on October 13th. They will have cake and ice cream from the Scottish Highland Creamery on board. “You can’t have a birthday
Oxford-Bellevue Ferry
Captains Judy and Tom Bixler.
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party without ice cream,” Captain Tom says.
This is the 12th season that the Bixlers have owned and operated the Talbot. Captain Judy says they owned car dealerships in upstate New York for several years, but in the late 1990s, “the car business had changed and Tom was getting ul-cers, so we decided to do something fun for a change. We retired before it killed him.” They lived on their sailboat for three and a half years while they looked for a ferryboat to buy. “It was always Tom’s fairy tale dream to own a ferry when we retired, so here we are.”
In 2001, Dave and Valerie Bittner,
Oxford-Bellevue Ferry
Deckhand Brittany Stauch thanks customers as they drive off the ferry into Oxford.
whose family had owned the ferry since 1974, put it up for sale and the Bixlers closed the deal in January 2002. As things often work on the
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Eastern Shore, there was a con-nection to a previous life. Valerie’s father, Captain Gilbert “Gib” Clark, a former owner of the ferry, was the mentor who convinced Tom to get his captain’s license back when he was an 18-year-old college student working on the Shelter Island ferry on Long Island.
Captain Judy worked on the Shelter Island ferry while they were shopping for their own ferry line, to get her time onboard needed to get her Coast Guard captain’s license. “I didn’t even like to drive our ski boat
Oxford-Bellevue Ferry
18 Mini Coopers can fit on the deck of the Talbot at one time.Photo by John Bildahl
when the kids were little, primarily because I didn’t like to watch them fall. Now they can’t believe I am doing this every day.”
The steel-hulled Talbot was built in 1980 by the Blount Shipyard in Warren, Rhode Island, and designed specifically for the Oxford-Bellevue run. It can carry nine cars at a time (twice as many Mini Coopers, but that’s another story) plus bicycles, motorcycles and pedestrians.
Two Detroit diesels push the ferry back and forth across the river from about 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., from April through November. The engines are not side-by-side as in most twin-
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engine powerboats. They are in line with a big propeller on each end of the boat so the ferry does not have to turn around. In the wheelhouse there are two wheels. There is one to steer to Bellevue, and once docked, the captain simply turns around and takes control of the wheel fac-ing the other direction and steers for Oxford.
Captain Tom says the dormant months from December through March are actually his busiest be-cause he is also the Chief Engineer on the Talbot, doing most, if not all, of her maintenance. “We have a pret t y r igorous maintenance schedule,” he says. They have two
Oxford-Bellevue Ferry
Oxford-Bellevue Ferry circa 1895. The Robert Morris Inn is visible in the background.
diesels in the boat, and a third in the shop in case of a major problem. “Every seven years we take one out and put the other one in and then do a total rebuild.”
The history of the ferry that has
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served as a vital transportation link in Talbot County for centuries is very important to the Bixlers, who keep a scrapbook of photographs of previous vessels and news clip-pings about the ferry, dating to the 1800s. An 1886 clip from the Easton Ledger spells out plans to abandon the old rowing ferry for a new system using a steamboat towing a scow. The rowing ferry “service is very unsatisfactory and the ferry itself is judged unsafe so that people now seldom attempt to take a horse across.”
Rowland Hill introduced a plan to use a steamboat he had purchased to tow a scow across the three-quarters of a mile from Oxford to Bellevue. The county commissioners agreed to pay him $1,000 a year for his service. Hill’s fare schedule charged county residents 10¢ to cross and a free return on the same day. It cost 25¢ for a single team of horse and the driver and 40¢ for a double team and driver. Horses, mules and cows were 25¢ each. Sheep and lambs
Oxford-Bellevue Ferry
In 1938 the Tred Avon was purchased by Captain William L. Benson. "Captain Bill" lengthened the two-car ferry to accommodate three vehicles and converted it to diesel power. Captain Bill owned the ferry for 36 years, but many years after "retiring" he still served as a substitute captain.
were 5¢ a head, but more than five were a discounted 3¢ each.
Today it costs $11 for a car and driver and $1 a person for passen-gers. It is $18 for a round trip in the same day and $70 for a 10-trip package. Pedestrians are charged $3 and cyclists $4. It has been awhile since they transported livestock, although the Talbot has transported
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f ire and emergency equipment.“We don’t have any regular com-
muters,” Captain Judy says. “We look at the ferry as primarily a tourist destination.” It is actively promoted as a quaint way to see Tal-bot County by making a loop from Easton to Oxford to St. Michaels, Tilghman Island and back.
On a late July afternoon, David and Janis Richards of Havertown, Pennsylvania, pulled their blue SUV onto the deck of the Talbot heading toward Oxford. “We ride the ferry a couple of times a year,” David Richards said. “My parents live in Oxford and we are just coming back from St. Michaels. It is a historic
Oxford-Bellevue Ferry ferry and we want to support it.”The Bixlers also use the ferry
as an enter ta inment plat form, donating their time and the boat for fundraising parties for local charities. They have even raced the paddle-wheelers from Suicide Bridge Restaurant, f lying a spin-naker and having several rowers manning the gunwales.
“We didn’t have a chance,” Cap-tain Tom says. “The best I can do is six knots.” Captain Judy says her favorite cruise is one they call Full Moon in June. “You can see the sun set and the moon rise all within a few minutes.”
To help celebrate the 330th an-niversary, the Bixlers are asking people to send them “Ferry Tales.”
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“We want people to send us their memories of the ferry,” Captain Judy says. “A lot of things have hap-pened on the ferry ~ people have gotten married, had special events, traveled on it when they were young, whatever they remember, we want them to share with us. They can e-mail us or use snail-mail or any way they can to get them to us. We will pick the best memories and invite them for a ride on the ferry.”
E-mail your “Ferr y Tales” to [email protected], mail them to 27456 Oxford Rd., Oxford, MD 21654, or phone them in at 410-745-9023.
Dick Cooper is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He and his wife, Pat, live and sail in St. Michaels. He can be contacted at [email protected].
Oxford-Bellevue Ferry
Janis and David Richards from Havertown, Pa., cross the Tred Avon River aboard the Talbot.
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MRYC Foundation HonorsSailing Coach
byPhilip J. Webster
Coach Werblow out on the water with his students.
Vince Lombardi, Mike Krzyze-wski (Coach K), Pat Sumitt, Connie Mack, Don Nelson, Scotty Bowman, Don Shula. When you think of these sports icons, you immediately think of the winningest collegiate and professional sports coaches of all time in football, basketball, base-ball and hockey. They are sports immortals, Hall of Fame inductees, the best of the best.
Now try Adam Werblow. He has 15 national championships in 25 years of coaching, with scores of All-Americans. And the only one
of these legendary coaches from the Chesapeake Bay watershed, with the exception of Coach Shula, who spent some time with a much-beloved team named the Baltimore Colts.
The MRYC Foundation will hon-or Adam Werblow, Head Varsity Sailing Coach of St. Mary’s College, at its third annual Awards Dinner to be held on Saturday, September 21, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Miles River Yacht Club in St. Michaels. The Awards Dinner raises funds for the MRYC Foundation to sup-port youth-oriented competitive
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sailing, swimming and rowing, and maritime-focused educational activ-ities in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Arguably America’s most suc-cessful collegiate sailing coach, A d a m i s c omple t i ng h i s 2 5 t h season at St. Mary’s with 15 na-tional titles against the best sail-ing teams in the country. These include the 2010 ICSA/APS Team R ac e Nat ion a l C h a mpion sh ip and the 2009 ICSA/GILL Co-ed National Dinghy Sailing Champi-onship, the Super Bowl of intercol-legiate sailing.
St. Mary’s College placed sec-ond at the Team Race National Championships last May, beating
Sailing Coach National Champion Yale in the last race of the day, and was second in 2012, just a hair from winning. Adam explains, “this May’s races were the best team racing of the year for us, but the Nationals are hard with a lot of dynamics that go into them. But to sail our best at Nationals feels good.”
Werblow has coached nearly 150 All-American sailors and three Olympians in his illustrious ca-reer, including an Olympic Silver Medalist and two Rolex Yachts-women of the Year. St. Mar y’s College is widely seen as one of the premier sailing programs in the country, a huge student draw for Maryland’s only Public Honors College in rural St. Mary’s.
C o ac h We r blo w h a s s e r v e d eight times as Head Coach of the U.S. Youth Worlds Team, winning several Gold and Silver Medals, and was named the Developmental Coach of the Year by U.S. Sailing’s Olympic Sailing Committee. He is a graduate of Connecticut College, where he captained the sai l ing team, and was a member of the U.S. Sailing Team in the Flying Dutchman class from 1988 to 1992.
Werblow follows previous MRYC Foundation award recipients Gary Jobson, President of U.S. Sailing, the governing body of competitive American sailing, winner of the America’s Cup with Ted Turner, a nd awa rd-w inning telev is ion sa i l ing commentator/producer
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and author; Marc Castelli, world-famous maritime artist and advo-cate for the Chesapeake Bay water-men; and Matt Rutherford, the first yachtsman to ever sail solo non-stop around North and South America.
Werblow began as a collegiate sailor, then had a passion to be a coach and build the best sailing college program in the country, and now sees himself as a teacher. “I find I am an educator,” he says, “teaching my students excellence in performance, and how to get to that point. I do that by pushing kids harder than they would do for themselves, creating camaraderie within a team, and providing that
Sailing Coach team with a common experience of (hopefully) winning.”
“Each team,” he says, “has its own vibes and its own successes. Some of the biggest successes come from sail-ors who never make it to the winner’s podium, but who as individuals and collectively as a team outperform what they expect of themselves or their own capabilities.”
The secret to winning? Werblow says, “if I find a self-motivated kid who will be happy at St. Mary’s Col-lege, and wants to succeed academi-cally and socially, the sailing part will usually go well.” While many of Werblow’s sailors come out of years of junior sailing, others do not, and prosper. “We can take a non-sailor athlete and put him or her in the
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front of the boat, paired with a strong racer in the back, and if they are highly motivated and talented, they can catch up. What junior sailing teaches is the fundamentals and experience, and also separates those that love sailing from those that do not.”
Werblow does not dwell on his winning record. “My focus is to do a great job with the kids I have, and then keep in touch with my sailing alumni as they succeed in life. That’s what motivates me.”
The MRYC Foundation Awards Dinner, sponsored by Brown Advi-sory of Baltimore, is a perennially sold-out elegant occasion, featuring a reception with sumptuous hors d’oeuvres and drink, a gourmet dinner, a Silent and Live Auction, the presentation of the colors by the Easton High School Navy JROTC, nautical and patriotic music by the
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Wye Choral Scholars, and the award presentation and response from Coach Werblow.
The MRYC Foundation, formed in 2010 as an independent 501c3 charitable foundation, has to date granted more than $80,000 to 17 non-prof it organizations for scholarships, equipment, boats and operating expenses. These have included Chesapeake Bay Mari-time Museum, Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating, Critchlow At-kins Children’s Centers, Del-Mar-Va Council of the Boy Scouts of America, Easton High School Navy JROTC, Freedom Rowers, and Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay. Also, Gunston School rowing crew, Horn Point Laboratory, Miles River Sail and Power Squadron, MRYC Junior Sail Camp, MRYC Marlins Swim Team, Phillips Wharf Environmen-tal Center, Pickering Creek Audubon Center, St. Michaels Community Center, Sultana Projects, and YMCA of the Chesapeake.
Reservations may be made for the Awards Dinner at $100 per person, or $800 for a table of eight, by e-mailing the Foundation at [email protected], by calling 410-921-6792, or by writing MRYC Foundation, 606A North Talbot Street, Suite 115, St. Michaels, MD 21663.
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Squirrelyby
Dr. Jack ScanlonSweat ran down my back in beads.
Simultaneously, moisture gathered on the nearby tankard containing a cold adult beverage. Damp shirt and frosty mug bore witness to the heat and humidity under which the, “most effective squirrel-proof bird feeder ever made” had just been assembled. A birding enthusiast in Maine had proclaimed that glowing testimonial in the catalog where this engineering miracle was displayed for sale. Another birder, Bob from Connecticut, further testified that he had never before seen squirrels so discouraged by a seed dispenser.
Ravenous pew ter-furred der-v ishes had been gobbling large quantities of expensive birdseed from our feeder since early spring. They would not be denied by any barrier erected so far. Squirrels quickly emptied feeders intended for songbirds, and I was fed up.
Clearly our gourmands were no more clever than those bushy -tailed Yankee devils. This state-of-the-art rodent-deflecting model seemed to offer salvation. Although its cost was high, I purchased the device and had it shipped below the Mason-Dixon Line to our farm.
The expensive feeder arrived in a sturdy cardboard container one hot,
Squirrels are cute until they start tearing things up, or eating all your birdseed.
muggy July afternoon. Inside the box were a whole lot of metal parts plus connecting hardware, the latter visible in small plastic baggies. As-sembly was clearly required.
One large envelope held a 30-page instruction manual printed in three languages with two pictures and some line drawings. I read this document’s English section care-fully several times before attempt-
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Slots seemed misaligned com-pared to those shown on the blurry diagrams. Each piece of supplied fasteners was metric in dimension. Most of my tools were based on measurements originating from medieval British monarchs.
Putting the gadget together re-minded me, disconcertedly, about past misadventures in Christmas
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If it could discourage my furry gray squirrels, it would truly be an engineering marvel.toy assembly. I had been younger then, with better eyesight. Concern was also generated that to com-
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pletely understand counterweight position and ergonomic barrier placement might require an ad-vanced engineering degree.
The front view photograph was somewhat helpful. I persevered. Finally all parts came together. Screws, nuts, washers and bolts were firmly tightened. The whole deal was securely placed atop a sturdy pole (not supplied). I re-treated. While twilight gathered I sat smugly on the screened porch, sipping an icy beer and waiting for the first furry marauder to arrive.
Before long a squirrel hopped jauntily down the f lagstone walk. He was shiny and sleek thanks to a steady diet of MY sunflower seeds. He nimbly climbed the new pole. Mr. Fuzzy arrived at the bar that crossed the feeder’s mouth and at-tempted entry. Kaa Chang!! His body weight caused a counterpoised barrier to rise up before him. The route to the seeds was blocked.
“HOT DOG!,” I thought, “this thing really works!”
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Could it be true? Could this thing really work?
The squirrel, appearing a bit puzzled, jumped down. The barrier immediately returned to ready posi-tion. Mr. Fuzzy jogged to the nearby Chaste Bush, climbed almost to its top, then hurled his chubby gray body through the air. He landed on top of the feeder, then curled under its lid to plop among black oil seeds, an eager diner sitting amidst the buffet.
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I yelled an obscenity. He left abruptly, but I knew that the squir-rel had won again.
I have developed a love-hate relationship with the Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolensis) for many years. They are plucky, intel-ligent and ubiquitous rodents who can also be a great nuisance.
Gray Squirrels are the most com-mon wild mammal on the Eastern Shore and probably throughout all of Maryland. Hunting them is an autumn sport that has great popularity. Young hunters learn stalking skills and gain safe firearm experience pursuing these crafty creatures.
Squirrels make excellent table fare since their diet is almost exclu-
My excitement was short-lived. The squirrel had outwitted me again.
sively vegetarian. Fabled Brunswick stew, a great southern delicacy, was originally made using squirrel meat. Legend holds that this delicious meal was developed around 1828
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Squirrel meat, often from older, tougher animals, is simmered in salt water with chopped onions for a short time, drained, then added to stewing tomatoes, okra, lima beans and other available seasonal vegetables.
Some cooks recommend braising the meat after parboiling for even more succulence. The mixture is slowly cooked for hours until the meat becomes tender and f lavors blend. The tradit ional cooking method used a black cast iron pot hung over an open fire. The dish is a hunting camp staple even today.
Both Georgia and North Carolina
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Brunswick stew is particularly good when made with squirrel meat.
contest the stew’s Virginia origin. But neither state denies that squir-rel was the original meat. These days Brunswick stew is usually made with chicken, pork or venison.
When we lived near D.C. in Mont-gomery County, our yard was over-run with squirrels. This was partly
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due to bird feeder deployment, as well as the many acorns that dropped from surrounding white oak trees.
After gnawing a hole through our cedar shake roof, squirrel families assumed residence in the attic. Fearing a fire from nibbled electri-cal wires, squirrel control became a necessity.
Using a wire Havahart™ live trap, we captured more than 100 the first year. Peanut butter makes the best bait, by the way. Squirrels were promptly relocated to nearby Rock Creek Park. Sunbathers there did not often appreciate these humani-tarian relocation forays. Fleeing squirrels sometimes chose their well-oiled backs as an unobstructed escape route.
Squirrel numbers did not seem to diminish despite these efforts. To determine recidivism, a few ani-
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The little devils took up residence in our attic.
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mals were tagged with f luorescent orange paint before release. These returned, usually within three days.
The roof’s hole was patched, steel wool barriers were installed, trap and release continued. Later on, the squirrels were transported much farther away prior to release. The distance required to prevent return-ing squirrels was greater than five miles! I stopped feeding birds, too.
Gray squirrels are prolific. Squir-rels begin to breed at one year. They mate twice a year and produce, on average, about six kits each time. Gestation is 44 days, and kits are born pink and hairless. A pair of squirrels may produce more than
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All around Delmarva you can look up into the trees and see their nests.
100 offspring during their lifetimes. Early mortality is high because
all predators love to eat them. Name a local carnivore; squirrel will be on its menu. I have witnessed squirrels being taken by fox, owl, red-tailed hawk, bald eagle and black snakes. Despite heavy predation, the aver-
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age life span of an adult gray squir-rel is ten years. In captivity, a few may achieve 20 years.
In the wild, gray squirrels build a “drey” or large nest of leaves and twigs lined with soft materials such as thistle down or feathers. Dreys are constructed high in a tree at branch forks or in hollow trunks. They are wind-defying marvels of animal architecture. Nests may be used by both genders for overwintering.
The squir rel’s most obv ious morphological feature is that long, bushy tail. This appendage is used for balance, display and wrap-around warmth in the cold. Squir-rels are about the only mammal that can descend a tree head first. Their hind paws have a unique anatomical arrangement. Squirrels can turn their rear feet backwards during tree romps. Gray squirrel
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Fat Albert was a roly-poly little character.
aerial ability is astounding and fun to watch.
Another unusual anatomical fea-ture lies in their eyes. Squirrels have yellow-tinted lenses that can block the sun’s glare. Their vision is very keen, as might be expected from everyone’s favorite prey. Squirrels also have a wide array of vocaliza-tions for mating, socialization and predator alarm. Sounds range from short whistles to loud screeches.
Squirrels are also “scatter hoard-ers.” When there is abundance, they bury food caches for latter consumption. Such behavior dis-perses seeds throughout the forest. Interestingly, squirrels will “sham hide” food if they feel their activ-ity is being watched by some rival. Clever devils indeed!
My dear friend, the late outdoor writer Keith Walters, often mused about Fat A lbert in his regular column. Albert was a chubby gray squirrel who haunted Keith’s feed-ers despite a variety of attempts to discourage the rotund rodent.
Keith and his wife Carol tried many methods to keep Albert from eating bird seed. These included hanging the feeder from a strung wire or greasing its pole. They also used a host of baff led, fenced, and wire-guarded seed platforms de-signed to impede Albert’s access. Carol shooting a BB gun near the animals had little effect. Nothing seemed to work, and Albert grew more portly on the Walters’ premi-
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um birdseed. Finally they gave up, indulged the little guy and enjoyed writing about him.
Currently I have placed an alu-minum guard around the pole and try to locate the feeder ten or more feet from trees or tall bushes. That is the challenging part because, as noted above, I like to watch feeder activity close up. Most of the time these guards work. But sometimes I am astonished to see a happy gray squirrel perched on a feeder enjoying sunflower seeds, defying all odds and my best efforts. It is enough to make you squirrely.
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Dealing with these clever critters really makes you wonder if they have super powers!
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The railroad brought city-dwellers to enjoy the fresh air of the beach.
Several popular beach resorts have arisen on Delmarva’s Atlantic coastline since the post-Civil War era. The largest and best known of these vacation spots have been Ocean City, Maryland, and neigh-boring Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The tale of these two seashore towns is one of the most fascinat-ing features of the Peninsula’s long and varied history.
The 1870s witnessed the rustic be-ginnings of both places. Ocean City literally rose out of the sands, largely
as a result of the efforts of a real es-tate developer named Stephen Taber.
Taber, recognizing the beauty of Maryland’s coastline and its lovely beaches, bought up large chunks of coastal real estate at the aver-age cost of about $15 per acre. A farsighted investor, he also bought land located along the route of a proposed railroad line from Berlin to Ocean City.
Partially due to his efforts, the line was completed and a trestle constructed across the Sinepux-
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ent Bay permitted direct access to Ocean City where the cars could be moved northward on Baltimore Avenue and to a railroad station in the resort town. By the early 1880s, Ocean City was a thriving resort with direct rail connections to Wilmington, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.
Rehoboth Beach had a very dif-ferent beginning. Its origins re-f lected the strong Methodist heri-tage of the Peninsula. Inspired by the successful Methodist-owned beach resort at Ocean Grove in New Jersey, several Wilmington ministers established the Re-hoboth Beach Camp Meeting Asso-ciation on January 27, 1872.
Campgrounds including frame “tents” and a tabernacle seating 500 people were put up several blocks west of the beach. Hotels were soon erected, including the Surf House in 1873 and the Bright
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House in 1875. Methodist influ-ence prevailed, and strict laws pro-hibiting the sale and use of liquor were enacted.
Later, the Douglas Hotel was built south of Rehoboth Beach in what is now Dewey Beach. Here one could take a drink without breaking the law.
In 1878, the Junction and Break-water Railroad built a line from Lewes in Delaware to Rehoboth, thus linking the resort directly with Wilmington and Philadel-phia. Like Ocean City, Rehoboth Beach would soon thrive as a popu-lar, well-known seashore spot on the Delmarva coast.
The glories of the surf and the exquisite beauty of the lovely beaches were what first attracted real estate developers and later, vacationers to the Atlantic coast-line of Delmarva. A reporter for the New York Times marvelled at the beauties of the beach that stretched from the Delaware River to the Sinepuxent inlet.
The beaches were described in the Delaware Beacon as extend-ing “more than 100 yards from the margin of the water and ... af-fording bathing ground which at low tide is perfectly safe for any person of ordinary prudence.” The same article noted that “bathing at Rehoboth is about as good as any on the Atlantic Ocean.”
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An article in Harper’s Monthly during that same period described the area as such ~ “the sand, which is like velvet to the feet, has a grad-ed slope: there is no perceptive undertow or side current, and the lazy force of the big waves, which subside rather than break vio-lently, allow the bather to rock and swing upon them with a new sense of luxury.”
The man-made attractions of the Delmarva beaches were the rambling hotels with their wide verandas that sprang up along the waterfront in Rehoboth Beach, Dewey Beach, and Ocean Cit y. These commodious structures not only provided shelter for the vaca-tioners, but were central to resort social life.
The first hotel in Ocean City was established in 1875. Located on Atlantic Avenue, the Atlantic
Beaches Hotel faced the beach, offering the patrons a grand view of the beach and surf. A reporter from Salisbury noted that the hotel “is a marvel in architectural beauty and excel-lence rivaling the finest hotels on the Atlantic coast.”
The Atlantic Hotel was longer than it was wide and stretched one block back from the ocean. Fur-ther additions, made before 1880, resulted in a structure that was four stories high with a Mansard roof and enough accommodations for 800 guests. The large kitchen and dining room were supposedly capable of serving 400 guests per hour.
Across the street from the Atlan-tic Hotel, on Baltimore Avenue, was the Massey Hotel, later renamed the Seaside. This inn was noted for its first class bar and livery stable.
Rehoboth Beach hotels were not to be outdone by those in Ocean City. The Bright House was not
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able to sell liquor because of the local regulations, but dancing and card playing were allowed, much to the annoyance of some of the strict Methodist patrons.
The old Surf House in Rehoboth Beach burned down in 1879 but was replaced by the Hotel Henelo-pen, which has survived to this day under a succession of different managements. The Delaware Pi-lot in July of 1891 boasted that the Hotel Henelopen was “beautifully situated 60 yards from the surf.” It further noted that there was, on the beach, a good boardwalk more than a mile long and that there were daily express trains to New
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Delaware Pilot noted on August 6, 1890, that “permanent cottages are owned by the leading society people of Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Bos-ton.” The Rehoboth Beacon car-ried advertisements for cottages with eight rooms close to the beach renting for $175 for the season. A four-room cottage on Brooklyn Ave. charged $155. Another house on the beach contained seven rooms and was available for $125 for the whole summer.
The social life of these resorts centered on the hotels, the adja-cent boardwalks and, for a short time each day, the surf itself. The hotel dining rooms and the exten-
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sive verandahs that jutted out from each f loor offered ample space for friendly conversation and conge-nial socialization. The front par-lors of the hotels provided oppor-tunities for private gatherings and, perhaps, the possibility to enjoy musical entertainment.
Fresh air, of course, stimulated the appetite, and dining figured largely in the daily life of the ho-tel guest. By modern standards, the hotel meals of those days were sumptuous. Breakfast might have included fruit, cereal, hominy, fish, soft-shell crabs, lamb chops, liver, potatoes, eggs, rolls and corn muffins.
The mid-day meals were the largest and included soup, fish, meat, bread and rolls, pie, cake
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and fruit for dessert. Suppers were “lighter” and usually consisted of chicken, cold ham, oysters, grilled apples, and other fruit. No doubt, the renowned Delaware peaches were offered in season.
Music was sometimes played during the meals at some hotels. In July of 1895 it was announced that the Baltimore Orchestra was per-forming at the Hotel Henelopen.
The good cooking at some of these hotels and boarding houses can partially be attributed to the fact that many of these places were owned and managed by women. At one time 19 of the 29 hostel-ries possessed female managers or owners. The Plimhimmon Hotel in Ocean City, named for the Tilgh-man estate in Oxford, MD, with the same title, was founded and operated by Mrs. Rosalie Tilghman Shreve. She had a passionate inter-est in the hotel menu.
When not eating or sitting on
the hotel verandahs, most over-night guests strolled on the board-walks bordering the beach. It may come as a surprise to some that the boardwalk was an invention of the British. In the early 19th century, boardwalks were erected along the English Channel where spectators spent the day watching passing ships. In the early days, board-walks were built in sections so that they could be taken up at the end of the summer to prevent damage from the winter weather.
The boardwalk was the focus of the resort’s public social life. Prom-enading on the walks in the late afternoon or evening, the ladies displayed their elegant dresses and frilly hats. Some carried parasols to keep the sun from blinding the eyes or tanning the skin. Men wore suits, ties, and hats while strolling the planked walkways.
People paraded on the board-walks to see and be seen, as well as to catch a breath of fresh air. There were both an air of relaxation and an aura of formality as the vacation-ers took their daily constitutional.
Bathing in the surf in those days bore no resemblance to modern-day swimming at the beach. For most people, bathing meant tip-toeing into the ocean until water reached the elbows. Most women and older people tightly clung to the ropes provided for their safety and convenience. There was little real swimming.
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Bathing gear was cumbersome. Women wore black knee-length dresses featuring puffed sleeves and a wide collar. Black stockings and slippers, as well as a close-fitting bonnet, were de rigueur. Men wore suits that reached the knees and top shirts. By the middle 1920s, however, swimsuits became simpler. Women began to wear a single suit without stockings. Dur-ing the 1930s, men began to appear bare chested on the beach.
Distractions other than dining, boardwalk strolling and bathing were in their initial stages before 1900. Later, however, carousels, skating rinks and dance halls sprang up, offering more fast-paced amusements for the younger set. The Casino Hotel in Rehoboth Beach, later renamed the Bellhav-en, advertised on July 15, 1904, its shuff le boards and bowling alleys,
further announcing that a hand-some prize would be offered to any lady or gentleman who would bowl the highest score in a competitive game before July 31.
In 1907, a pavilion with a long, curved roof and arched windows opened in Ocean City. This amuse-ment center featured a dance f loor, skating rink, bowling alleys and pool tables. Horn’s Pier in Re-hoboth Beach, which stretched 150 feet into the ocean, also offered varied amusements.
How did the social life on the Delmarva Atlantic beaches com-pare with that of other seashore resorts and pleasure haunts in America or Europe? Despite their provincial refinements, the social aura of Ocean City and Rehoboth Beach hardly matched the opu-lence and grandeur found at New-port, Saratoga and White Sulphur Springs. And the fabulously rich guests on J.P. Morgan’s private yacht could have bought out any of the larger hotels on the Peninsula coast, if they so desired.
Beginning in the 1890s, Amer-ica’s rich and famous families started to seek their pleasure and distraction abroad, rubbing el-bows with English Lords, Russian Dukes, wealthy financiers and in-ternational socialites at Monaco, the French Riviera and the spas at Baden-Baden. Here they were awed by the dazzling uniforms of high-ranking military officers,
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the fashionable gowns and hats of highborn ladies, and haute cuisine offered at the leading hotels.
The vacationers at Ocean City and Rehoboth Beach were largely merchants, shopkeepers and white collar employees seeking a brief respite from the noise, smells and suffocating heat of the city. They got what they paid for ~ good American cooking, relaxation and fresh air.
Disastrous fires and terrible storms wrought havoc and de-struction on the Delmarva coast several times between 1913 and 1933, leaving large areas of both Rehoboth Beach and Ocean City
almost totally obliterated. The landscape gradually changed as new structures replaced some of the old hotels and cottages.
Massive real estate programs between 1925 and 1929 further al-tered the appearance of the resort areas as new hotels, stores and pri-vate homes were erected on or near the boardwalks. The 1920s and 1930s witnessed the arrival of the automobile, causing traffic jams and parking problems.
With the completion of the Bay Bridge in 1952, further real estate expansion resulted in the estab-lishment of more hotels, motels, condominiums and retail shops. Multi-storied structures put up in the 1960s and 1970s conferred
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The social milieu changed as radically as the physical landscape in the half century following World War I. Mobs of day visitors crowd-ed the boardwalks and jammed the nearby pizza parlors, bars and shooting galleries.
The bathing suits of the 1970s and 1980s would have shocked the guests of the 1910 era, as they left little to the imagination. The lob-bies of the modern hotels, domi-nated by the registration desk and the comings and goings of guests, hamper the type of socialization found in the front parlors and ve-randahs of bygone days.
Tourists still f lock to the Del-marva beaches, where Mother Na-ture provides velvety sands, grassy dunes, fresh air and, of course, “the best surf on the Atlantic coast!”
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TIDEWATERGARDENINGby K. Marc Teffeau, Ph.D.
Swinging Into FallAfter an unusually wet sum-
mer we are now transitioning into the fall. Of course, as I write this column a month ahead, we don’t know what the hurricane season is going to bring for September and October, so more rain than normal may be on the way. Right now we seem to have enough soil moisture to carry the landscape into the fall, but if a dry period occurs, you will need to consider watering needled and broad-leafed evergreen shrubs to prepare them for winter. Keep an eye on the weather forecast.
The summer lull has ended and now it’s time to get back to work in the landscape and garden. Make sure you stop pruning and fertil-izing ornamental plants. Trees and shrubs should only be pruned at this time if they have dead, damaged or hazardous branch-es. Wait until after all the leaves have dropped or after the second hard frost for all other corrective and cosmetic pruning. If desired,
mark branches now with string or light-colored tape for pruning after leaves fall.
If you do any pruning on spring f lowering shrubs like azaleas, rho-dodendrons, lilacs, spirea, etc., you will be pruning out next year’s f lower buds.
When examining trees in the landscape, you might find the large tents of the fall webworm at the ends of tree branches. The caterpil-lars have finished feeding but the large nests on the ends of branches
The webworm is an annoyance, but causes little damage.
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are still visible. It is unsightly but causes little damage. They can be removed with a stick or pruned out if desired.
Also remember that evergreens, especially white pines, naturally drop their old leaves and needles in the late summer and early fall. This is not a cause for concern. Many years ago (in the last cen-tury!) when I was the county ex-tension agent in Talbot County, I used to get many calls about this time from homeowners concern-ing their white pines “dying” in the landscape. This is just the normal leaf drop.
Fertilizing shrubs at this time will encourage a f lush of new leaf growth that will not have time to mature and harden before the first hard frost. Again, as with the tim-ing of pruning, wait until after the first or second hard frost to apply fertilizer. The better approach is to not fertilize until the early spring,
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This is still a busy time in the vegetable and herb garden. Now is a good time to propagate herbs from stem cuttings, if you want to bring some of the plants inside for winter. Check to make sure that the cuttings are insect and disease free before cutting and propagating.
Herb leaves are most intensely f lavored right before the plant blooms. Snip foliage in the morn-ing after the dew has dried and prune out the f lowering parts so the nutrients going to the repro-ductive part of the plant can be used by the leaves. Pick herbs for drying or freezing now while they are at their peak of f lavor.
September is a great time to plant garlic in the vegetable gar-den. Plant garlic cloves in a well-drained soil, rich in organic mat-ter, and in full sun. The cloves should be planted with the pointed side up and set at 1 inch deep and 4 inches apart in rows that are 1 to 2 feet apart. Fall-planted garlic may not emerge until spring. If it does emerge in fall, and a heavy frost is expected, mulch tender greens for protection.
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Garlic is a relatively fuss-free crop and just needs about one inch of water every week or two. Pro-vide plants with extra water dur-
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in September. When planting fall vegetables, be aware that more time will be required to bring the crop to maturity because of reduced light and ambient tem-peratures. Add at least 2 weeks to the “days to maturity” number on your seed packets.
Cover your fall garden crops in September with a f loating row cov-er or cold frame to further extend the harvest period. A number of leafy greens such as kale, Chinese cabbage, spinach, lettuce and root crops such as carrots, beets, and turnips can be planted now.
If you have potatoes, dig the ones that you intend to store on a
Never wash potatoes before you store them.
cloudy, warm day after plants be-gin to die back. Let the potatoes lie on the ground for a few hours before bringing inside. Potatoes should not be washed as washing increases the chance of rot during storage.
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It is a good idea to cure winter squash before storage.
Store potatoes in a dark, cool locations (35°-40°) inside. Sweet potatoes should be harvested the same way, except that it helps to “cure” the roots for 10 to 14 days in a warm, dark location (85°). Curing helps to heal over cuts and scrapes before being stored for the winter in a cool, dry location (55°),
For winter squash it is impor-tant to cure them before storage. Place the squash in a cool, shel-tered shady spot for about 1 month. Do not lay them on the ground. A simple curing table made from a mesh wire will work well. Place the squash on the table out of direct sunlight to allow the air to circu-late all around the squash.
Now is the time to start bring-
ing your houseplants back indoors for the winter. Check carefully for hitchhiking pests. If the plants have out-grown their pots, re-pot them into a larger pot, or remove them and trim back the roots.
It is important to use light-weight, well drained soil-less pot-ting mixes. It has been a standard
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Some houseplants will drop leaves and slow their growth as they become accustomed to low-light conditions indoors. Be careful not to over-water them during this adjustment period that may take several weeks.
Start fall clean up in the f lower beds by cutting back anything that has finished blooming or is dis-eased. Leave the large seed heads
Coneflower seeds are a special treat for our bird friends during the winter months.
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Divide and move perennials now. You should dig up and store tender bulbs like dahlias, caladiums, cannas
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Irises with leaves that are f lop-ping over may be infested with iris borer. The borer is the larva of a clear wing moth. The eggs are laid on the foliage in the spring and the larvae move down to the crown and bore into the rhizome. Dig up in-fested plants and cut out the larvae and damaged tissue. Re-plant the healthy rhizomes.
If you have fruit plantings in the landscape it is very important that you practice good sanitation now. Remove and dispose of all rotted or fallen fruits from trees, vines and bushes. This will help reduce the amount of disease inoculum and
Try to pick your figs before they fully ripen and the birds get to them.
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number of insect pests that over-winter and attack your plants next spring. Do not compost this debris, but dispose of it in the garbage.
September is a good time to prune out the dead raspberry and blackberry canes that fruited this past summer. Fall fruiting rasp-berries like ‘Josephine,’ ‘Caroline’ and ‘Heritage’ can be mowed to the ground in late winter.
If you happen to have a fig planting, harvest them when they soften slightly. Fall pears are be-ginning to ripen. Most pear culti-vars are picked when background color begins to lighten, but fruits are still firm. Pears should be kept
in the refrigerator and brought to room temperature to ripen. Asian pears should be allowed to ripen on the tree.
Pick an apple every few days when harvest time approaches to determine the peak harvest time. Harvesting fruit before peak ripe-ness will help you to minimize problems with yellow jackets and sap beetles. Again, remove and dispose of all rotted or fallen fruit from trees for disease control.
Finally, don’t forget the spring f lowering bulbs. We are all famil-iar with tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocus ~ the standard bulbs for spring f lowering displays. To add variety to your bulb plantings, consider using some of the more
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Lebanon squill.unusual or less well-known spring bulbs in your landscape.
Siberian squill (Scilla sibirica)
produces bright blue f lowers on 4- to 6-inch plants in early spring. They are easy to grow and prefer partial shade and multiply rap-idly. Siberian squill are most ef-fective when planted in masses under trees and shrubs, but are also suited to rock gardens and the edge of woodlands.
Another type of squill ~ Leba-non squill (a.k.a. striped squill) ~ is a hardy bulb that yields f lowers with dark stripes of blue on white or blue petals. Blooming very early in spring and reaching 6 inches in height, the f lowers are of an un-usual color and have a spicy aro-ma. The plant likes sun or partial shade. This selection multiplies well and performs positively in
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Spanish Bluebell (Endymion hispanicus or Scilla hispanica) produces 12 to 15 nodding, bell-shaped f lowers on 12- to 18-inch stems. Varieties are available in blue, pink and white and they do well in heavy shade.
The Guinea-hen Flower, Fritil-laria meleagris, is a hardy plant that produces white or purple bell-shaped f lowers with a distinct spotted or checkered pattern. The plant does well in light shade, with cool and moist conditions, reach-ing a height of 8 inches to a foot tall. The Crown Imperial fritillaria has bright red, orange or yellow f lowers in groups of 10 on 3-foot tall stalks. The bulb has a distinct skunky scent, but don’t let that dis-suade you. The f lower is beautiful in the landscape.
One planting recommendation for all these bulbs is to plant them in a bed with sand between each bulb and then tilt the bulbs on their side to prevent water damage.
Alliums ~ ornamental onions ~ have become very popular in the garden over the last few years. They are grown for their color-ful white, yellow or pink to purple f lower clusters. They bloom from late spring to early summer and do best in full sun.
The Giant Allium (Allium gi-
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ganteum) produces pinkish-purple f lowers in a dense, globe-shaped cluster, 4 to 6 inches across. The solitary heads are borne atop a 3- to 4-foot-tall stem. The giant on-ion usually blooms in late June.
Lily Leek (Allium moly) has yel-low f lowers in a loose umbel and blooms in late spring. Lily Leeks grow 8- to 12-inches-tall and are best utilized in borders and rock gardens. Alliums are also deer re-sistant and provide dramatic color in late May, June and even July where it is a nice combination with the early-blooming perennials.
Happy gardening!
Marc Teffeau retired as the Di-rector of Research and Regulatory Affairs at the American Nursery and Landscape Association in Washington, D.C. and he now lives in Georgia with his wife, Linda.
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Dorchester County is known as the Heart of the Chesapeake. It is rich in Chesapeake Bay history, folklore and tradition. With 1,700 miles of shoreline (more than any other Maryland county), marshlands, working boats, quaint waterfront towns and villages among fertile farm fields – much still exists of the authentic Eastern Shore landscape and traditional way of life along the Chesapeake.
FREDERICK C. MALKUS MEMORIAL BRIDGE is the gateway to Dorchester County over the Choptank River. It is the second longest span
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Dorchester Points of Interestbridge in Maryland after the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. A life-long resident of Dorchester County, Senator Malkus served in the Maryland State Senate from 1951 through 1994. Next to the Malkus Bridge is the 1933 Emerson C. Harrington Bridge. This bridge was replaced by the Malkus Bridge in 1987. Remains of the 1933 bridge are used as fishing piers on both the north and south bank of the river.
LAGRANGE PLANTATION - home of the Dorchester County Histori-cal Society, LaGrange Plantation offers a range of local history and heritage on its grounds. The Meredith House, a 1760’s Georgian home, features artifacts and exhibits on the seven Maryland governors associated with the county; a child’s room containing antique dolls and toys; and other period displays. The Neild Museum houses a broad collection of agricultural, maritime, industrial, and Native American artifacts, including a McCormick reaper (invented by Cyrus McCormick in 1831). The Ron Rue exhibit pays tribute to a talented local decoy carver with a re-creation of his workshop. The Goldsborough Stable, circa 1790, includes a sulky, pony cart, horse-driven sleighs, and tools of the woodworker, wheelwright, and blacksmith. For more info. tel: 410-228-7953 or visit dorchesterhistory.org.
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DORCHESTER COUNTY VISITOR CENTER - The Visitors Center in Cambridge is a major entry point to the lower Eastern Shore, positioned just off U.S. Route 50 along the shore of the Choptank River. With its 100-foot sail canopy, it’s also a landmark. In addition to travel information and exhibits on the heritage of the area, there’s also a large playground, garden, boardwalk, restrooms, vending machines, and more. The Visitors Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about Dorchester County call 800-522-8687 or visit www.tourdorchester.org or www.tourchesapeakecountry.com.
SAILWINDS PARK - Located at 202 Byrn St., Cambridge, Sailwinds Park has been the site for popular events such as the Seafood Feast-I-Val in August, Crabtoberfest in October and the Grand National Waterfowl Hunt’s Grandtastic Jamboree in November. For more info. tel: 410-228-SAIL(7245) or visit www.sailwindscambridge.com.
CAMBRIDGE CREEK - a tributary of the Choptank River, runs through the heart of Cambridge. Located along the creek are restaurants where you can watch watermen dock their boats after a day’s work on the waterways of Dorchester.
HISTORIC HIGH STREET IN CAMBRIDGE - When James Mi-chener was doing research for his novel Chesapeake, he reportedly called
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Cambridge’s High Street one of the most beautiful streets in America. He modeled his fictional city Patamoke after Cambridge. Many of the gra-cious homes on High Street date from the 1700s and 1800s. Today you can join a historic walking tour of High Street each Saturday at 11 a.m., April through October (weather permitting). For more info. tel: 410-901-1000.
SKIPJACK NATHAN OF DORCHESTER - Sail aboard the authentic skipjack Nathan of Dorchester, offering heritage cruises on the Choptank River. The Nathan is docked at Long Wharf in Cambridge. Dredge for oysters and hear the stories of the working waterman’s way of life. For more info. and schedules tel: 410-228-7141 or visit www.skipjack-nathan.org.
DORCHESTER CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Located at 321 High Street in Cambridge, the Center offers monthly gallery exhibits and shows, extensive art classes, and special events, as well as an artisans’ gift shop with an array of items created by local and regional artists. For more info. tel: 410-228-7782 or visit www.dorchesterarts.org.
RICHARDSON MARITIME MUSEUM - Located at 401 High St., Cambridge, the Museum makes history come alive for visitors in the form of exquisite models of traditional Bay boats. The Museum also offers a
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collection of boatbuilders’ tools and watermen’s artifacts that convey an understanding of how the boats were constructed and the history of their use. The Museum’s Ruark Boatworks facility, located on Maryland Ave., is passing on the knowledge and skills of area boatwrights to volunteers and visitors alike. Watch boatbuilding and restoration in action. For more info. tel: 410-221-1871 or visit www.richardsonmuseum.org.
HARRIET TUBMAN MUSEUM & EDUCATIONAL CENTER The Museum and Educational Center is developing programs to preserve the history and memory of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday. Local tours by appoint-ment are available. The Museum and Educational Center, located at 424 Race St., Cambridge, is one of the stops on the “Finding a Way to Freedom” self-guided driving tour. For more info. tel: 410-228-0401.
SPOCOTT WINDMILL - Since 1972, Dorchester County has had a fully operating English style post windmill that was expertly crafted by the late master shipbuilder, James B. Richardson. There has been a succession of windmills at this location dating back to the late 1700’s. The complex also includes an 1800 tenant house, one-room school, blacksmith shop, and country store museum. The windmill is located at 1625 Hudson Rd., Cambridge.
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HORN POINT LABORATORY - The Horn Point Laboratory offers public tours of this world-class scientific research laboratory, which is af-filiated with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The 90-minute walking tour shows how scientists are conducting research to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Horn Point Laboratory is located at 2020 Horns Point Rd., Cambridge, on the banks of the Choptank River. For more info. and tour schedule tel: 410-228-8200 or visit www.umces.edu/hpl.
THE STANLEY INSTITUTE - This 19th century one-room African American schoolhouse, dating back to 1865, is one of the oldest Maryland schools to be organized and maintained by a black community. Between 1867 and 1962, the youth in the African-American community of Christ Rock attended this school, which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tours available by appointment. The Stanley Institute is located at the intersection of Route 16 West & Bayly Rd., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-6657.
BUCKTOWN VILLAGE STORE - Visit the site where Harriet Tubman received a blow to her head that fractured her skull. From this injury Harriet believed God gave her the vision and directions that inspired her to guide
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HARRIET TUBMAN BIRTHPLACE - “The Moses of her People,” Harriet Tubman was believed to have been born on the Brodess Plantation in Bucktown. There are no Tubman-era buildings remaining at the site, which today is a farm. Recent archeological work at this site has been inconclusive, and the investigation is continuing, although there is some evidence that points to Madison as a possible birthplace.
BLACKWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE , located 12 miles south of Cambridge at 2145 Key Wallace Dr. With more than 25,000 acres of tidal marshland, it is an important stop along the Atlantic Flyway. Blackwater is currently home to the largest remaining natural population of endangered Delmarva fox squirrels and the largest breeding population of American bald eagles on the East Coast, north of Florida. There is a full ser-vice Visitor Center and a four-mile Wildlife Drive, walking trails and water trails. For more info. tel: 410-228-2677 or visit www.fws.gov/blackwater.
EAST NEW MARKET - Originally settled in 1660, the entire town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Follow a self-guided walking tour to see the district that contains almost all the residences of the original founders and offers excellent examples of colonial architecture.
HURLOCK TRAIN STATION Incorporated in 1892, Hurlock ranks as the second largest town in Dorchester County. It began from a Dorches-ter/Delaware Railroad station built in 1867. The Old Train Station has been restored and is host to occasional train excursions. For more info. tel: 410-943-4181.
VIENNA HERITAGE MUSEUM The Vienna Heritage Museum displays the Elliott Island Shell Button Factory operation. This was the last surviving mother-of-pearl button manufacturer in the United States. Numerous artifacts are also displayed which depict a view of the past life in this rural community. The Vienna Heritage Museum is located at 303 Race St., Vienna. For more info. tel: 410-943-1212 or visit www.viennamd.org.
LAYTON’S CHANCE VINEYARD & WINERY - This small farm winery, minutes from historic Vienna at 4225 New Bridge Rd., opened in 2010 as Dorchester County’s first winery. For more info. tel. 410-228-1205 or visit www.laytonschance.com.
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Historic Downtown Easton is the county seat of Talbot County. Established around early religious settlements and a court of law, today the historic district of Easton is a centerpiece of fine specialty shops, business and cultural activities, unique restaurants and architectural fascination. Tree-lined streets are graced with various period structures and remarkable homes, carefully preserved or restored. Because of its historical significance, Easton has earned distinction as the “Colonial Capital of the Eastern Shore” and was honored as #8 in the book, “The 100 Best Small Towns in America.”
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1. HISTORIC TIDEWATER INN - 101 E. Dover St. A completely modern hotel built in 1949, it was enlarged in 1953 and has recently undergone extensive renovations. It is the “Pride of the Eastern Shore.”
2. THE BULLITT HOUSE - 108 E. Dover St. One of Easton’s oldest and most beautiful homes, it was built in 1801. It is now occupied by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation.
3. AVALON THEATRE - 42 E. Dover St. Constructed in 1921 during the heyday of silent films and vaudeville entertainment. Over the course of its history, it has been the scene of three world premiers, including “The First Kiss,” starring Fay Wray and Gary Cooper, in 1928. The theater has gone through two major restorations: the first in 1936, when it was refinished in an art deco theme by the Schine Theater chain, and again 52 years later, when it was converted to a performing arts and community center. For more info. tel: 410-822-0345 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.
4. TALBOT COUNTY VISITORS CENTER - 11 S. Harrison St. The Office of Tourism provides visitors with county information for historic Easton and the waterfront villages of Oxford, St. Michaels and Tilghman Island. For more info. tel: 410-770-8000 or visit www.tourtalbot.org.
5. BARTLETT PEAR INN - 28 S. Harrison St. Significant for its ar-chitecture, it was built by Benjamin Stevens in 1790 and is one of Easton’s earliest three-bay brick buildings. The home was “modernized” with Victorian bay windows on the right side in the 1890s.
6. WATERFOWL BUILDING - 40 S. Harrison St. The old armory
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Easton Points of Interestis now the headquarters of the Waterfowl Festival, Easton’s annual cel-ebration of migratory birds and the hunting season, the second weekend in November. For more info. tel: 410-822-4567 or visit www.waterfowl-festival.org.
7. ACADEMY ART MUSEUM - 106 South St. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Academy Art Museum is a fine art museum founded in 1958. Providing national and regional exhibi-tions, performances, educational programs, and visual and performing arts classes for adults and children, the Museum also offers a vibrant concert and lecture series and an annual craft festival, CRAFT SHOW (the Eastern Shore’s largest juried fine craft show), featuring local and national artists and artisans demonstrating, exhibiting and selling their crafts. The Museum’s permanent collection consists of works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters. Mon. through Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; extended hours on Tues., Wed. and Thurs. until 7 p.m. For more info. tel: (410) 822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.art-academy.org.
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Easton Points of InterestParish was founded in 1692 with the present church built ca. 1840, of Port Deposit granite.
9. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TALBOT COUNTY - 25 S. Washing-ton St. Enjoy an evocative portrait of everyday life during earlier times when visiting the c. 18th and 19th century historic houses and a museum with changing exhibitions, all of which surround a Federal-style garden. Located in the heart of Easton’s historic district. Museum hours: Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (winter) and Tues. through Sat., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (summer), with group tours offered by appointment. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773 or visit www.hstc.org. Tharpe Antiques and Decorative Arts located at 30 S. Washington Street. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10-4 and Sun. 11-4. Consignments accepted on Tues. or by appointment 410-820-7525 Proceeds support HSTC.
10. ODD FELLOWS LODGE - At the corner of Washington and Do-ver streets stands a building with secrets. It was constructed in 1879 as the meeting hall for the Odd Fellows. Carved into the stone and placed into the stained glass are images and symbols that have meaning only for members. See if you can find the dove, linked rings and other symbols.
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11. TALBOT COUNTY COURTHOUSE - Long known as the “East Capital” of Maryland. The present building was completed in 1794 on the site of the earlier one built in 1711. It has been remodeled several times.
11A. FREDERICK DOUGLASS STATUE - 11 N. Washington St. on the lawn of the Talbot County Courthouse. The statue honors Frederick Douglass in his birthplace, Talbot County, where the experiences in his youth ~ both positive and negative ~ helped form his character, intellect and determination. Also on the grounds is a memorial to the veterans who fought and died in the Vietnam War, and a monument “To the Talbot Boys,” commemorating the men from Talbot who fought for the Confederacy. The memorial for the Union soldiers was never built.
12. SHANNAHAN & WRIGHTSON HARDWARE BUILDING - 12 N. Washington St. It is the oldest store in Easton. In 1791, Owen Kennard began work on a new brick building that changed hands several times throughout the years. Dates on the building show when additions were made in 1877, 1881 and 1889. The present front was completed in time for a grand opening on Dec. 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor Day.
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14. THOMAS PERRIN SMITH HOUSE - 119 N. Washington St. Built in 1803, it was the early home of the newspaper from which the Star-Democrat grew. In 1911, the building was acquired by the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club, which occupies it today.
15. ART DECO STORES - 13-25 Goldsborough Street. Although much of Easton looks Colonial or Victorian, the 20th century had its influences as well. This row of stores has distinctive 1920s-era white trim at the roofline. It is rumored that there was a speakeasy here during Prohibition.
16. FIRST MASONIC GRAND LODGE - 23 N. Harrison Street. The records of Coats Lodge of Masons in Easton show that five Masonic Lodges met in Talbot Court House (as Easton was then called) on July 31, 1783 to form the first Grand Lodge of Masons in Maryland. Although the building where they first met is gone, a plaque marks the spot today.
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Easton Points of Interest17. FOXLEY HALL - 24 N. Aurora St., Built about 1795, Foxley Hall
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18. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL - On “Cathedral Green,” Goldsborough St., a traditional Gothic design in granite. The interior is well worth a visit. All windows are stained glass, picturing New Testament scenes, and the altar cross of Greek type is unique.
19. INN AT 202 DOVER - Built in 1874, this Victorian-era mansion reflects many architectural styles. For years the building was known as the Wrightson House, thanks to its early 20th century owner, Charles T. Wrightson, one of the founders of the S. & W. canned food empire. Locally it is still referred to as Captain’s Watch due to its prominent balustraded widow’s walk. The Inn’s renovation in 2006 was acknowledged by the Maryland Historic Trust and the U.S. Dept. of the Interior.
20. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - Housed in an attractively remodeled building on West Street, the hours of operation are Mon. and Thurs., 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tues. and Wed. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fri. and Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except during the summer when it’s 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
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Saturday. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 21. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT EASTON - Established in the early
1900s, now one of the finest hospitals on the Eastern Shore. Memorial Hospital is part of the Shore Health System. www.shorehealth.org.
22. THIRD HAVEN MEETING HOUSE - Built in 1682 and the oldest frame building dedicated to religious meetings in America. The Meeting House was built at the headwaters of the Tred Avon: people came by boat to attend. William Penn preached there with Lord Baltimore present. Extensive renovations were completed in 1990.
23. TALBOT COMMUNITY CENTER - The year-round activities offered at the community center range from ice hockey to figure skating, aerobics and curling. The Center is also host to many events throughout the year, such as antique, craft, boating and sportsman shows.
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24. PICKERING CREEK - 400-acre farm and science education center featuring 100 acres of forest, a mile of shoreline, nature trails, low-ropes challenge course and canoe launch. Trails are open seven days a week from dawn till dusk. Canoes are free for members. For more info. tel: 410-822-4903 or visit www.pickeringcreek.org.
25. WYE GRIST MILL - The oldest working mill in Maryland (ca. 1682), the f lour-producing “grist” mill has been lovingly preserved by The Friends of Wye Mill, and grinds f lour to this day using two massive grindstones powered by a 26 horsepower overshot waterwheel. For more info. visit www.oldwyemill.org.
26. WYE ISLAND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AREA - Located between the Wye River and the Wye East River, the area provides habitat for waterfowl and native wildlife. There are 6 miles of trails that provide opportunities for hiking, birding and wildlife viewing. For more info. visit www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/wyeisland.asp.
27. OLD WYE CHURCH - Old Wye Church is one of the oldest active Anglican Communion parishes in Talbot County. Wye Chapel was built between 1718 and 1721 and opened for worship on October 18, 1721. For more info. visit www.wyeparish.org.
28. WHITE MARSH CHURCH - The original structure was built before 1690. Early 18th century rector was the Reverend Daniel Mayna-dier. A later provincial rector (1764–1768), the Reverend Thomas Bacon, compiled “Bacon’s Laws,” authoritative compendium of Colonial Statutes. Robert Morris, Sr., father of Revolutionary financier is buried here.
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On the broad Miles River, with its picturesque tree-lined streets and beautiful harbor, St. Michaels has been a haven for boats plying the Chesa-peake and its inlets since the earliest days. Here, some of the handsomest models of the Bay craft, such as canoes, bugeyes, pungys and some famous Baltimore Clippers, were designed and built. The Church, named “St. Mi-chael’s,” was the first building erected (about 1677) and around it clustered the town that took its name.
1. WADES POINT INN - Located on a point of land overlooking majestic Chesapeake Bay, this historic inn has been welcoming guests for over 100 years. Thomas Kemp, builder of the original “Pride of Baltimore,” built the main house in 1819.
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2. HARBOURTOWNE GOLF RESORT - Bay View Restaurant and Duckblind Bar on the scenic Miles River with an 18 hole golf course.
3. MILES RIVER YACHT CLUB - Organized in 1920, the Miles River Yacht Club continues its dedication to boating on our waters and the protec-tion of the heritage of log canoes, the oldest class of boat still sailing U. S. waters. The MRYC has been instrumental in preserving the log canoe and its rich history on the Chesapeake Bay.
4. THE INN AT PERRY CABIN - The original building was constructed in the early 19th century by Samuel Hambleton, a purser in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. It was named for his friend, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry Cabin has served as a riding academy and was restored in 1980 as an inn and restaurant. The Inn is now a member of the Orient Express Hotels.
5. THE PARSONAGE INN - A bed and breakfast inn at 210 N. Talbot St., was built by Henry Clay Dodson, a prominent St. Michaels businessman and state legislator around 1883 as his private residence. In 1874, Dodson, along with Joseph White, established the St. Michaels Brick Company, which later provided the brick for “the old Parsonae house.”
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6. FREDERICK DOUGLASS HISTORIC MARKER - Born at Tucka-hoe Creek, Talbot County, Douglass lived as a slave in the St. Michaels area from 1833 to 1836. He taught himself to read and taught in clandestine schools for blacks here. He escaped to the north and became a noted abo-litionist, orator and editor. He returned in 1877 as a U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia and also served as the D.C. Recorder of Deeds and the U.S. Minister to Haiti.
7. CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM - Founded in 1965, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of the hemisphere’s largest and most productive estuary - the Chesapeake Bay. Located on 18 waterfront acres, its nine exhibit buildings and floating fleet bring to life the story of the Bay and its inhabitants, from the fully restored 1879 Hooper Strait lighthouse and working boatyard to the impressive collection of working decoys and a recreated waterman’s shanty. Home to the world’s largest collection of Bay boats, the Museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, special events, festivals, and education pro-grams. Docking and pump-out facilities available. Exhibitions and Museum Store open year-round. Up-to-date information and hours can be found
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on the Museum’s website at www.cbmm.org or by calling 410-745-2916.8. THE CRAB CLAW - Restaurant adjoining the Maritime Museum and
overlooking St. Michaels harbor. Open March-November. 410-745-2900 or www.thecrabclaw.com.
9. PATRIOT - During the season (April-November) the 65’ cruise boat can carry 150 persons, runs daily historic narrated cruises along the Miles River. For daily cruise times, visit www.patriotcruises.com or call 410-745-3100.
10. THE FOOTBRIDGE - Built on the site of many earlier bridges, today’s bridge joins Navy Point to Cherry Street. It has been variously known as “Honeymoon Bridge” and “Sweetheart Bridge.” It is the only remaining bridge of three that at one time connected the town with outly-ing areas around the harbor.
11. VICTORIANA INN - The Victoriana Inn is located in the Historic District of St. Michaels. The home was built in 1873 by Dr. Clay Dodson, a druggist, and occupied as his private residence and office. In 1910 the property, then known as “Willow Cottage,” underwent alterations when acquired by the Shannahan family who continued it as a private residence
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for over 75 years. As a bed and breakfast, circa 1988, major renovations took place, preserving the historic character of the gracious Victorian era.
12. HAMBLETON INN - On the harbor. Historic waterfront home built in 1860 and restored as a bed and breakfast in 1985 with a turn-of-the-century atmosphere. All the rooms have a view of the harbor.
13. MILL HOUSE - Originally built on the beach about 1660 and later moved to its present location on Harrison Square (Cherry St. near Locust St.).
14. FREEDOMS FRIEND LODGE - Chartered in 1867 and constructed in 1883, the Freedoms Friend Lodge is the oldest lodge existing in Maryland and is a prominent historic site for our Black community. It is now the site of Blue Crab Coffee Company.
15. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - St. Michaels Branch is located at 106 S. Fremont Street. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877.
16. CARPENTER STREET SALOON - Life in the Colonial community revolved around the tavern. The traveler could, of course, obtain food, drink, lodging or even a fresh horse to speed his journey. This tavern was built in 1874 and has served the community as a bank, a newspaper office, post office and telephone company.
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17. TWO SWAN INN - The Two Swan Inn on the harbor served as the former site of the Miles River Yacht Club, was built in the 1800s and was renovated in 1984. It is located at the foot of Carpenter Street.
18. TARR HOUSE - Built by Edward Elliott as his plantation home about 1661. It was Elliott and an indentured servant, Darby Coghorn, who built the first church in St. Michaels. This was about 1677, on the site of the present Episcopal Church (6 Willow Street, near Locust).
19. CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 301 S. Talbot St. Built of Port Deposit stone, the present church was erected in 1878. The first is believed to have been built in 1677 by Edward Elliott.
20. THE INN - Built in 1817 by Wrightson Jones, who opened and operated the shipyard at Beverly on Broad Creek. (Talbot St. at Mulberry).
21. THE CANNONBALL HOUSE - When St. Michaels was shelled by the British in a night attack in 1813, the town was “blacked out” and lanterns were hung in the trees to lead the attackers to believe the town was on a high bluff. The houses were overshot. The story is that a cannonball hit the chimney of “Cannonball House” and rolled down the stairway. This “black-out” was believed to be the first such “blackout” in the history of warfare.
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St. Michaels Points of Interest 22. AMELIA WELBY HOUSE - Amelia Coppuck, who became Amelia
Welby, was born in this house and wrote poems that won her fame and the praise of Edgar Allan Poe.
23. TOWN DOCK RESTAURANT - During 1813, at the time of the Battle of St. Michaels, it was known as “Dawson’s Wharf” and had 2 can-nons on carriages donated by Jacob Gibson, which fired 10 of the 15 rounds directed at the British. For a period up to the early 1950s it was called “The Longfellow Inn.” It was rebuilt in 1977 after burning to the ground.
24. ST. MICHAELS MUSEUM at ST. MARY’S SQUARE - Located in the heart of the historic district, offers a unique view of 19th century life in St. Michaels. The exhibits are housed in three period buildings and contain local furniture and artifacts donated by residents. The museum is supported entirely through community efforts. Open May-October, Mon., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fri., 1 to 4 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun., 1 to 4 p.m. Other days on request. 410-745-9561 or www.stmichaelsmuseum.com.
25. KEMP HOUSE - Now a country inn. A Georgian style house, constructed in 1805 by Colonel Joseph Kemp, a revolutionary soldier and hero of the War of 1812.
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26. THE OLD MILL COMPLEX - The Old Mill was a functioning flour mill from the late 1800s until the 1970s, producing flour used primarily for Maryland beaten biscuits. Today it is home to a brewery, winery, artists, furniture makers, a baker and other unique shops and businesses.
27. ST. MICHAELS HARBOUR INN, MARINA & SPA - Constructed in 1986 and recently renovated, it has overnight accommodations, conference facilities, marina, spa and Harbour Lights and Harbour Lights Club Room.
28. ST. MICHAELS NATURE TRAIL - The St. Michaels Nature Trail is a 1.3 mile paved walkway that winds around the western side of St. Michaels starting at a dedicated parking lot on South Talbot Street across from the Bay Hundred swimming pool. The path cuts through the woods, San Domingo Park, over a covered bridge and past a historic cemetery before ending in Bradley Park. The trail is open all year from dawn to dusk.
29. ST. MICHAELS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT - Est. in 1901, the SMVFD is located at 1001 S. Talbot Street with a range that includes all areas from Arcadia Shores to Wittman, covering 120 square miles of land area, and 130 miles of shoreline.
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OxfordPoints of Interest
Oxford is one of the oldest towns in Maryland. Although already settled for perhaps 20 years, Oxford marks the year 1683 as its official founding, for in that year Oxford was first named by the Maryland General Assembly as a seaport and was laid out as a town. In 1694, Oxford and a new town called Anne Arundel (now Annapolis) were selected the only ports of entry for the entire Maryland province. Until the American Revolution, Oxford enjoyed prominence as an international shipping center surrounded by wealthy tobacco plantations.
Today, Oxford is a charming tree-lined and waterbound village with a population of just over 700 and is still important in boat building and yacht-ing. It has a protected harbor for watermen who harvest oysters, crabs, clams and fish, and for sailors from all over the Bay.
1. TENCH TILGHMAN MONUMENT - In the Oxford Cemetery the Revolutionary War hero’s body lies along with that of his widow. Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman carried the message of Cornwallis’ surrender from Yorktown,
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Oxford Points of InterestVA, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Across the cove from the cemetery may be seen Plimhimmon, home of Tench Tilghman’s widow, Anna Marie Tilghman.
2. THE OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER - 200 Oxford Road. The Oxford Community Center, a pillared brick schoolhouse saved from the wrecking ball by the town residents, is a gathering place for meetings, classes, lectures, dinner theater and performances by the Tred Avon Players and has been recently renovated. Rentals available to groups and individu-als. 410-226-5904 or www.oxfordcc.org.
3. BACHELOR POINT HARBOR - Located at the mouth of the Tred Avon River, 9’ water depth.
4. THE COOPERATIVE OXFORD LABORATORY - U.S. Depart-ment of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Maryland Department of Natural Resources located here. 410-226-5193 or www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/oxford.
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Recent restoration of the beach as part of a “living shoreline project” created 2 terraced sitting walls, a protective groin and a sandy beach with native grasses which will stop further erosion and provide valuable aquatic habitat. A similar project has been completed adjacent to the ferry dock. A kayak launch site has also been located near the ferry dock.
6. OXFORD MUSEUM - Morris & Market Sts. Devoted to the preser-vation of artifacts and memories of Oxford, MD. Summer hours are Mon., Wed., Fri. and Sat. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun. from 1 to 4 p.m. Admis-sion is free; donations gratefully accepted. For more info. tel: 410-226-0191.
7. OXFORD LIBRARY - 101 Market St. Founded in 1939 and on its present site since 1950. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10-4.
8. THE BRATT MANSION (ACADEMY HOUSE) - 205 N. Morris St. Served as quarters for the officers of a Maryland Military Academy built about 1848. (Private residence)
9. BARNABY HOUSE - 212 N. Morris St. Built in 1770 by sea captain Richard Barnaby, this charming house contains original pine woodwork, corner fireplaces and an unusually lovely handmade staircase. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Private residence)
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Oxford Points of Interestover the entrance arbor was brought from the Isle of Jersey in 1810 by Captain William Willis, who commanded the brig “Sarah and Louisa.” (Private residence)
11. THE ROBERT MORRIS INN - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Robert Morris was the father of Robert Morris, Jr., the “financier of the Revolution.” Built about 1710, part of the original house with a beautiful staircase is contained in the beautifully restored Inn, now open 7 days a week. Robert Morris, Jr. was one of only 2 Founding Fathers to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution.
12. THE OXFORD CUSTOM HOUSE - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Built in 1976 as Oxford’s official Bicentennial project. It is a replica of the first Federal Custom House built by Jeremiah Banning, who was the first Federal Collector of Customs appointed by George Washington.
13. TRED AVON YACHT CLUB - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Founded in 1931. The present building, completed in 1991, replaced the original structure.
14. OXFORD-BELLEVUE FERRY - N. Morris St. & The Strand.
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Oxford Points of InterestStarted in 1683, this is believed to be the oldest privately operated ferry in the United States. Its first keeper was Richard Royston, whom the Talbot County Court “pitcht upon” to run a ferry at an unusual subsidy of 2,500 pounds of tobacco. Service has been continuous since 1836, with power supplied by sail, sculling, rowing, steam, and modern diesel engine. Many now take the ride between Oxford and Bellevue for the scenic beauty.
15. BYEBERRY - On the grounds of Cutts & Case Boatyard. It faces Town Creek and is one of the oldest houses in the area. The date of con-struction is unknown, but it was standing in 1695. Originally, it was in the main business section but was moved to the present location about 1930. (Private residence)
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The Villages of Talbot Countyby
Gary D. CrawfordThe Eastern Shore is littered
with rural villages. You can drive through the countryside admir-ing fields and forest, then come around a bend in the road and, all of a sudden, find houses. Usually they lie nestled under some shade trees, miniature communities.
I don’t know about elsewhere, but folks here in Talbot County have a certain fondness for these places. Residents seem to like the sense of community they afford, and visitors sometimes pronounce them “charming.” Talbot County’s 2005 Comprehensive Plan men-tioned the significance of the county’s villages: “Each [village] is an important part of the Coun-ty culture and character that has evolved based on settlement pat-terns over time. In this respect, the villages perform a role that is complementary to that of the incorporated towns. Visually, they are an important compo-nent of Rural Character, provid-ing a pleasing and appropriately scaled and textured contrast to the rural open character of the surrounding areas.”
Being one of those rural charac-ters myself, I couldn’t agree more. So, charming they may be. They’re
also “unincorporated,” which means the villages don’t exist as le-gal entities. That also means there are no local governments, no may-ors, no police, no village laws, and no local taxes. All of which suits most people just fine.
There are some down-sides, of course. For example, there’s the matter of “representation.” When a community really needs help, they must rely on the County Coun-cil and the staff members they em-ploy. Since those folks are all up in Easton, it isn’t always entirely obvious that each and every one is always working diligently for my safety and comfort. Go figure! I mean no disrespect here, of course. Our county just has an awkward shape to it, with lots of people liv-ing way out on “necks.”
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You know, the shape of Talbot County reminds me of something… but I just can’t put my finger on it. Perhaps someone will recognize it and let me know.
Consider: The total area of Talbot County is just 477 square miles. If it were circular, that would be less than 80 miles around. Instead it boasts more than 600 miles of coastline ~ the longest of any county in the coun-try, I’m told, though I can’t prove that. Significantly, in circular Tal-bot nobody would live more than 12½ miles from the center or more than 25 miles from anyone else. Even being square would be lots better, though no one would want to be that.
Another disadvantage of be-ing unincorporated is that since villages don’t exist legally, they cannot have definite borders. A “village” is a contiguous group of properties governed by village zoning regulations. That’s why you
Villages of Talbot County don’t see signs like, “Hi! You’ve Reached the Ivytown Village Lim-it. Population 103. Welcome!” Offi-cially, therefore, what we all know as the village of “McDaniel” is a conglomeration of VC-zoned prop-erties over that-away. The point here is that they don’t lie inside of anything. They’re just huddled together like kids on a cold play-ground ~ the properties, I mean, not the good people of McDaniel. Gasoline is still $2.09 a gallon there, by the way.
The huddled masses (of proper-ties) don’t make a lot of sense and the villages aren’t very coherent in the geographic sense, of course. A nearby field no one ever thought was in the village is “in,” by defini-tion, because it carries village zon-ing. Conversely, a property always considered part of the village can-not be included if it carries a dif-ferent zoning designation. It’s all quite confusing.
Aside from this border prob-lem, no one is really sure how many villages there are. There are twenty-two villages on Talbot County’s official list ~ but there are others. What happened to Hysontown, for example, is un-clear. Despite the signs on Route 33 announcing the village, it didn’t make the list.
Once upon a time, Tilghman’s Island had a fourth village, named Avalon after the shell-pile island nearby. Avalon even had a
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post office, though only the old-timers remember it now.
Then there’s poor Valliant, Mary-land, which disappeared entirely, washed away with the rest of Poplar
Villages of Talbot County Island, down to Dorchester County and beyond. I’m sure there must be others. After all, whole towns have vanished, like Frenchtown on the Elk River up in Cecil County.
Most Talbot villages haven’t van-ished, of course, but they certainly have changed. Once bustling with commercial activity of all kinds, now they are primarily residential communities. Even the smallest vil-lages used to have shops of various kinds ~ small groceries, hardware stores, blacksmiths, boatyards, farm or marine supply stores, even restaurants, little department stores, and service stations. There were post offices, volunteer fire companies, and churches; the larg-est even had schools.
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Most important, the village also had homes with families living in them. There were jobs on the farms and on the water and in the service industries that supported the communities. Nowadays, the businesses are mostly gone except in the largest villages such as Til-ghman or Cordova. As the employ-ment opportunities moved to the towns, so did the families. During the boom in land prices leading up to the recession, locals discovered they couldn’t afford to buy homes in the villages; those who inherited homes couldn’t afford not to sell.
Newcomers, attracted by spec-tacular properties at very afford-able prices by city standards, be-gan buying properties. A great many became vacation homes, even rentals, or were used during hunting and fishing seasons. A few became homes again as the owners aged and decided to retire here.
Residents are much older now, on average, and, most sadly, fami-lies with children are becoming scarce. Most villages are pretty quiet most of the year, except right now in August, as the grandchil-dren f lock in. The sound of their play and laughter is like sparkling music or summer rain on a hot, parched street.
All this change grieves the older generation to some degree or other, both locals and those who have been
here long enough to be witnesses. We all sense that we are watching the passing of a way of life.
Then there are the Elves. In one of those strange coincidences, as I was pondering this poignant trans-formation of the villages, a book I had ordered arrived in the mail. It was by Henry Gee, a British sci-entist whose books I have found most thought-provoking. This one was The Science of Middle-Earth, in which he considers how J.R.R. Tolkien may have arrived at some of his creations or adapted them from the pre-Christian mytholo-gies of Britain and the North, and what, after all, Tolkien meant by what he wrote.
Now, before you run off, Gentle Reader, I do realize that not ev-eryone is a fan of Tolkien and his imaginary world of Middle-Earth. That’s a shame, for you are miss-ing much, but perhaps you saw the movie, at least? Anyway, here’s what struck me as relevant to the present discussion.
Gee considers the main theme of the Lord of the Rings saga is that of loss ~ the passing away of things.
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Elves are leaving the Middle-Earth, never to return.
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Even the quest of the Ring is not to win it but to destroy it. He notes how all the peoples of Middle-Earth ~ Men, Dwarves, Elves, even Hobbits ~ achieved remarkable things, but all in the past, things they cannot now replicate. By the end of the tale, the immortal and once powerful Elves are departing, leaving Middle-Earth forever.
Can we be so certain, Gee won-ders, that the destiny of the human race is ever upward and onward? After all, don’t we still marvel over the Pyramid of Cheops, and Stone-henge, and the Great Wall? These things are now nearly the stuff of legend, hardly different from the tales of Middle-Earth. Even World War II is, for nearly everyone now-adays, more a history rather than a memory. The moon landings 40 years ago are becoming tales we tell our children. “Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle, and Buzz jumped over the Moon.”
I was suddenly struck by the parallel. Tolkien would have un-derstood the sense of yearning and sadness our elders here feel, as they leave the village and move somewhere more secure, perhaps to Easton. He also would have un-derstood the sense of loss felt by those of us who remain behind. Driving along past Wittman, I still gaze out into the Bay looking in vain for the f leet of skipjacks that used to work those waters.
When all are gone, what will
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Villages of Talbot Countywe have left but memories, slowly eroding into legend and fable? Or will there be new village communi-ties, sound and nurturing, new and adapted to changed conditions? I hope so.
These processes cannot be re-versed, of course. Conditions do change, for good or ill. Communi-ties all over rural America are going through similar transitions.
Can something be preserved here? Can we at least retain a rea-sonably clear and complete record of past accomplishments? I say, Yes.
Can the villages be revitalized, even somewhat, to reverse the trend? It means some economic
development, of course. Could we create some fresh opportunities and new jobs? Could the village communities, fractioned and dis-parate, come together in common cause? Again, I say Yes. I believe constructive action is possible.
But this brings us smack up against the third and most debili-tating disadvantage of being un-incorporated ~ the lack of leader-ship. How can village residents work together? The talent may be there and perhaps even the will, but not the mechanism. Who calls the meetings?
The answer may lie, not with government, but with local civic groups and non-profit organiza-tions. As a case in point, I’m proud
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to report that progress is being made on Tilghman’s Island. Three splendid non-profit organizations, all established since 2003, are un-dertaking some wonderful work.
Phillips Wharf Environmen-tal Center (PWEC) is the oldest of the three. PWEC intends to pur-chase a property at the entrance to the island and transform it into a pleasant and useful visitor attrac-tion. They call it “the Oyster House Project,” and it involves buying the Harrison oyster company next to the Tilghman Bridge.
Kelley Phillips Cox, PWEC founder and executive director, comes from a long line of water-men. She’s also a trained marine biologist, a tour operator, and a li-censed boat captain. “There’s been a seafood business at that location
Artist’s rendering of how Phillips Wharf Environmental Center will look after the acquisition of the Harrison Oyster Company property.
for over a century, under various owners,” she says. “We’d sure hate to see the last dockside oyster-shucking house in Talbot County turned into a boatel or something. We need jobs down here and the guys need a dependable place to sell their catches.” Cox and her team are raising money to buy the 2¼-acre property.
The oyster house property is much more conspicuous than PWEC’s current location at the east end of Knapps Narrows; Cox sees it as a perfect “gateway site.” It is also five times bigger. She plans to turn the rest of the property into an attractive campus for environ-mental studies, serving both sec-ondary school students and adults. PWEC itself would move there and expand their popular live animal touch-tanks, aquarium displays, and educational programs.
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“People need more reasons to drive on down the road past St. Michaels.” She thinks the PWEC Oyster House Project will be part of the solution to that problem and a win-win for all.
I think Kelley Cox is right about the potential for constructive and collaborative change, and I’m hap-py to try to help. The Oyster House Project will be good for our entire area. So if you happen to have $250,000 in appreciated stock you’d like to avoid paying taxes on, give Kelley a call at 410-886-9200. (She’d be pleased to take smaller gifts, too.)
The Tilghman Watermen’s Mu-
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seum (TWM) is another Tilghman-based non-profit organization that is uniting locals and newcomers. Next year the Museum hopes to move into their new home, the Lee House, one of those wonderfully curious W-shaped houses unique to the island (and Sherwood.) TWM has collected thousands of
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documents, photos, artifacts and oral histories; they have produced two acclaimed videos bringing the past to life.
There is yet a third non-profit on Tilghman doing good work and bringing locals and newcom-ers together, the Tilghman Area Youth Association (TAYA). They serve schoolchildren of the vil-lages of the Tilghman area (Witt-man, Sherwood, Tilghman, Fair-bank, and Bar Neck) by providing worthwhile and safe after-school activities. They also sponsor sum-mer camp and other events. TAYA programs help to reduce the time children remain unattended while
Villages of Talbot County waiting for their parents to come home from work.
All of this activity is helpful. They are working together ~ pre-serving the past and adapting to the future.
Remember, there’s no better way to get to know your neighbors than to work with them on a common project. So, yes, the villages are im-portant. But it isn’t the houses that make the village. The community is the thing.
And the laughter of children.
Gary Crawford and his wife, Susan, operate Crawfords Nauti-cal Books, a unique bookstore on Tilghman’s Island.
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The Last Tomatoes of SummerThe first time I heard of green
tomato pie, I was very excited. The recipe was from a farm wife who never wasted anything from the garden. Since then, I have never left those end-of-the-summer to-matoes hanging on the vine.
Late-summer tomatoes can en-hance the flavor of many dishes. Their sweet-acidic taste, combined with other ingredients, is hard to beat. I toss them with pasta, drizzle with olive oil, and enjoy them as an appetizer on toasted garlic bread.
SUNDAY BRUSCHETTAServes 4-8
Not too long ago bruschetta seemed exotic, but now it is a part of everybody’s summer. This is perfect for Sunday brunch.
4-8 slices of crusty peasant bread (cutting the long center bread slic-es in half on an angle)2-4 cups diced fresh tomatoes1 shallot or 2 green onions, very thinly sliced
1 handful fresh basil leaves, cut into strips
Sea salt and freshly ground pepperA dash of balsamic vinegar3 T. extra virgin olive oilCrumbled goat cheese, optional
Preheat the oven to 500°.Place bread on a baking sheet
and toast on one side until light colored and crisp. Flip over and toast on the other side.
In the meantime, toss the toma-toes with all the other ingredients, except the goat cheese, in a large bowl and let sit for a few minutes.
Bruschetta is a treat anytime.
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Top each slice of bread with 2 heaping tablespoons of the mari-nated tomato mixture and sprinkle crumbles of goat cheese on top to add some creamy tang.
BRUSCHETTAServes 4-8
When I am in a hurry and need a great appetizer, I often serve this variation to my guests.
8 slices of crusty peasant bread4 large garlic cloves2 T. extra virgin olive oil2 tomatoes, thinly slicedBasilSea salt and freshly ground pepper
Preheat the broiler. Grill the bread under the broiler, turning the pieces once until lightly colored, about 2 minutes per side. While still hot, rub garlic on the bread.
Brush one side with a generous amount of olive oil. Lay tomato slic-es on top and sprinkle with basil. Top with salt and pepper to taste.
BAKED TOMATOESCherry tomatoesOlive oilSea salt and freshly ground pepper
Place tomatoes on a baking sheet in a single layer.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil and bake
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SAVORY CHEESE, TOMATO & ONION PIE
Pastry for two 8-inch pies5 oz. Swiss cheese5 oz. Gruyere cheese (or Monterey Jack cheese), grated2 T. f lour2 large onions, sliced4 T. butter1 t. dry basil leaves (or 1 T. chopped fresh basil)2 large, firm tomatoes3/4 cup half-and-half2 large eggsDash of nutmeg
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Preheat oven to 350°.Prepare pastry (use your favor-
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Melt butter in a skillet over me-dium to medium-high heat. Add onions, stirring frequently.
While onions are cooking, grate
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cheeses into a bowl and mix to-gether with the f lour. Spread 1/3 of the cheese mixture over the bottom of each of the pastry shells. Spread the sauteed onions over the cheese.
Peel tomatoes by dropping them into boiling water for 30 seconds and then into ice water. The skins should split so you can slip the peels off easily. If you prefer the added nutrition and fiber, you can leave the peels on.
Slice the tomatoes into 1/4-inch slices and place them in the skillet in which you sautéed the onions. On medium heat, allow the toma-toes to just heat through so they absorb any of the remaining butter (about three minutes).
Spread the tomatoes and basil evenly over the onions. Cover with the remaining cheese.
In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs and half-and-half just until incorporated. Carefully pour over the cheese. Sprinkle the tops of the pies with a light dusting of nutmeg and bake for 35 to 40 minutes until just set and golden brown.
This recipe makes two pies and serves 12 people if using as an ap-petizer, or 8 people if using as a main course.
TOMATO BASIL SOUP4 cups tomatoes ~ 8-10 cored, peeled and chopped (directions
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for peeling are under the cheese, tomato and onion pie recipe) or canned whole tomatoes, crushed4 cups tomato juice or part vegeta-ble or chicken stock12 fresh basil leaves, washed1 cup heavy cream1 stick unsalted butterGarnish with basil leaves
Combine the first 2 ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes. Cool before adding to the blender.
Puree the tomatoes and juice, along with the basil leaves, in the blender. Return to the saucepan and add cream and butter, while stirring over low heat.
Garnish with basil and serve with your favorite crusty bread.
COLD TOMATO SOUPIf it is too stif ling to heat up the
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8-10 cored, peeled and chopped to-matoes (directions for peeling are under the cheese, tomato and on-ion pie recipe)1 qt. ice cubes1 cucumber, peeled2 celery ribs, sliced1 carrot, sliced1 red pepper, sliced1 T. sea salt1 pinch cayenne pepper
Combine all ingredients and blend in a blender until smooth. Chill for 2 hours before serving. Sometimes I like to add V-8 low so-dium juice.
LINGUINE with TOMATOES and BASIL
Serves 4-6I first had this uncooked sauce
in California. Such a recipe could only be a result of hot, lazy days and abundant ripe tomatoes. The heat of the pasta warms and brings out the f lavors of the sauce in a wonderfully subtle way. This is de-licious and easy!
4 large ripe tomatoes cut into 1/4-inch cubes1/2 lb. Brie cheese, rind removed and torn into irregular pieces1 cup fresh basil leaves, cut into strips3 garlic cloves, pressed1 cup extra virgin olive oil
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Uncooked tomato pasta sauce is subtle and deliciously refreshing.
1/2 t. salt1/2 t. freshly ground pepper1 (16 oz.) package linguineFreshly grated imported Parmesan cheese
Combine tomatoes, Brie, basil, garlic, olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper in a large serving bowl. Prepare at least two hours before serving and set aside, covered, at room temperature.
Bring 6 quarts of water to a boil in a large pot. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Add the linguine and boil until tender but still firm, 8 to 10 minutes.
Drain pasta and immediately toss with the tomato sauce. Serve at once, passing the peppermill and grated Parmesan cheese.
FRESH TOMATO SAUCE with ANGEL HAIR PASTA
Serves 48 oz. angel hair pasta4 garlic cloves, minced1/2 t. dried crushed red pepper
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1/4 cup olive oil3 ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped, or 6 plum tomatoes1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, cut into strips2 T. chopped fresh parsley2 T. red wine vinegar or lemon juice1/2 t. sea salt1/2 t. sugar, optionalFreshly grated imported Parmesan cheese
Cook angel hair pasta according to package directions; drain.
Sauté garlic and pepper in hot oil in a large skillet over low heat. Add tomatoes and next 6 ingredients; cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
Toss together the pasta and to-mato mixture. Serve at once, pass-ing the grated Parmesan cheese.
Tip: Using a wide blade vegeta-ble peeler to shave the Parmesan cheese makes a great garnish for the fresh tomato sauce.
GREEN TOMATO PIEThis tastes somewhat similar to
an apple pie.
4-6 large tomatoes (keep skins on and use ones that are beginning to ripen)3/4 to 1 cup sugar2 t. vinegar or lemon juice1 t. cinnamonPie crust for top and bottom
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Preheat oven to 450°.In a small bowl mix the sugar
and cinnamon.In a deep-dish pie pan, place the
uncooked pie crust. Layer sliced tomatoes, dry ingredient mixture and sprinkle some of the vinegar on the tomatoes. Repeat the layer-ing process until all dry ingredi-ents and vinegar are used. Place pie crust on top and vent.
Bake for 10 minutes at 450°. Turn the oven down to 350° and bake an additional 30 minutes.
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Caroline County is the very definition of a rural community. For more than 300 years, the county’s economy has been based on “market” agriculture.
Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne’s counties. The county was named for Lady Caroline Eden, the wife of Maryland’s last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741 - 1784).
Denton, the county seat, was situated on a point between two ferry boat landings. Much of the business district in Denton was wiped out by the fire of 1863.
Following the Civil War, Denton’s location about fifty miles up the Choptank River from the Chesapeake Bay enabled it to become an important shipping point for agricultural products. Denton became a regular port-of-call for Baltimore-based steamer lines in the latter half of the 19th century.
Preston was the site of three Underground Railroad stations during the 1840s and 1850s. One of those stations was operated by Harriet Tubman’s parents, Benjamin and Harriet Ross. When Tubman’s parents were exposed by a traitor, she smuggled them to safety in Wilmington, Delaware.
Linchester Mill, just east of Preston, can be traced back to 1681, and possibly as early as 1670. The mill is the last of 26 water-powered mills to operate in Caroline County and is currently being restored. The long-term goals include rebuilding the millpond, rehabilitating the mill equipment, restoring the miller’s dwelling, and opening the historic mill on a scheduled basis.
Federalsburg is located on Marshyhope Creek in the southern-most part of Caroline County. Agriculture is still a major portion of the industry in the area; however, Federalsburg is rapidly being discovered and there is a noticeable inf lux of people, expansion and development. Ridgely has found a niche as the “Strawberry Capital of the World.” The present streetscape, lined with stately Victorian homes, ref lects the transient prosperity during the countywide canning boom (1895-1919). Hanover Foods, formerly an enterprise of Saulsbury Bros. Inc., for more than 100 years, is the last of more than 250 food processors that once operated in the Caroline County region.
Points of interest in Caroline County include the Museum of Rural Life in Denton, Adkins Arboretum near Ridgely, and the Mason-Dixon Crown Stone in Marydel. To contact the Caroline County Office of Tourism, call 410-479-0655 or visit their website at www.tourcaroline.com.
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Queen Anne’s County The history of Queen Anne’s County dates back to the earliest Colonial
settlements in Maryland. Small hamlets began appearing in the northern portion of the county in the 1600s. Early communities grew up around transportation routes, the rivers and streams, and then roads and eventually railroads. Small towns were centers of economic and social activity and evolved over the years from thriving centers of tobacco trade to communities boosted by the railroad boom.
Queenstown was the original county seat when Queen Anne’s County was created in 1706, but that designation was passed on to Centreville in 1782. It’s location was important during the 18th century, because it is near a creek that, during that time, could be navigated by tradesmen. A hub for shipping and receiving, Queenstown was attacked by English troops during the War of 1812.
Construction of the Federal-style courthouse in Centreville began in 1791 and is the oldest courthouse in continuous use in the state of Maryland. Today, Centreville is the largest town in Queen Anne’s County. With its relaxed lifestyle and tree-lined streets, it is a classic example of small town America.
The Stevensville Historic District, also known as Historic Stevensville, is a national historic district in downtown Stevensville, Queen Anne’s County. It contains roughly 100 historic structures, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located primarily along East Main Street, a portion of Love Point Road, and a former section of Cockey Lane.
The Chesapeake Heritage and Visitor Center in Chester at Kent Narrows provides and overview of the Chesapeake region’s heritage, resources and culture. The Chesapeake Heritage and Visitor Center serves as Queen Anne’s County’s official welcome center.
Queen Anne’s County is also home to the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (formerly Horsehead Wetland Center), located in Grasonville. The CBEC is a 500-acre preserve just 15 minutes from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Over 200 species of birds have been recorded in the area.
Embraced by miles of scenic Chesapeake Bay waterways and graced with acres of pastoral rural landscape, Queen Anne’s County offers a relaxing environment for visitors and locals alike.
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Tidewater Reviewby
Anne Stinson
The Receptionist: An Edu-cation at The New Yorker by Janet Groth. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. $14.95 paper-back. 229 pages.
Young people who were lucky enough to migrate to Manhattan f rom the boonies shor t ly af ter WWII arrived at a fantastic time in the Big Apple. It was a period of exciting theater, daring artists who rejected traditional painting, glam-orous night clubs and restaurants. It was also a great time for the weekly magazine that chronicled the whole merry-go-round, as well as features by talented writers and sophisticat-ed editors who recognized hilarious cartoons when they saw them.
One of these naive college grads, Janet Groth, was a tall beautiful blond who grew up in Iowa. She had aspirations of becoming a famous writer. The job she found was at The New Yorker magazine, the Mecca of fantasyland to every young hopeful who read and envied its contents.
Janet was a 19-year-old college
graduate who could scarcely wait to get out of a peripatetic life ~ all downhill with an alcoholic father and a mother whose denial of real-ity confused, angered and shamed Janet. When she was hired to fill the role of receptionist, she began
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a 21-year span as the gatekeeper to the inner sanctum, a warren of two more stories above her desk on the 18th f loor at a swank address.
The sta f f of w r iters were as swank as the magazine’s reputa-tion. Most of them came from Ivy League colleges and parents with illustrious family names, as well as awesome bags of money. Janet felt the difference between their backgrounds and her own, an accu-rate observation that emphasized her shyness. On the other hand, her smile and good manners made the men-about-town who filled the magazine’s pages feel protective toward the new hire.
Tidewater Review Janet had started an adventure that may not have had any per-sonal glamour attached, but she was delighted by the perks. Her salary was $80 a week. At the time of her retirement it had only risen to $165, but she was delighted with the month-long August vacation paid for by the magazine. If she wanted another month, her bosses were agreeable, provided she could pay for it herself. In all, eight vacations took her to Europe for art appraisals and/or summer courses in various intellectual subjects.
It was inevitable in her first year as receptionist that some of the young single men working for the magazine would ask for dates. She frequently accepted a young man’s
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offer to have a drink after work or to walk through neighborhoods with reputations for eccentricity, sample national cuisine in small cafes and bars featuring the new music rage, rock ‘n’ roll, or simply take a stroll through Central Park. If her dates wanted more than just her company, Janet refused to cooperate and black-listed their names.
She did meet and enjoy the com-pany of many well-known writers of the day and gives her assessment of their work ad infinitum in this tell-all memoir. Frankly, the number and celebrity of these connections smacks of name-dropping. Added to that cheeky intrusion, it smells more than a bit like bragging about one’s superiority. This critic was almost ready to close the book and choose another for a review. Fortunately, it ended a chapter and her own story got back on track.
Not really fortunate for Janet. She met Evan, another New Yorker employee. After a series of pla-tonic dates, there occurred what seems to have been consensual sex. Janet assumed that it was leading to the classic wedding bells, a new life and children. It was her first real thwarted love af-fair. It sent her crashing into grief so profound she tried to commit suicide. Her recovery regained, she de f ie d f ate by enter i ng a year of casual short attachments
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Janet Groth in the 1960s.
with many men, only resulting in self hate. She was ashamed and thought of herself as a slut.
More d isappoint ment wa s a regular in her life. “I tried to be nice to everyone,” she whimpers as she writes a long list ~ “sitting here, minding employees’ children who are visiting Dad who’s stuck in a meeting” ~ of just about any chore except picking up the laun-dry, it seems.
In a fairly long time of grief and self-hatred, a long comes Fr itz, the disinherited son of a wealthy German who worked for Hitler’s Third Reich. Fritz is now in New York and Janet and he are living
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together. Three years pass ~ they send out joint Christmas cards and Janet’s friends agree with her pa-tient wait for a marriage proposal, wedding, etc.
Fr itz gets antsy and w il l not commit to any marriage hints. As he cools down in the affair, Janet hears that his fiancee will soon ar-rive from Austria. It’s no rumor. It’s a fact. The woman arrives, and she and Fritz are married within the month. The newlyweds have the gall to appear unannounced at Janet’s apartment to collect things he left behind when he ditched her.
Th is being New York , Ja net signs up with a psychiatrist for a 10-year analysis (three days a week of 55 minutes each plus one group meeting weekly) to help her find out “who am I.” He’s just wonder-ful, she claims. Maybe 10 years is a reasonable time to face the truth.
He a lso encourages Janet to continue her even slower progress at continuing her pursuit of earn-ing a doctorate degree. She’s been signing up for one course at a time and worries about her capability to write a dissertation as a final test. The requirement has taken close to 20 years to accomplish. Her self-assessment and guidance in changing her habits is apparently a success.
As the years pass, the staff at The New Yorker changes and her
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attempts to have her writing in the magazine are rejected. The sting lingers, but she has met Mr. Right at last. He’s 20 years her senior and is everything she has dreamed of as a perfect mate. Luckily, they both love each other very much.
The only smudge on happy days comes when the Newspaper Guild tries to persuade the magazine to join the union. Janet resents that her long tenure in the job at a mod-est wage has made her the poster child for the union’s rallying cry. Janet is being exploited.
She doesn’t feel exploited. When she wanted an addition to her vaca-tion time, it was always granted. The magazine cheerfully found
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someone to cover her desk when she was absent ~ for her decade of analysis appointments, her 12 years of daytime classes at gradu-ate school, the Thursday and Friday trips to teach at Vassar; all of those perks were proof that she had not been mistreated, she thought.
With her new Ph.D. in hand, she was being courted by universities, and with her engagement to Mr. Right, a happy, satisfying future was in store.
The receptionist at The New Yorker magazine is history. A new lifestyle is sweetened by meeting and living with a professor 20 years her senior, leading to marriage and
Tidewater Review bringing her the happiness she always craved.
She closes the book with the sentence “I suppose you could say it was the end of an era.” Both for her and the brilliance of The New Yorker magazine and a special time and place in history.
Anne Stinson began her career in the 1950s as a free lance for the now defunct Baltimore News-Amer-ican, then later for Chesapeake Publishing, the Baltimore Sun and Maryland Public Television’s panel show, Maryland Newsrap. Now in her ninth decade, she still writes a monthly book review for Tidewater Times.
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Aussies and Kiwis - Part V
Tidewater Travelerby
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Novotel Lakeside in Rotorua.
Some readers may have wondered over the past few months about the titles of the Tidewater Traveler ar-ticles ~ Aussies and Kiwis. Aussie is the colloquial name first conferred upon residents of Australia by their New Zealand neighbors located about 1,400 miles to the east. The word Aussies is now widely used to refer to Australians.
A kiwi is a fuzzy brown fruit,
about the size and shape of a large egg, with a green interior and tiny gritty seeds ~ actually very tasty! Kiwi is also the name of a large New Zealand bird, about the size of a DelMarVa chicken, but with a long, pointy beak and wings too small to support f light. Kiwi is also an affectionate nickname for anyone from New Zealand.
Thursday, February 21 ~ We
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Glow Worm Grotto.
Longest Underground Tour (so they say) into the Ruakuri Cave.
As in any limestone cavern, there were colorful stalactites, stalagmites and columns, but this cave featured the famous Glow Worm Grotto. Apparently these tiny critters, not much bigger than a pin head, exist only in this part of New Zealand ~ nowhere else in the world.
Thousands of glow worms cling to the damp cave ceiling and emit a luminescence like that of a small bright constantly lit firef ly. In the
Kiwi chick.
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total darkness of the cave, the light from the glow worms was actually enough to see just a bit of our surroundings.
The Ruakuri Cave tour is totally accessible ~ even to wheelchairs ~ thanks to a network of cleverly designed catwalks, bridges and ramps. I was fascinated by the cave entrance. Visitors stroll (or roll) down an impressive spiral ramp to reach a point about 200 feet below ground level.
Not far from the cave we made a lunch stop at a modest cafeteria-style venue in the village of Otoro-hanga. The highlight of the meal was another serving of New Zea-
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lands’s famous hokey-pokey ice cream. Hokey-pokey ice cream is a creamy rich vanilla ice cream en-hanced with crunchy bits of sweet honeycomb toffee ~ oh, my!!
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After lunch we had another two-hour coach ride that brought us to the urbanized area leading into Auckland.
Not much time was allocated for exploring the city of Auckland ~ we experienced New Zealand’s larg-est city mostly as a ride-through. Auckland is probably a nice city to visit, but we had seen so many spectacular sites in the last three weeks that any city would be a bit of a disappointment.
Even from a motorcoach window it was easy to see why the city is nicknamed City of Sails. Acres and acres of harbor are occupied with thousands of sailing yachts.
At one point we caught a clear view of the Italian yacht Luna Rossa under sail. She is a beautiful red and white AC-45 catamaran built to compete in the America’s Cup World Series races.
The end of this day and our fare-well dinner brought a lot of sad faces among our group because
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early tomorrow we begin the long journey home.
Friday, February 22 ~ I am writ-ing this paragraph in advance... Today-today is Friday-Friday. Through the magic of crossing the International Dateline from west to east, we will gain back a day of life that we lost three weeks ago. When Friday ends it will be Friday again.
So, on Friday, February 22 at 8:35 a.m. (New Zealand time) the following journey will begin in Auckland, New Zealand. And, also on Friday, February 22 at 7:15 p.m. (East Coast, USA time) we will ar-rive back in Philadelphia. Sounds easy enough.
Aussies and Kiwis Step One: a three-hour-and-thirty-minute f light from Auck-land, New Zealand, to Sydney, Australia. Normally, one would f ly directly from Auckland back to the U.S.A., but a f light schedule ar-rangement by the airline redirect-ed us through Sydney.
Step Two: a one-hour-and-forty-five-minute layover in Sydney.
Step Three: a thirteen-hour-and-thirty-five-minute f light from Sydney to Los Angeles.
Step Four: a four-hour-and-thir-ty-minute layover in Los Angeles. Though this seems like a long time, it takes a while to wait in line for the privilege of convincing officials of the United States Department of State that we actually belong in the Good Ole U.S. of A.
Step Five: a five-hour f light from Los Angeles to Philadelphia.
Step Six: a two-hour drive from Philadelphia back to Del-MarVa.
Step Seven: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz....May all of your travels be happy
and safe!
George Sellers is a Certified Travel Counselor and Accredited Cruise Counselor who operates the popular travel website and travel planning service www.SellersTravel.com. His Facebook and e-mail addresses are [email protected].
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Every Thurs.-Sat. Amish Coun-try Farmer’s Market in Easton. An indoor market offering fresh produce, meats, dairy products, furniture and more. 101 Marl-boro Ave. For more info. tel: 410-822-8989.
Thru Oct. 13 Exhibit: Joint Heri-tage at Wye House at the Acad-emy Art Museum, Easton. Joint Heritage at Wye House is a major interpretive exhibition, drawing
on new archeological evidence from the former slave quarters at the Green House (now called Or-angery) at Wye House. The exhi-bition will contain unpublished archival sources, household ob-jects, books, recipe collections,
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September Calendarmaps and artwork related to the people who lived and worked at Wye House. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
Thru Oct. 13 Exhibit: These Places That I Know by David A. Douglas at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Douglas has created a powerful collection of works within a hyper-real universe where f loors and walls radiate with jewel-like intensity. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academy-artmuseum.org.
Thru Oct. 13 Working Artists Forum at the Academy Art Mu-seum, Easton. Bi-annual exhi-bition of new, first-time-shown work. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
Thru Oct. 31 The Choptank River Lighthouse of fers f ree, self-guided tours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged. The lighthouse features a mini-museum about the history of the original lighthouse and the area’s maritime heritage. It also serves as the dockmaster’s office for the Cambridge Marina. For more info. tel: 410-228-4031 or
visit www.ChoptankRiverLight-house.org.
1 17th Annual Labor Day Show and Art Sale sponsored by the St. Michaels Art league at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, St. Michaels. This exhibit show-cases the work of many of its members and is free to the pub-lic. 12:30 to 5 p.m.
1 Work shop: Forag ing at Ad-kins Arboretum, Ridgely. Bill Schindler, Ph.D. returns to lead this hands-on workshop that will immerse participants in the exciting, sustainable, and nutritious world of foraging for wild plants. 1 to 3 p.m. For more info. and registration tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
1,4,8,11,15,18,22,25,29 Class: Stained Glass Mosaic Studio with Jen Wagner at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Wed., 6 to 8 p.m. and Sun., 1 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academy-artmuseum.org.
2 The Oxford Museum’s annual PIGA-FIGA-LICIOUS from noon to 3 p.m. at the Oxford Volunteer Firehouse. This is a fun fund-raiser featuring roast pork and “figalicious” fixin’s made from Oxford’s favorite fruit. $35 per
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September Calendarperson, children 10 and under are half price. Entertainment by DJ Chris Startt, along with a 50/50 raff le and silent auction. For more info. tel: 410-226-0191.
3 Meeting: Breastfeeding Support Group from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at UM Shore Medical Center in Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-1000 or v isit www.shorehealth.org.
4 Nature as Muse at Adkins Arbo-retum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Each month this writing group will follow a different winding path to quietly observe nature in detail. Bring a bag lunch and dress for the outdoors. For more info. and registration tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
4,11,18,25 Senior Games at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. Noon. Learn to play American mahjong. For more
info. tel: 410-822-1626.
4,11,18,25 Meet ing: Wednes-day Morning Artists. 8 a.m. at Creek Deli in Cambridge. No cost. For more info. visit www.wednesdaymorningartists.com or contact Nancy at [email protected] or 410-463-0148.
4,11,18,25 Social Time for Seniors at the St. Michaels Community Center, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073.
4 ,11,18,25 St . Michaels A r t League’s weekly “Paint Togeth-er” at the home of Alice-Marie Gravely. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-8117.
4,11,18,25 Oxford Farmers Market at the Oxford Community Center. 4 to 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-226-5904.
4,11,18,25 Teen Night at the St. Michaels Community Center, 5 to 7 p.m. Teens ages 12 to 17 are welcome for dinner, activities
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4,18 Plant Clinic offered by the University of Maryland Coopera-tive Extension’s Master Garden-ers of Talbot County at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1244.
5 Stitch and Chat at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Mi-chaels. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your own projects and stitch with a group. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626.
5 Concert: Summer Concert Series in Hollis Park, St. Michaels fea-turing Sunny Isle Blues Band. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Alcohol prohibited but light refresh-ments available. For more info. tel: 410-745-0669.
5,12,19,26 Cambridge Farmer’s Market from 3 to 6 p.m. on the waterfront at Long Wharf Park. Fresh produce, f lowers, meats, eggs, baked goods, craft items and more. For more info. visit www.cambridgemainst reet.com.
5,12,19,26 Class: Fear to Fun ~ Learning to Paint in Oil with Di-ane DuBois Mullaly from 10 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
6 Chester tow n’s First Fr iday. Extended shop hours with arts and entertainment throughout historic downtown. For a list of activities, visit: www.kent-county.com/artsentertainment.
6 Class: Monthly Art Salon and Critique with Katie Cassidy and Diane DuBois Mullaly from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
6 Dorchester Swingers Square Dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Maple Elementary School, Egypt Rd., Cambridge. Refreshments provided. For more info. tel: 410-820-8620.
6-7 Fall Native Plant Sale at En-vironmental Concern, St. Mi-chaels. Wild bergamot, blaz-ing star and butterf lyweed are welcome additions to our sale. Please join us to check out many garden favorites and take time to chat with the nursery staff about our diverse selection of plant species. Open to the public on Friday for plant sale purchases from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sat-urday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. If
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6,13,20,27 Bingo! every Friday night at the Easton Volunteer Fire Department on Creamery Lane, Easton. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and games start at 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-4848.
7 Bird Migration Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 8 to 10 a.m. Join Wayne Bell on a guided bird walk to scout for early fall migrants and lingering summer residents. For more info. and registration tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsar-boretum.org.
7 Class: The Voice of Wisdom Within ~ Creating Change in Your Life with David Mercier at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more info. and registration tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org.
7 Sailing Saturday at the Chesa-
peake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Participants can go out on Fogg’s Cove on one of the Museum’s Apprentice for a Day sailing or rowing skiffs. The boats are perfect for up to two people, with instructions provided for be-ginners. Cost is $10 per session, with reservations recommended. For more info. tel: 410-745-4960 or visit www.cbmm.org.
7 First Saturday Guided Walk at Adkins A rboretum, R idgely. Explore the Arboretum’s diverse plant communities on a guided walk led by a docent naturalist. 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0.
7 Chestertown Jazz Festival in Wilmer Park. 10:30 a.m. The first 100 Jazz Festival arrivals will be treated to a free continental breakfast. Acclaimed jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut and much-loved local jazz and blues vocalist Sue Matthews will be the headliners. For more info. tel. 410-810-2060 or visit www.garfieldcenter.org.
7 First Saturday Gallery Walk in downtown Easton (replaces First Friday Gallery Walk). 5 to 9 p.m. Easton’s art galleries, antiques shops and restaurants combine for a unique cultural experience. For more info. tel: 410-770-8350.
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River Yacht Club, St. Michaels for the Labor Day Series. For more info. visit www.blogcanoe.com.
7-28 Exhibit: Joe Mayer at the Pam Foss Fine Art Gallery in St. Michaels. The collection is composed of 16 new paintings. Also on the 7th, the Pam Foss Gallery will be celebrating its 1st anniversary with a grand party from 6 to 9 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-0400 or visit www.pamfossfineart.com.
7,14,21 Two-Hour Ecology Sail aboard the Sultana in Chester-town. 2 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-778-5954 or visit www.sultanaprojects.org.
7,14,21,28 The Farmers’ Market in Easton is held every Saturday until December. Over 20 vendors offering a variety of fresh fruits, organic vegetables, bison meat & products, sauces, baked goods, flowers, plants and craft items. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Harrison Street Public Parking Lot, Easton. Live music most Saturdays. For more info. tel: 410-822-0065.
7,14,21,28 FarmFresh Market in St. Michaels in the municipal park-ing lot behind Sweeties Bakery from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Farmers
offer fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, cut flowers, potted plants, breads and pastries, cow’s milk cheeses, orchids, eggs and honey. We also host events and activities throughout the season, including our Chef at Market events and a community cook-off. For more info. e-mail: [email protected].
7,14,21,28 Cambridge Farmer’s Market from 9 a.m. to noon on the waterfront at Long Wharf Park. Fresh produce, f lowers, meats, eggs, baked goods, craft items and more. For more info. v isit www.cambr idgemain-street.com.
7,14,21,28 Historic High Street Walking Tour - Experience the beauty and hear the folklore of Cambridge’s High Street. One-hour walking tours are spon-sored by the non-profit West End Citizens Association and are accompanied by colonial-garbed docents. $8 (children under 12 free). 11 a.m. at Long Wharf, Cambridge, weather permitting. For more info. tel: 410-901-1000.
7,28 Family Crafts at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 to 11:30 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
7,28 Skipjack Sail on the Nathan
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8 Pancake Breakfast at the Oxford Volunteer Fire Dept. 8 to 11 a.m. Proceeds to benefit the Oxford Volunteer Fire Services. $8. For more info. tel: 410-226-5110.
8 One-hour Skipjack Sails on the Nathan of Dorchester at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Long Wharf, Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410 -228-7141 or v isit www.skipjack-nathan.org.
9 Stitching Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3 to 5 p.m. Join a group and work on your needlecraft projects. Limited instruction for begin-ners. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
9,12 One Mar yland One Book Discussion on King Peggy at
the Talbot County Free Library, Easton at 6:30 p.m. and on the 12th in St. Michaels at 2 p.m. King Peggy tells the true story of Peggielene Bartels, a humble secretary in Washington, D.C., who was awakened one night by a phone call telling her she’d been named king of her native African community. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
9 Meeting: Tidewater Camera Club at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. This is a members-only meeting. 7 to 9 p.m. For more info. visit www.tidewatercam-eraclub.com.
9,16,23,30 Class: Intermedi-ate/Advanced Raku with Paul Aspell from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
9,16,23,30 Monday Night Trivia at the Market Street Public House,
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10,17,24 Class: Landscape and Seascape in Oil with Patrick Meehan from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
10,17,24 Storytime at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 a.m. For children 3 and under accompanied by an adult. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
10,17,24 Class: Water, Light, Atmo-sphere with Heather Crow from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
10,24 Meeting: Tidewater Stamp Club at the Mayor and Council Bldg., Easton. 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1371.
11 Lego Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. For ages 6 and up. Legos prov ided by the Mark Callahan family in memory of Rebecca Callahan. For more
info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
11 Meeting: Talbot Optimist Club at the Washington Street Pub, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more info. e-mail [email protected].
11,18,25 Class: Basic Drawing with Katie Cassidy from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
11,18,25 Class: Pastel Painting with Katie Cassidy from 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
11,18,25 Class: Introduction to Pottery with Paul Aspell from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
11,18,25 Class: Beg. Int. and Advanced Pot ter y w ith Paul Aspell from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
11,25 Chess Club from 1 to 3 p.m. at the St. Michaels Community Center. Players gather for friend-
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12 Academy for Lifelong Learning Fall Social at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 4 to 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941.
12 Historical Society of Talbot County to host f irst Gracie’s Girls in the Garden from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The women-only “friend raising” party will be held rain or shine. Eleven area caterers will present a delicious array of selections accompanied by wine and “Talbotinis.” Tickets are
$20 per person. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773 or visit www.hstc.org.
12,19,26 Memoir Writing at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Re-cord and share your memories of life and family. Participants are invited to bring their lunch. Please pre-register. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
13 Fall Native Plant Sale (members only) at Adk ins A rboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shop the members-only sale for the best selection. New members are welcome. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847 or v isit www.adkinsplants.com.
13 Night Music Sail with The Lions of Bluegrass aboard the Sultana in Chestertown. 5 to 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-778-5954 or visit www.sultanaprojects.org.
13 Connection and Conversation ~ informal conversations for men and women about values, hopes, concerns, and the shape of the planet at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 6 to 8 p.m. Bring snacks and a bever-age. Donations appreciated. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org.
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ond Saturday Book Sale at the Dorchester County Public Li-brary, Cambridge. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-228-7331 or visit www.dorchesterli-brary.org.
14 Craft and Used Book Sale at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. For more info. tel: 410-745-2534.
14 Second Saturday Nursery Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Join Eric Wittman at the Fall Native Plant Sale between 1 and 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
14 Second Saturday in Historic Downtown Cambridge on Race, Poplar, Muir and High streets. Shops will be open late. Galleries will be opening new shows and holding receptions. Restaurants will feature live music. For more info. visit www.cambridgemain-street.com.
14-Nov. 2 Exhibit: Main Street Gal-lery in Cambridge presents “EN-VIRONMENT” to feature wood carver Eddie Wozny and painters Annie Compton and Linda Ep-stein. Main Street Gallery will
host an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m that is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more info. tel: 703-201-7157.
14 2nd Saturday at the Foundry at 401 Market St., Denton. Watch local artists demonstrate their talents. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-479-1009.
14 Artist Loft Studios Open Night. The artists invite visitors to their studios during Cambridge Main Street’s Second Saturday ART WALK from 5 to 8 p.m. This new artist studio development is situated in the heart of down-town Cambridge at 410 Race St. (through the street door next to Joie de Vivre Gallery). Enjoy a glass of wine & browse the ART. tel: 410-228-7000 or visit www.joiedevivregallery.com.
14-15 Fall Native Plant Sale at Ad-kins Arboretum, Ridgely. Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun., noon to 4 p.m. The region’s largest selection of native perennials, grasses, shrubs, and trees will be for sale. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847 or v isit www.adkinsplants.com.
14-15 Log Canoe Races at the Miles River Yacht Club, St. Michaels. For more info. visit www.blog-canoe.com.
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14,28 Country Church Breakfast at Faith Chapel & Trappe United Methodist Churches in Wesley Hall, Trappe. 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Menu: eggs, pancakes, French toast, sausage, scrapple, hash browns, grits, sausage gravy and biscuits, juice and coffee. TUMC is also the home of “Martha’s Closet” Yard Sale and Commu-nity Outreach Store, open during the breakfast and every Wednes-day from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
15 Rock On Talbot auction at the Masthead in Oxford. 3 p.m. A va-riety of rocking chairs that have been painted by local artists, and have been on display since July 1, will be sold at auction to benefit a
One of the many pieces of art on display at the Main Street Gallery.
local family in need. The auction is sponsored by Stem the Tide. For more info. visit www.Stem-the-Tide.org.
16 Movie: The Secret Life of Bees at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton at 6 p.m. Free. For more
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16 Class: Essential Oils with Robin Coventry at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 6 to 8 p.m. Discover the many uses of essential oils. For more info. and registration tel: 410-819-3395 or v isit www.ever-greeneaston.org.
16,23,30 Tot Time at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Mi-chaels. 10:30 a.m. Story time and crafts for children 5 and under accompanied by an adult. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626
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17,24 The Academy of Lifelong Learning at CBMM: This I Be-lieve with Don Rush from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details.
18 Meeting: Tidewater Camera Club new member orientation in the Wye Oak Room of the Talbot Community Center, Easton. 7 to 9 p.m. For more info. visit www.tidewatercameraclub.com.
18,25 Class: Basic Still Life in Oil with Rita Curtis from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
19 The Academy of Lifelong Learn-ing at CBMM: The Artist’s Way with Diane Thomas Mitchell from 1 to 2:30 at the Universalist Unitarian Church, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details.
19 Meeting: Alzheimer’s Care-giver’s Support Group at Chesa-peake Woods Center, Cambridge. 4 p.m. Caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementia-related disorders are invited to attend. Free. For more info. tel: 410-221-1400, ext. 1217.
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Ebby Malmgren from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
20 Soup Day at the St. Michaels Community Center. Choose from three delicious soups for lunch. $6 meal deal. Each meal comes with a bowl of soup, a roll and a drink. Take out or eat in! We deliver in St. Michaels. For more info. tel:410-745-6073.
20 Skipjack Captains and Crew reception benefiting Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race at Snap-pers Waterfront Cafe in Cam-bridge. 6 to 8 p.m. Cash bar, hors d’oeuvres, 50/50 raff le. Recep-tion tickets are $25 in advance, $30 after Sept. 13. For more info. tel: 410-228-7141 or visit www.skipjack-nathan.org.
20 The Presbyterian Church of Easton will host a Penny Raff le and Silent Auction. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with auction be-ginning at 7 p.m. A variety of refreshments will be available to purchase. For more info. tel: 410-822-3324.
20,27 Class: Introduction to Mono-print Techniques with Kevin
Garber from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Mu-seum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
20-22 Chesapeake Film Festival brings outstanding narrative, comedy, documentary and short f ilms to Easton. To purchase weekend passes or movie tickets online v isit www.chesapeak-efilmfestival.com, or call 410-822-3500.
21 ChesapeakeMan Endurance Fest iva l to benef it Make-A-Wish Foundation. The Chesa-peakeMan Endurance Festival includes seven top shelf events for all skill levels. For more info. tel: 410-964-1246 or visit www.tricolumbia.org.
21 Choptank Heritage Skipjack Race to be held in the Choptank River off Cambridge. Skipjacks expected at this year’s race in-clude Caleb W. Jones, Hilda M. Willing, H.M. Krentz, Ida May, Lady Helen, Nathan of Dorches-ter, Rebecca T. Ruark, and the Thomas Clyde at Long Wharf from 10 a.m. to noon. For more info. about the race and activities tel: 410-228-7141 or visit www.skipjack-nathan.org.
21 Symphony Village Outreach Pro-gram Artisan Fair from 10 a.m.
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September Calendarto 3 p.m. at American Legion Jeff David Post 18 in Centreville. 30 local artisans are expected to of-fer their hand-crafted creations for sale. Bag lunches will be available for purchase and there will also be raff les. For more info. tel: 410-758-3194.
21 The Federalsburg Historical Society will sponsor its annual Heritage Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Federalsburg Area Heritage Museum. This fee event
will feature many vehicles from the 1880s to the 1950s, lunch items for sale, and much more. For more info. tel: 410-754-5639.
21 2013 Tour de Talbot sponsored by the Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy on the grounds of the Calhoon MEBA school. There will be 20-, 60- and 100-mile rides. To register visit www.tourdetalbot.org.
21 Learn to “Storyboard” ~ the First Step in Filmmaking at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10
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September Calendarto 11:30 a.m. Join Liza Ledford from the Chesapeake Film Fes-tival, and Jon Michael Shink, from Pendragwn Productions, for a fun-filled workshop. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
21 Fall Soup ’n Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Catch a glimpse of golden brown grasses and yellow and purple asters. Menu: split pea soup; canta-loupe, blueberry and romaine salad; dill rye bread and peach cobbler. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For more info. and registration tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.
21 Block Party on Fremont Street in St. Michaels. Noon to 5 p.m. Enjoy a good old-fashioned block party celebrating the changing of the season. There will be music, family activities, games, street vendors, and a beer garden sponsored by Black Thorn Pub.
For more info. tel: 410-745-3368.
21 Corsica Watershed Awareness Day at Bloomfield Farm on Rt. 213 just north of Centreville. The event combines engaging environmental education with tours of the historic farmhouse, tasty food, hayrides, pond fish-ing, petting zoo and more. Noon to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-604-2100 or v isit www.corsicariverconservancy.org.
21 Summer Sendoff: Blues, Brews and BBQ f rom 4 to 10 p.m. in downtown Cambridge. The event features live music and entertainment, sidewalk sales, great food and a variety of brews. For more info. visit www.cam-bridgemainstreet.com.
21 MRYC Foundat ion a nnua l awards dinner, honoring Adam Werblow, Head Sailing Coach, St. Mary’s College, and America’s winningest collegiate sailing coach. 6 to 9 p.m. at the Miles River Yacht Club, St. Michaels.
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21,28 Class: Creating and Devel-oping Children’s Picture Books with Laura Rankin from 10 a.m. to noon at the Academy A r t Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
23 Book Discussion: Traveling with Pomegranates at the Talbot Coun-ty Free Library, Easton. 6:30 p.m. Pat Bates will lead the discussion.
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23 Meeting: Tidewater Camera Club in the Chesapeake Room of the Talbot Community Center, Easton. 7 to 9 p.m. For more info. visit www.tidewatercam-eraclub.com.
24 The Academy of Lifelong Learn-ing at CBMM: Furniture of our Pilgrim Fathers with Dick Mat-tingly from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 for enroll-ment details.
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September CalendarCool at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 4 p.m. A production by our own Miss Carla. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
24 Meeting: Women Supporting Women, loca l breast cancer support group meets at Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge. 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-463-0946.
25 The Academy of Lifelong Learn-ing at CBMM: Greek Tragedy ~ Its Birth, Development and Conclusion with Ben Weems from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at the Chesa-
peake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details.
25 Class: Creative Photography with George Holzer from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Academy Art Mu-seum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
25 Wisdom & Ref lection Book Club at Evergreen A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 7:15 to 9 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or v isit www.evergreeneaston.org.
26 The Academy of Lifelong Learn-ing at CBMM: Remains of the Day ~ An Experience in Life Review with George Merrill from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Trinity Ca-thedral, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 for details.
26 Speaker: A Waterman’s Hope for the Chesapeake Bay at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton, with Robert Rich. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.
26 K it t redge-Wilson Speaker Series at the Academy Art Mu-seum, Easton featur ing The Archaeology of Telling Time at Wye House with Professor Mark P. Leone and Elizabeth F. Pruitt. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-
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28 St. Michaels Faith Fest show-cases the ver y best in loca l Christian musical talent, food and fellowship. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church and Muskrat Park, St. Michaels. St. Michaels Faith Fest is a faith-based music and arts festival with church rep-resentatives from St. Michaels, Easton, Tilghman and surround-ing communities. For more info. tel: 410-745-2534 or visit www.stmichaelsfaithfest.org.
28 Yard Sale sponsored by the Sons of the American Legion from 7 to 11 a.m. behind the Easton WalMart. Featuring sporting goods, f ishing, hunt ing and boating gear. For more info. tel: 410-770-5778.
28 Oxford Library’s 37th Annual Book Sale, Market Street, Ox-ford. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rain date is Sunday, September 29.
28 Magic in the Meadow, Adkins Arboretum’s annual fundrais-ing gala, celebrates the beauty of the Arboretum’s 400 acres of majestic native gardens, mead-ows and forests. Enjoy live music and tantalizing hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and a sumptuous din-ner, live and silent auctions and much more. $125 per person, with tables of ten available for reservation. For more info. visit www.magicinthemeadow.org.
29 3rd Annual Tent Symposium presents The Forest Unseen at Adkins A rboretum, R idgely. Noon to 3 p.m. Make a full day with a walk through the mead-ows, visit the plant nursery and then enjoy lunch followed by an insightful presentation by David Haskell. For more info. and registration tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsar-boretum.org.
29 Concert: LYRA, a vocal assem-bly from St. Petersburg, Russia, at Chr ist Episcopal Church,
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30 T he A c ademy of L i fe long Learning at CBMM: The Naval Civil War with Bob Lonergan from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mu-seum, St. Michaels. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 for en-rollment details.
30 The Academy for L i felong Learning at CBMM: From Hot War to Cold War ~ US History 1919-1990 with Bob Springer from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Talbot Senior Center Conference Room, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details.
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