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Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Anchored in the shadow of an...

Dennis Forney

20 hours ago

SOUTH BAY, CARLETON ISLAND -- After exiting Sackets Harbor yesterday, we headed further north and...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Crossing Lake Ontario

Dennis Forney

2 days ago

SACKETS HARBOR - We passed through the last lock of the Oswego Canal yesterday, in the city by the...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Shooting Stars Showcase August 8-9, 2020

meisenhour

4 days ago

Recap from Shooting Stars Showcase at De Turf– August 8-9, 2020 Started slow and finished strong...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Connecting equal rights dots...

Dennis Forney

4 days ago

Connect the dots. Frank Capra’s famous film It’s A Wonderful Life, Black Lives Matter, Elizabeth...
Elise Seyfried
Soul of an Octopus

Elise Seyfried

1 week ago

I recall entirely too much of the false narrative of American history as imparted by my big fat...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Nothing is as it’s supposed to be

Dennis Forney

1 week ago

BALDWINSVILLE, NEW YORK - We spoke yesterday with a sailboater heading eastbound, He’s tied up...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: 23 locks so far and counting

Dennis Forney

1 week ago

5 AUGUST 2020 - If you want to skip to the most entertaining part of this blog go to the bottom and...
Elise Seyfried
Saint John of the Bridge

Elise Seyfried

1 week ago

“Pray. Then move your feet.” --John Lewis As a tenderhearted young boy, one of 10 children in a...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Update to the De Shore Fall Training Program

meisenhour

2 weeks ago

Just announcing that our fall training program will move to Champions turf field at Cape Henlopen...
Elise Seyfried
Die, Spotted Lanternflies!! Die!!

Elise Seyfried

2 weeks ago

Well, it figured. Our family has (so far, please Lord) been spared COVID-19, and we haven’t seen...
Photography Field of Flowers
Smell ya later, Longwood Gardens!

Kristin Aquariann

3 weeks ago

I took advantage of Longwood Gardens’ Father’s Day sale to buy a gift membership for my family...
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Poultry and Pandemics

dorothy_greet

3 weeks ago

According to Dr. Michael Greger, founder of Nutritionfacts.org, and author of HOW TO SURVIVE A...
Mac’s World
C&D Canal among busiest in nation

Ron MacArthur

3 weeks ago

The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal may be the Rodney Dangerfield of canals. It doesn't get a lot...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Week Six Results and Championship Night

meisenhour

3 weeks ago

Summer League Results Championship Night In the elementary division championship game, Olivia...
Elise Seyfried
The Gambler

Elise Seyfried

3 weeks ago

You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em... –Kenny Rogers I...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer League Results Week Five and Championship Info

meisenhour

4 weeks ago

Summer League Results The elementary division completed the regular season last night with the...
Elise Seyfried
Of Bottle Rockets and Roman Candles

Elise Seyfried

4 weeks ago

I believe I missed the memo about the mandatory nightly fireworks lately. The showy displays of...
Elise Seyfried
Convenienced

Elise Seyfried

4 weeks ago

Searching for a topic for my blog posts can be challenging, but not last Saturday! Because it was...
Elise Seyfried
My Hermit Crab Essay

Elise Seyfried

4 weeks ago

I’ve decided to spend a bit of time studying the writer’s craft (why not?) One thing I’ve been...
Elise Seyfried
Completely Engaged

Elise Seyfried

4 weeks ago

I never did much speculating about my children's future spouses—all I really cared about was that...
Elise Seyfried
Things Fall Apart, and That’s OK Right Now

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

Entropy may be defined (very) simply this way: everything in the universe tends to become more and...
Elise Seyfried
Not Going Gently

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

“Do not go gentle into that good night/ Rage, rage against the dying of the light...
Elise Seyfried
Taking Off the Training Wheels

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

Grandson Aiden has had his snazzy new bike for more than two weeks now. While he looks tiny perched...
Elise Seyfried
Green Screen

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

My friend Teresa introduced me to a lovely Facebook group “View From My Window.” VFMW consists of...
Elise Seyfried
On The (Tiger) Beat

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

“Tyger, tyger burning bright/In the forests of the night…” --William Blake As desperate as I am for...
Elise Seyfried
In Each Other’s Shoes

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

Ever since my diagnosis of bipolar disorder in 2006, I have been trying (hard) to explain what it...
Elise Seyfried
Imposter No More!

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

You’ve heard of “imposter syndrome”? The (usually unwarranted) feeling that you are not qualified...
Elise Seyfried
Sew and Sew

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

Like so many life skills I lack, I never really understood why anyone enjoyed sewing. I made one...
Elise Seyfried
You Gotta Believe

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

That was the name of famous Philadelphia Phillie Tug McGraw’s “feel good” segments on TV’s Action...
Elise Seyfried
Keeping Track

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

I belong to a Facebook group--OK, “several” Facebook groups. Some are church related (ELCA Youth...
Elise Seyfried
Just Because

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

I never panicked about four letter words in our house. Except for a regrettable stretch 14 years...
Elise Seyfried
Peter Britten 3.5

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

It caught me by surprise, because I’d always been the ever-popular Mama, whose arrival in the room...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer League Results Week Four

meisenhour

1 month ago

Summer League Results The division returned from the 4 th of July break and the Tides continued...
Tiny Monsters of Delaware (and other macro wonders)
Getting close to spiders

Christopher D Foster

1 month ago

Here are a bunch of spider shots I’ve taken over the past couple of weeks. The little jumping...
Tiny Monsters of Delaware (and other macro wonders)
A few to get started

Christopher D Foster

1 month ago

Here are a few shots to get this blog page started. Tiny things up close. All the photos I post...
Barefootin'
Grateful Dead and deer on a summer morning

Dennis Forney

1 month ago

MONDAY 6 JULY 2020 “We will get by; We will survive.” This morning I'm a deer, strolling...
Photography Field of Flowers
Hip to hydrangeas at Mill Pond Garden

Kristin Aquariann

1 month ago

You know you have a good dad when he agrees to stop and smell the flowers with you on Father’s Day...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer League Results Week Three

meisenhour

1 month ago

Summer League Results Week three saw the Waves and the Guards play to a 0-0 result on Field 1 while...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer League Results Week Two

meisenhour

1 month ago

Summer League Results Week two of the Delaware Shore field hockey league began with the Tides...
GO VEG
Mask with a Message

dorothy_greet

1 month ago

If you’re hoping the coronavirus will magically disappear, if you’re hoping that things will soon...
Barefootin'
A neighborly morning complete with street opera

Dennis Forney

1 month ago

THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2020 A neighborly morning as that persistent northeast wind finally let go. Fog...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer League Action Week 1

meisenhour

1 month ago

Summer League Results The Delaware Shore summer field hockey league opened play on Monday, June 15...
Elise Seyfried
Pooterisms

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

The miserable rain today eliminated the possibility of a walk, and I’m caught up on church work, so...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Time to Return our Youth to Activities

meisenhour

2 months ago

It is time to get our youth back playing, NOW! No more June 10 th rule, not more June 15 th rule,...
Barefootin'
Orchids, testicles, Rehoboth Beach roses, other goodies

Dennis Forney

2 months ago

Okay, okay - That headline is a shameless effort to catch your attention and get you to read this...
Barefootin'
Abraxas: Can’t beat ‘em? Join ‘em

Dennis Forney

2 months ago

The Abraxas Studio of Art is now Studio of Art, Masks and Hand Sanitizer. “My liberty flame is...
GO VEG
Poultry, Politicians and Plant-Based Eating

dorothy_greet

2 months ago

I live in Sussex County Delaware, a COVID-19 hotspot. My county is the largest producer of chickens...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Delaware Shore Presents Scholarships

meisenhour

2 months ago

The Hockey 4 Haxton scholarship awards were presented to Cape Henlopen High School seniors, Marlee...
Barefootin'
In Rehoboth: One mural complete, another evolving

Dennis Forney

3 months ago

THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 2020 • YEAR OF COVID-19 This morning’s bright sunshine lit up two murals...
Mac’s World
Struggling with the word essential

Ron MacArthur

3 months ago

Essential. I've been struggling with that word over the past few weeks. Most of us have. What makes...