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Barefootin'
Johnny Kinnamon builds boats on Tilghman Island

Dennis Forney

10 hours ago

TILGHMAN ISLAND, MARYLAND - Johnny Kinnamon builds boats. He eyes boards through pupils of black,...
Elise Seyfried
A is for Abcedarian

Elise Seyfried

4 days ago

I’m taking a class on The Experimental Essay. Each week we work with a different form, such as the...
Elise Seyfried
Marketing Me

Elise Seyfried

1 week ago

Ever since my freelance writing career launched, and with it the opportunity for public speaking...
Elise Seyfried
Heart of a Hummingbird

Elise Seyfried

2 weeks ago

“Consider the hummingbird for a long moment. A hummingbird’s heart beats ten times a second. A...
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Dear Readers...

dorothy_greet

3 weeks ago

For the last decade, my husband and I have practiced WHOLE FOOD PLANT-BASED EATING WITH NO ADDED...
Elise Seyfried
Running Out the Clock

Elise Seyfried

3 weeks ago

Steve (bless his heart) was vacuuming our bedroom yesterday, and apparently in his efforts to de-...
Mac’s World
Missing Dan Kramer, a real Sussex County character

Ron MacArthur

3 weeks ago

Dan Kramer passed away Sept. 14; I'm missing him. Dan, a watchdog of Sussex County government,...
Elise Seyfried
Old Family Recipe

Elise Seyfried

4 weeks ago

Tis the season for my Facebook feed to be filled with photos of Grandma’s famous cheese dip, Aunt...
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Feast for the Eyes

dorothy_greet

1 month ago

Here’s a treat to brighten your spirits and lighten this darkest time of year! Wishing HOPE for you...
Barefootin'
The beauty, and harshness, of nature in winter

Dennis Forney

1 month ago

We live in the midst of so much beauty, no matter the time of year. Here are a few photos I’ve...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Hockey 4 Haxton 2020

meisenhour

1 month ago

December 20, 2020 Thank you to all who worked to make a successful day in memory of Amanda Haxton...
Elise Seyfried
Pandemic Pageantry

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

This is the time of year at church when I put on my Cecil B. DeMille hat and direct the Christmas...
Elise Seyfried
Things Could Be Worse

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

3,000 American deaths daily right now. The pandemic seems to have decided that, with the vaccine...
Elise Seyfried
Shelf, Elf-less

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

We’re heading into what has traditionally been, for me at least, The Most Wonderful(ly Stressful)...
Elise Seyfried
Half Life

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

Our local meat market came up with an ingenious idea, when their huge turkeys were languishing un-...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Shooting Stars Showcase November 27-29, 2020

meisenhour

1 month ago

Recap from the Shooting Stars Tournament Richmond, VA 11/27/11/29/2020 Game #1 Well, it was a...
Elise Seyfried
Blog-a-Versary

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

As a former journal keeper, I have fully embraced blogging, for several reasons. For one,...
Elise Seyfried
Telling the Bees

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

My Grandma Berrigan used to describe a chatterbox as someone who “could talk the hind legs off a...
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Wish You Were Here

dorothy_greet

2 months ago

Wish you were here to enjoy this sustainable Plant-Based Thanksgiving feast with us. Wherever you...
Elise Seyfried
Reflections on The Twinkie

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

I recently watched Eating Twinkies with God , a delightful video about a child who travels...
Elise Seyfried
Shadow Elephant

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

I’m not so good at sitting quietly with grief—mine or anyone else’s. Patty Problem Solver wants...
Barefootin'
Dramatic sky following conching adventure with Shawn...

Dennis Forney

2 months ago

I joined Shawn Moore and Zandar Planches on a day of conch fishing this past Tuesday. The weather...
Elise Seyfried
Author Central

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

Ya-Jhu just placed an online order. This is no shock, as Yaj—along with her mother-in-law– LOVES to...
Elise Seyfried
Dining Out

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

Goodness, have I missed sugar packets. And menus. And the hustle-bustle of diners and waitstaff. It...
Elise Seyfried
Workshoppin’

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

Last week I experienced my first Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop. This biennial event is a biggie...
Elise Seyfried
64 is the new 63

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

It has not escaped my notice that, on December 22, I will turn 64. While I am excited that there's...
Barefootin'
The biggest campaign sign I’ve ever seen in Delaware

Dennis Forney

2 months ago

The biggest political campaign sign I have ever seen in Delaware showed up the past few weeks...
Barefootin'
Black snake climbing river birch, and wild turkeys

Dennis Forney

2 months ago

Words are great but pictures even better. We’re so blessed with wildlife in Sussex County. It never...
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Make America Grate

dorothy_greet

2 months ago

Time to bring on the “grateables”—the cabbages, the carrots, the radishes, the roots—so many...
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My RBG Breakfast

dorothy_greet

2 months ago

This morning I needed my RBG BREAKFAST— R olled Oats, B anana/ B erry, G reens(handful or more each...
Elise Seyfried
Here’s the Pitch!

Elise Seyfried

3 months ago

Never thought of myself as an athlete (good thing, because no one else ever thought of me as an...
Elise Seyfried
FOMO

Elise Seyfried

3 months ago

When I was young, I lived in a rather acronym-free world. Oh, there was UNICEF (which used to...
Elise Seyfried
Let it Go

Elise Seyfried

3 months ago

Today is the tenth day of the tenth month of the Year Which Will Live in Infamy. Time to celebrate...
Elise Seyfried
Nightmare on Apel Avenue

Elise Seyfried

3 months ago

Getting a jump on Halloween around here, gang! And no, I’m not (just) talking about the relentless...
Barefootin'
DELMARVA WILDLIFE: Piebald fawn, eagle, wolf spider...

Dennis Forney

3 months ago

The wildlife in Sussex County and across Delmarva can be an endless source of entertainment,...
Elise Seyfried
Lifehacking with Joanie

Elise Seyfried

3 months ago

“I’m becoming Mom!” my sister C often observes about herself, wryly and without the abject horror I...
Elise Seyfried
The Zoom Where it Happens

Elise Seyfried

4 months ago

OK, gang, I admit it. I’m nervous. On Tuesday night September 22nd at 7:30 PM (EDT, clear your...
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No laughing matter

dorothy_greet

4 months ago

Dietary change is no laughing matter, but maybe a little humor can help us gain new understanding...
Elise Seyfried
Hail, Rex!

Elise Seyfried

4 months ago

I am not acquainted with many people named Rex, and up until now, none personally. There’s Rex...
Elise Seyfried
Ex Files

Elise Seyfried

4 months ago

I have no old boyfriends. Steve was my one and only serious relationship, begun at the tender age...
Barefootin'
ST LAWRENCE ADVENTURE: 3Es at River Yoga in Clayton...

Dennis Forney

4 months ago

LEWES•DELAWARE - Home now after a month in upstate New York. But remembering an afternoon about a...
Elise Seyfried
Would You Rather?

Elise Seyfried

4 months ago

It’s a game I’ve played with youth group at church over the years, and it’s always good for some...
Barefootin'
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ADVENTURE: Fishing parties and...

Dennis Forney

5 months ago

By this point this should have been called St. Lawrence River Adventure but I’m not one to...
Elise Seyfried
Quickly Heightening

Elise Seyfried

5 months ago

“Satire is what closes Saturday night.” --playwright George S. Kauffman (he was kidding, sorta)...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Catching bluegills in the St....

Dennis Forney

5 months ago

ALEXANDRIA BAY, NEW YORK - In the gray light of dawn yesterday, I heard Terry’s steps on the public...
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AN ISSUE THAT MATTERS

dorothy_greet

5 months ago

Joe Biden has asked us to let him know what issues matter most to us. And so my husband has...
Elise Seyfried
Camp Nana-Pa

Elise Seyfried

5 months ago

I was never a camper, happy or otherwise. No lanyards, or singalongs, or bonfires, or mosquito-...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Buzzing islands in the St....

Dennis Forney

5 months ago

CLAYTON, NEW YORK - The harbor at Clayton, along the St. Lawrence River in upstate New York,...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Anchored in the shadow of an...

Dennis Forney

5 months ago

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

Dennis Forney

5 months ago

SACKETS HARBOR - We passed through the last lock of the Oswego Canal yesterday, in the city by the...