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Barefootin'
Jack Lewis, Gilbert Byron, nostalgia and our times

Dennis Forney

2 days ago

I write from time to time about crisscrossing Delmarva novelist and poet Gilbert Byron. His life...
Elise Seyfried
The Boys in the Bubble

Elise Seyfried

1 week ago

After a year and a half, Aiden and Peter are back in school. Sher and Yaj had made the pandemic...
Elise Seyfried
Call Me, Maybe

Elise Seyfried

1 week ago

The telephone and I have always had a fraught relationship, to put it mildly. As a child, I greatly...
Photography Field of Flowers
Early visitor to the Milton Garden Tour

Kristin Aquariann

2 weeks ago

This morning I went to explore Aurelio Grisanty and Walter Gagliano’s serene space where my mom and...
Elise Seyfried
All Our Children

Elise Seyfried

3 weeks ago

“All My Children” is the name of a long-running soap opera loved by my two sisters back in the day...
Elise Seyfried
VBS: The Delta Variant

Elise Seyfried

4 weeks ago

Over the past 20 years of my tenure at church, our annual summer Vacation Bible School has been a...
Elise Seyfried
Sibling Revelry

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

“You’d better get along with your sisters, girls. It will be the longest relationship of your lives...
Elise Seyfried
Click Bait

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

The classic “gotta read it” headline immortalized in journalism classes was an old NYC tabloid one...
Elise Seyfried
Word Perfect

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

While I consider myself truthful, I have been known to embellish things just a tad, only when such...
Elise Seyfried
Brave? Brave.

Elise Seyfried

1 month ago

All right, one more time for the peanut gallery (very loud and very clear). We do not say: I’m so...
Elise Seyfried
Beach Ready

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

Good morning! The sun has not yet risen, but I feel confident that situation will change at 5:53 AM...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Week Six Championship Night

meisenhour

2 months ago

Week Six Championships Elementary Division In the championship game the #3 seeded, Waves opened up...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Week Six Results

meisenhour

2 months ago

Week Six Part A Elementary Division In semi-final action the #1 seed, Guards, defeated the #4 seed...
Elise Seyfried
En Route

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

As we approach two years since we first planned our twice cancelled, COVID-cursed trip to Germany/...
Elise Seyfried
Cool It!

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

Once in a while I will encounter Life’s Big Questions: would you rather be too hot or too cold? I...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer 2021 Week 5

meisenhour

2 months ago

Week Five Elementary Division The week opened with the Guards defeating the Tides by a final of 4-1...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer 2021 Week 4

meisenhour

2 months ago

Week Four Elementary Division In a short week due to the 4 th of July celebrations, the Guards...
Elise Seyfried
On the Hunt

Elise Seyfried

2 months ago

Honestly. What is my problem? I am neither hoarder nor pitcher, but dwell in the twilight zone...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer 2021 Week 3

meisenhour

2 months ago

Elementary Division The week opened with the Dunes and Waves playing to a 2-2 result. Madori Torres...
Elise Seyfried
A Little Tubing Trip Down the Ol’ Alimentary Canal

Elise Seyfried

3 months ago

For my first blog post of Summer 2021, an appropriate subject would have been the delightful...
Photography Field of Flowers
Farewell, The Counting House Restaurant & Pub

Kristin Aquariann

3 months ago

Like many Sussex County couples who got married at the courthouse over the years, my husband and I...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer 2021 Week 2

meisenhour

3 months ago

June 24, 2021 Summer League Week 2 Elementary Division-The week opened with the Dunes taking a win...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer 2021 Week 1

meisenhour

3 months ago

Summer League Week 1 Elementary Division- In the opening night of play on Monday, June 14 th , the...
Elise Seyfried
Birdcalling

Elise Seyfried

3 months ago

I guess there’s something about getting older that makes you zero in on earthly things you’ve been...
Elise Seyfried
Viva il Pomodoro!

Elise Seyfried

3 months ago

When is a tomato not a tomato? When it is a timer! The “Pomodoro” method of time management has...
Elise Seyfried
Garden Spot

Elise Seyfried

3 months ago

For most of the 32 years we have resided at our house in East Oreland, our back yard has served...
Elise Seyfried
Journal of the Plague Year

Elise Seyfried

3 months ago

I remember reading this classic by Daniel Defoe when I was in high school. It is set in 1665, when...
Elise Seyfried
Going Solo

Elise Seyfried

4 months ago

Next week is my fourth (virtual) solo show class, and I can’t wait. I’ve long pondered the idea of...
Elise Seyfried
thirtysomething

Elise Seyfried

4 months ago

When my sister C and I reminisce about the time she spent living in Philly (and, for a while, with...
Barefootin'
2021 Chesapeake crab season off to slow start

Dennis Forney

4 months ago

Philemon – In Greek mythology, a good old countryman living with his wife Baucis in Phrygia who...
Barefootin'
Cruciferous flowers now brightening Delmarva fields

Dennis Forney

4 months ago

A broad, gently rolling field of brilliantly yellow flowers along the road between Easton and St...
Elise Seyfried
An Open (Human Library) Book

Elise Seyfried

4 months ago

As a writer, and a good friend of several librarians, I blush to disclose—I’m not a huge library...
Elise Seyfried
Nana Olympics

Elise Seyfried

4 months ago

After 30 years of raising children, I became a grandmother. I was finally qualified to be on the...
Elise Seyfried
Columnist in Search of a Column

Elise Seyfried

5 months ago

For nine years, I wrote a column for the Chestnut Hill Local , a small Philadelphia...
Elise Seyfried
Leaving the Station

Elise Seyfried

5 months ago

Last Thursday, I went to the grocery store for the first time since March, 2020. I’ve been so...
Elise Seyfried
Ever After

Elise Seyfried

5 months ago

Hasn’t time has been a slippery thing to measure these past 13 months? At some point 2020 ended,...
Mac’s World
What is fate of Hill Top House Hotel?

Ron MacArthur

5 months ago

Sometimes a little exploring can pay off. During a 2012 trip to Harpers Ferry, W. Va., my wife and...
Elise Seyfried
H2O4U

Elise Seyfried

5 months ago

When I was little, I hated drinking water. Well, to be fair, New York City tap water way back then...
Photography Field of Flowers
A cool start to the Lewes Tulip Celebration

Kristin Aquariann

5 months ago

I didn’t let the temperature stop me from going to the first day of the Lewes Tulip Celebration! My...
Elise Seyfried
Our COVID Dish Supper

Elise Seyfried

6 months ago

Last week marked the one year anniversary of the pandemic shutdown. I’m sure we all remember where...
Elise Seyfried
Mise-en-Place

Elise Seyfried

6 months ago

For many years as a cook, I resisted the French concept of “mise-en-place” (putting everything in...
Elise Seyfried
Leftovers

Elise Seyfried

6 months ago

I’ve never been a big fan of leftovers--probably because of the way Mom would store whatever...
Barefootin'
Jamie and Jamie Plummer seining mud shad in February

Dennis Forney

6 months ago

Jamie Plummer and his dad - also Jamie - stand waist deep in their waders in the upper reaches of a...
Elise Seyfried
Symptomatic

Elise Seyfried

7 months ago

For roughly 63 out of my 64 years shuffling along this mortal coil, I paid scant attention to my...
Elise Seyfried
Tough Luck! A Guide to Theatre Superstitions

Elise Seyfried

7 months ago

As someone who believes in superstitions, many of which I learned from my Irish grandma (I’d better...
Elise Seyfried
A Couple of Characters

Elise Seyfried

7 months ago

As the pandemic wears on, we are finally bored enough to tackle a wide variety of overdue tasks...
Barefootin'
Johnny Kinnamon builds boats on Tilghman Island

Dennis Forney

8 months ago

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

Elise Seyfried

8 months 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

8 months ago

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

Elise Seyfried

8 months ago

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