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Elise Seyfried
Viva il Pomodoro!

Elise Seyfried

4 days 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

1 week 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

2 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month ago

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

Elise Seyfried

1 month 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

1 month 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

2 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

2 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

2 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

2 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

3 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

3 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

3 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

3 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

3 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

4 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

4 months ago

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

Elise Seyfried

4 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

4 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

5 months ago

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

dorothy_greet

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months ago

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

dorothy_greet

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

5 months 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

6 months 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

6 months ago

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

Elise Seyfried

6 months 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

6 months 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

6 months ago

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

Elise Seyfried

6 months ago

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

dorothy_greet

6 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

6 months ago

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

Elise Seyfried

6 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

7 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

7 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

7 months ago

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

Elise Seyfried

7 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

7 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

7 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

7 months ago

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