Recent Blog Posts

Barefootin'
Cruciferous flowers now brightening Delmarva fields

Dennis Forney

4 years 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 years 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 years 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

4 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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 years 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 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

4 years 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 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

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

dorothy_greet

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years ago

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

dorothy_greet

4 years ago

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

dorothy_greet

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years 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

4 years ago

Getting a jump on Halloween around here, gang! And no, I’m not (just) talking about the relentless...