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  • Barefootin'

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    Dennis Forney has been a journalist on the Delmarva Peninsula since 1972 and has been writing his Barefootin’ column for The Whale and then the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years. Like his Barefootin' Facebook page to get notified of blog updates.

  • Barefootin'

    Jamie and Jamie Plummer seining mud shad in February

    Dennis Forney
    2 hours ago
    Jamie Plummer and his dad - also Jamie - stand waist deep in their waders in the upper reaches of a...
  • Barefootin'

    Johnny Kinnamon builds boats on Tilghman Island

    Dennis Forney
    1 month ago
    TILGHMAN ISLAND, MARYLAND - Johnny Kinnamon builds boats. He eyes boards through pupils of black,...
  • Barefootin'

    The beauty, and harshness, of nature in winter

    Dennis Forney
    2 months ago
    We live in the midst of so much beauty, no matter the time of year. Here are a few photos I’ve...
  • Barefootin'

    Dramatic sky following conching adventure with Shawn...

    Dennis Forney
    3 months ago
    I joined Shawn Moore and Zandar Planches on a day of conch fishing this past Tuesday. The weather...
  • Barefootin'

    The biggest campaign sign I’ve ever seen in Delaware

    Dennis Forney
    4 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
    4 months ago
    Words are great but pictures even better. We’re so blessed with wildlife in Sussex County. It never...
  • Barefootin'

    DELMARVA WILDLIFE: Piebald fawn, eagle, wolf spider...

    Dennis Forney
    5 months ago
    The wildlife in Sussex County and across Delmarva can be an endless source of entertainment,...
  • Barefootin'

    ST LAWRENCE ADVENTURE: 3Es at River Yoga in Clayton...

    Dennis Forney
    6 months ago
    LEWES•DELAWARE - Home now after a month in upstate New York. But remembering an afternoon about a...
  • Barefootin'

    ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ADVENTURE: Fishing parties and...

    Dennis Forney
    6 months ago
    By this point this should have been called St. Lawrence River Adventure but I’m not one to...
  • Barefootin'

    ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Catching bluegills in the St....

    Dennis Forney
    6 months ago
    ALEXANDRIA BAY, NEW YORK - In the gray light of dawn yesterday, I heard Terry’s steps on the public...
  • Barefootin'

    ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Buzzing islands in the St....

    Dennis Forney
    6 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
    6 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
    6 months ago
    SACKETS HARBOR - We passed through the last lock of the Oswego Canal yesterday, in the city by the...
  • Barefootin'

    ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Connecting equal rights dots...

    Dennis Forney
    6 months ago
    Connect the dots. Frank Capra’s famous film It’s A Wonderful Life, Black Lives Matter, Elizabeth...
  • Barefootin'

    ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Nothing is as it’s supposed to be

    Dennis Forney
    6 months 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
    6 months ago
    5 AUGUST 2020 - If you want to skip to the most entertaining part of this blog go to the bottom and...
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    Grateful Dead and deer on a summer morning

    Dennis Forney
    7 months ago
    MONDAY 6 JULY 2020 “We will get by; We will survive.” This morning I'm a deer, strolling...
  • Barefootin'

    A neighborly morning complete with street opera

    Dennis Forney
    8 months ago
    THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2020 A neighborly morning as that persistent northeast wind finally let go. Fog...
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    Orchids, testicles, Rehoboth Beach roses, other goodies

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

    Dennis Forney
    9 months ago
    The Abraxas Studio of Art is now Studio of Art, Masks and Hand Sanitizer. “My liberty flame is...
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