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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.

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

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3 weeks ago

LEWES•DELAWARE - Home now after a month in upstate New York. But remembering an afternoon about a...
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ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ADVENTURE: Fishing parties and...

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1 month ago

By this point this should have been called St. Lawrence River Adventure but I’m not one to...
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ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Catching bluegills in the St....

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1 month ago

ALEXANDRIA BAY, NEW YORK - In the gray light of dawn yesterday, I heard Terry’s steps on the public...
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ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Buzzing islands in the St....

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1 month ago

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

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1 month ago

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

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1 month ago

SACKETS HARBOR - We passed through the last lock of the Oswego Canal yesterday, in the city by the...
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ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Connecting equal rights dots...

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1 month ago

Connect the dots. Frank Capra’s famous film It’s A Wonderful Life, Black Lives Matter, Elizabeth...
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ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Nothing is as it’s supposed to be

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1 month ago

BALDWINSVILLE, NEW YORK - We spoke yesterday with a sailboater heading eastbound, He’s tied up...
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ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: 23 locks so far and counting

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1 month 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

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2 months ago

MONDAY 6 JULY 2020 “We will get by; We will survive.” This morning I'm a deer, strolling...
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A neighborly morning complete with street opera

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3 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

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4 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

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4 months ago

The Abraxas Studio of Art is now Studio of Art, Masks and Hand Sanitizer. “My liberty flame is...
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In Rehoboth: One mural complete, another evolving

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4 months ago

THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 2020 • YEAR OF COVID-19 This morning’s bright sunshine lit up two murals...
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Lopez: Start gradually reopening Boardwalk now

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4 months ago

I dialed up state Sen. Ernie Lopez Monday morning to get his take on where we are with the...
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Kekoa shows her heart of happiness in St. John

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4 months ago

Six weeks ago we were vacationing on St. John in the American Virgin Islands. Coronavirus was just...
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Delaware Cape Region Book Club: thanks for...

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4 months ago

Thanks to Kay Carnahan for sending in two suggestions for my Delaware Cape Region book club. Both...
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Starting a Delaware Cape Region book club

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5 months ago

Book clubs are everywhere and that’s awesome in my opinion. People are reading more than ever and...
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Greatest rock song of the 20th century

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5 months ago

Walking around the dunes the other day, looking at the bay and the happenings of the day, listening...
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Corona numbers still troubling in Sussex

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5 months ago

Corona numbers continue to flare and appear to be worsening in Sussex County. I’ve attached here...