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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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Demolition preparation in time of corona

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1 week ago

Demolition of two wings on either side of the 1921 Lewes School on Savannah Road will be starting...
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Love in the time of corona - apologies to Gabriel...

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2 weeks ago

SATURDAY, MARCH 21 - Welcome to spring! It’s so weird - a blizzard without the snow. Deny Howeth’s...
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Late winter, early spring, inside and outside

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1 month ago

The seasons are changing and it’s a beautiful thing. Outside, along the roads and highways, I look...
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A taste of D.C. and the impeachment trial

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2 months ago

THURSDAY 16 JANUARY 2020 - The weather brought January dreary - quiet, gray, cold humidity. Not a...
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Coons continues to build bi-partisan legacy

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4 months ago

In true Delaware fashion, US Sen. Chris Coons, Democrat, continues to build his bi-partisan...
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Colorado couple cycles, Airstreams across USA

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4 months ago

Diane and Bob McCallum rolled into town last week, she on her Trek bicycle, he in his pick-up truck...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Wednesday night races

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7 months ago

VALCOUR ISLAND, LAKE CHAMPLAIN - Sunday afternoon and we’re anchored in a cove just south of Bluff...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Architecture and art

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7 months ago

“Art succeeds as art to the extent to which it enhances the sense of brotherhood among people...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Ticonderoga sunset elegy

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7 months ago

MOUTH OF EAST CREEK - We anchored near the southern end of Lake Champlain, within eyesight of Mt...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Partying with the locals at...

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7 months ago

WHITEHALL, NEW YORK - This town where the Hudson River and its Champlain Canal meet up with Lake...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Connecting the dots between...

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7 months ago

FORT ANN - We started the day where we ended yesterday, at a free dock in this little canalside...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN: Through Albany and then 13 locks

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7 months ago

CHAMPLAIN CANAL - We left Albany yesterday morning. Two days at Albany Yacht Club. $25 bucks per...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Interesting sights along the...

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7 months ago

CATSKILL, HEADING NORTH - It’s a big river folks and we’re still heading north. The high hills of...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - United States Military Academy

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7 months ago

WEST POINT - The Hudson River dives deep here at this bend in the river. Almost 200 feet. After...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Making our way up the river

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7 months ago

POUGHKEEPSIE YACHT CLUB - A natural, wood-sided clubhouse perches on a bluff. It overlooks a...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Fireman’s Parade; Rockefeller...

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7 months ago

TARRYTOWN -This village above the Tappan Zee Bridge lies between Irvington and Sleepy Hollow...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Gender, Dutch influence, Nyack

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8 months ago

I don’t hear people refer to the Hudson River as he or she. They often refer to vessels as she. We’...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - New York City connections

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8 months ago

NYACK - Tide rising again. Wind out of the south. Morning dawning on the Hudson. Calling for rain...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - New York City morning

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8 months ago

The Hudson flows by constantly, dirty and brown this early August morning. Old wooden floating...
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HUDSON RIVER SOJOURN - Remarkable Sandy Hook clammers

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8 months ago

SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2019 The Highlands and Sandy Hook mark the northern end of the Jersey shore. A...