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

Dennis Forney

4 years ago

By this point this should have been called St. Lawrence River Adventure but I’m not one to...
Elise Seyfried
Quickly Heightening

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

“Satire is what closes Saturday night.” --playwright George S. Kauffman (he was kidding, sorta)...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Catching bluegills in the St....

Dennis Forney

4 years ago

ALEXANDRIA BAY, NEW YORK - In the gray light of dawn yesterday, I heard Terry’s steps on the public...
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AN ISSUE THAT MATTERS

dorothy_greet

4 years ago

Joe Biden has asked us to let him know what issues matter most to us. And so my husband has...
Elise Seyfried
Camp Nana-Pa

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

I was never a camper, happy or otherwise. No lanyards, or singalongs, or bonfires, or mosquito-...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Buzzing islands in the St....

Dennis Forney

4 years 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

4 years ago

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

Dennis Forney

4 years ago

SACKETS HARBOR - We passed through the last lock of the Oswego Canal yesterday, in the city by the...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Shooting Stars Showcase August 8-9, 2020

meisenhour

4 years ago

Recap from Shooting Stars Showcase at De Turf– August 8-9, 2020 Started slow and finished strong...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Connecting equal rights dots...

Dennis Forney

4 years ago

Connect the dots. Frank Capra’s famous film It’s A Wonderful Life, Black Lives Matter, Elizabeth...
Elise Seyfried
Soul of an Octopus

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

I recall entirely too much of the false narrative of American history as imparted by my big fat...
Barefootin'
ERIE CANAL ADVENTURE: Nothing is as it’s supposed to be

Dennis Forney

4 years 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

4 years ago

5 AUGUST 2020 - If you want to skip to the most entertaining part of this blog go to the bottom and...
Elise Seyfried
Saint John of the Bridge

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

“Pray. Then move your feet.” --John Lewis As a tenderhearted young boy, one of 10 children in a...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Update to the De Shore Fall Training Program

meisenhour

4 years ago

Just announcing that our fall training program will move to Champions turf field at Cape Henlopen...
Elise Seyfried
Die, Spotted Lanternflies!! Die!!

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

Well, it figured. Our family has (so far, please Lord) been spared COVID-19, and we haven’t seen...
Photography Field of Flowers
Smell ya later, Longwood Gardens!

Kristin Aquariann

4 years ago

I took advantage of Longwood Gardens’ Father’s Day sale to buy a gift membership for my family...
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Poultry and Pandemics

dorothy_greet

4 years ago

According to Dr. Michael Greger, founder of Nutritionfacts.org, and author of HOW TO SURVIVE A...
Mac’s World
C&D Canal among busiest in nation

Ron MacArthur

4 years ago

The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal may be the Rodney Dangerfield of canals. It doesn't get a lot...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Week Six Results and Championship Night

meisenhour

4 years ago

Summer League Results Championship Night In the elementary division championship game, Olivia...
Elise Seyfried
The Gambler

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em... –Kenny Rogers I...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer League Results Week Five and Championship Info

meisenhour

4 years ago

Summer League Results The elementary division completed the regular season last night with the...
Elise Seyfried
Of Bottle Rockets and Roman Candles

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

I believe I missed the memo about the mandatory nightly fireworks lately. The showy displays of...
Elise Seyfried
Convenienced

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

Searching for a topic for my blog posts can be challenging, but not last Saturday! Because it was...
Elise Seyfried
My Hermit Crab Essay

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

I’ve decided to spend a bit of time studying the writer’s craft (why not?) One thing I’ve been...
Elise Seyfried
Completely Engaged

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

I never did much speculating about my children's future spouses—all I really cared about was that...
Elise Seyfried
Things Fall Apart, and That’s OK Right Now

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

Entropy may be defined (very) simply this way: everything in the universe tends to become more and...
Elise Seyfried
Not Going Gently

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

“Do not go gentle into that good night/ Rage, rage against the dying of the light...
Elise Seyfried
Taking Off the Training Wheels

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

Grandson Aiden has had his snazzy new bike for more than two weeks now. While he looks tiny perched...
Elise Seyfried
Green Screen

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

My friend Teresa introduced me to a lovely Facebook group “View From My Window.” VFMW consists of...
Elise Seyfried
On The (Tiger) Beat

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

“Tyger, tyger burning bright/In the forests of the night…” --William Blake As desperate as I am for...
Elise Seyfried
In Each Other’s Shoes

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

Ever since my diagnosis of bipolar disorder in 2006, I have been trying (hard) to explain what it...
Elise Seyfried
Imposter No More!

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

You’ve heard of “imposter syndrome”? The (usually unwarranted) feeling that you are not qualified...
Elise Seyfried
Sew and Sew

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

Like so many life skills I lack, I never really understood why anyone enjoyed sewing. I made one...
Elise Seyfried
You Gotta Believe

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

That was the name of famous Philadelphia Phillie Tug McGraw’s “feel good” segments on TV’s Action...
Elise Seyfried
Keeping Track

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

I belong to a Facebook group--OK, “several” Facebook groups. Some are church related (ELCA Youth...
Elise Seyfried
Just Because

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

I never panicked about four letter words in our house. Except for a regrettable stretch 14 years...
Elise Seyfried
Peter Britten 3.5

Elise Seyfried

4 years ago

It caught me by surprise, because I’d always been the ever-popular Mama, whose arrival in the room...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer League Results Week Four

meisenhour

4 years ago

Summer League Results The division returned from the 4 th of July break and the Tides continued...
Tiny Monsters of Delaware (and other macro wonders)
Getting close to spiders

Christopher D Foster

4 years ago

Here are a bunch of spider shots I’ve taken over the past couple of weeks. The little jumping...
Tiny Monsters of Delaware (and other macro wonders)
A few to get started

Christopher D Foster

4 years ago

Here are a few shots to get this blog page started. Tiny things up close. All the photos I post...
Barefootin'
Grateful Dead and deer on a summer morning

Dennis Forney

4 years ago

MONDAY 6 JULY 2020 “We will get by; We will survive.” This morning I'm a deer, strolling...
Photography Field of Flowers
Hip to hydrangeas at Mill Pond Garden

Kristin Aquariann

4 years ago

You know you have a good dad when he agrees to stop and smell the flowers with you on Father’s Day...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer League Results Week Three

meisenhour

4 years ago

Summer League Results Week three saw the Waves and the Guards play to a 0-0 result on Field 1 while...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer League Results Week Two

meisenhour

4 years ago

Summer League Results Week two of the Delaware Shore field hockey league began with the Tides...
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Mask with a Message

dorothy_greet

4 years ago

If you’re hoping the coronavirus will magically disappear, if you’re hoping that things will soon...
Barefootin'
A neighborly morning complete with street opera

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2020 A neighborly morning as that persistent northeast wind finally let go. Fog...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Summer League Action Week 1

meisenhour

5 years ago

Summer League Results The Delaware Shore summer field hockey league opened play on Monday, June 15...
Elise Seyfried
Pooterisms

Elise Seyfried

5 years ago

The miserable rain today eliminated the possibility of a walk, and I’m caught up on church work, so...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Time to Return our Youth to Activities

meisenhour

5 years ago

It is time to get our youth back playing, NOW! No more June 10 th rule, not more June 15 th rule,...