Recent Blog Posts

Elise Seyfried
Die, Spotted Lanternflies!! Die!!

Elise Seyfried

5 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

5 years ago

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

dorothy_greet

5 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

5 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

5 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

5 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

5 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

5 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

5 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

5 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

5 years ago

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

Elise Seyfried

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 years ago

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

dorothy_greet

5 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,...
Barefootin'
Orchids, testicles, Rehoboth Beach roses, other goodies

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

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

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

The Abraxas Studio of Art is now Studio of Art, Masks and Hand Sanitizer. “My liberty flame is...
GO VEG
Poultry, Politicians and Plant-Based Eating

dorothy_greet

5 years ago

I live in Sussex County Delaware, a COVID-19 hotspot. My county is the largest producer of chickens...
Delaware Shore Happenings
Delaware Shore Presents Scholarships

meisenhour

5 years ago

The Hockey 4 Haxton scholarship awards were presented to Cape Henlopen High School seniors, Marlee...
Barefootin'
In Rehoboth: One mural complete, another evolving

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 2020 • YEAR OF COVID-19 This morning’s bright sunshine lit up two murals...
Mac’s World
Struggling with the word essential

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

Essential. I've been struggling with that word over the past few weeks. Most of us have. What makes...
Mac’s World
Lockdown is more than it appears to be

Ron MacArthur

5 years ago

For those of us who have relatives in off-limits senior nursing facilities, life has changed...
Barefootin'
Lopez: Start gradually reopening Boardwalk now

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

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

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

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

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

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

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

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

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

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

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

Corona numbers continue to flare and appear to be worsening in Sussex County. I’ve attached here...
GO VEG
Jumpstart Your Immunity

dorothy_greet

5 years ago

Join me today in the FREE Global Jumpstart to boost immunity through our food choices. This is a...
Barefootin'
Sussex leading state in rate of coronavirus infection

Dennis Forney

5 years ago

I’ve looked at a lot of statistics and graphs related to the coronavirus in the last two days and...