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Since 1952, Eastern Shore of Maryland Vol. 63, No. 6
Published Monthly
November 2014
Features: About the Cover Artist: Scot Storm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ghost Walk: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Big City Lights vs. Quiet Country Nights: Dick Cooper . . . . . . . . . 27 Winning in Both Leagues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Historic London Town and Gardens: Bonna L. Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith-Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Capt. John B: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 2014 Waterfowl Festival Schedule of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Tidewater Review: Anne Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Bucket List Trip: John M. Scanlon, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Departments: November Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Dorchester Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Easton Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 St. Michaels Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Oxford Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Tilghman - Bay Hundred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Queen Anne’s County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Caroline County - A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 November Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 David C. Pulzone, Publisher · Anne B. Farwell, Editor P. O. Box 1141, Easton, Maryland 21601 102 Myrtle Ave., Oxford, MD 21654 410-226-0422 FAX : 410-226-0411 www.tidewatertimes.com info@tidewatertimes.com
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About the Cover Artist Scot Storm As a youngster, Scot Storm discovered his talent for drawing, sketching and design. These skills eventually led him to North Dakota State University where he earned a degree in architecture. While working in this field, Scot’s love of hunting and the outdoors drew him to explore the challenges of wildlife art. In 1987, as a self-taught artist, he entered the Minnesota Duck Stamp contest and placed second. Encouraged by the acceptance of his initial work, he continued to enter stamp contests and enjoyed his first top award by winning the Indiana Pheasant Stamp competition in 1991. Thereafter, Scot’s interest in wildlife art became such a passion, that in 1999 he decided to give up his career in architecture and devote himself full-time to painting. Scot was then able to challenge himself in every aspect of his creations from composition, to lighting, to the accuracy and psychology of color. His paintings of waterfowl, hunting dogs and other animals all reveal his attention to the fine details that give life to every image and draw in the viewer.
Currently, Scot has 13 Federal, State and Conservation Stamp wins. Highlights of his career include 2004-5 Federal Duck Stamp, twice voted Ducks Unlimited International Artist of the Year and two-time Pheasants Forever National Artist of the Year. “Junior” is the title of this month’s cover image. You can view Scot’s work on his web site at www.stormwildlifeart.com. 7
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by Helen Chappell for ghosts along beautiful old High Street for a long time to come. Under the guidance of my friends Mindie Burgoyne and Missy Corley, a group of us gathered under the marquee at the Dorchester Arts Center. We were a diverse bunch, but we all had one goal in mind. Experiencing the spirits ~ otherworldly ones, that is. My friend Mindie amazes me. I can barely do two or three things at a time, while she juggles a whole cornucopia of life and adventures
Whether you believe in them or not, most people are fascinated by ghosts and the Eastern Shore has ghosts we haven’t even used yet. When you’re in search of a haunting experience, take a ghost walk. One night not too long ago, I found myself joining a ghost walk through Cambridge. Until that night, I thought I knew Cambridge pretty well, having grown up near there. I was in for a delightful surprise, as well as a haunted history lesson that will leave me looking
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Ghost Walk and somehow manages to keep her cascade in the air. She’s a wife to handsome husband Dan, mother and grandmother to some amazing kids. She blogs, she writes books, does social media and marketing, lectures and, as the Travel Hag, runs both Eastern Shore Ghost Walks and tours of Ireland’s “thin places.” She’s tireless and enthusiastic. She makes me want to jumpstart myself with a battery charger just to keep up. That night, I met our co-ghost hostess, Missy Corley. By day, Missy is a marketing associate for a large company. By night, she is a ghost guide and a genealogist. These last fit together perfectly. With her pre-Raphaelite looks and her knowledge of history and bloodlines, she’s a perfect conductor to a tour of another world. I’d wanted to do a ghost walk for a while, and the coming of Halloween and the holidays seemed an ideal time to go. I’ve always been fascinated by Cambridge’s High Street, that long and beautiful stretch of grand old houses that start at the Richardson Museum and lead down to Long Wharf. It’s not just beautiful; it’s well populated with stories and spirits. Twilight was gathering as our little band looked up at the Richardson Museum, formerly a bank where a once-powerful, suddenly-
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ruined businessman hanged himself rather than face the consequences of Black Friday in 1929. We looked up at the tiny attic at the top of the brick building, where the creak of a rope, bearing a heavy weight, is said to be heard late at night. Doors open and close and lock themselves ~ whatever walks there walks alone. Our next stop was the Courthouse, where the old gallows used to be, and a slave market was regularly conducted on the corner of the block. Plenty of spirits there, even though the courthouse has burned down, been rebuilt, blown up, and remodeled. All that
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Ghosts abound on Cambridge’s High Street. f loating ghosts abound. Sad tales of dead children who still play on the stairs, the spirits of pet cats, even a tree that sings, are all part of the folklore of this unique street. Take the tale of the lady who was so house-proud, she never let anyone enter her best parlor, lest they disturb its perfection. When she died, where do you think they laid her out? Why, the forbidden best parlor, of course, where her miffed ghost still fusses over the dust. When she was laid out, the family left her alone overnight with her beloved cat. In the morning, when they returned, the parlor door was locked, and the key nowhere to be found. Finally, they took the door off the hinges. In the best parlor, they found the deceased in her casket, the key beside her. Some say the cat did it, but how a cat could lock a door remains a mystery. A few homes down, there lived a 20
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band in the living room ~ twice!” Shortly after that tour, we stopped at another house, empty and for sale. As we heard about the feuding family that may still haunt the place and an infamous fight that turned into murder on the front porch, I watched, fascinated, as a f lock of bats emerged against the darkening sky. Their black silhouettes were a perfect note to a perfectly creepy evening. The tour went down to Long Wharf, where we heard tales of ghostly Indians who still walk the shoreline, then back up the brick sidewalk to the famous old graveyard at Christ Church. Beautiful by daylight, at night it’s eerie. If the ghosts of governors and ladies and other long gone important people dance among the ancient stones, I didn’t see them, but I could certainly imagine it. If you’re interested in joining one of Mindie’s ghost walks, or just want to know more about it, go to www.travelhag.com and explore it for yourself. It’s a perfect Halloween present.
liamina had given him, a porcelain miniature of herself. Williamina is said to haunt Goldsborough House, where she was happy. Often, women’s clothing and jewelry is found disarranged, as if Williamina had been trying it on. As we strolled along, we were startled by the sudden appearance on a porch of one particular house. “I’m not a ghost!” the lady assured us when told what we were up to. Turns out she and her husband were experts on authentic restoration of old houses in the Washington area who retired to High Street and restored this house. A former art gallery, it was said by those who worked there to be haunted. Footsteps went up and down the stairs when no one was there. Doors opened and closed by themselves. Voices could be heard talking late at night when an employee was working after hours. A certain writer, while visiting a show there, saw a man in a dark suit pass through a doorway and disappear and has never trusted that house since. The lady generously invited the group into the house for a tour. Clearly she was proud of the restorations she and her late husband had made to the building. She said she never experienced any ghostly events, “but my housekeeper saw my late hus-
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Big City Lights vs. Quiet Country Nights by Dick Cooper My hands automatically turned and twisted the silk tie into a fullWindsor knot all by themselves. No brain cells were used or lost in the transaction. As I slipped on my sports coat and made a last-second check in the bathroom mirror, adjusting the knot just a little to make sure it was centered, I realized I had not been in full battledress for almost a decade. Time is a quicksilver substance that comes and goes at odd paces. Days, and sometimes hours, drag by exceeding slowly, and then, before you realize it, years are gone. This month marks the ninth anniversary of what I like to call the “Last Great Buyout in American Newspaper History.” After doing da i ly jour na lism at major Ea st Coast newspapers for 36 years, my last full-time employer, The Philadelphia Inquirer, paid me to leave. When I called my wife, Pat, to tell her the terms of the buyout offer, she did not miss a second. “Take it,” she said with conviction. When I told her I was putting the papers in the inter-office mail, she told me to hand-deliver them to the HR
The highrises of St. Michaels. department as fast as I could. Out of 75 buyouts being offered that day, in November 2005, I was Number 2 in the door, only because my friend Herbie, who was Number 1, worked three doors down from the personnel office. Within a year of that fateful decision, Pat and I added to our domestic disorder by selling everything in Pennsylvania and relocating to St. Michaels. Now, instead of commuting two hours a day to work and driv ing four hours on weekends back and forth to our boat on the Chesapeake Bay, we live five minutes from our boat in the harbor. Pat is in her office 14 minutes after pulling out of our driveway ~ unless there’s farm equipment on Route 27
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Sunset in the Big City. 33 ~ and I am 13 steps away from the International Headquarters of Cooper Media Associates on our second f loor. It did not take long for the staccato Big City beat of our lives to ease into the mellow rhythms of the Land of Pleasant Living. Now, tie and sports coat get pulled out of the closet only for the occasional yacht club function or the increasingly frequent memorial ser vice for a recently departed friend. The adrenalin rush of pushing through a front-page story on deadline is just a faint memory. My old fire-horse instincts still twitch a little when a big story breaks in the local paper, but I have learned to quickly suppress those feelings. So when an old friend from Phila-
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journalism at Temple University, I told my students that I was brought up as a Calvinist to believe in the total depravity of mankind. Nothing I saw or wrote in Philadelphia had ever dissuaded me of that conviction. The Center City of those days was a generally safe 9-5 workplace with the streets bustling with pedestrians. But as darkness fell, those same streets began to change. Criminals lurked in alleys. Homeless took shelter on stoops, and the scent of decay was thick in the air. One by one, stores closed for good, litter bloomed and graffiti scars were garish and raw. The City became the repository for the region’s homeless fueled by the court-imposed closing of the Pennsylvania State Hospital
delphia sent me a message about a “brief” business opportunity that paid Big City money, I was f lattered but hesitant to accept. Then he told me how much. After a conference with Pat, who is the Vice President and CFO of Cooper Media, I took the job. I am glad I did and had a chance to revisit city life. I am even gladder that it is now completed and I am back home and living happily on the Eastern Shore. For a l mo s t t h r e e de c ade s , I worked as a reporter and editor at the Inquirer. As a police reporter in the 1970s, I traveled the dark and dangerous city streets chronicling the evils that men do. When I taught
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Big City Lights system. The AIDS epidemic inflicted more hardships on the City as suburban communities turned their backs on those suffering and forced them into the City to receive care. But the Center City I found on this recent return is a totally different place. People are moving back into its core. Buildings that have stood vacant for decades are being turned into apartments and condos. Old office towers are being reclaimed and refurbished by international hotel chains that have saved architectural treasures. Long-vacant lots are now c onst r uc t ion site s. C enter C it y parks, once grassless and packed with cast-off appliance boxes housing homeless, are now green again. Dog walkers parade by, and musicians, magicians and jugglers entertain for tips. Classically trained Curtis Institute of Music students play their violins down the block from drummers who use overturned five-gallon buckets to thump out the urban pulse of the City. On the streets where I remembered pedestrians running a gauntlet of panhandlers, twent y- and thirty-somethings eye each others’ tattooed arms and legs looking for new ideas to show their uniqueness. In a Big City of millions, people do very strange things to make themselves different, and by doing so, they all tend to look alike. The store windows follow that trend, each
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How not to lock up your bike. the Eastern Shore, motorists either don’t understand their purpose or refuse to abide by their underlying ordinances. Riding a bike in Center City is still like trying to cross Talbot Street in St. Michaels on a Saturday. You have to make eye contact with the motorist before venturing out. As I walked through the City I could not help but notice that bike locks still need some design work. The ubiquitous U-shaped lock s are frequently still attached to the posts, but the bicycles are missing. The f irst several v isits to the Cit y were fun. I caught up w ith friends I hadn’t seen in years. We enjoyed dinner and drinks in some of the fine restaurants that are now on almost ever y street corner. I spent hours browsing the shelves of Barnes & Noble, leafing through books on photography and travel. Shopping in Macy’s (it will always be Wanamaker’s to me) was a trip into sensory overload. Because Philadelphia is a major
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hour drive to and from Philadelphia was becoming a real drag. When a convention was in the City, as it almost always was, I realized there were as many people staying in the hotel as live in St. Michaels. Even though we have only lived on the Eastern Shore for eight years, it is rare to venture out without running into an acquaintance. In the City, I would walk for blocks and not see a person I knew to say hello to. I was alone in a crowd. I began to think that this Big City hustle ain’t what it’s all cracked up to be. I started to mentally segment the trip home on a sliding stress scale. Center City to Middletown, Delaware, was an Interstate, whiteknuckle raceway. While I drove well over the speed limit, I was constantly watching side and rearview mirrors for charging cars and trucks changing lanes and cutting through traffic like a slalom race just to be first to the next exit. Once through Middletown, I could feel my pulse ease off. Crossing the Delaware-Maryland
convention town, the hotels fill up quickly and are often booked well in advance, so I wound up sampling several venues. The Hotel Palomar was by far the friendliest. The doorman knew my name on the second visit. The Doubletree had the best parking rate, and the Westin had a bed that was so comfortable I didn’t want to get up in the morning. After a month, however, routine began to set in and I started to see the City in a slightly different light. Instead of dining out after long business meetings, I picked up a salad, some cheese and a baguette at DiBruno Brothers’ gourmet foods and ate alone in my hotel room. I noticed that at 6 p.m. the store was full of singles carrying individual servings of fine food to the cashier. Pat and I would spend an hour on the phone, and I was in bed early. The business side of this adventure was taking the fun out of the weekly trips. The two-and-a-half-
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were reflected in the water, and the Big Dipper was almost close enough to drink out of. Down below in the cabin, I read while Pat worked on her crossstitch. We turned out the lights and fell asleep with the hatch open. The night air was filled with the sound of cicadas. Just before dawn, a lone crabber motored by, rocking our boat lightly in his wake. I pulled up the covers and rolled over. It was good to be home.
border onto Route 301 was a major milestone. I would click on the cruise-control, put a fresh CD in the changer and coast on home. It was downhill all the way, and my blood pressure returned to normal. A nd then the Big City project was over. Just as quickly as it had started, the last copy of the report I was working on was turned in and I was back on the Eastern Shore. Pat and I headed out on the Miles River and dropped the hook in Hunting Creek. We were the only boat in the anchorage. At sunset, herons f lew by in a steady stream, heading for the rookery on the north end of the island. The stars were so thick they
Dick Cooper is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist. He and his wife, Pat, live and sail in St. Michaels, Maryland. He can be reached at dickcooper@coopermediaassociates. com.
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Reflections from Baseball’s Front Office Frank Cashen’s recently released autobiography not only recounts his winning years as general manager of the Baltimore Orioles and New York Mets, but also describes his diversified career outside of baseball. Sadly, Cashen died at age 88 on June 30, only two months before his book, Winning in Both Leagues: Reflections from Baseball’s Front Office, was published. Born and raised in Baltimore, Cashen lived in Easton for more than 20 years with his wife, Jean. “Frank made the writing of this book a priority during his last years,” according to neighbor and friend Jack Batty. He said that Frank’s old skills as a sportswriter and his fantastic memory enabled him to complete the book despite his advancing age and failing health. Batty said he helped Cashen with editing and logistics but “Frank wrote every word; there was no ghost writer.” In his book, Cashen looks back over his 25-year career in baseball. Best known as the general manager of the New York Mets during their remaking and rise to glory in the 1980s, Cashen fills the pages with lively stories from his baseball tenure during the last half of the twentieth century.
His career included a stint with the Orioles of the late 1960s and ’70s, working with manager Earl Weaver and the great teams of the early ’70s, including such players as Jim Palmer, Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson. Later, tapped by Mets owner Nelson Doubleday, Jr. to bring the Mets to the pinnacle of Major League baseball, Cashen, with the rise of superstars Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden, led the 45
Winning in Both Leagues Mets to the thrilling come-frombehind victory over the Boston Red Sox, that led to the World Series championship in 1986. Winning in Both Leagues also chronicles the drafting of Billy Beane, who would later be the focus of the New York Times bestseller Moneyball. Cashen, who was a central figure in the fierce competition with New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, excelled at building winning ball clubs, and remains one of only two general managers ever to win a World Series in both leagues. The book covers Cashen’s life from growing up in Baltimore with
Cashen with then 18-year-old Darryl Strawberry. immigrant parents, to graduating from the Maryland School of Law in 1958, to working as an award-winning sportswriter, race track operator, advertising and marketing executive in the beer business, all before entering the baseball world. Jim Palmer, Orioles Hall of Famer and broadcaster, wrote: “Frank Cashen liked being a sportswriter, liked being a lawyer, liked running a brewery, but loved being a baseball general manager. He took his intellect, people skills, great judgment and passion, and became one of the best baseball GMs ever.” Former Major League catcher and broadcaster Tim McCarver described Cashen as “the most versatile man I know; sports, music, writing, the law ~ he could do it all.” Winning in Both Leagues is published by the University of Nebraska 46
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Frank Cashen with New York Mets manager Davey Johnson before a game in Flushing, New York, Sept. 1985. Press and is also available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites, as well as in local bookstores. On Wednesday, November 5, this year’s Joy of Reading fundraiser for the Critchlow Adkins Children’s Centers will feature Winning in Both Leagues. The event at the Talbot Country Club will honor Cashen. A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m., followed by a presentation at 6:30 featuring veteran Baltimore sportscaster Vince Bagli, a longtime friend of the late Mr. Cashen. Bagli was a familiar voice on WBAL and broadcast games of the Baltimore Orioles and the former Baltimore Colts football team. Tickets for the reception and presentation are $100 each, and include a book. Tickets for the presentation only are $25. For more info. visit www.eastondaycare.org.
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Tidewater Day Tripping
Historic London Town and Gardens by Bonna L. Nelson
Early one morning while sailing on the beautiful South River, under royal blue skies, our lookout spied our sh ip’s de st inat ion, L ondon Town, Maryland, a bustling tobacco port just south of Annapolis. With some difficulty we located an anchorage, as there were many ships like us wishing to load and unload cargo in the vessel-cluttered harbor. Tired as we were, we rowed our skiff into port, found a tavern to our liking, and downed some ale and oysters before locating the port master to discuss our business.
We lea r ned t hat t he Wi llia m Brown House, owned by the ferry master and tavern keeper of the same name, was the place to seek a night’s lodging, conduct business, enjoy fine dining, smoke, and partake of a game of cards or chess with other merchants and sailors as well as planters, carpenters, coopers, and townsfolk. Mr. Brown accommodated us finely in his impressive brick two-story structure built in the Georgian style, overlooking the South River and the trans-Atlantic shipping traffic that stopped at the port.
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royal blue skies, we located our destination, London Town, Maryland, an historic site south of Annapolis. We were on one of our boating trips to explore the Chesapeake Bay, its tributaries and towns. Our daughter, Holly, was with us as she was every summer weekend and on our week-long vacation trips aboard our small cabin cruiser. Each winter in those times, while sitting by the fireplace, we skimmed through local boating magazines to plan the following summer’s adventures aboard the Silver Lining. We searched for new destinations of interest ~ cultural, historical or special events ~ along with gustatory adventures including the most highly recommended steamed crab houses and ice cream shops. We always took one of Holly’s friends with us to share the experience. Thus we came to be at London Town. From what we can remember back 24 years ago, the first thing we saw from the boat dock was the imposing brick and white-trimmed inn, tavern and residence, the William Brown House (c. 1760). It was
The Hall in the William Brown House was used for public dining and entertainment. (This is how I imagined a trip to London Town on a sailing vessel in the 1700s). Fast forward 230 years to 1990. Early one morning while cruising on the beautiful South River, under
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sitting high on a hill overlooking the now peaceful and calm (not another boat in sight) South River. The house was open for tours, but we don’t remember anything impressive about the interior other than the amazing river views and our joy at finding an historic site on one of our journeys. There was a small garden near the inn and tall older trees lining the shore. I do not recall any other outbuildings or a visitor’s center. Our next stop after the tour was a crab house north of Annapolis, so we pushed off from the pier and headed toward the Magothy River. Fast forward 24 years to 2014. Early one morning after crossing the Bay Bridge and driving on Route 2 South, under somewhat cloudy
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gift shop containing colonial crafts and toys, classrooms, and restrooms. The adventure begins when ancient elephants roamed the area with prehistoric Native Americans. Center exhibits also display more recent Native American archaeological artifacts, including arrowheads, bones, and shells, all excavated at the London Town site. Also on display are artifacts from colonial life, including tools and technology used by colonists, indentured servants, and slaves, dating from the founding of the town. Among the items on display are clay pipes, decorated tiles, and fine ceramic vessels. If you have a hankering to participate in a dig under the auspices of the Anne Arundel County (owners of
Being an avid traveler, reader and writer, I am always on the lookout for local destinations of interest be they cultural, historical or special event, to experience and share with readers. Thus we traveled to London Town to see what we could find. And my, how it has changed since our last visit! If you enjoy being transported back in time à la Williamsburg, VA, but on a smaller scale, take a day trip to London Town. Begin in the new Visitor’s Center and Exhibition Hall ~ a 3,500-square-foot facility containing exhibits and displays spanning 13,000 years of regional history. The Center also houses a
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the site) Lost Towns Project in cooperation with Historic London Town and Gardens, that can be arranged. London Town is one of the largest ongoing archaeological excavations in the State of Maryland. We had spotted several buildings near the William Brown House that weren’t there when we visited in 1990. The site takes the visitor back to 1683, with the reconstructed Lord Mayor’s Tenement, Carpenter Shop, and Tobacco Barn, as well as the Rumney-West Ordinary archaeological excavation site. Other additions over the past 20 years include the Historical, Woodland, Ornamental, and Environmental Gardens and walking trail; an archaeology lab; a greenhouse; a
pavilion and multiple programs for visitors and for educational purposes as well as for special events. We met our William Brown House tour guide at the Visitor’s Center desk and traveled back in time with knowledgeable Jessi McCarthy, an archaeology and botany specialist, leading the way. Unlocking the side door, Jessi revealed a room for multiple lodgers furnished with a folding press bed and a desk with w r it i ng i mplement s. Maps a nd prints adorn the walls in the Hall, or common room, and the period tables and chairs provided comfort for dining, discourse and games. Private quarters for the Brown family include a furnished bedchamber, more elegant than the
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next to the house, a garden behind it, and a reconstructed Carpenter Shop, c .1725 , u se d by W i l l ia m Brown is located nearby. The Colonial K itchen Garden included crops such as corn and other foods, tobacco, herbs, medicinals, and f lowers. The current colonial garden is planted by students and volunteers. In addition to the Colonial K itchen Garden, the Historical Gardens include the African-American Garden (food and tobacco) and the Dr. Richard Hill Garden (medicinal plants). We did not have time to fully explore the London Town garden campus with an 8-acre Woodland Garden and mile-long path through specialty gardens including holly,
public spaces. The basement houses the working and living space of indentured servants and slaves. Remnants of activities occurring in this space include cooking, mending, weaving, and carpentry. Some say a ghost resides in the basement. We looked and listened without success; maybe next time? The reconstructed Lord Mayor’s Tenement house, built on its original site, informs visitors of life in a colonial port town in the early 1700s. Furnished with reproductions, the wooden structure contains materials used for cooking, sewing, chopping wood, and gardening. A tobacco barn is located
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Market and Trades Weekend, when colonial craftspeople converge on London Town to practice and teach their crafts. During the holidays there are Native American cooking demonstrations, a wreath-making workshop and candlelight tours. Check the Website or call for dates of upcoming events. Concerts are held on the grounds during the summer months, and lectures and demonstrations are offered year round. Educational programs for schoolchildren provide hands-on experiences. The site also offers rental options for weddings, family events and receptions. We ended our day trip to historic London Town by devouring delicious steamed crabs, hush puppies and
w ildf lowers, and camellias. Nor did we ex plore the Ornamental Gardens providing four seasons of color, and the Environmental Gardens containing native species that attract birds and butterf lies. If the reader is interested in gardens, the London Town website includes a chart highlighting specific blooms in the gardens by month. Throughout the year there are special activities at the site. In the spring and fall there are plant sales that include heirloom vegetables and flowers. In July there is a living history day with re-enactors on site to celebrate Independence Day. In November t here i s t he
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Historic London Town beer overlooking Kent Narrows on the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay in Grasonville, MD. We talked about the travelers of old enjoying a respite at the international port of London Town and wondered if they too enjoyed the Bay’s crabs with their ale at the William Brown House. T he site i s op en We d ne s d ay through Sunday, April through early December. For more information visit www.historiclondontown.org or call 410-222-1919.
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1 t. Dijon mustard 1 T. honey 6 T. olive oil 1/2 cup wild blackberries Salt and pepper to taste Whisk together the Dijon mustard, honey and lemon juice. Whisk in the olive oil. Add the wild blackberries and season with salt and pepper. To serve this amazing meal, arrange the grilled pork on each plate. Top with the watermelon salad. Spoon the soft polenta onto the plate and drizzle around with the vinaigrette and serve. Next we will have a wild rockfish taco with guacamole, savoy cabbage, mango-pineapple salsa and spicy cilantro sour cream.
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Cut the watermelon into 1-inchthick slices. Brush with olive oil and mark on the grill. Cut the watermelon into 1-inch cubes and mix with the chopped pecans crumbled feta and arugula. Dress the salad with a pinch of salt and pepper, lemon juice and olive oil.
Cut the rockfish into 1-inch pieces. Whisk the remaining ingredients together and marinate the fish for 15 to 20 minutes. Grill or sear the pieces of fish in a hot pan and finish in a preheated oven at 375째 for 3 to 5 minutes.
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Mix all ingredients together.
GUACAMOLE 3 ripe Haas avocados 2 T. lemon juice 1 small chopped jalapeno (seeds are optional) 1/2 cup red onion, finely diced 1 clove garlic, chopped 1 t. salt 1 medium tomato, seeded and cut into small dice.
MANGO and GRILLED PINEAPPLE SALSA 4 portions 1 firm ripe mango cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1/2 jalapeno, chopped 1/2 bunch green scallions sliced on the bias 1/4 red bell pepper, diced 2 slices golden pineapple 1 T. sweet chili sauce 1 lime, zest and juice 1/4 cup orange juice Pinch of cayenne pepper 2 T. olive oil 1 T. fresh mint, shredded (add this at the last moment before serving)
Cut the avocados in half and remove the stone. Chop the f lesh into small pieces, then add the lemon juice, chopped jalapeno, red onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Add the diced tomatoes, mix well and taste. SAVOY CABBAGE 1/4 head savoy cabbage, shredded 1 t. Kosher salt 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar 1 T. sugar 1 t. red pepper f lakes.
Cut the mango and red pepper into a small dice. Slice the scallions and chop the jalapeno. Slice the golden pineapple and brush with the sweet chili sauce. Grill pineapple on both sides, then cut into even chunks. Mix this all together in a bowl and add the lime juice, zest, orange juice, cayenne, olive oil and chopped mint.
In a small pan, boil the vinegar with the sugar and red pepper flakes. Remove from heat and cool. Mix the shredded cabbage with the salt and pepper. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of the pickling liquid and mix.
To prepare the taco, grill the flour tortillas. Add a spoonful of the guacamole. Place the rockfish pieces, 2 per portion. Garnish with the pickled cabbage, the salsa, then top with the sour cream. Garnish with some chopped cilantro.
SPICY SOUR CREAM 1/2 cup sour cream 1 T. Sriracha hot sauce 1 T. chopped cilantro 1 lime (juice only) Salt and pepper to taste
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to taste. Spoon this mixture into six 1-cup-sized casserole dishes. For the pastry, brush the sheet with the egg yolk. Mark it with the back of a fork. Freeze for one hour until the egg yolk and pastry hardens. Remove the pastry from the freezer and let sit for 3 minutes, then cut out using a circular cutter, approximately 1/4 inch larger than the size of the individual casserole dishes. Bake the rounds on a greased sheet pan at 375° for 10 to 15 minutes. Place the individual pot pies in the oven at 375° for 5 to 10 minutes, then top with the pastry and serve immediately. Pot pies can be served with a side of seasonal vegetables.
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Add the Calvados and remove from the stove. Add the blackberries. Divide the mixture equally into six oven-proof bowls. To make the crumble, rub together the butter and flour. Add the brown sugar, white sugar, pecans, ground cinnamon and mix. Top with crumble mixture and bake in a 350° oven for about 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown. Serve each crumble with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and garnish with a half strawberry.
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Chef Salter also offers a series of cooking demonstrations throughout the fall, winter, and into spring. He explores all the cooking techniques needed to get started in the kitchen, including demonstrations and discussion of tools and cookware. He is a great teacher, and his classes are very entertaining. For more info. on the cooking demonstrations and other special events throughout the year, visit www.robertmorrisinn.com/events/. To contact the inn or restaurant for reservations, call 410-226-5111, or visit www.robertmorrisinn.com.
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Shorter Days and Nippy Temperatures In November you might be tempted to start slacking off on the gardening chores. Well, there are still lots of things to do in the landscape and home garden. Gardens, like houses, need special attention to get them through the winter months. By investing a little time and effort now, you will be rewarded in the spring. For example, after a killing frost, the long vigorous shoots of your rose bushes may be cut back to 18 to 20 inches so they are not whipped by the winter winds that might loosen the roots and make the plants more susceptible to winter injury. Mound the canes with 8 inches of soil for winter protection; remove before growth begins in the spring. Raking is one of those fall chores that needs to be done almost continuously in November. Leaves should be raked out of the f lower beds and removed. Before raking through the herbaceous perennials, such as lilies and iris, cut the
A pair of sharp shears can be a gardener’s best friend. plant stems and leaves. Make sure to leave 2 to 3 inches of the plant’s stem visible to help protect fresh shoots from animal damage as they first emerge in the spring. It’s also a helpful reminder of where plants are in the yard before they start to sprout. Avoid pulling the stems or leaves because that produces holes in the crown of the plant that can lead to rot problems. A good sharp pair of shears can be a gardener’s best friend. While you are cleaning up the 81
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Torch Lily orange, and yellow. The f lowers produce copious amounts of nectar while blooming, so are very attractive to bees, butterf lies, and hummingbirds. This perennial plant prefers full sun and is not too particular about the soil, as long as it is well drained. They get big, so they must be given adequate spacing to accommodate their mature size. They are available as potted transplants or tuberous roots and can also be grown from seed, and you can plant the torch lily in the fall or early spring. The plant is moderately drought resistant, but does best with regular watering. Provide a 2- to 3-inch 84
layer of mulch for protection during the cold winter months, and water new plants thoroughly. So, if you are looking for an “exotic” plant for the perennial bed, consider planting some torch lilies now. Root crops such as beets, carrots, and turnips can be stored right in the ground through most of the winter. Cover them with a few inches of soil and add a thick mulch over the soil. Continue to clean up any old debris left in the garden and compost it. If you like to use newspapers as mulch in the vegetable garden and lay them out in the spring, a good fall and winter activity is to glue them end to end and store them as rolls. The paper mulch unrolls easily and won’t be lifted by wind before anchoring. Remove grass and weeds from around the trunks of fruit trees and grapes to prevent damage by mice and other rodents. Leave a bare circle (one foot wide) around tree trunks when spreading mulch to keep mice from feeding on the bark. A collar or fence of poultry
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Make sure you plant the bulbs deep enough so that they don’t heave with winter freezing and thawing. common reaction to the reduced light levels and the dry, heated air of the indoor environment. It is not too late to plant spring bulbs in the landscape. It is important that the bulbs be planted while the soil is still warm in order to promote good root growth. A good, large root system produced this fall will help the bulb next spring. A large root system is essential for the absorption of water and nutrients necessary for the production of f lowers and leaves. If you still intend to plant bulbs, it will be necessary for you to mulch the soil heavily in order to conserve as much soil heat as possible. The application of three to four inches of leaves, pine needles, straw, or compost over the planting of bulbs will insulate the soil from the cold. When planting bulbs, make cer-
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Easton Points of Interest Historic Downtown Easton is the county seat of Talbot County. Established around early religious settlements and a court of law, today the historic district of Easton is a centerpiece of fine specialty shops, business and cultural activities, unique restaurants and architectural fascination. Tree-lined streets are graced with various period structures and remarkable homes, carefully preser ved or restored. Because of its historical significance, Easton has earned distinction as the “Colonial Capital of the Eastern Shore” and was honored as #8 in the book, “The 100 Best Small Towns in America.” Walking Tour of Downtown Easton Start near the corner of Harrison Street and Mill Place. 1. HISTORIC TIDEWATER INN - 101 E. Dover St. A completely modern hotel built in 1949, it was enlarged in 1953 and has recently undergone extensive renovations. It is the “Pride of the Eastern Shore.” 2. THE BULLITT HOUSE - 108 E. Dover St. One of Easton’s oldest and most beautiful homes, it was built in 1801. It is now occupied by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation. 3. AVALON THEATRE - 42 E. Dover St. Constructed in 1921 during the heyday of silent films and vaudeville entertainment. Over the course of its history, it has been the scene of three world premiers, including “The First Kiss,” starring Fay Wray and Gary Cooper, in 1928. The theater has gone through two major restorations: the first in 1936, when it was refinished in an art deco theme by the Schine Theater chain, and again 52 years later, when it was converted to a performing arts and community center. For more info. tel: 410-822-0345 or visit www. avalontheatre.com. 4. TALBOT COUNTY VISITORS CENTER - 11 S. Harrison St. The Office of Tourism provides visitors with county information for historic Easton and the waterfront villages of Oxford, St. Michaels and Tilghman Island. For more info. tel: 410-770-8000 or visit www.tourtalbot.org. 5. BARTLETT PEAR INN - 28 S. Harrison St. Significant for its architecture, it was built by Benjamin Stevens in 1790 and is one of Easton’s earliest three-bay brick buildings. The home was “modernized” with Victorian bay windows on the right side in the 1890s. 105
Easton Points of Interest 6. WATERFOWL BUILDING - 40 S. Harrison St. The old armory is now the headquarters of the Waterfowl Festival, Easton’s annual celebration of migratory birds and the hunting season, the second weekend in November. For more info. tel: 410-822-4567 or visit www. waterfowlfestival.org. 7. ACADEMY ART MUSEUM - 106 South St. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Academy Art Museum is a fine art museum founded in 1958. Providing national and regional exhibitions, performances, educational programs, and visual and performing arts classes for adults and children, the Museum also offers a vibrant concert and lecture series and an annual craft festival, CR AFT SHOW (the Eastern Shore’s largest juried fine craft show), featuring local and national artists and artisans demonstrating, exhibiting and selling their crafts. The Museum’s permanent collection consists of works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters. Mon. through Thurs. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. First Friday of each month open until 7 p.m. For more info. tel: (410) 822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
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Easton Points of Interest site of the earlier one built in 1711. It has been remodeled several times. 11A. FREDERICK DOUGLASS STATUE - 11 N. Washington St. on the lawn of the Talbot County Courthouse. The statue honors Frederick Douglass in his birthplace, Talbot County, where the experiences in his youth ~ both positive and negative ~ helped form his character, intellect and determination. Also on the grounds is a memorial to the veterans who fought and died in the Vietnam War, and a monument “To the Talbot Boys,” commemorating the men from Talbot who fought for the Confederacy. The memorial for the Union soldiers was never built. 12. SHANNAHAN & WRIGHTSON HARDWARE BUILDING 12 N. Washington St. It is the oldest store in Easton. In 1791, Owen Kennard began work on a new brick building that changed hands several times throughout the years. Dates on the building show when additions were made in 1877, 1881 and 1889. The present front was completed in time for a grand opening on Dec. 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor Day. 13. THE BRICK HOTEL - northwest corner of Washington and Federal streets. Built in 1812, it became the Eastern Shore’s leading hostelry. When court was in session, plaintiffs, defendants and lawyers
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1900s, now one of the finest hospitals on the Eastern Shore. Memorial Hospital is part of the Shore Health System. www.shorehealth.org. 22. THIRD HAVEN MEETING HOUSE - Built in 1682 and the oldest frame building dedicated to religious meetings in America. The Meeting House was built at the headwaters of the Tred Avon: people came by boat to attend. William Penn preached there with Lord Baltimore present. Extensive renovations were completed in 1990. 23. TALBOT COMMUNITY CENTER - The year-round activities offered at the community center range from ice hockey to figure skating, aerobics and curling. The Center is also host to many events throughout the year, such as antique, craft, boating and sportsman shows. Near Easton 24. PICKERING CREEK - 400-acre farm and science education center featuring 100 acres of forest, a mile of shoreline, nature trails, low-ropes challenge course and canoe launch. Trails are open seven days a week from dawn till dusk. Canoes are free for members. For more info. tel: 410-822-4903 or visit www.pickeringcreek.org. 25. W YE GRIST MILL - The oldest working mill in Maryland (ca. 1682), the f lour-producing “grist� mill has been lovingly preserved by
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St. Michaels Points of Interest 2. HARBOURTOWNE GOLF RESORT - Bay View Restaurant and Duckblind Bar on the scenic Miles River with an 18 hole golf course. For more info. visit www.harbourtowne.com. 3. MILES RIVER YACHT CLUB - Organized in 1920, the Miles River Yacht Club continues its dedication to boating on our waters and the protection of the heritage of log canoes, the oldest class of boat still sailing U. S. waters. The MRYC has been instrumental in preserving the log canoe and its rich history on the Chesapeake Bay. For more info. visit www.milesriveryc.org. 4. THE INN AT PERRY CABIN - The original building was constructed in the early 19th century by Samuel Hambleton, a purser in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. It was named for his friend, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Perry Cabin has served as a riding academy and was restored in 1980 as an inn and restaurant. For more info. visit www.perrycabin.com. 5. THE PARSONAGE INN - A bed and breakfast inn at 210 N. Talbot St., was built by Henry Clay Dodson, a prominent St. Michaels businessman and state legislator around 1883 as his private residence. In 1877, Dodson,
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St. Michaels Points of Interest along with Joseph White, established the St. Michaels Brick Company, which later provided the brick for the house. For more info. visit www. parsonage-inn.com. 6. FREDERICK DOUGLASS HISTORIC MARKER - Born at Tuckahoe Creek, Talbot County, Douglass lived as a slave in the St. Michaels area from 1833 to 1836. He taught himself to read and taught in clandestine schools for blacks here. He escaped to the north and became a noted abolitionist, orator and editor. He returned in 1877 as a U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia and also served as the D.C. Recorder of Deeds and the U.S. Minister to Haiti. 7. CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM - Founded in 1965, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of the hemisphere’s largest and most productive estuary - the Chesapeake Bay. Located on 18 waterfront acres, its nine exhibit buildings and floating fleet bring to life the story of the Bay and its inhabitants, from the fully restored 1879 Hooper Strait lighthouse and working boatyard to the impressive collection of working decoys and a recreated waterman’s shanty. Home to the world’s largest collection of Bay boats, the Museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, special events, festivals, and education programs. Docking and pump-out facilities available. Exhibitions and Museum Store open year-round. Up-to-date information and hours can be found on the Museum’s website at www.cbmm.org or by calling 410-745-2916. 8. THE CRAB CLAW - Restaurant adjoining the Maritime Museum and overlooking St. Michaels harbor. Open March-November. 410-7452900 or www.thecrabclaw.com. 9. PATRIOT - During the season (April-November) the 65’ cruise boat can carry 150 persons, runs daily historic narrated cruises along the Miles River. For daily cruise times, visit www.patriotcruises.com or call 410-745-3100. 10. THE FOOTBRIDGE - Built on the site of many earlier bridges, today’s bridge joins Navy Point to Cherry Street. It has been variously known as “Honeymoon Bridge” and “Sweetheart Bridge.” It is the only remaining bridge of three that at one time connected the town with outlying areas around the harbor. 11. VICTORIANA INN - The Victoriana Inn is located in the Historic District of St. Michaels. The home was built in 1873 by Dr. Clay Dodson, a druggist, and occupied as his private residence and office. In 1910 the property, then known as “Willow Cottage,” underwent alterations when 120
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St. Michaels Points of Interest would come for a little excitement. They found it in town, where there were saloons and working-class townsfolk ready to do business with them. Fights were common especially in an area of town called Hells Crossing. At the end of Locust Street is Muskrat Park. It provides a grassy spot on the harbor for free summer concerts and is home to the two cannons that are replicas of the ones given to the town by Jacob Gibson in 1813 and confiscated by Federal troops at the beginning of the Civil War. 15. FREEDOMS FRIEND LODGE - Chartered in 1867 and constructed in 1883, the Freedoms Friend Lodge is the oldest lodge existing in Maryland and is a prominent historic site for our Black community. It is now the site of Blue Crab Coffee Company. 16. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - St. Michaels Branch is located at 106 S. Fremont Street. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit www.tcfl.org. 17. CARPENTER STREET SALOON - Life in the Colonial community revolved around the tavern. The traveler could, of course, obtain food, drink, lodging or even a fresh horse to speed his journey. This tavern was built in 1874 and has served the community as a bank, a newspaper
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St. Michaels Points of Interest office, post office and telephone company. For more info. visit www. carpenterstreetsaloon.com. 18. TWO SWAN INN - The Two Swan Inn on the harbor served as the former site of the Miles River Yacht Club, was built in the 1800s and was renovated in 1984. It is located at the foot of Carpenter Street. For more info. visit www.twoswaninn.com. 19. TARR HOUSE - Built by Edward Elliott as his plantation home about 1661. It was Elliott and an indentured servant, Darby Coghorn, who built the first church in St. Michaels. This was about 1677, on the site of the present Episcopal Church (6 Willow Street, near Locust). 20. CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 301 S. Talbot St. Built of Port Deposit stone, the present church was erected in 1878. The first is believed to have been built in 1677 by Edward Elliott. For more info. tel: 410-745-9076. 21. THE OLD BRICK INN - Built in 1817 by Wrightson Jones, who opened and operated the shipyard at Beverly on Broad Creek. (Talbot St. at Mulberry). For more info. visit www.oldbrickinn.com. 22. THE CANNONBALL HOUSE - When St. Michaels was shelled by the British in a night attack in 1813, the town was “blacked out” and
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St. Michaels Points of Interest lanterns were hung in the trees to lead the attackers to believe the town was on a high bluff. The houses were overshot. The story is that a cannonball hit the chimney of “Cannonball House” and rolled down the stairway. This “blackout” was believed to be the first such “blackout” in the history of warfare. 23. AMELIA WELBY HOUSE - Amelia Coppuck, who became Amelia Welby, was born in this house and wrote poems that won her fame and the praise of Edgar Allan Poe. 24. TOWN DOCK RESTAUR ANT - During 1813, at the time of the Battle of St. Michaels, it was known as “Dawson’s Wharf” and had 2 cannons on carriages donated by Jacob Gibson, which fired 10 of the 15 rounds directed at the British. For a period up to the early 1950s it was called “The Longfellow Inn.” It was rebuilt in 1977 after burning to the ground. For more info. visit www.towndockrestaurant.com. 25. ST. MICHAELS MUSEUM at ST. MARY’S SQUARE - Located in the heart of the historic district, offers a unique view of 19th century life in St. Michaels. The exhibits are housed in three period buildings and contain local furniture and artifacts donated by residents. The museum is supported entirely through community efforts. For more info. tel: 410745-9561 or www.stmichaelsmuseum.org. 26. KEMP HOUSE - Now a country inn. A Georgian style house, constructed in 1805 by Colonel Joseph Kemp, a revolutionary soldier and hero of the War of 1812. For more info. visit www.kemphouseinn.com. 27. THE OLD MILL COMPLEX - The Old Mill was a functioning flour mill from the late 1800s until the 1970s, producing flour used primarily for Maryland beaten biscuits. Today it is home to a brewery, distillery, artists, furniture makers, and other unique shops and businesses. 28. ST. MICHAELS HARBOUR INN, MARINA & SPA - Constructed in 1986 and recently renovated. For more info. visit www. harbourinn.com. 29. ST. MICHAELS NATURE TRAIL - The St. Michaels Nature Trail is a 1.3 mile paved walkway that winds around the western side of St. Michaels starting at a dedicated parking lot on S. Talbot St. across from the Bay Hundred swimming pool. The path cuts through the woods, San Domingo Park, over a covered bridge and past a historic cemetery before ending in Bradley Park. The trail is open all year from dawn to dusk. 130
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Oxford Points of Interest VA, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Across the cove from the cemetery may be seen Plimhimmon, home of Tench Tilghman’s widow, Anna Marie Tilghman. 2. THE OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER - This former, pillared brick schoolhouse was saved from the wrecking ball by the town residents. Now it is a gathering place for meetings, classes, lectures, and performances by the Tred Avon Players and has been recently renovated. Rentals available to groups and individuals. 410-226-5904 or www.oxfordcc.org. 3. THE COOPERATIVE OXFORD LABORATORY - U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Maryland Department of Natural Resources located here. 410-226-5193 or www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/oxford. 3A. U.S. COAST GUARD STATION - 410-226-0580. 4. CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY - Founded in 1851. Designed by esteemed British architect Richard Upton, co-founder of the American Institute of Architects. It features beautiful stained glass windows by the acclaimed Willet Studios of Philadelphia. www.holytrinityoxfordmd.org.
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5. OXFORD TOWN PARK - Former site of the Oxford High School. Recent restoration of the beach as part of a “living shoreline project” created 2 terraced sitting walls, a protective groin and a sandy beach with native grasses which will stop further erosion and provide valuable aquatic habitat. A similar project has been completed adjacent to the ferry dock. A kayak launch site has also been located near the ferry dock. 6. OXFORD MUSEUM - Morris & Market Sts. Devoted to the preservation of artifacts and memories of Oxford, MD. Admission is free; donations gratefully accepted. For more info. and hours tel: 410-226-0191 or visit www.oxfordmuseum.org. 7. OXFORD LIBRARY - 101 Market St. Founded in 1939 and on its present site since 1950. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10-4. 8. BRATT MANSION (ACADEMY HOUSE) - 205 N. Morris St. Served as quarters for officers of the Maryland Military Academy. Built about 1848. (Private residence) 9. BARNABY HOUSE - 212 N. Morris St. Built in 1770 by sea captain Richard Barnaby, this charming house contains original pine woodwork, corner fireplaces and an unusually lovely handmade staircase. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Private residence) Tidewater Residential Designs since 1989
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Oxford Points of Interest 10. THE GRAPEVINE HOUSE - 309 N. Morris St. The grapevine over the entrance arbor was brought from the Isle of Jersey in 1810 by Captain William Willis, who commanded the brig “Sarah and Louisa.” (Private residence) 11. THE ROBERT MORRIS INN - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Robert Morris was the father of Robert Morris, Jr., the “financier of the Revolution.” Built about 1710, part of the original house with a beautiful staircase is contained in the beautifully restored Inn, now open 7 days a week. Robert Morris, Jr. was one of only 2 Founding Fathers to sign the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. 410-226-5111 or www.robertmorrisinn.com. 12. THE OXFORD CUSTOM HOUSE - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Built in 1976 as Oxford’s official Bicentennial project. It is a replica of the first Federal Custom House built by Jeremiah Banning, who was the first Federal Collector of Customs appointed by George Washington. 13. TRED AVON YACHT CLUB - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Founded in 1931. The present building, completed in 1991, replaced the original structure.
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Oxford Points of Interest 14. OXFORD-BELLEVUE FERRY - N. Morris St. & The Strand. Started in 1683, this is believed to be the oldest privately operated ferry in the United States. Its first keeper was Richard Royston, whom the Talbot County Court “pitcht upon� to run a ferry at an unusual subsidy of 2,500 pounds of tobacco. Service has been continuous since 1836, with power supplied by sail, sculling, rowing, steam, and modern diesel engine. Many now take the ride between Oxford and Bellevue for the scenic beauty. 15. BYEBERRY - On the grounds of Cutts & Case Boatyard. It faces Town Creek and is one of the oldest houses in the area. The date of construction is unknown, but it was standing in 1695. Originally, it was in the main business section but was moved to the present location about 1930. (Private residence) 16. CUTTS & CASE - 306 Tilghman St. World-renowned boatyard for classic yacht design, wooden boat construction and restoration using composite structures. Some have described Cutts & Case Shipyard as an American Nautical Treasure because it produces to the highest standards quality work equal to and in many ways surpassing the beautiful artisanship of former times.
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Tilghman’s Island “Great Choptank Island” was granted to Seth Foster in 1659. Thereafter it was known as Foster’s Island, and remained so through a succession of owners until Matthew Tilghman of Claiborne inherited it in 1741. He and his heirs owned the island for over a century and it has been Tilghman’s Island ever since, though the northern village and the island’s postal designation are simply “Tilghman.” For its first 175 years, the island was a family farm, supplying grains, vegetables, fruit, cattle, pigs and timber. Although the owners rarely were in residence, many slaves were: an 1817 inventory listed 104. The last Tilghman owner, General Tench Tilghman (not Washington’s aide-de-camp), removed the slaves in the 1830s and began selling off lots. In 1849, he sold his remaining interests to James Seth, who continued the development. The island’s central location in the middle Bay is ideally suited for watermen harvesting the Bay in all seasons. The years before the Civil War saw the influx of the first families we know today. A second wave arrived after the War, attracted by the advent of oyster dredging in the 1870s. Hundreds of dredgers and tongers operated out of Tilghman’s Island, their catches sent to the cities by schooners. Boat building, too, was an important industry. The boom continued into the 1890s, spurred by the arrival of steamboat service, which opened vast new markets for Bay seafood. Islanders quickly capitalized on the opportunity as several seafood buyers set up shucking and canning operations on pilings at the edge of the shoal of Dogwood Cove. The discarded oyster shells eventually became an island with seafood packing houses, hundreds of workers, a store, and even a post office. The steamboats also brought visitors who came to hunt, fish, relax and escape the summer heat of the cities. Some families stayed all summer in one of the guest houses that sprang up in the villages of Tilghman, Avalon, Fairbank and Bar Neck. Although known for their independence, Tilghman’s Islanders enjoy showing visitors how to pick a crab, shuck an oyster or find a good fishing spot. In the twentieth century, Islanders pursued these vocations in farming, on the water, and in the thriving seafood processing industry. The “Tilghman Brand” was known throughout the eastern United States, but as the Bay’s bounty diminished, so did the number of water-related jobs. Still, three of the few remaining Bay skipjacks (sailing dredgeboats) can be seen here, as well as two working harbors with scores of power workboats. 141
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by Gary D. Crawford To a newcomer, the interconnections between local families can be quite bewildering. Locals seem reluctant to adopt the sensible practice of wearing name tags, despite my earnest entreaties. Besides, that wouldn’t really help. In small communities, people eventually become related in some way to virtually everyone else. We who come into such communities from outside, who don’t know these linkages, are forever surprised and muddled. We simply have to accept that we’ll never really understand it all. It i s t he i nt e r - m a r r y i n g , of course, that makes it all such great fun. First names get passed around, too, a s chi ld ren a re na med for t hei r pa rent s or g ra ndpa rent s, but this doesn’t help differentiate. There may be a Thomas Crockett in one Crockett family and another Thomas Crockett in another family. I suspect that these overlapping names may be one of the reasons for all the nicknaming around here. (It’s not the main reason, of course, which is more related to humor and bonding.) Our area is rife with nicknames, wonderful ones like Biscuits, Erky-Derk, Old Rip, Toady Buck, Monk, Petelo, Hootch, Hot Dogs, and untold others. (Yes, I am
John B Harrison at age 30. collecting a list ~ and contributions are welcome.) However, I c a n c ategor ic a l ly state, here and now, that the naming is not just to confuse newcomers. Nevertheless, it is such good fun when one of us (usually me) steps into a genealogical cow-pie. One day I was showing off a little poster I had made up to advertise an upcoming lect ure by a noted loc a l a rche ologist. “He’s a really good speaker, too,” I said, encouragingly. The woman smiled, “Yes, I know. He’s my brother.” I was awfully glad I had said something nice about him!
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Capt. John B Hereabouts, as you may know, there are lots of Harrisons: 14.23 million in Talbot County alone, at last count. Our little island has at least three families by that proud name, which they insist are not closely related. (“Oh, he wasn’t one of those Harrisons; he was one those Harrisons.”) A ll may have descended from a single colonist in the 1600s, or not, but no matter. Now they are considered distinct branches of the vast tree. There is one Harrison, however, who is never mistaken for anyone else despite having that most common of all Chr istian names. To distinguish him from all others, he
invariably is referred to as “John B.” He has been gone now nearly seventy years, yet his name is still heard in these parts. Simply put, in his day, John Benjamin Harrison was one of the premier boatbuilders in all the Chesapeake Bay. (And he built an island, too!) I am pleased to present this small sketch of his remarkable career. John B was born in the last year of the Civil War, in May of 1865, the son of a boatbuilder, Joseph Lower y Harrison. John B began learning the boatbuilding trade early, helping out in his father’s boatyard. He dropped out of school around age 12, but received some private lessons from one of the is-
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Capt. John B land’s schoolteachers, John Gibson, gaining enough understanding of plane geometry and mathematics to be useful later when he began designing boats. In 1880, John B first demonstrated his willingness to seize opportunities and adapt to new conditions. Hearing there might be work building scows in Wilmington, DE, he presented himself at the yard there. Sizing up the skinny 15-year-old, the foreman asked if he could “chop wood” ~ that is, hew a plank from a log. When he claimed he could, he was set to work on one log while the foreman’s son tackled another. John B finished up before the other fellow was two-thirds down his log and was hired on the spot. He got some useful experience there, but soon returned to Tilghman, where he helped his father build boats for watermen. Big things were happening out on the Bay at this time and John B soon went into business for himself. Ignited by the lifting of the ban against dredging in 1865, the oyster boom was in full swing by 1880, driving a demand for new and better dredgeboats. The brogans, up-scaled log canoes, could haul a single dredge but didn’t have the size or sail power for two dredges. As the Maryland harvest rose toward its all-time high of 15 million bushels in 1884-5, the big t womasted Chesapeake Bay “bugeye”
became the dredgeboat of choice. (Theories abound, but no one is quite sure about the origin of this curious name.) This, then, was the stage onto which young John B stepped when he entered the boatbuilding business. When his father became ill, John B had to finish up the Mary L. Cooper, a 49-foot bugeye. Although she was a major project, John B completed her successfully. When she was launched in 1882, so was the first phase of John B’s career. He was 17. Bugeyes were challenging craft to build. They were built with log bottoms until the supply of big trees gave out, and their formidable size called for ser ious manpower to wrestle and shape the heavy timbers. There could be no skimping, for Chesapeake dredgeboats took a terrible beating every winter and lives were at stake. The success of the Mary L. Cooper soon led to other orders. John B built five more bugeyes in the 1880s: Joseph S. Faulkner, Lizzie May, Elisha, Stephen Lark, and Fanny Lowery. His seventh bugeye was the Edna E. Lockwood, which he built in 1889 for Daniel Haddaway of Tilghman’s Island. (The search for her namesake was told in the October 2014 issue of this fine magazine.) Miraculously, the Edna E. Lockwood is still afloat, and you may admire her lines at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. His reputation for building reli-
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Capt. John B able working boats grew, and orders came in for four more bugeyes ~ A. Rasmussen, Arthur Stewart, Triumph, and H. G. Vickery. The Harrisons, father Joseph and son John B, built their bugeyes at the head of Black Walnut Cove on the Bar Neck side. John B also had a blacksmith shop and a marine supply store in Fairbank, though he never lived there. Thousands of sailing log canoes dotted the Bay. For the fun of it, watermen sometimes pitted their boats and their sailing skills against one another. By the 1880s, organized log canoe races had begun to spring up in several locations,
and these regattas were serious affairs. The builders of those sleek vessels competed, too, vying with one another to devise special rigs and hull designs intended specifically for racing. Sidney Covington, one of the founders of the seafood processing industry on Tilghman, also was a master boatbuilder of racing log canoes. He turned out many amazingly fast boats, several of which survive to this day ~ and are still winning races. We c a n b e su r e t h at Joh n B watched with interest as each new Covington canoe went into the water and sailed against other designs. He was fully occupied with the building of large working boats, however, and it wasn’t until 1890 that he finally
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Capt. John B tried his hand at a racing canoe, the Albatross. She was unique in having two centerboards, intended to give her an advantage when sailing upwind. A lthough she competed well, John B did not repeat this innovation. In fact, after building his second log canoe in 1890, the John B. Harrison, he wouldn’t build another for over forty years. The friendly rivalry with Covington became a family affair in 1894 when John B married Capt. Sidney’s daughter, A melia. She bore him three daughters, beginning with Emily in 1896. On the Bay, too, big changes were underway. The Mar yland oyster har vest,
a f ter h it t i ng it s p e a k i n 188 4 , plummeted the following year by one-half, to 7.5 million bushels, beginning a downward trend that would continue for three decades. There were still oysters in the Bay, but they were much harder to reach. The squeeze was on ~ the supply of oysters was dw indling as the demand was rising, which in turn attracted yet more men to the water. The result was intense competition both on the water and in the boatyards, as oystermen sought ways to reduce their operating expenses. By the mid-1890s, orders for new bugeyes had begun to dry up. The wind might be free, but the boats and their crews were not. Soon, a new type of dredgeboat emerged
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Capt. John B that helped to reduce both of these costs, essentially a larger version of the 16’-25’ “bateaus” used by watermen in the southern regions of the Bay. They were dubbed “skipjacks,” though why these beefed-up bateaus should be named for a kind of tuna, I cannot say. With its simpler sloop rig, the skipjack could be handled by 5-6 men instead of 8-10 on a bugeye. Although smaller and single-masted, the skipjack’s large jib and huge leg-of-mutton mainsail provided enough power to haul two dredges. A s a n adde d b onu s, t he y wer e quicker and cheaper to build. The supply of logs big enough for hulls had been exhausted, so skipjacks were planked, with v-shaped (deadrise) hulls. John B quickly adapted to the new market demand. In 1896, he built his first single-masted dredgeboat, the Two Sisters, and quickly followed her with two more: Ragamuffin and Noadie North. Gladys and Agnes were launched in 1898, vessels described by some writers as one-masted bugeyes, but watermen insist that “if it only has one mast, it can’t be a bugeye.” John B designed his vessels by first carving models of them, a technique used by builders in the days before computer-modeling. Because boats tend to be symmetrical, only one side of the hull needed to be
worked out, so they carved “halfhull” models. (This is not unlike the cowboy who decided to buy a single spur rather than a pair, figuring if he could get one side of the horse moving, the other side would probably come along, too.) Working in miniature, John B explored the variations in hull design he thought would improve the vessel’s speed, handling, stability, and (for dredgers) drawing power. Once satisfied with the design, the lines were taken from the model and transferred to a full-scale lofting table. Several of John B’s half-hull models still exist. The one pictured here is the Agnes.
Half-hull model of the Agnes. Both business and family were g row i ng. In 1898, A mel ia pre sented him with daughter number two, Rosella. Their third daughter, Barbara, was born in 1901, as John B finished up work on Emma A. Faulkner, the last bugeye he would build. She also was the largest vessel he ever built ~ a whopping 72’ at the water line, 80’ overall.
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John B and Lottie’s wedding - 1903. Then tragedy struck and John B’s life took a sudden turn. Wife Amelia died of pneumonia in 1902, leaving him with three very young girls. Aunt Lottie, Amelia’s sister, began looking after the family. In 1903, he married Lottie, his sisterin-law becoming the second Mrs. John B. Harrison. It seemed time for other changes, too. The seafood industry at Tilghman was now booming, spurred by the advent of regular steamboat service in 1893. John B watched as various oyster shucking houses, one owned by his father-in-law, sprang up on both sides of the wharf. The shells went overboard and created a pile on the south side of the entrance to Dogwood Cove. A f ter a time, the shell pile was large enough for shucking houses to be built there. It came to be known as Avalon Island. John B decided to seize this op153
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Capt. John B portunity, too. His home near the end of Gibsontown Road gave him access to the waters on the north side of the entrance to Dogwood Cove, directly across from Avalon. If he had an island where watermen could tie up, then he, too, could buy direct from them and operate his own shucking operation. A nd he d id bu i ld a n i sl a nd , though how exactly, I have not discovered. Some say oyster shells had been dropped overboard at that spot for some years, building up a little shell pile that John then enlarged ~ massively. Somehow, without a steamboat wharf to hook up with (or help from the Army Corps of En-
gineers), John B eventually created an oyster shell island large enough for his boatbuilding, seafood, and canning businesses. He hired employees, and they went to work. And so began phase two of his career. Joh n B’s isla nd i nit ia l ly wa s accessible only by boat. Climbing into a skiff after a day’s hard work, one worker complained about the inconvenience. “Cap’n, this here island is harder to get off of than Devil’s Island!” This reference to the infamous French prison island in South America must have amused John B, for the name stuck. Eventually, he did construct a pier out to Devil’s Island, setting oyster shells around the piles for protection against the ice. One senior resident
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recalls John B often carried a hammer as he walked to and fro, so he could bang down the nail heads. John B soon was deeply involved in the seafood and canning business. His operation f lour ished, with 25 men working for him; at one time he operated fifteen pound ne t s, pr i m a r i ly a r ou nd Popl a r Island. He also canned some farm produce, especially tomatoes, devising a practical method for making tomato purée. As his businesses grew, so did his family. He and Lottie had four children of their own: Benjamin, Pauline, Thomas, and Irma. He was a devoted family man and enjoyed taking his children out for a sail. He built sailing scows for each of his
This photo from 1912 shows Capt. John B, a smiling Pauline beside her dad, with son Ben in the stern on the left beside his friend Basil Harrison. (No, he was a different Harrison.) Despite the scowl we see in many of his photos, those who actually knew John B always mention how kind he was to children. Kids were e ven welc ome out at h i s b oatyard. “He didn’t mind you hanging around,” one senior resident recalled, then added, apparently from direct experience, “Just as long as you didn’t try to use his tools!” When John B deepened the water around Devil’s Island to accommodate deeper draf t boats, t he children quickly discovered that it also made a swell swimming hole. John B seemed pleased to have them enjoying his new “recreation” area. He worked hard in his boatyard, however, and expected the same from his assistants. “There was no knocking off at four o’clock if the job wasn’t done.” One man recalls
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Capt. John B coming out when he was a teenager to ask for work in the boatyard. John B looked him up and down, then remarked, “Get rid of those cigarettes and get yourself some suspenders. I ain’t paying nobody to stand around smoking them things and hitching up their britches.” John B himself invariably had a pipe. John B worked as a blacksmith, too, and identified himself as such in the 1900 census. He also developed a reputation for marine salvage work. If a boat went down, John B was the man they called to ref loat her. Once when a skipjack was thrown so far inland by a huge storm that it seemed impossible to drag her back to the water, John B figured out how to manage it. Though the family and his various businesses occupied most of John B’s time, he never could stop
building boats. For about fifteen years, he built only small craft, however: skiffs, gunning boats, and the little recreational sailboats known as “k nockabouts.” He did enjoy hunting waterfowl and built himself a unique asymmetrical rowing skiff that he could row with a single oar on one side, leaving his other hand free to wrestle with a No. 4 shotgun. The third phase of his career began in 1915, when he returned to building larger vessels, this time in response to the new demand for powerboats. John B built a succession of fishing party launches, workboat s, a nd ple a su re cra f t. One of his most impressive yachts was Sea Cloud, built in 1927 for Mr. Reese Hawkins of Charleston, South Carolina. The launching of Sea Cloud was quite an event, and many spectators turned out for the celebration. The log canoe racing that was
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He was approached by John D. Williams of Easton, and in 1931 he finally built another log canoe, his third. Williams wanted a log canoe primarily for cruising, so John B designed the biggest log canoe built to that time. He even fitted her with a handsome wine glass transom, like a yacht. When racing skipper Buck Richardson of Oxford heard that John B was back in the game, he came for a look. Conv inced that John B’s new canoe was going to be very fast, Richardson urged Williams to race her, offering to be her skipper and provide a crack crew. Williams agreed, and when the Jay Dee was launched, Richardson and his crew took her to the races ~ and blew away the competition. They won every race they entered that year.
Her fine lines, her efficient sailing rig, her waterline length of 35½ feet, and Richardson’s sailing skills made her unbeatable. Many in the racing community were determined to beat her, however, or at least to impose a handicap. Arthur J. Grymes decided to fight fire with fire. (Twelve years later he would build the Tidewater Inn.) Grymes asked John B to build a log canoe that could out-sail Jay Dee, challenging him to better his own design. And thus, in 1932, was born Flying Cloud. These ama zing boats c a r r ied clouds of canvas, running spinnakers right to the top of the foremast and even setting huge square-sails. The races between Flying Cloud and Jay Dee became the stuff of legend. This photo (of Flying Cloud and Jay
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Capt. John B was hit, hard, by the remnants of an unnamed hurricane. It was known here simply as “The August Storm.” Out on Avalon Island, the wharf and the seafood houses suffered massive damage. Dev il’s Island, smaller and lower, was swept over; t he pier a nd a l l t he st r uc t u re s wrecked. John B’s seafood business was demolished. It was a turning point for him, and he never rebuilt that operation. Immediately after the storm, however, he went to work reconstructing the boatyard, and so began the fourth phase of his career. Over the next dozen years, John B would build sixteen more vessels, all motorboats, more than one a year.
The seventeenth powerboat was the Jay Bee, intended for his son John Benjamin Harrison, Jr. However, like his very first boat, the Mary L. Cooper, she was begun by the father but had to be finished by the son. Age had finally caught up with John B and, for the first time in 63 years, he stopped building boats. Mrs. Ada Jane (Ridgeway) Harrison kept notes on her calendars for 47 years, beginning in 1939. This record of local events was copied out by her daughter Roberta H. Marshall and preserved by her granddaughter, Bonnie Messick. Miss Ada’s entry for October 25, 1945 reads: “Between the hours of 3 & 4, or 4 & 5, Uncle John B. Harrison died. Buried on Sunday, 28th,
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2014 WATERFOWL FESTIVAL The following galleries, exhibits and events are open on Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Art at the Armory Painting & Sculpture Gallery Art at the Avalon Painting & Sculpture Gallery Art at the Pavilion Painting & Sculpture Gallery Artists Gallery & Workshop Buy Sell Swap Chesapeake Carving Gallery & Master Carver Craft Brew Pub Dock Dogs Competition
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9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Masterclass - “Its All in the Face” Decoy Carving Class with Doug Mason 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Masterclass - “Brushing Up on Landscape Oil Painting” with Jason Tako 9 a.m. to Noon: Masterclass - “Essentials of Digital Photography” with Wil Hershberger 1 to 4 p.m.: Masterclass - “Advanced Digital Photography” with Wil Heshberger 4 p.m.: 44th Annual Waterfowl Festival Opening Ceremonies 4:30 to 9 p.m.: Premier Night Party 7:30 p.m.: Cocktail Decoy Auction to benefit the Perry Scholarship Fund
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11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Wine, Beer and Tasting Pavilion 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.: Retriever Demonstrations 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Kids’ Art Activities 11 a.m., 2 p.m.: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Puppet Show 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m.: Raptor Demonstration by Skyhunters in Flight 11:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m.: Fly Fishing Demonstrations 3 p.m.: Calling Contest, Senior Qualifying Preliminaries · World Championship Goose Calling Contest® · World Championship Live Duck Calling Contest® · World Championship Live Goose Calling Contest® · World Championship Team Goose Calling Contest® 4 p.m.: Fashion Show sponsored by Discover Easton!
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Saturday, November 15 - The following are events with specific times. 9 a.m.: Photography “Best in Show” Award Presentation 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Kids’ Fishing Derby 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Painting a Miniature Decoy with Ed Itter 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Wine, Beer and Tasting Pavilion 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.: Retriever Demonstrations 11 a.m., 2 p.m.: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Puppet Show 11 a.m.: Calling Contest, Preliminaries - (Junior Divisions) · World Championship Goose Calling Contest (Jr.) · World Championship Live Duck Calling Contest (Jr.) 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m.: Raptor Demonstration by Skyhunters in Flight 11:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m.: Fly Fishing Demonstrations Noon to 4 p.m.: Kids’ Art Activities Noon: Concert ~ Soulful Tones in Thompson Park 2 p.m.: Concert ~ MidShore Community Band in Thompson Park 3 p.m.: Tidewater Inn’s 3rd Annual Brew & Oyster Brawl 4 p.m.: Calling Contests, Final Competition · World Championship Goose Calling Contest® · World Championship Live Duck Calling Contest® · World Championship Live Goose Calling Contest® · World Championship Team Goose Calling Contest®
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6:30 p.m.: Ducks Unlimited Waterfowl Hunter’s Party - Easton Elks Lodge
Sunday, November 16 - The following are events with specific times. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Kids’ Fishing Derby 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Painting a Miniature Decoy with Ed Itter 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Wine, Beer and Tasting Pavilion 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.: Retriever Demonstrations 11 a.m., 2 p.m.: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Puppet Show 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m.: Raptor Demonstration by Skyhunters in Flight 11:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m.: Fly Fishing Demonstrations Noon to 3 p.m.: Kids’ Art Activities Noon: Concert ~ Fox Twin Trilogy in Thompson Park
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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Ja n is se R ay. Mi l kweed Editions Press. 265 pp. $19.99. ($4.54 at your online bookstore) Who is labeled a Cracker? The author, Janisse Ray, takes a deep breath and identifies the Cracker thusly: “I was born from people who were born from people who were born from people who were born here. The Crackers crossed the wide A ltamaha [River] into what had been Creek [Indian] territory and settled the vast, fire-loving uplands of the coastal plains of southeast Georgia, surrounded by a singing forest of tall and w idely spaced pines whose history they did not know, whose stories were untold.” The reader may be prepared for long sentences. But to finish the explanation of “Cracker,” she goes on to identify herself as one of them, and adds, “The memory of what they entered is scrawled on my bones, so that I carry the landscape inside like an ache.” The first word of her title, “Ecology,” is the clue to how this Cracker mourns for the what-used-to-be
on the land where she grew up in a modest house with daddy’s business on the front and back yards. They were junkyards covered with dead cars, rusting metal, broken glass from crushed windshields, car windows and weeds. Behind this Cracker home was a small number of longleaf pine trees, the glory that once spread in a wide wake across the South when her ancestors arrived. Now only small patches of longleaf pines remain, much of their abundance vanishing from the
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Jani sse Ray with her cou sin Charlie Ray. father before him, Ms. Ray’s daddy had a mental problem that made life unpleasant for the whole family. In their household, “mental illness” was not in their vocabulary. The three years her father spent in a hospital was for “illness.” His affliction was diagnosed from a long list of symptoms, both before and after his treatment and recovery. He was the alpha male in his house. He made the rules and was more t han touchy when he was questioned. Punishment was cruel and often totally unfair. The four children were whipped with daddy’s leather belt. If only one of the children angered their father, they all were punished because they hadn’t stopped the miscreant from bad judgment. Although he never struck his wife, he insisted on lifting his ill, aged mother from her chair for “exercise” by walking when it was obviously painful and she begged him to stop. Part of his “illness” was his reli171
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Tidewater Review gious fanaticism. Every meal began with each of the children reciting a memorized bible quote and a protracted prayer from daddy while the meal cooled. His list of youmay-nots included learn to swim (it would expose too much nakedness); you may not visit classmates’ houses or invite them to our house; and absolutely never accept an invitation to a sleep-over; not watch television (even at grandma’s house); not eat candy; cake or sugared treats;etc. He taught all four of them to shoot. Janisse and her sister must wear dresses made by their mother of black, gray or brown cotton and never, heaven help us, wear sandals
that might expose their feet. Nail polish? Not unless they were prepared for the leather belt. His rules, he argued, were clear to him from God’s words in the Bible. The local Methodist church was too lenient, he decided , so he drove the family to a more primitive church several hours away on Sundays. A black congregation politely asked him to leave after his behavior continued to interrupt their services. The children quietly celebrated the release from the hard chairs and the two-hour Sunday morning sermons. Janisse approached her college career with pleasure. Her grades were excellent, and her toughest course was learning the rules and patterns of her classmates’ interactions with
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by John M. Scanlon, M.D. The sun exploded from behind scudding clouds to display Ireland’s fabled fifty shades of green coloring nearby Coomcallee Mountain. The thin graphite fishing rod in my hand bent abruptly. A powerful fish ripped line from the reel as I set the hook. Two leaps and a short tussle brought my first wild Atlantic salmon to net (shown). It was a grilse or first year fish of about 3 pounds that had run strong from the sea into Lough Currane. We returned it to the water unharmed.
Fishing the rugged west coast of Ireland had been on my “bucket list” of things to do for a very long time. A recent Maryland Coastal Conservation Association banquet offered a unique opportunity for an up-close, personal “salmon and sea run brown trout experience” plus lots of local sightseeing to the highest bidder. I won! What an adventure it was! My wife, Kathe, and I managed the 7-hour flight from Philadelphia to Shannon Airport quite com-
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Bucket List Trip fortably. We were met by Mr. John O’Connell, our driver for the fourhour trip to Waterville in County Kerry. The drive was lovely and breathtakingly scenic as we passed through small towns along Ireland’s Atlantic coast. Mr. O’Connell provided excellent commentary about history, politics, geography and village life during our journey. As a lifelong Kerry man, he was intimately informed. We ate lunch at a small pub in Killorglin…delicious food and drink in a very old establishment. Killorglin is the birthplace of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), which played a key role in obtaining Irish independence. We passed though Waterville, which lies immediately on the ocean at Ireland’s southwestern tip. It was Charlie Chaplin’s favorite vacation destination; his statue stands there by the sea. Waterville, population 580 hardy souls, was the town nearest our final destination, Cloghvoola Lodge (info@ cloghvoola.com). Cloghvoola Lodge is a lovingly restored 200-year-old farm house nestled high above Lough Currane. This lovely piece of water is renowned for wild Atlantic salmon and sea run trout. Our hosts were Roger and Val Baker, who have owned the lodge and its surrounding farm for 12 years. Val is a gourmet cook. Each meal was a superb
taste experience. Lamb and pork raised on nearby farms were done to perfection, as were fresh salmon from local streams. Each morning started with a proper and filling Irish breakfast with fresh eggs from Cloghvoola hens, rashers of thick cut local bacon, fresh broiled tomatoes and warm toast. Tea was Irish Breakfast and piping hot. Delicious packed lunches accompanied each daily adventure, whether on the lake or touring. Roger, an Englishman with a well-deserved worldwide reputation for fishing knowledge, has been a guide on Lough Currane for more than 10 years. Fishing guides in Ireland, known as ghillies, are nationally licensed. They must be proficient in angling and keenly know local waters. Roger had both skills well honed. After we unpacked, Roger conducted a tour of his farm. This walk had a lot of vertical to it. There were spectacular views of the surrounding mountains, Ireland’s tallest. Visible below were many small lakes and streams where wild fish swam and whose water flowed to Lough Currane. An abundance of native plants, herbs and vegetables grew on the stony plateaus. Sheep thrived on nearby rock-cluttered hillsides. Livestock were guarded and herded by Irish sheep dogs. It was fascinating to watch these well-trained dogs work, guided by their shepherd handlers. Feral
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rose and fell sometimes at grades of 30 degrees. Oh yes, they drive on the left side in Ireland. This can be nerve wracking for an American, even riding as passenger. Lough Currane is about 5 miles long and 2,500 acres in area. It empties into a short eponymous river that runs into the ocean at Waterville. This lake is a non-tidal glacial remnant with holes as deep as 120 feet. Both wild Atlantic salmon and sea run brown trout swim and reproduce in its cold, clear, tea-colored water. These gamefish have been caught by sportsmen in a traditional manner for centuries. There is a rich literature about flies and tackle used when fishing Irish waters. The lodge had a complete library of such books. It was fun blending text with practice. Salmon don’t eat after entering fresh water; they spawn, then die. Fooling these creatures re-
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Ballycarberry Castle, c. 1300 A.D., near Cahersiveen, County Kerry. Lough Currane contains a 2-acre island (Church Island) that holds a twelfth-century chapel on its west end. About 150 yards away are three stone “beehive” huts. These were used as living quarters by Catholic monks between the fifth and seventh centuries. Their mission was to transcribe Latin and Greek literature into the common tongue. Doing this work preserved Greco Roman culture during Europe’s Dark Ages. These priests must have thought the island a particularly holy place. This spiritual sense about the island continues even to this day. Eating a lakeside lunch surrounded by 1,500 years of religious history was a unique experience because of the memorialized history and the peaceful sense of spirituality about the locale. Everywhere we drove there were ancient ruins to be seen. Bronze and
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Bucket List Trip Iron Age ring forts rose within sight of sixth century stone huts or fourteenth century castle remnants. The slate quarry on Valentia Island, famous throughout the world for quality stone, was a fascinating visit. The mine entrance held a peaceful candlelit grotto dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Great gray sheets of heavy slate stood near the quarry mouth ready for international transport. A modern high bridge joins the island to Port Magee at its south end. This passage onto Valentia provided a panoramic view of rugged land- and seascapes that continued in view as we toured this windswept island. Leaving the island’s northern tip by ferry from charming Victorianera Knightstown was particularly picturesque. Brightly painted houses and official brick buildings of the village disappearing behind stood in sharp contrast to the approaching rocky shore of Renard Point. A visit to the sandy, rock-strewn beach at Ballyskellig gave a sense of the Atlantic’s power. This underscored how difficult life would have been for early dwellers and missionary priests on these rocky shores. This cold water seemed to deter many beachgoers from swimming. Further along the coast we could look out to Skellig Michael from the nearby rocky shore. The Skellig is a steep, rocky island where sixth
century monks built a monastery and lived in scattered stone huts perched on rocky cliffs high above the Atlantic. Tourists can take a boat, then ascend 168 steep steps to the monastery. Wind or rain makes this a dangerous walk. We declined to visit. One day lunch was taken at Cahersiveen, a very charming seaside community with a large memorial Catholic church dedicated to Ireland’s Emancipator, Daniel O’Connell. Another day we toured his family estate near Caherdaniel to learn more about Ireland’s fight for freedom during the past three centuries. Information learned here filled gaps in personal political knowledge and provided insight into the struggles waged for liberty by ancestors. Finding many family names among gravestones at the old cemetery on Abbey Island at Derrynane was haunting. Patriots and peasants were buried side by side overlooking the ocean’s crashing waves. As Yeats would write, Ireland is a land of “terrible beauty.” County Kerry is certainly one of its most beautiful. Dr. Jack Scanlon writes from his farm, Garyview, in Dorchester County. He may be contacted at garyview@hughes.net. His recently published book of essays, Ref lections from a Deer Stand, is now available from the author.
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Thru Nov. 2 Sultana Downrigging Weekend Tall Ship and Wooden Boat Festival in Chestertown. The festival draws thousands each fall. For a full schedule of events, go to www.sultanaeducation.org or tel: 410-778-5954. Thru Nov. 14 Exhibition: Moscow Studio ~ Russian Prints from the Permanent Collection at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. Thru Jan. 4 Exhibition: Benson’s Waterfowl ~ Selections from the Peg and Bob Keller Collection
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the Interior at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. (Closed Nov. 12-17) For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. Thru Jan. 4 Exhibition: “Light” by the Tidewater Camera Club at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org.
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1 Children’s Class: T for Two: Tapestry-Weaving Workshop with Heather Crow at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ages 9+. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
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1 51st Har vest and Holiday Bazaar Old Wye Parish Hall and Grounds from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Beautiful handmade gifts, harvest and holiday decorations, and homemade food items, created by the women of the Parish. The Wye Choral Scholars, directed by Bonnie Forgacs, and the Wye Youth Chorale, directed by Erin Grier, will present “Madrigals, Mirth and Merriment.” Sales of baked goods, books and jewelry, a silent auction, homemade Eastern Shore lunch, and a cider press providing fresh cider complete this special experience. Old Wye Parish, Wye Mills, MD. Free admission. For more info. tel: 410-827-8484.
1 First Saturday guided walk. 10 a.m. at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Free for members, $5 admission for non-members. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 1 Workshop: Why the Sabbath Matters with Rabbi Naomi Hyman at Evergreen - A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 10 to 11:30 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston. org. 1 The Met: Live in HD with Carmen by Bizet at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www. avalonfoundation.org.
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1 The Old Line State: How to Perform Genealogical Research with Patricia O’Brien Shawker, CG, FMGS at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 1 Concert: Robbin Thompson in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalonfoundation.org. 1,2 The Chestertown RiverArts 15th annual Studio Tour invites you to meet 59 artists at work. Studios are open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine. For more info. visit www.chestertownriverarts.org. 1,2 Play: The Tred Avon Players pre sent C hapte r Two at t he Oxford Community Center. Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students. For more info. tel: 410-226-0061 or visit www. tredavonplayers.org. 1,2,8,9,15,16,22,23,29,30 Apprentice for a Day Public Boatbuilding Program at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Pre-registration required. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916 and ask to speak
1,8,1 5 , 2 2 , 29 E a ston Fa r mer ’s Market held every Saturday until Christmas from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Town parking lot on N. Harrison Street. Over 20 vendors. Live music from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Easton Farmer’s Market is the work of the Avalon Foundation. For more info. tel: 410 -253- 91 51 or v i sit w w w. theavalonfoundation.com. 1,22 Family Crafts at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Drop in and make something at our craft table. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 2,5,9,12,16,19,23,26,30 Class: Mosaic s w it h Jen Wagner at Local Port of Art, St. Michaels. Wednesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 443-205-2760 or e-mail info@stmichaelsevents. com. 2 The Talbot Cinema Society presents My Favorite Year at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalonfoundation. org. 3 Brown Bag Lunch at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels feat ur ing Colonel
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p.m. Enjoy writing as a way of exploring nature. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 5 Spaghetti Dinner at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Cambridge. 4:30 to 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-228-1424. 5 Rei k i Sha re at Everg reen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 5 Concert: Larkin Poe in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www. avalonfoundation.org. 5,12 Class: Organizing, Storing and Sharing Your Photos with your Smart Phone with Scott Kane at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 2 to 8 p.m. $45 Museum members, $65 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 5,12,19 Class: Decorative Paper and Cloth for Bookbinding with Katherine Allen, Elizabeth McKee and Joan Machinchick at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $215 Museum members, $245 non-members, plus a $30 materials fee. For more info. tel:
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ment details tel: 410-745-4941. 5,12,19,26 Meeting: Wednesday Morning Artists. 8 a.m. at Creek Deli in Cambridge. No cost. For more info. visit www.wednesdaymorningartists.com or contact Nancy at ncsnyder@aol.com or 410-463-0148. 5,12,19,26 Social Time for Seniors at the St. Michaels Community Center, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073. 6 Stitch and Chat at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. Bring your own projects and stitch with a group. For more info. tel: 410 -8221626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 6
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November Calendar 6 Calling A ll Book Clubs! Book club members are inv ited to come together to talk about the books that worked and those that didn’t at the Talbot County Free Librar y, Easton. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410 -8221626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 6,13 Class: Gentle Yoga with Cyndi Prudhomme at the Oxford Community Center. Thursdays from 9 to 10 a.m. Drop in rate is $15 per class. For more info. tel: 410 -226 -5904 or v isit www. oxfordcc.org. 6,13,20 Dog Walking with Vicki
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Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or v isit www.avalonfoundation.org. 7-8 46th Annual Holiday Bazaar at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, R id gely. F r id ay e ven i ng t he doors open at 5 p.m. for a crab cake dinner, live entertainment, and over 30 vendors. Open Saturday at 8 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2253. 7-29 Exhibit: Plein Air Painters of the Chesapeake Bay present a benefit exhibit at Church Alley Galler y in Easton. The Many Faces of Evergreen is the first group show for the PAPCB and will benefit Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. Opening reception of the 7th from 5 to 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel:
7 Dorchester Sw ingers Square Dance from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Maple Elementary School, Egypt Rd., Cambridge. Refreshments provided. For more info. tel: 410-221-1978. 7 Concert: Drink Til We’re Funny in the Stoltz Listening Room,
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7, 1 4 , 2 1 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Great Decisions Discussion Program with Tom Holl i ng she ad. 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Dorchester House, Chesapeake B a y M a r i t i m e Mu s e u m , S t . Michaels. For enrollment details tel: 410-745-4941. 7,14,21,28 Meeting: Friday Morning Artists at Joe’s Bagel Cafe in Easton. 8 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-673-1860 or visit www. FridayMorningArtists.org. 7,14,21,28 Bingo! every Friday night at the Easton Volunteer Fire Department on Creamery Lane, Easton. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and games start at 7:30 p.m. For
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more info. tel: 410-822-4848. 7,21 Meeting: Vets Helping Vets at the Hurlock American Legion #2 43 . 9 a .m. I n for m at ion a l meeting to help vets find services. For more info. tel: 410943-8205 after 4 p.m. 8 6th Annual 5K Run/Walk For The “Well” Of It at St. Benedict’s Catholic Church in Ridgely. The run/walk raised over $9,000 last year to benefit Lifetime Wells for Ghana. For more info tel: 410634-2253. 8 Fr iend s of t he L ibra r y S ec -
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8 Mental Health Town MeetingWhat can you do when you fear t hat a f r iend or loved one is suffering from a mental health problem? That is a question the Kent and Queen Anne’s Mental Health Town Meeting and Resource Fair hopes to help answer from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of Chestertown. The public is invited to this free event to hear the featured speaker, noted psychiatrist Dr. Mark S. Komrad, author of You Need Help! A Step-by-Step Plan to Convince Your Loved One to Get Counseling, and a panel of mental health experts. For more info. tel: 410-639-7492. 8 Cooking Demonstration by celebrity Master Chef Mark Salter at the Robert Morris Inn, Oxford. Chef Salter will focus on Chesapeake Bay oysters. 10 a.m. to noon. $68 per person with limited guest numbers includes recipe cards, two-hour demonstration followed by a two-course luncheon with a glass of wine. For more info. tel: 410-226-5111 or e-mail enquiries@robertmorrisinn.com.
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November Calendar 8 Hi stor y C ome s A l ive at t he Dorchester County Historical Society, Cambridge. 10 a.m. to noon. Learning series for children 5 to 14 years old. Free. For more info. tel: 410-228-7953 or visit www.dorchesterhistory. org. 8 Paint Out Day at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. Plein Air painters will be painting at the center and the public is inv ited to enjoy the grounds and observe from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www. evergreeneaston.org.
8 Belgian Beer Festival at The High Spot and Stoked in Cambridge. 1 to 6 p.m. Brews from at least 9 br e wer ie s, l ive mu sic a nd Belgian-inspired food. $20 gets you a tasting glass and as much beer as you can fill it with. For more info. tel: 410-228-7420.
8 Second Saturdays at the Artsway from 2 to 4 p.m., 401 Market Street, Denton. Interact w ith a r t i s t s a s t he y demon s t r ate their work. For more info. tel: 410 -479 -1009 or v isit www. carolinearts.org. 8 Second Saturday in Histor ic Downtown Cambridge on Race, Poplar, Muir and High streets. Shops will be open late. Galleries will be opening new shows and holding receptions. Restaurants will feature live music. For more i n fo. v i sit w w w.c ambr idgemainstreet.com. 8-9 The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Model Guild is hosting a two-day model-building workshop from 9 to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, in the Museum’s Bay History building. Participants will create a half-hull model of the Pride of Baltimore II. The Model Guild welcomes anyone 12 years of age or older to take these classes, and encourages new members of all skill levels to participate in the Guild, use it s faci lit ies a nd sha re t heir model-building experiences with CBMM guests. For more info. tel: 410-745-3266. 8 - 9 Cla ss: L ea r n a nd Use t he Power of Gray with Diane DuBois Mullaly at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Students should bring a lunch. $125 Museum members, $155 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
9 Christ Church Concert Series: Pictures in Silence har p and sa xophone chamber duo at 4 p.m., Christ Church, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-2677.
8-Dec. 13 Mixed Level Yoga with Suzie Hurley at the Oxford Community Center every Saturday morning from 9:30 to 11 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-226-5904 or visit www.oxfordcc.org.
9-10 Shelby Keefe Workshop at Easton Studio from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Shelby w ill guide you in selecting the most effective photographs to paint from and how to make them come to life on your canvas. For more info. tel: 410-770-4421.
8,22 Country Church Breakfast at Faith Chapel & Trappe United Methodist Churches in Wesley Ha l l, Trappe. 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. TUMC is also the home of “Martha’s Closet” Yard Sale and C om mu n it y O ut re ach Store, open during the breakfast and every Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to noon. 9 Pancake Breakfast at the Oxford Volunteer Fire Company. 8 to 11 a.m. Proceeds to benefit the Oxford Volunteer Fire Services. $8 for adults and $4 for children under 10. For more info. tel: 410226-5110. 9 Weave Pencil Holders for Beginners and Children with Heidi Wetzel at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 1 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.ev-
10 Stitching Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3 to 5 p.m. Bring projects in progress (sewing, knitting, cross-stitch, what-have -you). L i m ited i nstruction available for beginners. For more info. tel: 410 -8221626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 10-Dec. 15 Class: Intermediate/ Adva nc e d Pot ter y w it h Pau l A spell at t he Ac ademy A r t Mu s e u m , E a s t o n . M o n d a y s from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. $175 Museum members, $200 nonmemb er s. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 10-Dec. 15 Class: Introduction to t he Pot ter ’s W he el at t he Academy Art Museum, Easton. Mondays from 1 to 3 p.m. $175
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Nat iona l Ga l ler y of A r t to see Andrew Wyeth: Looking Out, Looking In. The exhibition gathers together, for the f i r st t i me, a sele c t g roup of Wyet h’s i mage s of w i ndow s. $50 Mu s eu m memb er s, $85 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
Museum members, $200 nonmemb er s. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 11,25 Buddhist Study Group at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living, Easton. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Open to the public. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www. evergreeneaston.org. 11,25 Meeting: Tidewater Stamp Club at the Mayor and Council Bldg., Easton. 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1371. 12 Arts Express bus trip to the
12 Wed nesday Open Boat shop pr o g r a m at t he C he s ap e a ke B a y M a r i t i m e Mu s e u m , S t . Michaels. 5:30 to 8 p.m. The program invites members of the public to CBMM’s boatshop to work on a small woodworking project. $25 members, $35 nonmembers. For more info. tel:
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November Calendar 410-745-4980 or e-mail afad@ cbmm.org. 12 Meeting: Talbot Optimist Club at the Washington Street Pub, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more i n fo. e -ma i l r vanemburgh@ leinc.com. 12-Dec. 17 Class: Introduction to Pottery with Paul Aspell at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Wednesdays from 1 to 3 p.m. $175 Museum members, $200 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.
12-Dec . 17 Cla ss: Beg inning/ Inter med iate/Adva nc ed Potter y w it h Pau l A spel l at t he Academy Art Museum, Easton. Wednesdays from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $175 Museum members, $200 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 12,26 Chess Club from 1 to 3 p.m. at the St. Michaels Community Center. Players gather for friendly competition and instruction. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073. 12,26 Meeting: Choptank Writers Group from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at t he Dorchester Center for
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Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Liv ing in Easton. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 14 Concert: Session Americana in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 7 and 9 p.m. For more info. tel: 410822-7299 or visit www.avalonfoundation.org. 14-15 An Artful Adventure: Behind the Scenes at the Metropolitan Opera with the Avalon Foundation and the Academy A r t Mu s e u m . T h i s onc e -i n a-lifetime experience will include a trip to Lincoln Center for a special behind-the-scenes tour, an overnight stay at the S h o r e h a m Ho t e l , d i n n e r a t the Grand Tier restaurant and seats for Puccini’s La Boheme. Sat., tour Greenw ich Village and visit Forbes Galleries, tour t he Sa l mag u nd i Club, shop ping and more. For more info. tel: 410-822-8121 or bjones@ academyartmuseum.org. 14-16 Waterfowl Festival in downtown Easton. Many art exhibitions and activities throughout the weekend, including Dock Dogs® Competition; Kids’ Fishing Derby; Wine, Beer and Tasting Pavilion; Retriever Demonstrations; Blackwater National
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November Calendar at VFW Post 5246 in Federalsburg. 9 a.m. Informational meeting to help vets find services and information. For more info. tel: 410-943-8205 after 4 p.m. 15 Model Boat Show at the Oxford Community Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A free, family-friendly event feat ures reg iona l boat modelers from Chestertown to Smit h Island display ing and discussing their historic and contemporary works. For more info. tel: 410-226-5904 or visit www.oxfordcc.org. 15 Crab cake and oyster fritter
sandwich sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 200 Washington St., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-2442. 15 Soup ’n Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Following a guided walk with a docent naturalist, enjoy a delicious and nutritious lunch along with a brief lesson about t he me a l’s nut r it iona l value. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $20 members, $25 non-members. To register tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0. 15 Concert: Callaghan in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.
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info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 18-Dec. 9 Class: Printmaking with Kevin Garber at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $185 Museum members, $200 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 19 Meeting: Dorchester Caregivers Support Group from 3 to 4 p.m. at Pleasant Day Adult Medical Day Care, Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-0190. 19 Concert: Leyla McCalla in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalonfoundation.org. 20 Me et i ng: St roke Su r v ivor s Suppor t Group at Plea sa nt Day Medical Adult Day Care, C a mbr id ge . 1 t o 2 p. m . For
20 Third Thursday in downtown Denton from 5 to 7 p.m. Shop for one-of-a-kind floral arrangements, gifts and home decor, dine out on a porch with views of the Choptank River, or enjoy a stroll around town as businesses extend their hours. For more info. tel: 410-479-0655. 20 L ec t ure: K it t redge -Wi lson Speaker Series at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Extreme Realities - screening and discussion of the one-hour documentary exploring the relationship between extreme weather events and threats to our national security. $15 members, $20 nonmembers. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 20 Concert: Cantaré - Caribbean Sounds at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www. avalonfoundation.org.
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Museum, St. Michaels. 5:30 to 7 p.m. Join Joe Wa lsh ~ t he son of Harr y Walsh, the av id hunter, waterfowling collector, the author of The Outlaw Gunner, and one of the founders of Easton’s Waterfowl Festival ~ as he shares stories about growing up in the Walsh family. Walsh will share decoys, battery guns and images from his father’s collection, as well as some of his best family gunning stories about sneak skiffs and sink box shooting. For more info. visit www.cbmm.org.
21 Soup Day at the St. Michaels Community Center. Choose from three delicious soups for lunch. $6 meal deal. Each meal comes w ith a bowl of soup, roll and drink. Take out or eat in. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073. 21 Pro Bono Legal Clinic at the Dorchester County Public Library. 1 to 3 p.m. on the third Friday of each month. For more info. tel: 410-690-8128. 21 Lecture: Growing Up Walsh: Stories from the Chesapeake’s or ig i n a l “D uc k D y n a s t y ” at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime
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22 Workshop: The Extreme Novelist - How to Write a Novel with noted writing teacher Kathryn Johnson at t he Third Haven Parish Hall, Easton. 9 to 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by the Eastern Shore Writers Association. For more info. e-mail sweeneygf@ aol.com. 22
Chuck Redd jazz vibraphonist and drummer Chuck Redd and world-renowned clarinetist and saxophonist Ken Peplowski. 8 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. $45 per person. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 22 Holiday Bazaar at Immanuel United Church of Christ, Cambridge. 7 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-228-4640.
I nt r o to E G O nom ic s w it h Penny Haddaway at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston. org.
22 The Met: Live in HD with Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-8227299 or visit www.avalonfoundation.org. 22 Children’s Craft Saturday at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 1 to 3 p.m. Participants will create one or more seasonal projects to take home. For more info. tel:
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Gregory Gallagher Theatre, For All Seasons, Inc., and Mental Health Assoc. Sat. at 8 p.m. and Sun. at 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410 -226 -5904 or v isit www. motivationaltheatre.com.
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23 Reiki Art (Advanced Reiki Training) with Dell St. Ana at Evergreen - A Center for Balanced Living in Easton. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 25 Thanksgiving Crafts at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-8221626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 25 Meeting: Breast Cancer Supp or t Gr oup at U M R e g ion a l Br e a s t C e nte r, E a s ton . 6 to 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1000, ext. 5411. 25 Meeting: Women Supporting Women, lo c a l bre a st c a nc er support group, meets at Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge. 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-463-0946. 28 Concert: Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalonfoundation.org. 28-Dec. 2 2014 Festival of Trees - My Chr ist ma s Wish. Sinc e
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1986, the Friends of Hospice has carried out its mission to raise funds for Talbot Hospice Foundation by sponsoring the annual Festival of Trees. This year’s activities include Run/Walk for Hospice; Dinner at t he Crab Claw; Prev iew Par t y; Homes Tour; Candy Lane; Mother-Son Dance; Daddy-Daughter Dance; Community Holiday Bingo; and The Christmas Elves Shop. For a full schedule visit www.festivalof-trees.org/schedule.html. 29 “A Cambridge Christmas” tree lighting and celebration next to the Courthouse in Cambridge. 5:30 p.m. Enjoy holiday music by local choirs, candlelight, refresh-
ments and a visit from Santa. For more info. tel: 410-228-3575. 29 Concert: Mark Twain Reminiscences and Other Lies with Gavin Wilson in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www. avalonfoundation.org. 30 Bird Walk at Blackwater National Wildlife Ref uge, Cambridge. 8 a.m. Guided bird walk with Harry Armistead from the Visitor Center. For more info. tel: 410-228-2677.
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