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January 2014

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Features: About the Cover Artist: Heidi Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Soap and Water: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Restored Manor House: Dick Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Tidewater Traveler: George W. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith-Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 From Saddle to Studio: Kathi Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 The Ordeal of Lifeboat #3: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Tidewater Review: Anne Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Departments: January Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Dorchester Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Easton Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 St. Michaels Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Oxford Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Tilghman - Bay Hundred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Queen Anne’s County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Caroline County - A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Kent County and Chestertown at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 December Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 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 Heidi Clark Heidi Clark began painting in high school and did commissions for several years. Her artistic expression went on hold several years later when she became a deputy sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. She spent the final 11 years of police service as a bomb technician and arson investigator. She retired after 28 years of service and moved to Maryland’s Eastern Shore with her husband Scott, to resume her painting.

Heidi is a self taught artist who has a deep passion and endless curiosity for abstract art. Her ongoing exploration with different and non-traditional mediums, create interesting three-dimensional textures and beautiful surfaces. Weeks are spent testing new techniques and processes, blending various mediums that result in exquisite and compelling paintings. Heidi’s artistic mantra is simple. After spending 28 years as a deputy sheriff following the rules, she dedicates her art to breaking the rules. Her goal is to challenge the viewer, draw them in and engage their mind. Heidi’s artwork is in private collections both nationwide and internationally. In October 2012, Heidi and artist Patricia G. Spitaleri opened The Clark Gallery of Fine Art in St. Michaels. The gallery, located at 308 S. Talbot Street, is an inviting place that showcases their art. Hours are Fri.-Sun. 11-4:30. Phone 410-829-1241 or visit www. clarkfineartgallery.com. The cover painting “Winter’s Song”, 30”x 40,” was created with hand oxidized copper pipes, acrylic and resin. It is one of four painted to represent the four seasons.

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Soap and Water by Helen Chappell

It was one of those bars you probably wouldn’t go into on a dare, in one of those places you would have no reason to go. You probably know the kind of place I mean, where the beer is on tap and the decor is mostly pool tables and beer ads, what you can see of it in the darkness. In this kind of place its always three o’clock in the morning in some dark night of the soul, and the regulars like it that way. It doesn’t matter where it is. Let’s just say its a place known to outsiders mostly from the crime and accident reports in the local paper. This bar is what my father used to call a bucket of blood. My interview had told me to meet him at this dive, so I was there, wishing I wasn’t. The bartender evidently wished I wasn’t, either. He was the size of a house and kept a billy club by the register, which made me wonder what he kept under the counter, a missile launcher? Ignoring me for fifteen minutes didn’t work, even though the place was empty, so he finally gave me a draft. It was f lat, and my interview was already late. I knew he was going to be late because he was a waterman and this was one of those March days

that comes in like a lamb and goes out like a lion. By the time I got there, the wind was up and down the masthead and the rain was coming down in angry gray sheets. My choices were to sit in the dank, dark bar or sit in the dank, dark car, so I sat in the corner of the bar and made myself invisible, as any writer knows how to do. I was looking at my watch for the third time when the door banged open and the regulars started to file in, in ones and twos, getting off work and in from the water. The first one looked like a professional wrestler who had spent a bad night in the county detention center, and they went downhill from there. Guys with big ugly tattoos and greasy jeans and trucker wallets on chains, and 9

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in the sophisticated grunts of men everywhere. They called for drafts and mumbled among themselves about things an outsider probably doesn’t want to know about, settling into their stools like a f lock of turkey vultures settling on a dead tree. “You remember the tape?” one of them, a guy with a Fu Manchu moustache and arms the size of a slant six engine, asked the bartender. “Would I forgit?” that gentleman replied. “Just hold on, thass all.” “We been holdin’ on all the damned day,” another guy reminded him as he cleaned the motor oil from beneath his fingernails with a Buck knife the length of my forearm. “I been pullin’ pots

T-shirts proclaiming things I can’t print in a family publication. Saying they were a rough looking crowd would be like saying Hitler was an unpleasant little man. Guys who looked like they’d just as soon break a bar stool over your head as try to reach a reasonable compromise. Of course, a day on the water, wrestling with eel pots, which is what they do in March, doesn’t make anyone look like they might be human. When you looked at some of these guys you could see where Darwin got his ideas. So I was just as happy when they barely glanced at me in my dark corner, preferring to communicate

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broke into the fertility clinic and stole Earl’s boys, then she changed all the paperwork so that it looked like its really Stud’s DNA!” “Naw!” the first man said, delighted. “What did Brooke say when she found out about that?” “She don’t know yet. She still thinks she’s pregnant with Earl’s baby. And Stud’s still trapped in that mountain cabin, bein’ held prisoner by the Prince.” “That’s old news. Avery got him out by agreeing to marry the Prince, and then they were in a plane crash on the way to that there island the Prince lives on, but she’s the only one who has the formula for that there Charisma perfume, so it looks like Jack’s not going to

since four o’clock this mornin’, waitin’ for this.” Oh great, I thought. Now I get to sit here and either watch a porn f lick or a sporting event, and I don’t know which would be worse. “Come on, Ray, git the tape! I wanna see if Verna changed Earl’s swimmers on him!” A skinny little man with a face like a ferret drained his go-cup in one swallow and held it out for a refill. This was not the kind of place where they served drinks in glasses or longneck bottles; both are too easily made into instant weapons. Someone else snorted, “That was last week! Where were you? Verna

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What did Brooke say when she found out? a hospital chapel filled with people in scrubs and designer suits, who were also looking rather weepy. I was probably the only one present who noted sourly that the chapel

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was filled with the sort of floral arrangements one only sees at the parties of New York socialites and on soap operas with a decent production budget. The camera cut to a close-up of an actor with streaked, blow-dried hair and a chin the size of an anvil who was standing at the altar. He was confiding to another actor, the sort who plays the hero’s best friend, that this was the only possible way he could ever repay Cindy for all the terrible things he’d done to her, like switching his swimmers with Brian’s. Now that it was too late, he realized that it was really Cindy he had loved all along,

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how soaps are written, too, if they’d asked. But I was invisible. It was their world and I was just a visitor. I might have even told them that a lot of athletes and other macho guys like that follow the soaps because they have to hang around hotel rooms during the season, waiting to play night games, and you have to do something to pass the time. Once you start watching, the next thing you know you’re hooked into what’s going to happen to Cindy and Brad, and, by the way, was Avery ever rescued? One of the great things about the old Shore is that people love a good story. They love to hear one, and they dearly love to tell one. Whether it’s always true ~ that’s quite another question. Then, sometimes, when you see something that you didn’t expect, like a bunch of rough boys openly weeping over a sad tale on TV, it reminds you that not everything has a planned and expected ending. Real life can take some swerves and delightful twists, and that’s what makes it interesting.

might not be here to tell this tale. I stole a glance at my fellow watchers, and my desire to laugh died. As one, their faces were lifted to the cold fire of the TV screen, their expressions rapt. They were completely caught up in the story; these hardened men believed. They’d followed Cindy’s sad story for months, possibly even years, and for them, she was as real, maybe even more real, than the wornout, worried women and the cranky, unruly kids that they were going home to that night. One rough old guy had tears running down his cheeks and into his beard, weeping in silent sympathy. And he wasn’t the only one. There were a lot of glittering eyes in that crowd. They believed in the soap; they believed in the power of the stories. As any good story anywhere, in every time, it made them feel its power, if only for those few moments. Cindy got married, and no one leaped up from the audience to denounce the union or say that Brad was already married to someone else. That was sort of a relief, even for me who couldn’t care less. I’m betting that Cindy makes a miraculous recovery, and that’s when Brad’s troubles will really begin, but then I used to write that stuff long ago in another life. And I would have told them about

Editor’s Note: This story was reprinted from May, 2000. Helen Chappell is the creator of the Sam and Hollis mystery series and the Oysterback stories, as well as The Chesapeake Book of the Dead. Under her pen name, Rebecca Baldwin, she has published a number of historical novels. 24

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Restored Manor House Has Long, Important History by Dick Cooper ladies as they gracefully descended those broad steps to join the party while the harpsichord played on. To the left is the main sitting room w ith its big fireplace, and to the right is the dining room, complete with an original built-in corner cabinet. The house is tastefully decorated with artwork and antiques that capture the feel of wealth and comfort befitting the landed gentry who once lived here. That grandeur may soon be repeated when the home is opened for weddings and other special events. A mere two years ago this grand

Mor ning sun lig ht st rea ms through the wav y, 300-year-old glass panes in the front windows of the big brick house as the new lady of the manor, Barbara McGuirkMillar, leads a tour of the restored colonial home in rural Cecil County. She points out t hat t he centra l hallway is wider than most homes built in the late 1600s, giving the first colonial owners a grand space to entertain. A magnificent, open wooden staircase turns up to the bedrooms on the second and third f loors. A visitor can almost hear the rustle of lush fabric worn by the

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Owner, Barbara McGuirk-Millar, in the kitchen with events manager, Debbie Alexander. house was a pit. The front yard was so overgrown that the house and barn were not visible from the nearby road. “It had been closed up with no heat or electricity for more than 12 years. It was filthy,” McGuirk-Millar says. The house was bank-owned when she and her husband, Scott Mi l la r, wa l ked t h roug h it on a cold fall day in 2011. The previous owner had walked away from the property. “Everything was covered in dust. Much of the kitchen floor was missing.” Despite its appearance, they saw potential. “The bones of the house were good,” she says. “When we walked out of the house, I asked Scott how he felt about it. ‘I feel good,’ he said and I said, ‘I feel good, too.’” What started as a search for an investment and some hunting land near their Galena-area home has 28

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property, one smack in the middle of a backyard brick patio, were used as ballast in ships that had sailed from England. When the estate was put on the market in 1823, a real estate ad in the American Farmer newspaper gave this sales pitch: “ T he f a r m i s s u r r ou nde d by agreeable and intelligent neighbors and it is only eight miles to the Appoquinimink Creek where Philadelphia prices are given for produce.” One frequent visitor during the 1700s was George Washington, a guest of Daniel Heath, whose family had bought the estate from the heir of Colonel Sayer. The front bedroom on the second floor is now known as the “Washington Room” and is decorated in Presidential Blue. Sayer was a prominent Catholic during a time when religion divided the colonies. According to some accounts, Sayer may have been related to William Saire, who came to Maryland in 1634 on the Ark and the Dove, an expedition funded by

View down the stairwell from the third floor. led the couple on a two-pronged adventure. One path took them deep into the world of home improvement using ancient building crafts, and the other wound through the rich history of the Eastern Shore. This is no ordinary country farmhouse. This is Worsell Manor, the 17th century estate of Major (soon to become Colonel) Peter Sayer, a friend of Charles Calvert, the Third Lord Baltimore, and a real mover and shaker in the early days of the colonies. Worsell Manor’s location put it right in the heart of colonial travel through DelMarVa. It is between the navigable waters for both the Little Bohemia and Sassafras Rivers that lead in from the Chesapeake Bay and the head of Appoquinimink Creek that flows into Delaware Bay to the east. Strawberry Run, now a marshy trickle, is just down the hill from the manor house and is believed to have been nav igable in the 1600s. Large stones on the

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from 1683 to 1685. But it was well established in the late 1600s, and tiles used around a fireplace are believed to have been made in the Netherlands before 1700. “The more we thought about the house, we wondered, ‘Now what are we going to do?’” McGuirk-Millar says. “We loved the house, and as we got into its history, we decided that our job was to both preserve the house and its history. This was a very important place for many reasons.” The couple was helped by research conducted over 75 years ago by a previous owner, A lfred Norton Phillips Jr., who published a pamphlet entitled “The History of Worsell Manor.” Phillips, who was born in Darien, Connecticut, in 1894, was also a man of note. He graduated from Yale in 1917, quickly became an Army Lieutenant and was sent off to fight in World War I. After the war, he returned to Connecticut and worked for the family firm, the Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company in Stamford. His grandfather, a chemist from England, concocted a laxative that

the First Lord Baltimore to establish Maryland as a Catholic colony. Historical records show several spellings for the name, many of them phonetic, that include Sare, Sayers and Sears. The colonel served as the Clerk of Kent County, and he was the Sheriff of Talbot County from 1685 to 1688. In 1689, local Protestants accused him of trying to rally local Indians against the Protestants, a claim he denied. He died in 1697 and left a third of his estate to “Benedictine Nu n s a nd E ng l i sh Bene d ic t i ne Monks in Paris and English Friars.” Sayer bequeathed Worsell Manor to his nephew, who sold it in 1709 to James Heath, another influential Catholic whose family founded the nearby town of War w ick, Mar yland, and named it for their hometown in England. There are conflicting reports about when Worsell Manor, or “Mannor” as it was originally spelled, was built. Even the date of the Patent from Charles Calvert moves around

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Alfred Norton Phillips. he patented in 1873 and named “Phillips Milk of Magnesia.” Alfred Phillips went on to become a newspaper publisher, a three-term mayor of Stamford, a Major in the Connecticut National Guard and a one-term U.S. Congressman from his home state. During World War II he was an Army Captain and served in North Africa. He bought Worsell Manor in 1937 and ran it as a dairy farm for decades. All the while, he campaigned tirelessly to get the estate recognized for its historical importance. The Maryland Historical Marker on the corner of Worsell Manor and Cecilton-Warwick Roads is there because of his persistence w ith the state. T he hou se hold s e ven mor e significance for Catholics on the early Eastern Shore because it is just down the road from the first Jesuit mission founded in 1704. St. Fran-

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the manor house, the couple turned their attention to the centuries-old dairy barn across the garden from the house. “The bank had put all of the contents of the house into the barn, and it was not even part of our original equation,” McGuirkMillar says. “Once that was cleared out and we were able to get in and look up into the barn, we could see that this was a beautiful piece of artwork. When you see how square everything is, it is amazingly gorgeous architecture. At that point, we realized we had to salvage this as it was going to be an import piece of this project.” They brought in Amish builders to repair or replicate the mortise

cis Xavier Church, which became known as Old Bohemia, was later built on the site. In 1742, an academy for sons of Catholic landowners was opened there. John Carroll, who went on to become the first Catholic Bishop in America and the founder of Georgetown University, and his cousin, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, were students at the academy. “This was the place to be,” McGuirk-Millar says. “A ll of those people had to have been here at some point.” As craftsmen worked at restoring

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Restored Manor House and tenon construction and turn the hayloft into a stage. Planks from the loft were used to replace the missing f loor boards in the kitchen, which was gutted, expanded and turned into a modern culinary space to accommodate cooking classes. As the last two years of renovations played out, McGuirk-Millar and her husband, kept wrestling with the question of “what next.” “Dur ing t he process, a lot of pe ople told u s t h i s wou ld be a beautiful place to have a wedding, and others came up to us and said they were thrilled that we are saving the property,” she says. From those comments sprang plans to make

The built-in corner cabinet. Worsell Manor a destination for weddings and special events. The manor house now sleeps up to 16, and the barn is an ideal location for receptions and concerts. They have hired Debbie Alexander to be their

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events manager; put up a website, worsellmanor.com; and booked music events and cooking classes. “We are just getting started, but I have had several inquiries about future bookings,” Alexander says. McGuirk-Millar says, “We are happy to be able to share this wonderful space with the public. Scott and I have been given a lot of things in life, and we feel our job is to help other people. The venue is the way to sustain this property and share its history.” Dick Cooper is a Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist. He and his wife, Pat, live and sail in St. Michaels. He can be contacted at dickcooper@ coopermediaassociates.com.

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Over-Under-Over-Under-Over for Fifty Years It is hard to believe that those usual activity in the Bay waters to yearly trips with the family from the south of the ferry’s course. To the Mid-Shore were over fifty my eye it looked like some flat work years ago. About once a year the barges were installing a row of Chevrolet was loaded up with sticks in the water. Dad had heard clothes and food for our annual about this project on TV and from road trip to visit Aunt Annie near Williamsburg, VA. She was my Aunt Annie long before there was Aunt Anne, the queen of frozen dumplings, or Auntie Anne, maven of spectacular pretzels. As I remember the earliest of these trips, I took my place standing on the hump in the f loor with my arms resting on the back of the front seat. In the late 1950s and in the early ’60s, these trips included a ferry crossing from Cape Charles, on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, to Little Creek on mainland Virginia, not far from Norfolk and Virginia Beach. I think it was during the year that I was in sixth grade when I first noticed some un- Lucius J. Kellam, Jr. Bridge-Tunnel route. 45

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that someday we would make the trip to Williamsburg using the long bridge instead of the ferry. Year after year I could see the progress ~ more sticks in the water, concrete beams placed across

some of his buddies at the Vienna power plant. He told me this would be one of the longest bridges in the world when it was finished, and

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neer took the time to explain it to me. She assured me that even in the early ’60s the technology of marine engineering was such that exact locations on the floor of the Bay could be designated and equipment could be directed to those points. Why were there big gaps in the bridge? That is where the tunnels will be located, I was told. Near its mouth, where it meets the Atlantic Ocean, the Chesapeake Bay had two deep-water channels that ships traverse between the ocean and various inland ports. Instead of having a long bridge go up higher to pass over the channels, it was decided that tunnels would be built to rest on the Bay f loor so that cars and trucks could

a set of four or five sticks, then long sections of cement that rested on the cross pieces ~ little by little it began to look like a bridge. I should mention that eventually I understood that they were not really sticks; instead they were concrete pilings. I was baffled to understand how the workers knew where to put the pilings in the open water. I could only envision trying to measure distances the way it would be done on dry land. I am not sure I really understood the concept of precise placement in the water until just a few years ago when a friend who is a very talented marine GPS engi-

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20 miles across the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. My fascination with the bridgetunnel only grew as I learned more. For instance, the tunnels were constructed in individual sections like giant Pepsi cans, each about 300 feet long. The enormous tubes were built in Orange, Texas, and floated to the mouth of the Chesapeake where they were filled with water and sunk into position in a prepared canal on the bottom of the Bay between the man-made islands. Once in place, the sections were connected to one another, secured in place by tons of rock and pumped dry to produce two milelong, underwater highway tunnels. Why tunnels and not high-rise bridges across those major channels? This country has produced many exceptional thinkers. At least one of those great minds had the fore-

cross the channels without using a bridge. In order to build tunnels, there needed to be dry land at the end of each tunnel. During one of the ferry trips I remember seeing that four small islands had appeared out in the open water. I learned that each of these islands would be the entrance and exit points of two separate tunnels. I suppose the islands are like the anchor points for the ends of the tunnels. When finished, one could drive from the Eastern Shore, out onto a bridge over the Bay, then descend into a tunnel to go under the Bay, exit the first tunnel onto another bridge, descend into a second tunnel, completing the journey with another bridge over the water to accomplish a trip of about

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Modern World. I am no less fascinated with the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel today than I was when I saw the first stick in the water in 1960. Every time I cross the span, I stop at Sea Gull Island. This island nearest to the mainland side of the Bay, has a public parking area; a restaurant and public restrooms; and fishing pier. The restaurant is not fancy, nor is it expensive. If timing is right, sea lions can be seen playing on the rocks that form the man-made island. It costs nothing to walk out onto the fishing pier to see what local anglers are cranking in from the middle of the Bay. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still fun to be on the island or the fishing pier when a cargo ship, naval vessel or passenger liner crosses the tunnel heading

sight to realize that a bridge crossing the mouth of a major body of water like this would be a premium target threatening the very security of our nation. With Naval Station Norfolk located just a few miles north of the bridge-tunnel, support for the entire Atlantic Fleet could have been placed at risk by a disabled or collapsed bridge. As a twelve-year-old boy, I thought it was a spectacular endeavor and, as it turns out, I was not the only person to think so. In 1965, the American Society of Civil Engineers recognized the project with the award for Outstanding Engineering Achievement and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was designated to be one of the Seven Engineering Wonders of the

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Sea Gull Island. to or from the Atlantic. The island can be accessed traveling in either direction, but the turn can easily be missed, and there are no second chances or turn-arounds.

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Lucius J. Kellam, Jr. Bridge-Tunnel, but perhaps the most incredible fact of all is that “no local, state or federal tax monies were utilized for the construction costs”! In the summer of 1960, the Chesapeake Bay Ferry Commission sold $200 million in revenue bonds to private investors to fund the construction. May all of your travels be happy and safe!

nation in its own right. When one contemplates the depth of human thought and commitment required to produce such a marvel, it should be appreciated as an absolutely exquisite example of civil engineering and careful construction. This year, 2014, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel will celebrate its 50th birthday. In 1999, a parallel bridge was opened providing adequate width for two travel lanes in each direction. At this point, the tunnels have not yet been duplicated, making those sections just one travel lane in each direction. There is no shortage of incredible facts and specs regarding the

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Curry in a Hurry When I was growing up, curry was for company only, which made me think it was complicated to make. I have always adored its pungent aroma and wallop of f lavor, and cooks have discovered that curry powder’s rich, heady f lavor has many uses. I recently took out my mother’s splattered “Curried Chicken” recipe card and set about transforming it into a delicious everyday meal that is still worthy of guests. I switched from chicken to shrimp and the transformation was easy. It takes no time to peel and devein a pound of fresh shrimp, and even less time to sauté it. For best f lavor, start with a new jar of curry powder. Curry powder is a blend of many spices associated with the cuisines of India and Southeast Asia. The f lavor, the heat, and the color of curry powder vary, but the most common components include turmeric, coriander, cumin, red pepper and fenugreek. Curry powder comes in

Madras curry powder. two styles ~ standard and Madras, which is the hotter of the two. Authentic Indian curry powder is ground fresh daily, or at least every few days, but commercial powders can stay on the store shelves for months. For optimum f lavor, purchase your curry powder in small quantities and replace it each year. Store it in the refrigerator or freezer, and never over your cooktop. Curry is delicious in soups and salads. The Quinoa and Grape Curry Salad is higher in protein than all the other grains and is 57

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Curry in a Hurry 3 T. flour 1 T. curry powder 1/2 t. sea salt 1/4 t. freshly ground pepper 1 cup chicken broth 1 cup half and half or coconut milk Hot cooked Basmati rice Condiments & Toppings: Chopped green onion Minced red or green bell pepper Chopped roasted peanuts Mango chutney Toasted flaked coconut

Chicken Curry. CHICKEN CURRY Serves 6 To capture the savory sauce, serve over rice, and offer a variety of vegetable, nut, and fruit toppings as listed under the Shrimp Curry recipe.

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shrimp and sautĂŠ for 3 to 5 minutes, or just until they turn pink. Remove the shrimp from the skillet and set aside. Add the olive oil and sautĂŠ the chopped onion and bell pepper. Cook this for 3 to 5 minutes. Whisk in the f lour and the next three ingredients. Cook the mixture for 1 minute, whisking constantly. Gradually whisk in the chicken broth and half-and-half or coconut milk, and continue cooking over medium heat until mixture is thickened and bubbly. Stir in the sautĂŠed shrimp and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until shrimp are thoroughly heated through. Serve curry immediately over hot cooked rice. Sprinkle with desired toppings.

6 chicken breast halves with the bone 4 cloves garlic, pressed 4 whole peppercorns 1/2 to 1 t. sea salt 1 carrot, sliced 1 onion, sliced 2 ribs celery, chopped 1 apple, peeled, cored and chopped 2 T. butter 1-1/2 T. curry powder 1/2 t. chili powder 3 T. flour 1/4 t. ground mace 1/4 t. ground allspice 1/4 t. nutmeg 1/4 t. ground cloves Hot cooked Basmati rice Assorted condiments (see Curried Shrimp recipe) 60

Place the first 4 ingredients in a Dutch oven and add water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes, or until tender. Drain, reserving the broth. Bone the chicken and cut the meat into bitesize pieces. SautĂŠ the carrot, onion, celery and apple in butter in the Dutch oven for 15 minutes. Add the curry and chili powder and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 1 cup of the reserved chicken broth. Place mixture in the container of an electric blender and process until smooth. Add f lour and process until well blended. Return the mixture to the Dutch oven and cook until thickened. Gradually add 2 cups of the reserved chicken broth, stirring constantly with a whisk. Cook for 5 minutes. Add mace and next 3 ingredients. Gently stir in chicken. Serve over rice with the condiments.

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Curry in a Hurry Combine the first 3 ingredients; stir until cornstarch dissolves. Set aside. Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add vegetables; stir-fry for 8 minutes or until tender-crisp. Add curry powder and stir. Stir in cornstarch mixture and stir-fry until thickened. Serve immediately over hot rice.

Quinoa and Grape Salad. tender, 15 minutes. Drain excess water. I cook my quinoa in a rice cooker using the same proportions of quinoa and water. When cooked, transfer quinoa to a large bowl and stir in grapes, celery, walnuts, radishes, green onion, dill and jalapeno. To prepare vinaigrette, stir garlic and salt together in a small bowl. Add curry and vinegar and slowly whisk in olive oil and pepper; mix well and pour over quinoa salad.

QUINOA and GRAPE SALAD Serves 6 2-1/2 cups water 1 t. sea salt 1 cup brown or red quinoa, well rinsed 2 cups green or red seedless grapes cut into halves 2 ribs celery, chopped 1/2 cup toasted walnuts, chopped 3 medium radishes, thinly sliced 3 green onions, thinly sliced 2 T. fresh dill, chopped 1 jalapeno, seeded and minced

PUMPKIN MUSHROOM SOUP Serves 8-10 You can use winter squash instead of pumpkin. The first time I had pumpkin soup was in Williamsburg, Va. What a treat!

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Curry in a Hurry 29-oz. canned pumpkin 1/4 cup honey 2 cups light cream 2 cups milk Garnish with fresh sliced mushrooms just before serving. Melt the butter in a heavy saucepan, add the onions and mushrooms and saut茅 them for several minutes. Add flour and curry and cook several more minutes. Add the chicken stock, pumpkin and honey and bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in light cream and milk and reheat to serve. Garnish with fresh sliced mushrooms.

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Curry in a Hurry 3 cups chicken broth 1 bay leaf 1 cup milk or half and half 3 oz. cream cheese, cubed 1 T. grated orange peel Sea salt to taste Place first 8 ingredients in a large saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes or until tender. Discard bay leaf. Puree ingredients in food processor or blender in 4 batches. Return to pan. Stir in milk and warm until heated through. Add cubed cream cheese. Stir until melted. Add grated orange peel or sprinkle on top and salt to taste. Serve warm or cold.

The beets give this soup a rich, wonderful color. In a Dutch oven, sauté both kinds of onion and celery in the olive oil until slightly softened. Add the rest of the vegetables, including the parsley. Add the broth and cover the pan with lid. Simmer for an hour until the beets are soft when pierced with fork. Working in small batches, puree the vegetables in a blender or food processor until they are very smooth. Return to pan and add the seasonings and almond milk. Stir well and warm until heated through. Garnish with fresh parsley.

DEEPLY ROOTED WINTER SOUP Serves 6 to 8 1 T. olive oil 1/3 cup onion, chopped 1/3 cup green onion, chopped 1/3 cup celery, chopped 2 cups peeled and cubed beet 3 cups potato, cubed 1 cup parsley, chopped 32 oz. vegetable broth 1 t. onion salt 1 t. curry powder 1/2 t. garlic powder 1/8 t. ground cumin 2 cups almond milk Fresh parsley for garnish

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Graceful, charming, talented and headstrong are just some of the words that come to mind as I reflect on my interview with award-winning equestrian and artist Joan Bennett. A quiet f lame burns in the fireplace of Bennett’s Oxford living room, the paintings hanging above catching the light from its warm glow. There are a few art

books on the coffee table, and examples of Joan’s sculpture portraying horse and rider are tastefully displayed throughout the house. “I have always been taken with the beauty and power of the horse,” she tells me. “Their form, the lines, it’s like sculpture to me. Through art, I am able to showcase my love and knowledge of this magnificent animal.”

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tocol was essential. One day, atop my horse, dressed in jodhpurs, a shirt and tie I borrowed from my brother, and perfectly tied shoes, I was ready to go ~ or so I thought. Before Daddy got on his horse, he put a penny between each of my knees and the saddle and told me he expected the pennies to be there when we got back. As any equestrian knows, one of the disciplines of English style riding is that the knees must be held tightly against the horse for better control. Needless to say, by the end of the ride, the pennies were gone, I was crying, and utterly convinced that I would never ride again!” Happily, that was not the case. “Mother to the rescue,” Joan smiles.

Growing up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Joan dreamed of one day having a horse of her own. Although she began riding lessons at age seven, more than thirty years would pass before her dream would come true. Joan bought her first horse from a feed dealer for $150 when she was forty years old. Forever true to his name, Suetre Louis (Lucky Louis) was the horse of her heart for more than twenty years. “My father used to take me riding with him on Saturdays,” says Joan. “He was a member of the Cavalry at the time (yes, I am that old!). This means, of course, that proper pro-

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From Saddle to Studio “Unbeknownst to me, she had secretly slipped some new pennies inside the hankies I brought along on the next ride with Father.” As they approached the stable, Joan realized she had lost them once again. “With big tears in my eyes,” she explains, “I reached into one of my pockets for a hanky and discovered the pennies! I took them out, placed them where they needed to be and held my knees so tight against that horse, I thought he would burst! When I began to dismount, both coins fell to the ground just as they were supposed to. Daddy looked at me and said ‘I knew I would make a good rider out of you!’ He never put me to that test again.” Joan attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied veterinary medicine, though marriage and raising four children would lead her in another direction. The family relocated away from the East for a number of years until they returned to Rochester, New York, where they purchased a farm in 1976. “We had all kinds of animals on that farm,” she says, smiling. “Of course, for me, the horses took priority.” By this time, Bennett owned two horses and her daughter, Jackie, was training with one of them for the Olympic screening trials. “Out of all my kids, Jackie was the real horse lover and took her riding very seriously.”

Joan Bennett riding sidesaddle. She and her daughter soon established Fallow Fields Farm, a professional equestrian training center in Mendon, New York. “Running the 30-acre farm proved to be no easy task,” Bennett says. “I had ten lesson horses, took on boarders, and was teaching as many as 85 students per week just to maintain the place. We also kept a thoroughbred stallion with breeding capabilities there, so it worked out well.” In addition to teaching at Fallow Fields, Joan was the chief instructor at the nearby Mendon Pony Club. As her students began to compete in horse shows, Joan would accompany them and watch encouragingly, all the while wishing she were in the ring herself. “Competing against them would not have been right,” she explains. It was during one of the shows that someone presented Joan with an old, damaged sidesaddle that was 72

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does with two legs, the sidesaddle rider does with one. Not fond of claiming I taught myself, Joan came upon a professional sidesaddle instructor located in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. After completing several lessons, she put the saddle on her own horse and realized she enjoyed riding in this fashion every bit as much as, if not more than, riding astride. “I always rode with a white carnation and white gloves,” boasts Joan. “It made me stand out. I used to tease and say that I hated to ride but loved the clothes!” Never one to avoid a challenge, Joan decided that there must be a way for her to compete in dressage riding sidesaddle, and discovered that the United States Dres-

found in a barn. Skeptical at best, Bennett had one of her working students recondition it. She was now in possession of a beautiful new saddle, as well as a new challenge ~ learning to master the art of riding aside. The epitome of elegance, sidesaddle riding is a form of equestrianism whereby a rider sits aside rather than astride a horse. Its history can be traced back to the Middle Ages as a way for women in skirts to ride in a modest fashion while also wearing fine attire. The aside rider must use a riding cane that acts to replace the left leg so that everything an astride rider

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years of dressage show competition and no shortage of doubting judges, but Bennett persevered, going on to accomplish what no one else had. With her beloved “Lucky Louis” as her mount, Joan became the very first person to win the USDF bronze medal against all astride riders! Like riding, art has always been a part of Joan’s life. She remembers as a little girl being wideeyed with the wonder of creating

sage Foundation (USDF) offered a program with the training and competition levels required to do so. (Dressage involves guiding a horse through a series of complex maneuvers by slight movements of the rider’s hands, legs, and weight.) “When I began to compete, I stood out like a sore thumb since no one else rode that way.” That did not faze Joan. It would take her 10

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paintings in her weekly art class. It was not until after she and her husband moved to the Eastern Shore in the early 1980s that Joan returned to the easel. “I ended up working at the Academy Art Museum in Easton and decided to take advantage of the courses they offered. That got my creative juices flowing!” she quips. The passing of Bennett’s husband some years later, however, left Joan with a significant void to fill in her life. One day she spotted an ad for a sculpture class at the University of Pennsylvania and decided to sign up. The instructor was not only an artist, but a veterinarian; the perfect combination! Soon “hooked on clay,” this art form was about to launch Bennett into a second career. She had found a new love. Joan received her first sculpture commission from someone who admired one of her earliest works. It did not take long before word spread, a second commission followed, and so on until Bennett landed five commissions in a row. “Absolutely astonishing!” she declares. The horse takes center stage in Bennett’s art. Her knowledge of their anatomy, how they move, their spirit and relationship with the rider ~ it all translates to her stunning three-dimensional portrayal of them. “I actually find sculpting easier than painting,” Bennett states. “You don’t have to think

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From Saddle to Studio about color, just shape.” Not much looks “easy” about the creation of Joan’s work, but it is certainly easy to look at! Working from photos, Bennett begins building the form with careful placement of the clay onto an armature of pipe and wire. Frequently stepping back to check her work, Joan readies the piece for additional clay applications, molding, smoothing and sharpening as she goes, until proclaiming it complete. The results are variations of horses either in motion or at rest, with rider or without, each piece unique and beautifully crafted. Before it became too expensive, the works were cast in bronze. Nowadays, resin is more the standard as it resembles bronze and is about one-third the cost. Joan’s next big project is of the canine persuasion. She will be sculpting her friends’ five Golden Retrievers, and recently had a commission to do a Springer Spaniel. Laughing, Joan says, “My first love is the horse, but if someone said they wanted a painting or sculpture of an aardvark, I’d do a little research and do an aardvark!” Bennett’s award-winning work has appeared in many galleries, shows and collections in the United States and Canada. Her sculpture and paintings have been exhibited locally at The Oxford Fine Arts Fair and at The Tidewater Inn Library

Portrait head. Gallery. She holds arts degrees, with honors, from Chesapeake College and Salisbury University. Joan currently serves as President of the Working Artists Forum in Easton and occasionally gives talks and demonstrations throughout the area. She is also a certified instructor in the art of riding aside. After getting to know Joan Bennett, what becomes evident is that this accomplished equestrian turned sculptor maintains a demeanor that puts her in a class all her own. Kathi Ferguson is a freelance writer with a diverse and creative professional background. Some of her favorite subjects are the people of the Eastern Shore. To reach Kathi, e-mail kathi@inotherwords.info. 78

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Care of Holiday Gift Plants If you were given or purchased one of the many varieties of Christmas gift plants, you are probably wondering how to take care of it. With a knowledge of proper care, you can make sure that most of these plants will be around for next Christmas. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk first about what I would not keep after the holidays. Based on my personal experience, the one Christmas plant that I would not try to keep around would be the poinsettia. I do not think that trying to carry over this plant is worth the effort. I would also add the Christmas pepper, Capsicum annuum, and the Jerusalem cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum, to the list. The attractive part of these plants is their brightly colored fruit. Keep the plants in full sunlight and keep the soil moist. Cool temperatures will help prolong the life of the fruit. After the fruit drops, discard the plants. New growth is ungainly, and they

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Tidewater Gardening or December. Christmas cactus have rounded margins. Christmas cacti typically bloom in December or January. While they differ in appearance and bloom time, the cultural requirements for Christmas and Thanksgiving cacti are the same. These succulents prefer bright, indirect light and temperatures of 60 to 70째. In spring and summer (when plants are actively growing) water plants about once every seven days and fertilize every two to four weeks with a diluted fertilizer solution. In fall and winter, keep plants a bit on the dry side. A thorough watering every seven to ten days is usually sufficient. Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti are short-day plants. They will not bloom properly if exposed to artificial light at night. In late summer/early fall, place plants in a cool (60 to 65째) location that receives bright light during the day, but no artificial light at night. An unused bedroom or basement may have the proper environmental conditions. Continue to give these plants good, consistent care during flower bud development. Moving plants from one location to another, excessive watering or other marked changes to their care during flower bud development may cause the buds to drop off. The Christmas cactus can be moved and dis82

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Easton Points of Interest Historic Dow ntow n Easton is the count y seat of Talbot Count y. 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 preserved 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. 6. WATERFOWL BUILDING - 40 S. Harrison St. The old armory 105

Easton Points of Interest 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, CRAFT 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 Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; extended hours on Tues., Wed. and Thurs. until 7 p.m. For more info. tel: (410) 822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.art-academy.org. 8. CHRIST CHURCH - St. Peter’s Parish, 111 South Harrison St. The

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Easton Points of Interest Parish was founded in 1692 with the present church built ca. 1840, of Port Deposit granite. 9. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TALBOT COUNTY - 25 S. Washington St. Enjoy an evocative portrait of everyday life during earlier times when visiting the c. 18th and 19th century historic houses and a museum with changing exhibitions, all of which surround a Federal-style garden. Located in the heart of Easton’s historic district. Museum hours: Wed. ~ Sat., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (winter) and Tues. through Sat., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (summer), with group tours offered by appointment. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773 or visit www.hstc.org. Tharpe Antiques and Decorative Arts located at 30 S. Washington Street. Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10-4. Consignments accepted on Tues. or by appointment 410-820-7525. Proceeds support HSTC. 10. ODD FELLOWS LODGE - At the corner of Washington and Dover streets stands a building with secrets. It was constructed in 1879 as the meeting hall for the Odd Fellows. Carved into the stone and placed into the stained glass are images and symbols that have meaning only for members. See if you can find the dove, linked rings and other symbols.

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Easton Points of Interest 11. TALBOT COUNTY COURTHOUSE - Long known as the “East Capital” of Maryland. The present building was completed in 1794 on the 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 Fed-

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 17. 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. 18. 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). 19. 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. 20. THE INN - Built in 1817 by Wrightson Jones, who opened and operated the shipyard at Beverly on Broad Creek. (Talbot St. at Mulberry). 21. THE CANNONBALL HOUSE - When St. Michaels was shelled by the British in a night attack in 1813, the town was “blacked out” and 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.

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 22. 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. 23. TOWN DOCK RESTAURANT - 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. 24. 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. 25. 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. 26. THE OLD MILL COMPLEX - The Old Mill was a functioning flour

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St. Michaels Points of Interest mill from the late 1800s until the 1970s, producing flour used primarily for Maryland beaten biscuits. Today it is home to a brewery, winery, artists, furniture makers, a baker and other unique shops and businesses. 27. ST. MICHAELS HARBOUR INN, MARINA & SPA - Constructed in 1986 and recently renovated, it has overnight accommodations, conference facilities, marina, spa and Harbour Lights and Harbour Lights Club Room. 28. 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 South Talbot Street 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. 29. ST. MICHAELS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT - Est. in 1901, the SMVFD is located at 1001 S. Talbot Street with a range that includes all areas from Arcadia Shores to Wittman, covering 120 square miles of land area, and 130 miles of shoreline.

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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 - 200 Oxford Road. The Oxford Community Center, a pillared brick schoolhouse saved from the wrecking ball by the town residents, is a gathering place for meetings, classes, lectures, dinner theater 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. BACHELOR POINT HARBOR - Located at the mouth of the Tred Avon River, 9’ water depth. 4. 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. 4A. U.S. COAST GUARD STATION - 410-226-0580. 5. OXFORD TOWN PARK - Former site of the Oxford High School.

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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. THE BRATT MANSION (ACADEMY HOUSE) - 205 N. Morris St. Served as quarters for the officers of a 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) 10. THE GRAPEVINE HOUSE - 309 N. Morris St. The grapevine Tidewater Residential Designs since 1989

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Oxford Points of Interest 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. 14. OXFORD-BELLEVUE FERRY - N. Morris St. & The Strand.

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Oxford Points of Interest 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;pitcht uponâ&#x20AC;? 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. 139

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The Ordeal of Lifeboat No. 3 by Gary D. Crawford

Seventy years ago, there was a war on. It was being fought on the land and in the air, and upon all the oceans of the world. We Americans came in more than two years after Germany’s invasion of Poland, but by 1943 we were in the thick of it. Our industry had been redirected to turn out the weapons and supplies needed to carry on the war, and by January of 1943 a massive effort was underway throughout the land. Shipbuilding was a high priority, not only of warships but also the all-important cargo vessels. Thousands of transports were needed to move everything into the various theaters of the war. The new “Liberty” ships were being mass-produced at everincreasing rates. They were 441 feet long with a beam of 56 feet, carried 9,000 tons of cargo at 10 knots for up to 21,000 miles. Built in sections all over the country and quickly welded together in the shipyard, Liberty ships were the mainstay of the trans-Atlantic transportation highway. It was estimated that 590,000 man-hours were needed to manufacture and assemble the quartermillion parts that went into a Lib-

erty ship. Since manpower was in mighty short supply in 1943, women were recruited from cities and farms to fill in. One shipyard reported that one-eighth of its workforce were women ~ and not just in the offices.

By war’s end, 2,751 Liberty ships would be built. This story concerns just one of them, No. 949. Her keel was laid down at the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore on January 20, 1943, and just five weeks later the James W. Denver was launched. In two more weeks, she was completely fitted out and turned over to the Army Transportation Service for immediate duty. Building a large vessel in just 53 days was terrifically fast for shipyards in the pre-computerized 1940s, but construction speeds would pick up. In California, one Liber t y

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Capt. Everett W. Staley ship was built in just 6,750 minutes (under f ive days), though pr imar ily as a war time publicit y st unt. A crew came aboard consisting of some 40 Merchant Mariners under the command of Captain Everett W. Staley of the U.S. Merchant Marine. At age 48, Staley already had 29 years of sea service. Two dozen U.S. Navy personnel, members of the Naval Armed Guard, were assigned to work the 3-inch bow gun, the 5-inch stern gun, and eight 20mm machine guns. Captain Staley would sail with a total complement of 69. The James W. Denver was loaded with sugar, acid, f lour, aircraft parts, vehicles, and bulldozers, with twelve P-38 Lightning aircraft stowed as deck cargo. She then passed down the Chesapeake

Bay to Hampton Roads where a convoy was being assembled. Transport vessels typically sailed in convoys, escorted by naval warships, for protection against the constant threat of attack by German U-boats. The convoys sailing eastward from the U.S. to Gibraltar were designated “UG,” either UGF (fast) or UGS (slow). The fast convoys were the highest-priority shipments, and one left Hampton Roads monthly. By the spring of 1943, a UGS convoy was leaving Hampton Roads each week. UGS-7 passed through the Capes at the end of March, bound for Casablanca, with supplies for the North Africa campaign, where Patton and Montgomery were preparing their break-out from Tunisia. Their first week at sea was uneventful, which perhaps gave the men on their brand-new ship time to think about their odds. A Liberty ship cost $2,000,000 to build, in 1943 dollars, yet it was said that a Liberty ship “paid for itself” if she could get her first cargo to its destination. Even a one-way trip on her maiden voyage was deemed a success. The crew hoped for a roundtrip, of course, but in fact, in percentage terms, the U.S. Merchant Marine was the most deadly of the U.S. services. By war’s end, 1 in 26 Merchant Mariners had died, over 8,350 in all. Although

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The Ordeal of Lifeboat #3 the full extent of the U-boat threat was not publicized, the toll was terrific. In 1942, vessels had gone down in the Atlantic at the rate of 33 per week. The James W. Denver was one of some fifty vessels in the convoy, and there was safety in numbers. Just as in a herd of wildebeest, however, everyone had to keep up. There was no waiting for stragglers. The convoy steamed along at the top speed of its slowest vessel. A Liberty ship cruised at about 10 mph and when necessary could manage just a bit over 11 mph. About ten days out, a thick fog

descended upon the convoy and the James W. Denver became separated from the other ships. Once clear of the fog, Capt. Staley did the only thing he could do to rejoin the convoy ~ he put the pedal down on his brand-new 2,500 HP oil-fired steam engine. We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how long she held out, but eventually the engine bearings overheated, forcing the vessel to come to a full stop while the engineers attempted repairs. (She had two boilers, but just one engine.) They were still about 1,200 miles from Casablanca, over 450 miles from the nearest land in the Canary Islands. And at just that point, she was spotted by the German submarine U-195, com-

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Heinz Buchholz manded by 34-year-old Heinz Buchholz. He was on his third combat patrol and had sunk three British ships with mines. This was to be his first American target. Buchholz did not hesitate; he positioned his boat and fired. I now turn this story over to the late Henry Harrison, a Tilghman Islander, known to his boyhood friends as “Rip” because he went so long without a haircut they said he looked like Rip Van Winkle. Henry was then serving as the second mate of the James W. Denver. Remarkably, he managed to keep a daily log of his experience. “Sunday, April 11, 1943. 5 p.m. Torpedo struck starboard bow, ship took heavy starboard list immediately and started going down by the head. General alarm sounded. 5:01 (about)

Alarm sounded, launched port boats. No. 6 boat filled when worm gear on davit broke while lowering. Boat abandoned and crew picked up by other boats. 5:04 (about). Port boats away, ship back on even keel, commenced lowering starboard boats. 5:07 Starboard boats away. No. 3 last to leave shipside. Believe all hands off except captain who would not come in boat, but ordered boat away. Dropped astern about two hundred feet and standing by. 5:15 (about). Captain signaled boat to come alongside. Motor-

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boat No. 5 had motor started went alongside and took him off.â&#x20AC;? It had taken just 15 minutes to abandon ship. The weather was clear, dusk was falling, the sea was choppy, and a strong breeze was coming out of the east ~ unfortunately, just the direction they wanted to go. A life raft was stripped of its provisions and abandoned. The captain ordered the five boats to stay at the present position until morning, but the breeze freshened and they began to sail off in different directions. Henry soon realized he was the only man in Lifeboat No. 3 who knew anything about handling a small boat in open waters. His ten shipmates were about to discover just how lucky they were to have been shipwrecked with a Tilghman Island waterman. In the failing light, they spotted their ship still af loat with about ten feet of the bow out of the water. The darkness then closed in 146

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The Ordeal of Lifeboat #3 around them, no lights could be seen anywhere, the breeze continued to rise, and that U-boat was still out there. “9:40 p.m. Heard an explosion believed to be another torpedo.” The brief life of the James W. Denver had come to an end. She was just 44 days old. The Denver was Buchholz’ first torpedo kill and the first of two American

ships he sank. (Ten months later, Buchholz would go down with his new command, the U-177, when she was hit in the mid-Atlantic by depth-charges dropped from a B-24 Liberator near Ascension Island.) It was a frightening first night. Here is how Harrison described it: “Monday, April 12th A very rough night, wind up to force 6, Easterly. Heavy sea running. Ev-

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The Ordeal of Lifeboat #3 erybody cold and wet….11 a.m. Lost sea anchor, had chafing gear where line came in contact with gunwale. Had Chief Mate look at it in morning and reported it O.K. Don’t know what he did to it but line parted shortly after. Rigged another sea anchor out of boat cover, riding O.K. All men seem dazed, except Davis, Getchell and Gangler. None have had any small boat experience except myself. 4-7 p.m. Mountainous seas, several short lulls during the night.” Force 6 is a strong breeze, with wind gusts to 30 mph and many whitecaps. Without a sea anchor

to slow her drift, the lifeboat was making away from land. “Tuesday, April 13th Tried sailing short while in morning, too rough, sea anchor out again. Dead reckoning drift W.S.W. 2 miles per hour. Another rough night, weather about the same. All hands wet and cold. Pumped bilges about every two hours. Sighted quite a bit of wreckage while sailing in morning. Large cases, hatch covers, etc.” Rations were tight: two crackers and four ounces water per man per day. There was no chocolate in the food containers, but they did have 11 cartons of cigarettes. Meanwhile, Harrison knew their chances of being picked up in the

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The Ordeal of Lifeboat #3 middle of the Atlantic were slim, which meant trying to sail east, to the African coast. The wind was not cooperating, but he did what he could. “Wednesday, April 14th 5:30 a.m. Wind Easterly. Force 5, hoisted sails, made about 20 miles SxE. 10:30 a.m. Mountainous seas again, put out sea anchor again. 3 p.m. Lost sea anchor again, made another. 7:45 to 9:45 p.m. Slight lull in weather. Hoisted sails again, made about five miles SxE.” The early hours of Thursday (Day 4) were even worse. Harrison wrote:

“Thursday, April 15th Another rough night, about the same as usual, weather overcast, cloudy, wind easterly. Force 5 to 7, heavy to mountainous seas. 3 a.m. Boat threatening to broach. Crossed oars to make another sea anchor. Riding O.K. afterward.” A Force 7 wind is defined as a near gale, with winds up to 38 mph that can cause foam from breaking waves to be blown into streaks. Harrison knew they were at great risk of getting sideways in the sea and swamped, so he handled the boat himself throughout the night. With dawn came a drop in the wind. “6:30 a.m. Clear. Breakfast and prayer. Hoisted sails and

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got under way. 7 a.m. Moderate Easterly. Breeze decreasing. First good weather. Slept about an hour, first sleep since leaving the ship.” Extraordinary! By my reckoning, from 5:15 Sunday evening to 7:15 on Thursday morning is an interval of 86 hours! Henry didn’t sleep long, however, for he was desperate to make easting while they could. “Noon. Distance 20 miles, Course SxE. 11:30 p.m. Dead calm, started rowing one hour on and one hour off, one relief man to each crew. Two ounces water after each turn at oars.” They rowed in turns for over four hours until at three in the morning a squall from the northwest finally allowed them to sail east. At dawn the wind dropped to a slight westerly. Daily rations per man were increased to three ounces of water, two crackers, a portion of pemmican, and one malted milk tablet. (Pemmican was a tinned emergency high protein ration of dried meat and rendered fat.) Although it continued to rain, they were unable to catch any water; they saw fish, but couldn’t get them to bite. Doggedly, they continued working their way eastward, sailing when they could, rowing when they couldn’t. On Sunday, Harrison summed up their first week as follows:

“Sunday, April 18th Fine weather, clear N.E. breeze, force 2-3, course about East 5 miles per hour. Celebrated Palm Sunday and good sailing weather with 4 ounces water for breakfast. Pemmican as usual (2 cans). Everybody in good spirits. Will be out one week today. 5 p.m. Have used 22 quarts water, 40 cans Pemmican, 10 boxes crackers. Have on board 175 quarts water, 250 cans Pemmican and enough crackers and malted milk tablets.” By rigorous rationing they still had over 80% of their stores, enough for at least another five weeks, the vessel was still seaworthy, and Harrison was training others to help with the boathandling. But the wind was often from the east and the men were getting exhausted and discouraged. When the wind came up again on Monday, Henry had the tiller in his own hands. The best course they could make was southeast, so reaching the Canaries was out of the question. Now their most likely landfall would be on the coast of French West Africa, if the west-running equatorial current and the east winds didn’t push them out to sea. By Friday, Harrison was cautiously optimistic that they were closing with the coast south of Port-Étienne (now Nouadhibou) in Mauritania, but

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The Ordeal of Lifeboat #3 they cut rations anyway. He reported: “Friday, April 30th Still plugging along, Course S.E., Distance 40 miles. Clear, nights still cold. Reckon about 80 miles from coast. 175 miles from Port Etiane, S.S.E. Cut rations a little more. One can Pemmican, 1 box crackers, 10 ounces water in stew. Divided among 11 men. Water ration, 6 a.m. 4 ounces; 12 Noon, 2 ounces; 6 p.m., two ounces; 12 Midnight, 4 ounces. Everybody in good shape except Davis, 2nd Assist. Engineer who refused to eat first week, has been allowed extra water ration since first week. Has been growing steadily weaker. Delirious since 25th. Have fed him a little crackers soaked in water whenever possible but nearly always spits it out. Just about everybody can steer now and takes turns at tiller. Noon. Latitude (observation good), 23 deg. 31 min. N. Longitude Dead Reckoning 17 deg. 45 min. W.” Harrison was right about their position and course, as it turned out. Unfortunately, he also was right about Engineer Davis. “Saturday, May 1st 5:15 a.m. I was called and found that Malcolm Davis was dead. No pulse or respiration, body cold. Exact time of death not determined (sometime between mid-

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Queen Anne’s County The history of Queen Anne’s County dates back to the earliest Colonial settlements in Maryland. Small hamlets began appearing in the northern portion of the county in the 1600s. Early communities grew up around transportation routes, the rivers and streams, and then roads and eventually railroads. Small towns were centers of economic and social activity and evolved over the years from thriving centers of tobacco trade to communities boosted by the railroad boom. Queenstown was the original county seat when Queen Anne’s County was created in 1706, but that designation was passed on to Centreville in 1782. It’s location was important during the 18th century, because it is near a creek that, during that time, could be navigated by tradesmen. A hub for shipping and receiving, Queenstown was attacked by English troops during the War of 1812. Construction of the Federal-style courthouse in Centreville began in 1791 and is the oldest courthouse in continuous use in the state of Maryland. Today, Centreville is the largest town in Queen Anne’s County. With its relaxed lifestyle and tree-lined streets, it is a classic example of small town America. The Stevensville Historic District, also known as Historic Stevensville, is a national historic district in downtown Stevensville, Queen Anne’s County. It contains roughly 100 historic structures, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located primarily along East Main Street, a portion of Love Point Road, and a former section of Cockey Lane. The Chesapeake Heritage and Visitor Center in Chester at Kent Narrows provides and overview of the Chesapeake region’s heritage, resources and culture. The Chesapeake Heritage and Visitor Center serves as Queen Anne’s County’s official welcome center. Queen Anne’s County is also home to the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (formerly Horsehead Wetland Center), located in Grasonville. The CBEC is a 500-acre preserve just 15 minutes from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Over 200 species of birds have been recorded in the area. Embraced by miles of scenic Chesapeake Bay waterways and graced with acres of pastoral rural landscape, Queen Anne’s County offers a relaxing environment for visitors and locals alike. For more information about Queen Anne’s County, visit www.qac.org. 159

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Caroline County – A Perspective Caroline County is the very definition of a rural community. For more than 300 years, the county’s economy has been based on “market” agriculture. Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne’s counties. The county was named for Lady Caroline Eden, the wife of Maryland’s last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741 - 1784). Denton, the county seat, was situated on a point between two ferry boat landings. Much of the business district in Denton was wiped out by the fire of 1863. Following the Civil War, Denton’s location about fifty miles up the Choptank River from the Chesapeake Bay enabled it to become an important shipping point for agricultural products. Denton became a regular port-ofcall for Baltimore-based steamer lines in the latter half of the 19th century. Preston was the site of three Underground Railroad stations during the 1840s and 1850s. One of those stations was operated by Harriet Tubman’s parents, Benjamin and Harriet Ross. When Tubman’s parents were exposed by a traitor, she smuggled them to safety in Wilmington, Delaware. Linchester Mill, just east of Preston, can be traced back to 1681, and possibly as early as 1670. The mill is the last of 26 water-powered mills to operate in Caroline County and is currently being restored. The long-term goals include rebuilding the millpond, rehabilitating the mill equipment, restoring the miller’s dwelling, and opening the historic mill on a scheduled basis. Federalsburg is located on Marshyhope Creek in the southern-most part of Caroline County. Agriculture is still a major portion of the industry in the area; however, Federalsburg is rapidly being discovered and there is a noticeable influx of people, expansion and development. Ridgely has found a niche as the “Strawberry Capital of the World.” The present streetscape, lined with stately Victorian homes, reflects the transient prosperity during the countywide canning boom (1895-1919). Hanover Foods, formerly an enterprise of Saulsbury Bros. Inc., for more than 100 years, is the last of more than 250 food processors that once operated in the Caroline County region. Points of interest in Caroline County include the Museum of Rural Life in Denton, Adkins Arboretum near Ridgely, and the Mason-Dixon Crown Stone in Marydel. To contact the Caroline County Office of Tourism, call 410-479-0655 or visit their website at www.tourcaroline.com. 161

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The Cage and The Key by Amy Abrams. Ranthia Press, Easton, MD. 207 pages. $12.95. Poor Celia! She is really messed up. From infancy to maturity, she’s the talented unhappy girl who turns out to make a lifetime of bad choices in wh ich she t r ie s, a nd most ly fails, to find happiness. Celia is the tormented main character in Amy Abrams’ first novel, The Cage and The Key, with the subtitle A Spiritual Sojourn. As polished as Abrams’ ability is to make her characters real, she also makes places vivid. The story covers a lot of territory: the Midwest’s small towns; a horrifying “sanitarium” with keepers more frightening than the patients; Manhattan and the art scene in the 1950s; the Southwest during the rise of housing developments that mushroomed on the deserts; and Indian reservations with vivid descriptions of the colors of land and sky. As accurate as the terrain is, it’s the people who are so well drawn

they quickly engage the reader in a feeling of recognition. As each new character enters t he stor y, Abrams provides clues that imprint as firmly as if we’re reading a diary of someone we know well. Some of them make us admire them, some we know are up to no good, and oth-

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Amy Abrams be “sent to earth to tame her rebellious spirit.” Uh oh! What is Abrams throwing at the reader? Read on. Ben Berrens is Celia’s earth father. He’s impatient and hopes the new baby is a boy, as he already has a two-year-old daughter. Ben is ashamed of his own par-

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ents. His father, Leland, was afflicted as a child, having developed an embarrassing twitch. An incorrect diagnosis labeled it permanent as it became worse in adolescence. To avoid embarrassing his family at the wedding of his older sister, Leland is packed off to a “hospital” for disabled and brain injured patients ~ at first a temporary solution to the family shame. After the wedding, Leland’s mother died and his father became a drunkard who committed suicide. The newlywed sister moved away and nobody was left to rescue Lelland. For two years he was sodomized by the crazy “hospital” owner until he suddenly regained control of his flailing arms and legs. He attacked his tormenter, took his keys and fled. Informed that both his parents were dead, he was on his own. He got a job, married and begat Ben, who ran away from his parents when Leland also became a drunkard. Leland’s experience of sexual abuse made him unable to adapt to normal life, and he vanishes from the story.

Now, back to Celia ... Abrams follows Celia’s progress as her parents divorce and her father dies, and her non-maternal mother marries money and travels most of the time with her new husband. Celia entertains herself alone and finds a talent for art. Her mother sends money for art school in New York and gives permission for Celia to live in the brownstone from Ben’s estate. Rated the best student in her class, she was shy and nearly friendless. In her sophomore year she was seduced by an older teacher whose fame vanished when his realistic paintings went out of fashion. Realism was replaced with abstract expressionism. Celia preferred realism and agreed to sit for a nude portrait, which led to an affair. The teacher was noted for choosing a young girl from his class each year to be a model for his nudes, and when the painting was complete he dumped her for a replacement. Celia was crushed and accepted an invitation by a friendly female teacher to attend a two-week painting symposium in Arizona over the

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proposal. She fell wildly in love, not noticing his avarice when she mentioned words like “brownstone” in New York, “a rich mother” and his sly awareness of her rising acclaim in the burgeoning art world. She was his path to social success, he thought. A year after their marriage, a daughter was born. Celia adored her child and was the opposite of her own negligent mother. The roof fell when she discovered that her husband had been having an affair with another woman since early in their relationship. A divorce decree revealed that the cad had all her money, sole rights to her portfolio, and he also won joint custody of her beloved daughter. Celia’s life became more tough every day. A friend on the reservation introduced her to the shaman of the tribe. He counseled her on a road to recovery, a journey to find her soul, a part of her that had been lost. She was urged to take a solo trip to Sedona, a tourist destination for believers who hoped to see a UFO in the remote desert sky. She learned meditation. She conquered doubts and struggled with depression. Celia’s recovery includes sleeping on a blanket in the desert to discover her totem in a dream. She’s disappointed to dream about an alligator. It certainly wasn’t the swan she’d hoped for. This was only the first bad dream of many that read more like descriptions of hallucinations from

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nasty pills or the like. One disaster after another robs her of just about everything that she loves, just as her cloud parents and shaman predicted. The return of her soul would be a hard passage. On a day Celia was exhausted, and having nothing more to give up, it happened. Her cloud parents were there to embrace her and she finds contentment. Her soul has come back and she is at peace. An old love from art school days is discovered nearby and they are set to live happily ever after. Abrams’ New Age focus is rather a unique basis for the troubles of a wounded child. Whether the reader accepted it or hoped for less hocuspocus is a matter of taste. Whatever

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beautifully of landscape without ever describing one.” For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. Thru Jan. 26 Exhibit: Perceiving Infinity by Chul Hyun Ahn at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Ahn creates sculptures utilizing light, color and illusion as physical representations of his investigation of infinite space. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. T h r u Ja n. 2 6 E x h ibit: El s e where by Eva Lundsager at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Lu nd sa ger ’s pa i nt i ng s “si ng

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Thru Jan. 26 Exhibit: Anne Truitt at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Artist Anne Truitt spent her childhood in Easton and t r a v e le d e x t e n s i v e l y b e f o r e eventually settling in Washington, D.C. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

manuel United Church of Christ, Cambridge. Noon to 7:45 p.m. For more info. tel: 888-8256638 or visit www.DelmarvaBlood.org. 2-Feb. 28 Olde Kent Quilters Art Show at t he Ad m i n i s t r at ion Gallery, Heron Point of Ches-

Thru Jan. 26 Exhibit: Siciliana by Meloi Minnella at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more than five decades, the Italian photographer has traveled the world to focus his emphatic lens on the activities and places of ever yday people. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 2 Stitch and Chat at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your ow n projects and stitch with a group. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626. 2 Blood Donation Drive at Im-

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3,10,17,24,31 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 more info. tel: 410-822-4848.

3 Che s ter tow n’s F i r s t F r id ay. Extended shop hours with arts and entertainment throughout historic downtown. For a list of activities, visit: www.kentcounty.com/artsentertainment.

4 First Saturday Gallery Walk in downtown Easton. 5 to 9 p.m. Easton’s art galleries, antiques shops and restaurants combine for a unique cultural experience. For more info. tel: 410-770-8350.

3 Winter Class Open House at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 5 to 7 p.m. Free. Meet the instructors. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

4,11,18,25 Class: Yoga with Suzie Hurley at the Oxford Communit y Center. 9 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-226-5904 or visit www.oxfordcc.org.

3 Dorchester Sw ingers Square Da nc e f r om 7:30 to 10 p.m. at Maple Elementar y School, Egypt Rd., Cambridge. Refreshments provided. For more info. tel: 410-820-8620. 3,10,17,24,31 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. 3,10,17,24,31 Bridge with Dawn Travis at the Oxford Community Center. 9 a.m. For more info. tel: 410 -226 -5904 or v isit www. oxfordcc.org. 174

5 Talbot Cinema Society presents The Life of Emil Zola (History/ Biography, 1937) at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. TCS membership is by subscription only. For more info. tel: 410-924-5752 or visit www. talbotcinemasociety.com. 6 Brow n Bag Lu nch: A mateu r R adio... A Hobby Wit hout Boundaries with Bob Luff at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. Noon. Luff, president of the Easton Amateur Radio Club, talks about communication by HA M radio. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit www.tcf l.org.

6 L ecture: Auschw itz sur v ivor Mar t y Weiss ta lk s about t he Holocaust at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 6:30 p.m. Weiss, a survivor of Auschwitz a nd d o c e nt of t he Nat ion a l Holocaust Museum, shares his memories of the horrors and heroism of the Holocaust. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 6 Seminar: The Tidewater Camera Club w i l l pre sent a sem i na r titled “A Photographer and a Pa i nter A g r e e a nd D i s a g r e e about Composition” with speakers Tim and Sara Linda Poly from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Wye Oak Room at the Talbot Community

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January Calendar Center, Easton. Award-winning artists Tim (photography) and Sara Linda (painting) Poly share their insights into this fundamental step in creating powerful images. The seminar is free and open to the public. For more info. tel: 410-822-5441 or visit www. tidewatercameraclub.com. 6,13,20,27 Class: Level 2 Yoga w ith Deborah Pulzone at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. 9 to 10:30 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 6,13,20,27 After School Class: Discoveries in Clay with Paul Aspell from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 6,13,20,27 Monday Night Trivia at t he Ma rke t S t r e e t P ubl ic House, Denton. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Join host Norm Amorose for a fun-f illed evening. For more info. tel: 410-479-4720. 7 Meeting: Breast Feeding Support Group f rom 10 to 11:30 a.m. at U M Shore Medical Center in Easton. For more info. tel: 410 -822-1000 or v isit www. shorehealth.org.

7 Meeting: Live Playwrightsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Society at the Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre, Che s ter tow n. 7:30 p.m . For more info. tel: 410-810-2060. 7-9 Winter Paint-In with Diane DuBois Mullaly and Katie Cassidy at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 7,14,21,28 Class: Mixed Level Yoga with Kathy Quackenbush at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. 7:30 to 9 a.m. and 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 8 Meeting: Talbot Optimist Club at the Washington Street Pub, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more info. e-mail tglass@leinc.com. 8,15,22,29 Senior Games at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. Noon. Learn to play American mahjong. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626. 8,15,22,29 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.

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8,1 5 , 2 2 , 29 St. Michael s A r t League’s weekly “Paint Together” at the home of Alice-Marie Gravely. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-8117. 8,15,22,29 Class: Mixed Level Yoga with Deborah Pulzone at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston. org.

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January Calendar 9 Lecture: JFK in the Senate: Pathway to the Presidency with John T. Shaw at the Talbot County Free Librar y, Easton. 6 p.m. Shaw, author and Congressional reporter, describes how Kennedy used the Senate as a policy and political training ground. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 9,16,23,30 Class: Level 2 Yoga w ith Caroly n Brennan at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. 8:30 to 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org.

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9,16,23,30 Class: Mixed Level Yoga with Carolyn Brennan at Evergreen: A Center for Bala nc e d L iv i ng. 10:30 a .m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410819 -3395 or v isit www.evergreeneaston.org. 9,16,23,30 After School Class: After School Art Club with Susan Horsey for grades 4 to 7 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 9,23 Class: 5 Element Yoga with S.D. Swan and Freya Farley at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. 12:30 to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston. org. 10,17,24,31 Class: Gentle Yoga with Cyndi Prud’homme at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or v isit www.e vergreenea ston. org. 11 Fr iends of the Librar y Second Saturday Book Sale at the Dorchester County Public Library, Cambridge. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410228-7331 or visit www.dorchesterlibrary.org.

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401 Market St., Denton. Watch local artists demonstrate their talents. 2 to 4 p.m. Free. For more info. tel: 410-479-1009. 11 Saturday Speaker Series: The History of Easton Airport/Newnam Field with Michael Henry, Easton Airport Manager, at 2 p.m. at the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Libra r y. Mi ke w i l l d iscuss t he history of the airport, as well as the signif icance of a local airport to our community. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit www.tcf l.org. 11 Second Saturday in Historic Downtown Cambridge on Race,

Mark Salter 11 Mark Salter’s “S” Series Cooking Demonstration with Miele at The Robert Morris Inn, Oxford. 10 a.m. to noon. Included are recipe cards, a two-hour demonstration followed by a twocourse luncheon w ith a glass of wine. $64 per person with limited guest number. For more info. tel: 410-226-5111. 11 Family Craf ts at the Ta lbot County Free Librar y, Easton. 10 to 11:30 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www. tcf l.org. 11 2nd Saturday at the Foundry at 179

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January Calendar 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 info. visit www.cambridgemainstreet.com. 11 C onc er t: T he Bl i nd B oy s of Alabama at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. Start the New Year off right with this truly legendary gospel group! The original members of the Blind Boys of Alabama first sang together in 1939 at the age of nine in the glee club of the Alabama Institute for the Blind in Talladega. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

of “Martha’s Closet” Yard Sale and Community Outreach Store, open during the breakfast and e ver y We d ne sd ay f rom 8:30 a.m. to noon. 12 Pancake Breakfast at the Oxford Volunteer Fire Company. 8 to 11 a.m. Proceeds to benefit the Oxford Volunteer Fire Services. $8. For more info. tel: 410-226-5110. 12 Concert: Terra Voce at Christ Church, Easton. 4 p.m. Known for lively and creative programs, cellist Andrew Gebbert and flutist Elizabeth Brightbill thrill audiences with their genreexpanding exploration of a wide

The Blind Boys of Alabama. 11,25 Country Church Breakfast at Faith Chapel & Trappe United Methodist Churches in Wesley Ha l l, Trappe. 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. Menu: eg gs, panc a kes, French toast, sausage, scrapple, hash brow ns, gr its, sausage grav y and biscuits, juice and coffee. TUMC is also the home

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range of musical styles. For more info. tel: 410-822-2677 or visit www.christchurcheaston.org. 13 Stitching Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3 to 5 p.m. Bring your needlecraft to work on in a group. Limited instruction for beginners. All ages welcome. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www. tcf l.org. 13,20,27 Class: Intermed./Adv’d Pottery Raku with Paul Aspell from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410 -822A RT S (27 87) or v i s it w w w. academyartmuseum.org.

at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 14,21,28 Class: Basic Draw ing ~ Perspec t ive, Propor t ion & Composition w ith K atie Cassidy from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 14,21,28 Class: Two Plus Seven ~ Nine Weeks of Winter Watercolor with Heather Crow from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787)

1 3 , 27 Tot T i me at t he Ta lb ot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 10:30 a.m. Story time and crafts for children 5 and under accompanied by an adult. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 14 Cookie Art ~ Paint, decorate or embellish edible sugar cookies at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3 to 5 p.m. You could win the “People’s Choice Award.” For more info. tel: 410822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 14,21,28 Class: The Landscape i n O i l w it h Pat r ic k Me eh a n from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 181

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January Calendar or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 14,28 Meeting: Tidewater Stamp Club at the Mayor and Council Bldg., Easton. 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1371. 15 Arts Express Bus Trip to see the Phillips Collection: van Gogh Repetitions with the Academy Art Museum, Easton. $115/$95 member (includes transportat ion, g uided tour and dr iver tip). For more info. tel: 410 822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org.

15 Plant Clinic offered by the University of Maryland Cooperative Extensionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Master Gardeners of Talbot County at the Talbot County Free Librar y, Easton. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1244. 15,22,29 Class: Pastel Painting ~ Fundamentals and Beyond with Katie Cassidy from 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 15,22,29 Class: Still Life in Oil with Rita Curtis from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel:

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6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 16

Meeting: Stroke Survivors Support Group at Pleasant Day Medical Adult Day Care, Cambridge. 1 to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-228-0190.

16 Gary D. Crawford, educator, writer, and bookseller, will be t he f eat u red s pea ke r a t t h e monthly Brown Bag Lunch at the Easton Branch of the Talbot County Free Library. In August 1951, Gustin and Leroy Sadler, Tilghman Island watermen, were

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or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 16,23,30 Class: How to Tame Your Camera ~ Beginning Photography with Sahm Doherty-Sefton from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

Gary Crawford and his wife, Susan. two members of a haul-seine crew who took 75 tons of fish in one set of their net, one of the largest single catches ever recorded. Crawford’s slideshow is derived from an interview with the Sadler brothers about their participation in this historic event. Crawford is a regular contributor to Tidewater Times and, along with his wife Susan, operates Crawfords Nautical Books, a unique bookstore on Tilghman Island. There is no charge for this public program sponsored by the Friends of the Talbot County Free Library. Noon. For more info. tel: 410822-1626. 16,23,30 Class: Figure Drawing with Patrick Meehan from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787)

16,23,30 Class: T’ai Chi for Beginners with Dell St. Ana at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. For more info. tel: 410 -819 -3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston. org. 17 Soup Day at the St. Michaels C om mu n it y C enter. Choose from three delicious soups for lunch. $6 meal deal. Each meal comes with a bowl of soup, a roll and a drink. Take out or eat in! We deliver in St. Michaels. For more info. tel:410-745-6073. 17 23rd Annual Spaghetti Dinner at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, St. Michaels. 4 to 8 p.m. Join us for fantastic food, family fun and fine fellowship. All you can eat for only $11 (children 11 and under $3). Take-outs will be available. For ticket info. tel: 410-745-2534. 17,24,31 Class: Mat Pilates with

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Jena Latham at Evergreen: A C enter for Ba la nc e d L iv i ng. 12:45 to 1:45 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www. evergreeneaston.org. 17-Feb. 2 Play: How the Other Half Lives ~ a comedy by Alan Ayckbourn at the Church Hill The at re, Chu rch Hi l l. Th ree couples share more than the husbands’ common workplace. For more info. on show times tel: 410-758-1331 or visit www. churchhilltheatre.org. 18 Concer t: The Hot at Nights in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. They’re a combustible instrumental jazz

combo that plays like a raw rock band. 8 p.m. $20. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www. theavalonfoundation.com. 18,25 Class: Winter Challenge: A Painting a Day w ith Diane DuBois Mullaly from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast in the Chesapeake Room, Rock Hall Fire Hall. 7 to 10 a.m. This celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King will feature speaker Joseph E. Morse, founder and e d itor of D elmar va Af r ic an

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t he Ox ford Communit y Center. 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410 -226 -5904 or v isit www. oxfordcc.org. 21 In-Service Day Activity from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for ages 6 to 10 w it h C onsta nce Del Nero at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org.

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21 Hot New Movie Release Movie Day at the Talbot County Free L ibra r y, Ea ston. 2 to 4 p.m. Title: TBA. For more info. tel: 410 - 822-1626 or v isit www. tcf l.org. 23 Lecture: The United States in 2014 ~ Are We More Safe Than Before? w it h Mitchell Reiss, President of Washington College, at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 6 p.m. $20/$15 member. For more i n fo. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 23 Concert: Marc Scibilia in the Stolt z L istening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. A humble, confident performer, Marc has performed at the MTV Music Awards. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www. avalontheatre.com. 23,30 After School Class: Figure Drawing for Teens with Patrick Meehan from 3:15 to 4:45 p.m. at the Academy Art Museum,

Easton. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 24 Friday Nites in Caroline: Gypsy Wind at the Caroline Count y Central Library, Denton. 7 to 9 p.m. Come out and enjoy a free evening of music. For more info. tel: 410-479-1009 or visit www. carolinearts.org. 24 Concert: Carrie Rodrigues Duo in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. Carrie always gives her shows everything she has as a fiddler, singer and songwriter. 8 p.m. $20. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or v isit www.theavalonfoundation.com. 24 Cocktails & Concert: Atlantic Guitar Quartet at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 5:30 p.m. These four musicians, all alumni of the Peabody Conser vator y, share a desire to expand the reper toire of classical guitar by performing and promoting

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January Calendar the music of living composers. $75/$42 members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 24 Concert: The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform an all-Mozart program at Chesapeake College’s Todd Performing Arts Center at 8 p.m. There will be a pre-concert conversation at 7 p.m. with Matt Spivey, BSO vice president of artistic affairs, and the orchestra’s guest conductor, Joshua Weilerstein. Tickets are $40 and $10 for students. For more info. tel: 410-827-5867 or

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25 Chicken ’n Dumplin’ Dinner at the Immanuel United Church of Christ, Cambridge. 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410 -228-4640 or v isit www. immanuelucc.com. 27 Lecture: Anne Kramer of WBAL to speak on Human Trafficking at the Litrenta Lecture Hall, Washington College, Chestertown. 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-348-2690. 28 Meeting: Women Supporting Women, lo c a l br e a s t c a nc er support group, meets at Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge. 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-463-0946.

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