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HERE COMES THE SUN Pandemic + Seasonal Depression Does Not Have to Equal Misery PAGE 10

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Fire Burns Refuge, 100 Shirts Project, Card Company Launches, Science of Skunk Cabbage

PLAYGOER: Cabaret at Classic Theatre of Maryland

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Move Aside Millenials, GenX Was Here First

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n an effort to shake my own winter blues, I went in for a massage recently.

My massage therapist was a surprise.

About 28 and built like a linebacker, Ryan was not what I was expecting.

Men in the wellness industry tend to be muscle-y bodybuilders or long lean yogi types. He was your average young man who looks like he used to play football.

Turns out he did. And he got into massage by working with athletes.

It also turned out to be a surprising conversation, or as much of a conversation as one can have naked under a sheet while someone kneads your muscles into pliable dough.

Ryan told me he spends much of his free time playing games. But not video games—the only gaming I hear about from my town teenage sons. Ryan plays the usual softball, flag football and basketball. But he also is a member of leagues that play dodgeball and kickball.

I was floored. The very gym class games I dreaded as a child are now the hip social outlets of millennials?

Now I saw the movie and I know there is a National Dodgeball League. What

came as a surprise was the fact that these are young adults who are joining leagues, playing multiple times a week.

Voluntarily.

And they are loving it apparently.

Ryan says they play all around the area

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Fundraiser Scores Big Heritage Baptist’s 16th Annual SOUPer Bowl fundraiser for the Light House Homeless Prevention Center was conducted online from February 6-13 at HeritageLoves.com. To entice donations, nine community leaders from business, public service and the food industries shared their favorite soup recipes on the website and participants were encouraged to donate any amount to support our neighbors in need.

When the event ended, over $8,700 was raised to support the Light House. We

The very gym class games I dreaded as a child are now the hip social outlets of millennials?

and then everyone heads out for a beer.

Except for the “old people”, who need to get home, he says. Those old people are are all of 35 years old (ahem).

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Baltimore area sport I just discovered is a thing: Dodgebow.

Combine dodgeball with archery and paintball, and you have a “sport” straight out of Hunger Games. Nope. No thanks.

All this reminds me that as a member of GenX, we have set the stage for strangely nostalgic pursuits. If you bobbed your head even a little during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, you know what I mean. The movies and TV shows popular today all retain some element from the 1980s and 1990s because their creators are usually members of this generation. There’s a resurgence of tight-rolled pants, denim jackets, scrunchies, Snoop and Tupac. The New York Times Magazine ran a story appropriately titled “My So-Called Adulthood.” IYKYK, Angela.

Gen X, we are squarely in midlife.

And that’s OK. And kinda fun. We may grumble about it but deep down in our slacker hearts, we are loving it.

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This fire is no cause for panic. Image courtesy of Eric Kronner, Prescribed Fire Specialist at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

PRESCRIBED BURNS CONSUME 1,700 ACRES OF MARSH (But it’s a good thing)

BY CHERYL COSTELLO

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passerby could be quite alarmed by the sight: nearly 2,000 acres of marshland in the treasured Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge going up in flames. In

the fire at Blackwater that was set intentionally last week, no one will be charged with arson. And officials are offering a reward—to the environment.

It’s an age-old technique environmentalists use to build the marsh back up better than before.

“The main focus in burning marsh

grass is the ability to cycle nutrients in that habitat, which ultimately allows the burnt grass to come back stronger and healthier,” explains Eric Kronner, a prescribed fire specialist at the wildlife refuge in Cambridge, Dorchester County.

Kronner and his team are burning the marsh by land and by boats to access

tough-to-reach areas. This operation is called a prescribed burn. Humans set the fire, but Mother Nature has to dish out the right prescription to maintain control of the burn.

“When it comes to burning marsh, we like strong winds because the fuel is literally on top of water. You have to have See BURNS on page 4

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a strong wind in order to push it across the grass,” Kronner says.

How does his team make sure the fire doesn’t grow out of control? Kronner says they strategically light it in a location they know the wind will push the flames the right way. There are priority areas—some near private homes and property next to eagle nests.

“We’ll light [the grass] and in a minute it burns down. There is nothing left and it moves on from that area … It consumes everything it’s going to consume and then it runs into the water and it’s out.”

This year, the team is trying to burn about 1,700 acres at Blackwater.

The Marshmaster is a unique-looking mini-tank that burn specialists drive over marshland, with tracks that keep it from getting stuck. It can also float.

While the equipment may be newer, controlled burns at the wildlife refuge are not, Kronner tells us.

“Whoever is managing [Blackwater] at the time has been burning it. That goes back to Native American encampments, they burnt the marsh. Early settlement periods, they burnt the marsh. And we’re just kind of keeping that history going.”

So is there environmental evidence of the benefits of these fires? Blackwater says there are several studies showing that annual burning of the marsh can

“Whoever is managing [Blackwater] at the time has been burning it.

That goes back to Native American encampments, early settlement periods, they burnt the marsh. We’re just kind of keeping that history going.”

—ERIC KRONNER, PRESCRIBED FIRE SPECIALIST help maintain its position within the ecosystem. “The stronger those roots are, the more likely those roots will stay where they’re at,” Kronner says.

So if you’re visiting the popular national wildlife refuge and you see parts of the marsh going up in flames, know that the fire is under control—it burns to better the environment.

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Artist Eric Jackson is creating 100 shirts using water collected from 100 locations.

Photo: Jackson.

100 SHIRTS, 100 SHORES

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ne Chesapeake Bay—many stories.

That’s the concept that artist Eric Jackson explores in his 100 Shirts, 100 Shores project. Using water samples from 100 different locations along the

Chesapeake Bay, Jackson will use a traditional batik process to create 100 unique shirts that tell a collective story about conservation, history, and connection.

Jackson, of Bay Fiber Studios in Leonardtown, uses a wax and dye-based resist process in his artwork that “creates a unique aesthetic in each piece that

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Artist Eric Jackson. Photo: Courtesy Eric Jackson.

feels contemporary, but still familiar.”

In 2015, he got the idea to incorporate water from fishing locations into painted images of the fish themselves.

This latest project grew out of that concept, but on a larger scale.

Before turning to the arts, Jackson originally planned to study biology and has memories of environmental

summer camps and field studies with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. “A connection to the water has always inspired me to get out there, and also come back and create, based on my experiences on the Bay,” Jackson says.

“I’ve also fished a lot of the western part of the middle Bay for 30 years now, and I think there’s this innate curiosity

to explore new locations which comes with recreational fishing. There’s that theme of discovery and journeying that is important to the project.”

The 100 Shores project quickly struck a nerve in the community; the initial Kickstarter campaign was fully funded in less than 12 hours.

A lot of people in Chesapeake Country have stories to share. Jackson recounts, “almost immediately, I started getting stories and tidbits from supporters who had their own connections to places on the watershed they wanted to share with me. It became clear very quickly that the stories themselves were equally important to the project as the shirts or the actual shores. It’s continuing to evolve as more and more people catch wind of what’s happening.”

As such, Jackson is collaboratively choosing his 100 Shores, taking in all of the suggestions and making a plan that accounts for historical significance, biodiversity, and personal connections. The majority of his planned sample sites fall along the main stem and major tributaries of the Chesapeake.

As with all of his work, a portion of proceeds will be donated to organizations whose work benefits the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Jackson hopes that his project can help bring attention to the environmental issues befalling the Bay. “I’ve considered myself an advocate and con-

“I started getting stories and tidbits from supporters who had their own connections to places on the watershed they wanted to share with me.”

—ERIC JACKSON, 100 SHORES PROJECT

servationist for a long time, and I’ve seen how organizations have effectively driven change over the years through data-driven programs, infrastructure and policy. I have always wondered if there’s an opportunity to also drive change through eliciting an emotional response based on a more expressive experience that you give to an audience. I’d like to add to that conversation by creating work that is for the Bay, and not just about the Bay.” Follow Jackson’s project at onehundredshores.com, and on Instagram @bayfibers.

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ew locally founded business, Fluttr, has made sending love a whole lot easier. The internet-based personal greeting card service is dedicated to helping people stay connected and celebrate life’s most important moments through one-of-a-kind personalized greeting cards.

Founder and owner, Matt Sarro, started his new company to improve the experience of purchasing greeting cards. On Mother’s Day two years ago, Sarro’s wife was returning home from an annual girls trip to Florida and Sarro was panicking because he hadn’t bought her a Mother’s Day card yet.

“I grabbed my kids and we went to the local grocery store and predictably the selection was pretty picked over,” Sarro says. “I couldn’t find anything I liked so I went to the local pharmacy and had a similar experience. Alternatively I went down to a local nursery and bought her a plant and a blank card off a metal rack.

I came home and just thought about it all day. I hated everything about this customer experience—I’m always forgetting or remembering last minute and I very rarely find something that I’m actually really excited to give her.”

From there, Sarro began planning a solution and built his business of Fluttr January 2021. After many beta tests and trials, Fluttr’s website will relaunch in the coming weeks.

Sarro’s focus on a positive customer experience stems from his past career of working with a digital agency on website design and development for

four and a half years.

“While I was there I was very focused on working with our customers to help them create a great user experience,” Sarro says.

Fluttr is rooted in the idea of sending physical cards instead of digital e-cards. “We’ve always fundamentally believed that there’s real value in giving someone an actual, tangible, physical card that shows up in the mail or even handing it to them,” Sarro says.

Greeting cards from Fluttr feature unique personalization that cannot be bought from a grocery store. Customers have the ability to select, sign, schedule and send high quality physical cards.

Customers browse through about 730 unique cards by occasion, choose the cover they fancy, then select from three messages or write their own.

“Right out of the gates you have options to personalize and customize,” Sarro says. “Any time you choose a message it drops it down into a field where you can then edit it, so if it’s something that’s almost right but not perfect you can personalize it.”

Fluttr also allows customers to send their cards right away or schedule them to be sent on a future date. “You have the ability to schedule cards for the year at which point you can kind of put it in autopilot and then we’ll send you reminders of cards that are supposed to go out,” Sarro says.

The artwork on Fluttr’s robust inventory of cards are designed by a creative network of 55 diverse independent artists contributing one-of-a-kind artwork.

“When we started the business we felt like there was room to improve on the actual physical cards in terms of the artwork,” Sarro says. “So rather than

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Fluttr is the second business to be awarded the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation VOLT Growth Loan of $50,000.

“The VOLT Growth Fund aims to help Maryland-based high-growth innovative and technology product companies, like Fluttr, implement a go-to-market strategy and accelerate sales—and subsequently create jobs and business growth in Anne Arundel County,” says Steve Primosch, AAEDC’s Vice President of Finance.

The loan was awarded to Fluttr on February 1. According to Primosch, Fluttr qualified since it “presents a creative solution that allows for a subscription model for custom greeting cards created by local artists. The company is led by a seasoned professional that has the skill set to facilitate growth and take the company to the next level.”

Sarro says the loan gives Fluttr the working capital needed to grow the business. “Assuming that it goes well and we continue to grow the company over the next year to five years then I imagine that’s just the beginning of a relationship that we’ll have with Anne Arundel … We can grow from what we established initially to potentially quite a bit more as we need to scale the business and grow it,” Sarro says.

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ou won’t find them in a bridal bouquet or in the centerpiece of a dining room table, but the eastern skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, is, indeed, a flower—and if you venture into the swampier areas in Maryland right now, you may get to see them in full bloom.

Considered the first flower of spring, the skunk cabbage is common in eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. Its range extends southward to North Carolina and Tennessee and westward to Minnesota. While it typically blooms late February through April, in the relatively mild climate of Maryland, they begin to break through the soil in January. By March, unpollinated flowers are decomposing and the pollinating ones are bearing fruit.

“Skunk cabbage thermoregulates,” explains Siobhan C. Percey. “They not only produce their own heat, they control their heat production depending on the temperature of the surrounding area.” The plants maintain a temperature between 68 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit for about two weeks, even when their environment is frozen.

Percey is a veterinarian, naturalist, and local skunk cabbage expert. Every January, she leads a skunk cabbage

hike through the wetlands of Jug Bay in southern Anne Arundel County. Recently, she led a group from the Annapolis-based Café Scientifique on a hike in Arnold.

On a mild day in February, the woodland floor and low-lying wetlands are covered in dried, brown leaves making it somewhat easy to spot the colorful skunk cabbage blossoms and their bright green shoots that have yet to unfurl. The flower itself consists of a thick, mottled maroon hood called a spathe and the spadix, a fleshy knoblike center that will change from a pinkish purple to a bright yellow in the course of a couple of weeks.

“I believe thermoregulation is primarily a heat reward for pollinators,” says Percey.

“Pollinators are attracted to the skunk cabbage flower because the heat contained in the spathe allows them to expend less of their own energy to warm their muscles for flying. Inadvertently, while they are in the spathe, they become covered with pollen and carry that pollen on to the next flower they visit.”

As a protogynous flower, the skunk cabbage flower begins its bloom as female (pinkish purple) but transitions to male (yellow) allowing skunk cabbage plants to cross-pollinate.

“Not all flowers play by the rules,” Percey explains as she shows the group a blossom in which the spadix is still purple, but it has clearly sprouted the male anthers indicating it will soon be

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Nina McGarry and Siobhan Percey inspect a skunk cabbage. Photo: Susan Nolan. mature enough to release pollen. If a female flower is pollenated, it will produce fruit, and therefore seeds. Later, as male, it will release its own pollen. Once the flowers are gone, the foliage takes over— its large, green leaves will cover the woodland floor in spring and summer.

Despite its name, the skunk cabbage is not related to the leafy vegetable you find in the grocery store. Recipes for skunk cabbage are available online, but

according to Percey, eating it is ill-advised. Skunk cabbage contains calcium oxalate crystals that deter predators and can be toxic to humans. “It’s likely to burn your mouth,” says Percey.

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Pandemic + Seasonal Depression Does Not Have to Equal Misery

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HE WINTER MONTHS can feel long and fierce. The initial appreciation for the changes that the season brings is sometimes replaced with feelings of annoyance, fatigue, longing for warmer weather and sunnier skies, and in some cases feelings of depression.

For those who find themselves facing the winter blues, it may be seasonal depression or SAD, seasonal affective disorder. According to the Mayo Clinic, seasonal affective disorder is a diagnosable form of depression related to changes in seasons. Typically symptoms will emerge in the fall and continue through the winter months. Instances of SAD tend to peak towards the end of January and into February. Symptoms tend to resolve during the spring and

summer months. Symptoms can include things like feeling sad or down most of the day and nearly every day, loss of interest in activities you typically enjoy, low energy, weight gain, trouble sleeping, oversleeping, feelings of hopelessness or worthlessness, thoughts of suicide or self-harm, and appetite changes.

Data suggests that SAD affects about 5 percent of the American population— mostly women. Mental health experts in Anne Arundel County say that they

have seen the effects of seasonal depression and mental health struggles brought on by the pandemic firsthand.

Cindy Radovic, Clinical Director of Mental Health Services at the J. Kent McNew Family Medical Center in Annapolis, says that the winter months tend to be difficult for a large percentage of the population, but when we look at the effects of winter coupled with the continued stress and isolation of the pandemic, it’s not surprising that there seems to be a widespread increase in feelings of sadness and depression.

“Typically, people who struggle with what we call seasonal affective disorder seem to struggle only in the winter months and function well the rest of the year,” says Radovic. “What we are currently seeing is more the lack of return to optimal functioning during the non-winter months as the pandemic persists.”

Jen Corbin, director of Anne Arundel County Crisis Response, echoes this sentiment. “While there has been an increase in calls this winter, the call

volume has increased since the start of COVID, and in general has been increasing for the past several years.”

Seasonal affective disorder during a pandemic is potentially compounding the reported instances of depression.

Radovic says that it can be difficult to isolate mental health trends due to the complexities caused by COVID for those seeking mental health support.

She does note a marked increase in concerns among the adolescent population as well as in middle-aged adults seeking mental health support for the first time in their lives since the start of the pandemic. Isolation from COVID and winter weather that drives us indoors can create a perfect storm for depression to emerge.

Dr. Wayne Pernell, a TEDx speaker, author and life coach, says instances of depression are up by 30 to 50 percent over pre-pandemic years. He says the “why” is easy: “We aren’t enjoying our favorite activities as we used to. We’re not outside as much. We’re not engaged with others as much.”

have during the warmer months.”

Hutto says Chinese medicine looks at which systems in the body are struggling, and which systems are more prone to struggle under climactic changes. “We are then able to direct blood flow to those areas of the body to give a leg up, so to speak.”

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ymptoms of SAD may range from mild to severe, but there are treatment options available, which may include things like light therapy (phototherapy), psychotherapy, and medication. Those suffering from seasonal depression may soon have relief on the way with the arrival of spring, but that doesn’t necessarily make these final weeks any easier to contend with. Fortunately, there are plenty of local resources to turn to.

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cupuncture and Chinese medicine can be an effective means of addressing the symptoms associated with seasonal depression. Dr. Molly Harbour Hutto of Annapolis Family Acupuncture says that there is a reason why

many people struggle during the winter months.

“Chinese medicine at its core is all about looking at how cycles invariably play out in ourselves, in the world around us, and how the two interact with one another. There are certain times of the year when it is expected that our energy will innately be higher; the movement of spring into summer is one of these times, and because our energy is functioning more optimally, we have greater digestive energy and thus have an easier time extracting nutrients from food and being more active,” she says.

Seasons that motivate us to be outside more frequently and socializing tend to make most people feel better and more stable in their lives, Hutto says. “On the contrary, the colder part of the year can be very difficult. Many people find that they do not have the same energy they

ater-related activities are something we tend to associate with warmer weather, but at Paradise Float Spa in Annapolis, it’s a year-round asset. Owner Denise Pearson cited a clinical trial conducted at the Laureate Institute of Brain Research (LIBR) that showed a single one-hour float session produced a decrease in negative states such as stress, anxiety, and depression, and simultaneously showed an increase CONTINUED O

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Light therapy can ease the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder say experts.

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“Massage can help decrease heart rate and blood pressure, decrease stress hormone levels, decrease body stiffness and soreness, and give us an overall sense of calmness and control. Heated salt stones or CBD oil added to bodywork can magnify relaxation.”

—CHERYL STEWART, ELEMENTS MASSAGE

in positive states such as serenity, happiness, and overall wellbeing. An astounding 100 percent of trial participants claimed reduced anxiety after their float experience.

Pearson says float therapy or Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy (Floatation-REST) is a way to “reduce sensory input to the nervous system through the act of floating in a pool of water saturated with 1,000 pounds of Epsom salt with no lights and no sound.”

The experience uses sensory deprivation to ease stress and strain on the mind and body. Pearson says floating

provides a chance for the mind and body to rest and reset. “Much like turning a computer off and on again to refresh it.”

The benefits of float therapy extend far beyond the tank itself, says Pearson.

“With regular floating, our clients can retrain their minds to monitor internally for signs of anxiety or depression, disrupt negative self-talk and return to a state of calm and serenity even outside of the float tank environment.”

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epression can cause physical manifestations of symptoms such as

Dr. Molly Harbour Hutto works with a patient (pre-pandemic).

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muscle soreness, stiffness, and pain.

Massage therapy is another enjoyable and often overlooked avenue for symptom management. Cheryl Stewart is a massage therapist and owner of Elements Massage, with locations in both Crofton and Edgewater. She says incorporating regular massages into your health and wellness routine helps to keep our minds calm and our bodies relaxed and limber.

“Massage can help decrease heart rate and blood pressure, decrease stress hormone levels, decrease body stiffness and soreness, and give us an overall sense of calmness and control. Heated salt stones or CBD oil added to bodywork can magnify relaxation. Massage can even result in us feeling more energetic, especially when accompanied by certain aromatherapy treatments.” As someone who personally suffers from periodic bouts of SAD, especially in the seemingly never-ending months of February and March, Stewart herself utilizes massage, as well as yoga, and nutrition to counteract the effects of winter.

The winter months can also wreak havoc on our natural circadian rhythm.

Stewart says that if we find ourselves tossing and turning or having trouble sleeping at night, we can regulate our circadian rhythm by getting a massage as well.

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popular and well-studied therapy to help treat seasonal depression is through the use of light also known as phototherapy. Danielle Swimm, owner and founder of Collide Behavioral Health in Annapolis, says the purpose of light therapy is to supplement, mimic, or replace the lack of natural sunlight during the winter and fall months.

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Salt stone massage can ease symptoms of seasonal depression.

Photo: Elements Massage.

The quiet room at the J. Kent McNew Family Medical Center in Annapolis, a stand-alone mental health facility.

Photos: Jillian Amodio.

“Light therapy is effective because it mimics the sun.

It impacts the melatonin system, which is correlated with our serotonin system, which impacts our mood.

Even just standing outside for ten minutes getting daily sun exposure in the morning can be incredibly beneficial.”

—DANIELLE SWIMM, OWNER AND FOUNDER OF COLLIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Lightboxes or therapy lamps are easy to use and can also be purchased online for at-home use.

“Light therapy is effective because it mimics the sun. It impacts the melatonin system, which is correlated with our serotonin system, which impacts our mood. Even just standing outside for ten minutes getting daily sun exposure in the morning can be incredibly beneficial,” says Swimm.

Curious as to how to know it’s time to

seek professional intervention? Swimm says if your symptoms are starting to impact your daily routine, your job, your relationships, it is worth meeting with someone.

“If you are beginning to isolate, or if you feel like you are just in a funk you can’t get out of … you can be really proactive and even just come in for a couple of sessions to acquire the tools and techniques you need to get back to feeling like yourself again.”

Swimm says many people may be too quick to brush off the idea of light therapy because of how simple a fix it seems to be. She says that neuroscience proves that it does make a difference in both mood and serotonin production. She encourages people to give phototherapy a try for seven to 14 days, either with a therapy lamp or daily sessions in the morning sun.

Motivational speaker Pernell says creating novelty in your life can help ease symptoms. He suggests ordering food from a different local restaurant you have yet to try or read a book or watch a movie in a genre outside of your normal got to. He says to “lighten up” by opening curtains and turning on the lights in your home. He also urges people to get social, get off the screens, and back into enjoying life one small step at a time.

Radovic agrees that getting outside and setting small goals is essential in combating these seasonal struggles.

“Even when it is cold, it is critical to go outside for even five to ten minutes a few times each day and mindfully breathe deeply. Movement and stretching can be a slow simple walk to the mailbox and back.”

She urges people who are struggling to reach out to mental health professionals for support when dealing with feelings of persistent sadness, hopelessness, or

thoughts of harm towards themselves or others.

Crisis response is available for support or assistance for individuals and their loved ones struggling with a mental health concern or crisis. They offer assistance via a warmline for those struggling with loneliness and in need

of advice or coping skills. Crisis response is also available for mobile crisis intervention if someone feels they need an in-person visit to assist with their mental health or the mental health of a loved one. They can also help link people with mental health providers for outpatient services. p

RESOURCES Anne Arundel Crisis Response Warmline 410-768-5522 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255 Crisis Text Line 741-741

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partnership with the Kunte Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation. 1-3pm, Market House Park, Annapolis, $20 w/discounts, RSVP: watermarkjourney.com.

Reparations Now!

Cabaret, The Musical

Explore why and how reparations should and could be paid to affected members of the Black community in a virtual discussion. 6-8pm, RSVP for link: bdmuseum.maryland.gov.

Classic Theatre of Maryland invites you to the infamous Kit Kat Club where you can leave your troubles behind (ages 16+).

FSa 8pm, SaSu 2pm, Classic Theatre of Maryland, Annapolis, $68 w/discounts, RSVP: classictheatremaryland.org.

Go on a sunset owl prowl. 5-7pm, Wetlands Overlook Park, North Beach, RSVP: lgarrett@northbeachmd.org.

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FEBRUARY 19 & 20

Music by Kurt Gibbons 6-9pm, Killarney House, Davidsonville: killarneyhousepub.com.

Music by Ray Weaver 6-10pm, Pirates Cove Restaurant, Galesville: piratescovemd.com.

Music by Brian Gaffney 6:30-9:30pm, Brian Boru, Severna Park: brianborupub.com.

Virtual Winter Lecture Dr. Matthew Perry discusses his ancestor Commodore Matthew Perry, a sailor, diplomat and naval educator; hosted by Annapolis Maritime Museum, 7-8:30pm, $10 w/discounts, RSVP for Zoom link: amaritime.org.

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The Lost Boy This heartwarming, fictionalized story follows author James Barrie and the forces that drove the creation of his many beloved characters. Haunted by the tragic loss of his older brother, James slowly begins to confront his family’s tragic past through storytelling, an unexpected friendship, and the dream of finding Neverland.

ThFSa 8pm, Su 2pm, Colonial Players, Annapolis, $23 w/discounts, RSVP: thecolonialplayers.org.

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Winter Nature Mandala Create mandalas from natural materials as a meditative practice. 1-3pm, Hospice of the Chesapeake, Pasadena, $10, RSVP: 888-501-7077.

St. John’s Lectures John Cornell discusses Dante’s Third Testament. 8pm, McDowell Hall, St. John’s College, Annapolis: sjc.edu.

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Free State Fly Fishers Author Mark Bange leads a kayak fishing class; lunch provided.

10am-2pm, Davidsonville Family Rec Center, $15 for non-members, RSVP: rybeer@gmail.com

Edgewater Great Backyard Bird Count Join in counting birds as part of this global annual event. 10am-noon, South River Farm Park, Edgewater, RSVP: 410-222-1978.

Houseplant Swap

Winter Walk

Solomons Great Backyard Bird Count Join a citizen science activity to provide data to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society. Bird watchers count birds to create a real-time snapshot of populations.

Check out a pair of binoculars and a tally sheet in the museum lobby to contribute. 10am-1pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $9 w/discounts: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

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Bird Walk

Bring cuttings, extra plants to exchange. 10:30am-noon, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, RSVP: jefpat.maryland.gov.

Join the Anne Arundel Bird Club for a walk around the park. 8-11am, Quiet Waters Park, Annapolis: mdbirds.org.

Fighting Destiny Tour

Eagle Watch Car Tour

On this indoor and/or outdoor tour (depending on the weather), hear what research has uncovered about the enslaved people at Montpelier, including many names, how some may have been brought to Maryland, and what we know about their lives before and after emancipation. 1-2:30pm, Montpelier House Museum, Laurel, RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/FightingDestiny.

Join the town’s dept. of community conservation to view three bald eagle nest sites by traveling in individual cars. 9-11:30am, Wetlands Overlook Park, North Beach, RSVP: lgarrett@northbeachmd.org.

KIDS Become a Junior Wildlife Ranger Join a Refuge Ranger to explore 5 nature related activities. Complete your Junior Wildlife Ranger activity booklet and earn a JWR badge (ages 6-10).

1-3pm, South Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel, RSVP: 301-497-5887.

African American Heritage Tour Trace the journey of African Americans on a two-hour walking tour, in

The Plummers Kitchen Join the Riversdale Kitchen Guild and interpreter Marvin-Alonzo Greer as they prepare foods popular among enslaved communities in Maryland; discover the stories of Adam Francis Plummer, his family, and other enslaved individuals in self-guided tours of the house. Noon-3:30pm, Riversdale House Museum, RSVP: history.pgparks.com.

Feb. 20: Bluegrass Comeback

Danny Paisley

Bluegrass Comeback Series Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass perform. 2pm, Calvert Elks #2620, Prince Frederick, $20 w/discounts: bluegrasscomeback.webador.com MONDAY FEBRUARY 21

Happy Presidents’ Day! Digital Photo Club Join this group of beginners, hobbyists and professionals who love to take and share photos and are all about educating each other and the public about how to improve photos.

Speaker: Howard Clark. Topic: From Good to Great. 7pm, RSVP for link: president@digitalphotoclub.net.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 22

Knights of Columbus Bingo Universal Coprolite Day The museum’s dept. of paleontology celebrates the importance of fossilized feces with activities, learning stations and a vast collection on display. 10am-3pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $9 w/discounts: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Doors open 5:30pm, game starts 7pm, The Knights of Columbus Council 2577, 6111 Columbian Way, Bowie: kofc2577.com.

Bridges to the World Film Festival The 14th annual international film festival returns in a virtual format this year. The festival, sponsored by World

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Artists Experiences, features five films from five countries. Tonight: On the Edge of Discovery from Guatemala.

7pm: www.WorldArtists.org.

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Coffee with a Ranger Join a ranger at the youth group campground for a free cup of coffee, tea, or hot cocoa, and ask questions about the park, local flora and fauna, or get to know the rangers better.

9-10am, Fort Smallwood Park, Pasadena, $6 entrance fee: aacounty.org.

Mud Crab Parasite Project Volunteers needed to collect mud crabs for study on invasive parasitic barnacles (ages10+). Half or full-days, 9am-4pm, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, RSVP: cawooda@si.edu.

Captain Avery Winter Series Naturalist Greg Kearns talks about the ospreys of the Patuxent. 11:30am, $12/lecture or $60 for entire series, discounts offered; RSVP for link: captainaverymuseum.org/2022winter-luncheons.

Winter Walk Explore the evergreen trees in the park. 3:30-5pm, Wetlands Overlook Park, North Beach, RSVP: lgarrett@northbeachmd.org.

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KIDS Little Minnows Preschoolers (ages 3-5yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft on the theme of animal tracks. 10:15am & 11:15am, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, free w/admission: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Mitchell Gallery Book Club Members discuss Tokaido Road with author Lucia St. Clair Robson. 1-2:30pm, RSVP: Lucinda.edinberg@sjc.edu.

Urban Slavery Watch an online presentation by executive director Barbara Goyette on two young women enslaved at Hammond-Harwood

Join Jazz Beyond Borders to experience the sounds of Carnival at two concert performances by a quartet of Brazilian artists: bass virtuoso Leonardo Lucini, vocalist Rose Moraes, pianist Jose Luiz Martins and percussionist Lucas Ashby. The quartet will perform music in a variety of styles from bossa nova and samba to baiao and xote. 4:30pm & 7:30pm, Café Mezzanotte, Severna Park, $25, RSVP: https://instnt.us/CafeMezz.

House. 2pm, free, RSVP for link: hammondharwoodhouse.org.

Café Scientifique Dr. Stephen Godfrey, curator of paleontology at Calvert Marine Museum, discusses megalodon and other fossil finds from Calvert Cliffs. 6:15pm, RSVP for Zoom link: annapoliscafesci@gmail.com.

Scrimshaw Workshop Use bone, ink, sandpaper and scribe to craft scrimshaw. 6:30-8:30pm, Jefferson Patterson Park, St. Leonard, $10, RSVP: jefpat.maryland.gov.

Virtual Winter Lecture Ann Swanson, executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission, talks about measuring progress of Bay restoration efforts; hosted by Annapolis Maritime Museum, 7-8:30pm, $10 w/discounts, RSVP for Zoom link: amaritime.org.

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Maritime Performance Series

Feb. 25: Hear Chrysalis, featuring Jody Marshall on hammered dulcimer and piano and Jim Queen on fiddle and guitar. Doors open 6pm, show 7pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $25 w/discounts, RSVP: bit.ly/MaritimeConcerts.

Pysanky: Ukrainian Egg Decorating

Feb. 26: This popular class returns to teach you how to decorate eggs in this sacred traditional technique (ages 12+). 1-4pm, Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, Lothian, $35, RSVP: jugbay.org.

Ballet Theatre of Maryland

Feb. 25-27: See the premiere of Momentum, a mixed repertory production featuring an excerpt from Paquita’s Grand Pas Classique, a restaging of Forever You by BTM founding artistic director Edward Stewart, world premieres by Lindsey Bell and Isaac Martinez, and The Little Slippers, Roman Mykyta’s original adaptation of a Ukrainian story. F 7:30pm, Sa 7pm, Su 2pm, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, $28 (livestream available), RSVP: balletmaryland.org. p

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CREATURE FEATURE

Horned grebes can be found all around the shoreline of Chesapeake Bay.

STORY AND PHOTO BY WAYNE BIERBAUM

Late Winter’s Winged Visitors

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y favorite time for studying and taking photos of waterfowl is late winter. Birds overwintering from the far north start mingling with early birds returning from farther south. The red-breasted mergansers (see Jan. 13’s Creature Feature) can be seen swimming with horned grebes.

Horned grebes have an unusual migration pattern. They spend their summers on lakes and rivers in northwestern Canada, nesting near the shoreline in

vegetation and on floating plant rafts.

After raising a brood of three to eight, the parents prepare their young to fly southeast across North America for the winter. This is why grebes show up in great numbers in the Chesapeake Bay. Most other species in the west migrate into Central America.

Horned grebes are small diving birds that feed in shallow water, eating crayfish, crabs, fish, and insects. They have straight and fairly short, pointed bills

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for probing crevices. They stay underwater for less than five minutes but swim quickly while under.

They feed in the shallows and are commonly found along the shoreline which makes them easy to see but that also makes them affected by icing.

When the shorelines are icy, they will fly hundreds of miles to get to open water, but they tend to avoid the ocean.

The horned part of their name comes from the distinctive breeding markings adorning the males. As they change from their drab winter feathers, the males develop a red neck and sides,

A Rewarding Floral Challenge

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weet peas are one of those flowers that don’t grow well in Maryland.

But after seeing them growing and blooming on a pre-COVID trip to England, I decided they are worth the effort. I try each year in the hopes of getting a summer that won’t be horribly hot, especially the first half of the season. They prefer rich soil and cool weather. Maryland weather is the opposite but there’s always a chance we’ll have a cool summer start. I intend to challenge myself.

Sweet peas emit the most delightful intoxicating scent that makes you want to smell more. The color combinations are the most delicate shades of lavender, pinks, peaches, carmine and reds. Their vase life is about four to five days.

There are three groups of sweet peas.

The winter flowering group, which needs around 10 hours of daylight to flower; the spring flowering type that needs 11 hours of daylight; and the summer flowering group, which includes the Spencer varieties and need 12 hours of daylight. The Spencers are the most heat tolerant.

Soak your seeds for 24 hours before sowing. Sweet pea seeds can be sown in late winter or early spring. Soaking the seeds will soften the seed coat and speeds the sprouting process by a few days. I like to use 4-inch pots that are

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a reddish-gray back, and a black chin and cap with the distinctive bright yellow long feathers on the side of their face that create the horn appearance.

They also have bright red eyes. The eyes are so red that they will blow out my camera’s red sensors. The females are mostly gray but have white necks and, also, burning red eyes.

Because the birds show up here at the beginning of their courtship season, many of the males have already started to develop breeding coloration. These little birds are monogamous and once they return to their western breeding grounds, they start an intricate courtship dance.

The All About Birds website by Cornell calls the dancing and exchanging of gifts a ceremony, that lasts several days. In our area, I have seen paired grebes bobbing their heads at each other.

Horned grebes can be found all around the shoreline of Chesapeake Bay. I found one at Thomas Point Park earlier this month but I find them most often in North Beach. They swim right up to the rocks of the seawall on the shoreline.

The photo was taken at North Beach and shows a male that is about three-quarters into its full breeding colors. p

extra deep. Sweet peas produce a lot of roots in the beginning, so the more room you can give them in the beginning, all the better. I like to plant two seeds per pot. Place the pots in a tray and cover with a dome to keep them moist indoors at about 60 degrees.

Prepare the area where you’re going to plant them. They like sun but avoid putting them where they will get intense all-day sunlight. They require some pampering to grow well. It’s good to prepare a one-foot deep trench filled with compost or well-rotted manure so their roots can reach into very rich soil.

Provide some sort of trellis for them to climb on. Two metal posts could be placed at either end of your row for the sweet peas to climb or use oaker hoses or irrigation lines to run the length of the bed as sweet peas love water. Plant your seedlings a couple of weeks before the last spring frost. They will tolerate light frost.

For the first six weeks, give them a weekly dose of fish emulsion and kelp. Secure the plants to the trellis as they grow. When they start to flower, pick the stems that have at least two unopened flowers at the tip. When cutting for a display, make sure to add floral preservative to extend the life of these extraordinary flowers.

It will be worth the work. p

SPORTING LIFE

STORY BY DENNIS DOYLE

Prepping for Springtime Begins Now

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espite the forecast for even more snow this month, it’s not too soon to begin preparing for springtime boating. If you’ve a powered craft of any kind now’s the time for a prudent check-up to make your first launching a success this coming spring.

Inspect the condition of all wet cell batteries now, and not just the charge, be sure to examine the cell integrity as well. One of the more serious situations this time of year is battery sulfation, a situation where your boat battery has been stored with little or no actual charge for a long period of time.

The battery may build up an internal oversupply of lead sulfate crystals that will prevent an electrical charge being imparted to the battery, or will severely limit the charge stored.

Cell damage can occur during long storage and the prime evidence of this is when the battery cannot retain more than a 10-volt charge (full charge is at 12 volts). A dead or damaged cell means your battery will run out of charge sooner or fail to hold a full charge for very long. Once again the only course of correction when this happens is replacing the battery.

A simple battery load tester can keep you clear of these problems and head off any situations that can lead

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to harmful damage, a good idea for any application when battery failure can cause possibly dangerous scenarios—and any problem on the water has the potential for danger.

Tires are also a critical element to boating activities, especially for older units. Having an extra wheel with tire can be a godsend on longer road trips. It can be near impossible to find a replacement once you start to travel.

Most trailers have their own specific wheel size and inland locations have little reason to stock many marine vehicle accessories. If you don’t have an extra, now is a good time to acquire a spare.

Check your tire pressures. Read the tire sidewall for specifics— my trailer requires 70 pounds, not a common tire spec. Running with low pressure can overheat treads and cause blowouts, not a pleasant experience at highway speeds. Examine the sidewalls for excessive cracking, a prime indicator of dry rot and potential tire failure.

Review your safety equipment. Anything with a dry cell battery is suspect. Don’t take a chance—replace them all with fresh cells. Rechargeables should be charged and checked with your battery load tester, especially communications gear and electric

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distress units.

PFDs should be examined now for overall integrity, the fasteners, zippers and webbing, especially, can go bad over time. Inflatable PFDs should be tested by a manual inflation to determine if any air leaks have developed. Replace units that are in any way questionable. Don’t wait for spring, especially this year, because of potential supply problems.

Fire extinguisher pressure is also critical, so replace any that are in question. Use marine quality units; they are more durable. If you’ve got marine flares, check expiration dates and be

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sure they’re not damaged in any way.

Finally, test your bilge pumps by actual water immersion, especially those with automatic switches that detect the presence of water. Mine have frequently gotten unreliable after only two or three seasons of use.

Now is the time for that discovery, not when you’re taking on water during the summer. If any electrical problem has developed overwinter, now is also the best time for getting professional assistance.

Be like the early birds. Don’t wait for the springtime rush when it could take weeks to get competent attention. p

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Mandy Evans as Sally Bowles

BY JIM REITER

John Stillwagon as The Emcee. Photos: Sally Boyett.

Cabaret at Classic Theatre of Maryland

L-R: John Pruessner as Herr Shultz, John Stillwagon as The Emcee, Nancy Krebs as Fraulein Schneider.

The Kit Kat Club vs. the World

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here comes a time in Cabaret when Sally Bowles, the decadent, despondent chanteuse of Berlin’s doubly decadent and despondent Kit Kat Club, must literally face the music. The blanket of bohemian gaiety and eccentricity in which she has figuratively wrapped herself has been laid threadbare by the most basic human loss, yet she must report to work and sing of celebrations and wine and holidays. It is a heartbreaking moment, one that is beautifully performed by Mandy Evans as Sally in The Classic Theatre of Maryland’s just-opened production of Cabaret.

Evans’s emotional delivery of the title song is as devastating as the rest of her performance is brilliant. Sally is not supposed to be a gifted singer … if she were why would she be at the Kit Kat Club? Evans makes the song serve her character and the moment, rather than the singer serving the song. This brilliance is reflected in the rest of the cast, most especially John Stillwagon as the Emcee.

Stillwagon’s muscularity makes his Emcee a leering, eerie physical threat, sneering at the audience even as he invites us to be jealous of the no-holdsbarred hedonism he so energetically represents. Both Sally and the Emcee are iconic roles, played famously by all manner of Broadway and film stars, but Evans and Stillwagon make the roles their own.

The seeds of the musical were

planted by Christopher Isherwood’s book Goodbye to Berlin, based on the author’s experiences with a cabaret singer at a rundown club in the Weimar Republic. The book became the basis of a play, I Am a Camera, and the play became the 1966 John Kander and Fred Ebb Broadway musical that raked in a Best Musical Tony Award and spawned the 1972 movie by Bob Fosse and several revivals.

From the pre-show posing of the cabaret singers lazily lounging as they await the curtain with us to director Sally Boyett’s smoky staging, CTM’s Cabaret is a pleasure to watch yet difficult to be comfortable with.

Cabaret, set at a time when the Nazis were just coming to power, soon moves from an entertaining and voyeuristic treat for the eyes and ears to a kick-in-the-gut reminder that political apathy can lead to horrible things.

While fueled by the debauchery and seaminess of people whose lives are so desperate and low that what’s going on outside doesn’t matter, the show asks us to ponder: how closely does what’s happening on the outside reflect the inside and vice versa? Fascism is on the rise, but who cares? We’re told that everything is beautiful at the Kit Kat Club, so why worry? Sound familiar?

Those questions are personified by the moving performances of Nancy Krebs as Fraulein Schneider, the owner of a boarding house, and John

Pruessner as Herr Shultz, a Jewish fruit vendor who is one of her boarders.

Their moments together are endearing, especially when he brings her a certain piece of fruit in It Couldn’t Please Me More (A Pineapple) and, when they get more serious, Married … with Christine Asero as Fraulein Kost beautifully singing over the two as they dance.

Others in the cast are uniformly good, notably Josh Lee as Cliff Bradshaw and Jesse Winton as Ernst Ludwig. Cliff is a bisexual American writer seeking refuge in a place he may be accepted. He offers Sally normalcy, but she does not share his recognition that the Nazi threat is real. Ernst is a smuggler who befriends Cliff but soon reveals himself as a Nazi.

The music of Cabaret (there are so many recognizable songs that there is no room to mention them all here,

but Stillwagon’s If You Could See Her, is especially disturbing even today) deserves the finest representation, and CTM does it justice with a well-recorded score delivered on a very good sound system, clear and well-balanced and always supporting every musical moment, no matter how delicate or powerful.

And speaking of powerful: the ending of Cabaret is no off-into-the-sunset postcard. At the Kit Kat Club, things have figuratively turned inside out and outside in, and the stark representation of what once was gradually approaching both worlds is, in a flash, suddenly and briefly in front of us. It is an artistic kick in the gut. p Runs through March 6; ticket prices range from $68-$49; visit classictheatremaryland.org for information.

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Jennifer Lopez in Marry Me.

Marry Me

Jennifer Lopez says ‘I do’ to another mediocre rom-com AVAIL ABLE IN THEATERS AND STREAMING ON PEACOCK

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uperstar singer Kat Valdez (Jennifer Lopez: Hustlers) has been unlucky in love. She’s been married a handful of times, has the paparazzi stalking her every move, and feels constant pressure to live up to the sky-high expectations of her fans. This time, she’s going to get it right. She’s engaged to hot up-and-coming music star Bastian (Maluma: Encanto), their single “Marry Me” is burning up the charts, and plans on saying her vows to him mid-concert in a global celebration of love.

Which is why it’s rather unfortunate when she discovers Bastian is cheating on her mere seconds before she’s to say I do.

Trying to stave off humiliation, Kat takes control. She dumps Maluma on the spot and proposes to a man who’s holding a sign reading Marry Me. The guy is a very bewildered Charlie (Owen Wilson: The French Dispatch), a math teacher who’s only at the concert to win some cool points from his daughter. Still, when Kat Valdez asks if you marry her, you say yes. What’s the worst that could happen?

The stunt causes a media firestorm.

Kat and Charlie make a deal to let the marriage stand for a few months— just long enough that it won’t be yet another romantic humiliation for Kat. But as the days tick by, the publicity meetings become friendlier and the two develop a genuine rapport with each other. Can these two find love in improbable circumstances?

Stop right here. I want you to close your eyes and think of what’s going to happen. If you’ve ever seen a movie before, congratulations, you’re right!

Marry Me is the same rom-com that Lopez has starred in since the early 2000s. And while she’s certainly grown as an actress in 20 years, the writing for these flicks hasn’t matured at all.

It’s a shame, because the set up for this film could have had real fun with how similar it is to Lopez’s life.

Director Kat Coira (Happy Accident) comes close, but shies away from doing anything too interesting. The idea of the crushing paparazzi attention is brought up, but the photographers are nowhere to be seen when it isn’t convenient to the story. The movie mentions how media at large treats women, but it’s barely three lines. Charlie is con-

cerned what media attention will do to his relationship with his daughter, which is charming—but his daughter disappears from the story until the movie needs her to make a plot point.

The whole plot is so scattershot and quick it’s like hearing a friend describe a rom-com to you instead of sitting through one. Even the new music from JLo isn’t memorable or fun. The whole film feels like an afterthought.

As she’s no stranger to the romcom genre, Lopez gets through this

Marry Me is the same rom-com that Lopez has starred in since the early 2000s. movie with at least her dignity. She’s beautiful, charming, and lighthearted. But her emotional immaturity is never really addressed or looked at.

She spends the movie acting like an upset teen, when it would have been more interesting to look at how an older woman (who still looks like a supermodel at 50) is forced to behave like a kid so she can stay in the industry. But poor Lopez isn’t asked to do anything interesting, so instead she

smiles and waits for the movie to end.

Wilson does his best to make Charlie a grumpy curmudgeon, but it’s rather baffling. He could refuse to go along with the publicity circus. He could ask his daughter if she’s ok with paparazzi hounding them. But instead, he just complains and acts like hanging out with Jennifer Lopez is a grave imposition.

And that’s the basic problem with Marry Me. Most rom-coms are predictable, but if the chemistry between the stars is right, it doesn’t matter.

While Wilson and Lopez are quite fun together as friends, their romantic chemistry is tepid. The film starts to drag when it expects us to believe that a few awkward kisses are a love for the ages.

Still, even reviewers can get things wrong. And my movie-going partner, who happened to be my mom, told me I was still bitter from last week’s cinematic catastrophe and being too harsh. So, if you enjoy a rom-com that isn’t interested in breaking the mold, are a Jennifer Lopez completist, or your name is Linda—this movie might be a fun watch. As for me, I appreciate that this is the type of movie you watch in your living room, with snacks and friends to laugh with. If you have that set up, say yes to Marry Me. Fair Rom-com * PG-13 * 112 mins.

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NEWS OF THE WEIRD

BY THE EDITORS AT ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION Wait, What?

Clive Jones, 66, a retired teacher in Derby, England, calls himself the “world’s most prolific sperm donor,” having fathered 129 children, with nine currently on the way. Jones has been donating his semen for nine years through Facebook, he told DerbyshireLive, because of the “happiness it brings” to donee families. But his wife of more than 40 years isn’t so pleased; they now live apart. Jones explained that he drives to a park near the donee’s home and collects the sample in the back of his van (complete with window curtains), then texts them to say he’ll “be round in three minutes.” England’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has issued a medical warning about Jones, saying, “If arrangements are made outside of the clinic environment, there can be medical and legal risks.”

Inappropriate

Tourists and locals in Venice, Italy, got all judgy on Jan. 21 when a 30-yearold Czech woman stripped off her top and went for a swim near the Monument to the Partisan Woman, a bronze sculpture of a reclining woman that rests partly in and partly out of the water. After her dip, the unnamed woman climbed onto the monument and posed for pictures, CNN reported.

“It’s like going to Rome, leaping in the Trevi Fountain and then saying, ‘What do you mean, you can’t do this?’” said Mario Nason, who was walking by with his son at the time. “Why do people do these things in Venice that they wouldn’t do elsewhere? They probably didn’t know that the statue of the woman lying there was a dead partisan. But it’s treating Venice like a beach.” Police banned the woman from Venice for 48 hours and fined her $513.

Bright Ideas

• Zachary Taylor Blood, 33, of Galveston, Texas, pleaded guilty on Jan. 25 to trying to smuggle two men into the United States in a flag-draped coffin, The New York Times reported. Blood showed up at a border patrol checkpoint near Encino, Texas, on Oct. 26, where he told the agent he was hauling a “Dead guy, Navy guy” when asked about his cargo. But the agent, who was a military veteran, noticed the “rusty and dented coffin” and saw that the flag had been “crudely taped” to it. Agents explored further and found two live men, cousins, inside the coffin.

One man told agents that it had been hot and hard to breathe in the box, and he had agreed to pay $6,000 to be smuggled to San Antonio. Blood will be sentenced on May 11 and could receive up to five years in federal prison.

• The Irish Times reported that on Jan. 21, two men carried Peader Doyle, 66, into a post office in Carlow, Ireland, and inquired about collecting his pension. Staff and other customers became concerned about Doyle, as he seemed unresponsive, and made

efforts to resuscitate him, but he was already deceased. While an investigation showed there was no foul play in his death, the two men were detained by police on Jan. 26. One of the men had gone to the post office earlier that day to try to collect Doyle’s pension, but he was told the person had to be there. Both insisted that Doyle was alive but unwell when they left his home and that they helped him as he walked to the post office. They believe he died there.

Sounds Like a Song

Danville, Pennsylvania, residents were warned to look out for three small monkeys run amok after a crash between two trucks on Jan. 21, The Daily Item reported. State Trooper Andrea Pelachick said a truck with 100 African monkeys on board was on its way to a laboratory when it collided with a dump truck. She tweeted that “a small number of monkeys may have fled the scene” after escaping from their carriers. The three escapees were later located and humanely euthanized.

Teacher of the Year

Robin Hughes teaches special education students at SouthShore Academy in Tampa, Florida, where most of her kindergarten kids had never seen snow, United Press International reported.

So Hughes got in touch with her sister, Amber Estes, who lives in Danville, Kentucky. “I said I want you to make me a snowman, and I want you to overnight him to me and see if he can make it to the school,” Hughes said. “I want these children in Florida to see snow.” Estes said she wrapped Lucky the snowman in foil and packed him with ice in Styrofoam, and “off he went to the local UPS Store.” Hughes said her students had looks of “pure joy” on their faces when Lucky was unwrapped on Jan. 20.

The Way the World Works

With a snowstorm bearing down on New England, residents of five homes on Hampshire Street in Metheun, Massachusetts, have a real problem: The city will no longer remove snow from their street. Mayor Neil Perry sent a letter to homeowners alerting them to the change, which he attributed to the street being private property. He told NBC10 Boston that he received an anonymous tip about the property ownership. But neighbors are not having it: “There is a storm coming this weekend. Like, God forbid 911 needs to be called in,” said Collette Maksou. Cornelia Illmann hoped the city would reconsider: “We pay taxes, just as any other resident of Methuen does.” However, the assistant city solicitor is holding their ground.

Oops

Diners eating on the deck at Flip Flops Dockside Eatery in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, were plunged into the Intracoastal Waterway when the deck partially collapsed on Jan. 21. NBC6 South Florida reported that three people swam to a nearby boat, where

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they were pulled out of the water, and two of them went to the hospital with minor injuries. Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Stephen Gollan said the dock had apparent signs of decay and areas that had visibly been recently repaired.

New World Order

In an elementary school classroom in Berlin, one student is a little ... different from the others. Joshua Martinangeli, 7, is too ill to attend school in person, so a robot avatar sits at his desk and relays lessons to him at home.

“The children talk to him, laugh with him and sometimes even chitchat with him during the lesson,” the school’s headmistress, Ute Winterberg, told Reuters. The avatar displays a blinking signal when Joshua wants to say something. The school district bought four of the avatars for use in the classrooms during COVID-19, but officials believe they’ll be used beyond the pandemic.

When asked whether he’ll be happy for Joshua to return to school, his classmate Noah Kuessner said he likes it “either way because I like the avatar.”

Least Competent Criminal

Augie’s Grocery Deli in Jersey City, New Jersey, was the target of three robberies by the same crook over six days, Oddee.com reported. Not only did the masked perp take cash and merchandise, but he assaulted Augie Lopez, 77, and his wife, Nilda Moldonado, even though Lopez is disabled. The robberies took place on Jan. 10, 15 and 16. But when he came back on Jan. 21, Officer Maurice Johnson was lying in wait for him. “He (Johnson) was going to stand outside the store, but I told him to come inside and sit down, but don’t let yourself be seen,” Lopez said. When the robber saw Johnson, he ran out the front door and into the arms of Lopez’s son, Officer Agustin Lopez Jr. Travis Nealy, 34, was arrested and charged with several crimes. “I feel much, much safer now,” Lopez said.

My Kingdom for an Editor

Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee is celebrated this year, and the souvenir producers are hard at work creating tchotchkes to commemorate it—but apparently not hard enough at work to proofread their copy. People magazine reported that because of a translating error, Karl Baxter, CEO of Wholesale Clearance U.K., is trying to sell more than 10,000 pieces that trumpet the queen’s “platinum jubbly”—mugs, tea sets and plates featuring an illustration of Elizabeth and her coat of arms.

Baxter hopes to salvage $44,000 from the lot and says the buyer could make a “potential profit” of $400,000. The website suggests using the items for a plate-smashing contest or a “dangerous game of Frisbee.”

Least Competent Criminals

First rule of being a criminal? Keep up with car maintenance. On Jan. 27, police in New Kensington, Pennsylva-

nia, pulled over a Chevy Trax because its license plate light was burned out, TribLive reported. The driver, Ise Lamont Woods, 31, had an outstanding warrant from Jan. 5 for criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, among other charges. One of the passengers, Raphael Angel Geiger, 30, was wanted for a parole violation. And Don Lamont Carter, 26, allegedly tossed a bag with 29 grams of crack cocaine in it to a female passenger, asking her to “tuck it”; he was already wanted on a previous warrant. When police searched the vehicle, the bag of cocaine fell out of the woman’s sweatshirt; she also had a crack pipe hidden in her bra. Geiger and Woods were taken into custody; Carter was released on his own recognizance.

The Passing Parade

Maybe it was just the prospect of one more day of notoriety followed by 364 of boredom, but for Milltown Mel, it was curtains on Jan. 30, the New York Daily News reported. Mel, no relation to the better-known Punxsutawney Phil, was New Jersey’s prognosticator of spring, and his untimely passing just three days before Groundhog Day left the Milltown Wranglers without a replacement for their event, which was strangely scheduled for Feb. 1 rather than Feb. 2. The Wranglers did not report a cause of death for Mel.

Suspicious

On Jan. 31, a Rhode Island Red hen was found wandering around a security checkpoint at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, the Associated Press reported.

The Animal Welfare League of Arlington was summoned, and one of their employees took the bird into custody. Chelsea Jones, a spokesperson for the group, said the hen was “sweet” and “nervous.” She has been adopted by a staff person who has a small farm in western Virginia.

Armed and Courteous

When a couple returned to their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Jan. 30 after a few days away, they were shocked to find a messy kitchen and a young man with an assault weapon inside, The Washington Post reported. But even more stunning was the intruder’s behavior: He explained that his family in east Texas had been killed and he was on the run from someone. He told the husband that his car had broken down about 100 miles away. “He was extremely embarrassed and apologetic about the situation,” the husband told sheriff’s officers.

As he left, he dropped $200 on a table to help pay for the window he had broken to get in. None of the couple’s items had been stolen, including jewelry that was left on a counter, but he had cooked some of their food, slept in a bed and bathed in the master bathroom. Investigators figured he owed the couple $15 for beers and shrimp he consumed. p Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

PUZZLES THE INSIDE WORD

How many 2 or more letter words can you make in 2 minutes from the letters in: Albatross (40 words) The legendary bird first caught the eyes of sailors as it seemed to be able to glide across the seas without flapping its giant wings. Stories abounded of mishaps for anyone foolish enough to kill the now semi-sacred master of the air. We even have Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Sea Mariner (1798) version to pass on to our children to warn them of the dangers. Now, how do we navigate instilling that same kind of fear and reverence for each other’s life? Sorry, if that sounds like a birdbrain idea only an ancient sea mariner would come up with.

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TRIVIA

The Rat Pack

This and That

1. What chemical in your body makes you blush? (a) Adrenaline (b) Dopamine (c) Serotonin 2. Where is the world’s tallest and longest glass bridge? (a) United Arab Emirates (b) The Netherlands (c) China 3. Where is the largest artichoke statue? (a) Castroville, CA (b) Salem, OR (c) Des Moines, IA 4. In Morse Code what letter does a single dot represent? (a) O (b) E (c) A 5. Where is the first 3D printed office building? (a) Tokyo (b) Seoul (c) Dubai

Scoring: 3 1 - 40 = Aloft; 26 - 30 = Ahead; 21 - 25 = Aweigh; 16 - 20 = Amidships; 11 - 15 = Aboard; 05 - 10 = Adrift; 01 - 05 = Aground

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4 Letter Words 6 Letter Words 8 Letter Words 9 Letter Words Cavy Mara Paca Vole

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7 Letter Words Hamster Lemming Mole Rat Muskrat

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CROSSWORD ACROSS

1 Ditto 5 Superboy’s girlfriend 9 Fictional wirehair 13 Pianist Templeton 14 Wood sorrels 15 Prepare, as tea 17 Event attended by Cinderella 18 Provincial capital of the Yukon Territory 20 Keith of country 22 Orchid genus 23 Support, with “up” 24 “Miss ___ Regrets” 26 Dog bowl bits 28 Jungle swinger 29 It’ll never get off the ground 31 Follower of Mary 33 Tofu base 35 “A Doll’s House” heroine 37 Trot or canter 39 Word repeated after “Que,” in song 42 Largest city of Puerto Rico 44 Capital of St. Thomas and Principe 47 Semimonthly tide 48 Dec. holiday, shortened 50 Residents (Suffix) 51 Computer acronym 53 Harp, in Abruzzi e Molise

Kind-Hearted

55 Explosive initials 56 ___ Tuesday (Mardi Gras) 59 Broadway brightener 61 It may contain a tree 63 One of the Aleutians 65 Junk E-mail 67 Ear-related 70 Largest city of Denmark 73 Like some threats 74 Group of three 75 Ancient alphabetic character 76 Binges 77 “Aeneid” figure 78 Lacking slack 79 One of a Latin trio

The CryptoQuip below is a quote in substitution code, where A could equal R, H could equal P, etc. One way to break the code is to look for repeated letters. E, T, A, O, N and I are the most often used letters.

A single letter is usually A or I; OF, IS and IT are common 2-letter words; and THE and AND are common 3-letter words.

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21 Goose egg 25 It’s a long story 27 Mediocre 29 Lt.’s inferior 30 Express regret 32 Tailless cat 34 Elusive creature 36 Like some doors 38 Boris Godunov, for one 40 2nd largest city in the Netherlands 41 “I’ll second that” 43 Fairy tale’s second word 45 Nile snakes 46 Extreme suffix 49 Largest city of Nicaragua 52 Dovetail DOWN 54 Triumphant cry 1 He played Mowgli in “Jungle Book” 56 Almanac tidbit 2 Wing-shaped 57 Be crazy about 3 2nd largest Australian city 58 Endangered animal resembling a swine 4 Acclamation 60 Eyeball benders 5 Cattle call 62 Kind of board 6 Distress signal 64 Numbers game 7 Capital of Kenya 66 Restaurant posting 8 Moving about 68 Aquatic plant 9 Volcanic fallout 69 Discounted 10 Organ knob 71 Old video game inits.

11 ___ firma 72 Bottom line 12 Man of morals 16 ___ Le Pew © Copyright 2021 PuzzleJunction.com solution on page 22 19 Beanery sign

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GEORGE HEINE 410-279-2817

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

GEORGE HEINE 410-279-2817

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

NEW LISTING

UNDER CONTRACT

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

3.28 ACRES

2+ ACRES

THREE SEPARATE LIVING UNITS

WITH SHOP/GARAGE 40X45

ZONE COMMERCIAL/MARINE

$350,000

$499,000

$995,000

$339,000

Fairhaven- 2 br., 2ba., Perfect home for horse Northern Calvert Co.: 2 homes located on Southern Anne Arundel Co.: 3Br., 2.5Ba. imDeale: 2Br., 1Ba. located 1/2 block from the Annapolis, 3br, 2ba this home is in the arts enthusiasts with almost 3 acres of fenced beautiful rolling 69+ acres. 3Br., 1Ba. home maculate home with hardwood floors, gorgeous Chesapeake Bay and community pier. Nice rear pasture, two walk-in sheds. Relax on the spa- located on 67 acres with 2 barns, other home is district on West street. Mixed zone, can be kitchen with center island, granite, ss appliances, yard. home needs tlc., 45 minutes to D.C., 25 cious front porch and sunny back deck of this 1Br., 1Ba. located on 2 acres with another barn residential or as a commercial use. Special screen porch overlooking private yard, large minutes to Annapolis. charming cottage style home. Property offers tax preference. and carport. Both homes need TLC.. Possible owners br. addition, gorgeous surround tile MDAA2003010. seasonal views of the Chesapeake Bay. The schwartzrealty.com/MDAA2020826 subdivide for additional lots. baths. Home is approved for 100% financing. foyer leads into the living room with custom MDCA2002330.

Comm. offers beach, piers, playground, boat woodworking, fireplace, hardwood floors, ramp, and more. MDAA2016646 cathedral ceiling, and so much more to see.

MDAA2023238

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

GEORGE HEINE 410-279-2817

GEORGE HEINE 410-279-2817

Southern Anne Arundel County: Beautiful country Annapolis; 9br.,6ba., Unique property ideal lot to build your dream home. Mostly cleared Lothian; 3br., 3ba., Solid brick rambler on 2 for large family or a family compound with and level. Perced many years ago, may need to plus acre lot. 2 Sheds , rear deck, full basement three separate unites. In addition there are be re-perced. 45 minutes to D.C., 25 minutes to with family rm., Wood stove, and full bath rm. two separate and approved and recorded Annapolis. MDAA2000631.

Currently being used as a 4th bedroom. building lots. Must see this property to appreschwartzrealty.com/MDAA2003978 ciate what it is..... schwartz realty.com/MDAA2010024

JOHN TARPLEY-301-335-4225 Prince Frederick, 3br.,1ba., Well maintained rambler that has a 40x45 machine shop/garage. This home and shop sits on 1.84 Acres.

There are so many updates, plus rear fenced yard perfect for dogs. Price to sell!! You don’t want to miss this!!!

$1,150,000

GEORGE HEINE 410-279-2817 Snug Harbor, 4br., And 2ba., Home. Income opportunity, property totaling 1.06931 Acres Commercial/marine zoned property, with 135 ft. of bulk headed waterfront, 200 ft.

Pier with 12 boat slips. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA2011224

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