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Aging Our Way in Chesapeake Country

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n May we honor Older Americans Month. It’s a time for us to stop and express our appreciation of those over the age of 65.

When the observance was established in 1963, only 17 million living Americans had reached their 65th birthday.

Presently, according to the 2019 census, there are around 54.1 million Americans age 65 or better, representing 16 percent of the population. The older population is expected to continue to grow significantly in the future, states a report by the Administration for Community Living, part of the Administration on Aging. About 41 percent of the Baby Boomer generation is now 65 and older.

By 2040, we will have a population of nearly 81 million older Americans.

They are living longer and sometimes working longer as they either don’t want to retire or simply cannot afford to. They are living in their own homes and plan to continue to do so.

That leads us to the theme of Older Americans Month—Age My Way. These seniors are very rarely living in nursing homes and are continuing to live active, engaged lives, as you will read in our feature story this week.

A reader (thank you, Loretta!) reached out to me many months ago, asking if we had room for News of the Weird, she

wrote, couldn’t we give some space to the voice of our older Marylanders? She had a point. So this week, we turn the feature space over to a group of writers in a creative writing class at Anne Arundel Community College. Their collected stories are snapshots of why they have chosen to spend their “golden years” here in Chesapeake Country. Unsurprisingly the Bay itself has a pull of its own, giving many of these older adults multiple reasons to stay—the memories they have of their children and grandchildren learning about the Bay, its creatures and about boating, plus their own passion for spending time on the water. Some were introduced to the region thanks to time Spicy margaritas at JesseJays Latin Inspired Kitchen

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spent at the U.S. Naval Academy and they return years later. These are just some of the reasons they choose to either stay here or relocate here full time.

Sharing our stories and our experiences help us build community. Talk to the older people in your life, ask them how they want to “age their way”. I plan on bringing this up with my own parents when they come to visit and see their grandson graduate high school (proof we are all aging!). This is the time to put a plan in place.

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Senior Reflections: Spending Their Best Years on the Bay ....................9 BAY PLANNER ....................... 14 CREATURE FEATURE .............. 17 SPORTING LIFE ..................... 17 MOVIEGOER.......................... 18 GARDENING FOR HEALTH....... 19 MOON AND TIDES.................. 20 NEWS OF THE WEIRD.............. 20 PUZZLES............................... 21 CLASSIFIED........................... 22 SERVICE DIRECTORY............... 23

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FIRST-TIME BOAT BUYERS REMAIN HIGHEST IN 15 YEARS

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The Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show and other recent boat shows have seen signs of new boaters getting involved. Photo: Annapolis Boat Shows.

n early-pandemic resurgence in people taking up boating for the first time is holding strong, according to national numbers just released.

In 2020, when people had time on their hands and were looking for ways to get outside safely, the number of new boat owners nationwide surpassed 415,000 for the first time since 2007. Demand for new and used boats was high, and some wondered if the boat boom would continue into the second year of the pandemic. In 2021, another 420,000 first-time boat buyers entered the market—showing that interest in boating remains high among rookie boat owners.

The National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) and boating market intelligence firm Info-Link report that first-time boat buyers comprised 34 percent of all boat sales in 2021.

That means more recreational boaters on the water and the same heightened demand for boats we’ve seen since 2020.

The second consecutive year of pre-recession numbers of new boat buyers is an encouraging sign for the boating industry, says Info-Link Technologies Managing Director Jack Ellis.

While Ellis acknowledges the number of first-time boat buyers may soften as things begin to normalize from the pandemic, “2022 should see healthy levels

The Marine Trades Association of Maryland is bringing back its free Welcome to Boating Clinics at Sandy Point State Park. of new boat owners enter the market as manufacturers work to refill the pipeline and fulfill the backlog of new orders.”

Other factors that could impact the number of new boat owners going forward: inflation, continued supply chain disruptions, and the war in Ukraine.

“The boating industry has seen tremendous growth the last two years as more Americans discovered the freedoms, special moments and accessibility of the boating lifestyle,” says Ellen Bradley, NMMA senior vice president of marketing and communications.

On the Chesapeake, there’s evidence of new boaters joining the party. At the Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show over the weekend, how-to seminars were standing room only.

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JEFFERSON PATTERSON PARK GETS $8.5M FOR UPGRADES

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everal 1930s era buildings at the historical Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum (JPPM) in St. Leonard in Calvert County will be getting some much-needed TLC. The Maryland Board of Public Works has approved an $8.58 million contract to upgrade and transform several buildings on the property. The board is composed of Governor Larry Hogan, Treasurer Dereck E. Davis, and Comptroller Peter Franchot.

“Our museums and parks play an important role in providing educational opportunities and recreation for our citizens,” said Maryland Department of Planning Secretary Rob McCord.

“JPPM connects Marylanders to the past through history and archaeology, and these upgrades will allow us to continue to honor this tremendous legacy.”

The Patterson House (the main museum house), and additional outbuildings will have the electrical, heating and cooling, plumbing, security, and automatic

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ometimes in life—and in fishing—you find something you weren’t looking for.

That’s what happened to an angler in Isle of Wight Bay near Ocean City, and he wisely recognized the opportunity in front of him. Now, he holds a new state fishing record.

Robert “Bob” Hudson, who lives in Ocean Pines outside Ocean City, re-

fire protection renovated and upgraded.

The project will transform the Patterson House and two primary outbuildings into a modern, public museum and events facility. The contract was awarded to North Point Builders of Maryland, LLC and is expected to be completed late 2024.

“We are looking forward to significant upgrades as part of the $8.5 million contract approved by the Board of Public Works last week,” said Patricia Samford, Acting Executive Director of the Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum. “Nearly all of the construction will be done away from the areas most visited by the public as work will begin later this year.”

JPPM, which was gifted to the state in 1983 by Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson, is located along the Patuxent River and includes miles of trails, a Visitor Center full of interactive exhibits, and dozens of educational programs and events. JPPM is also the home of the Maryland Archaeological Conservation (MAC) Laboratory, one of only three in the nation, and currently stores more than 10 million artifacts.

“More than 120,000 visitors enjoy our 560-acre park annually,” said Samford.

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cently landed a 1.85-pound white perch, a weight that broke the previous Atlantic division record in Maryland.

Hudson and a friend were headed out clamming, but noticed some active fish in the Bay and changed their plans.

They had no rod on board, so the two headed back to shore to find gear.

According to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Hudson used “a beginner light spinning rod and a “Roy Rig”—a locally popular lure that is basically a rubber shad body rigged on a lead head.” After just two casts, Hudson caught the record fish.

“Look at the size of that,” Hudson said after reeling in the white perch. “We never see (white perch) in the middle of the bay.”

Hudson’s record catch was weighed on a certified scale at Crabs to Go by Sarah Stephan and officially confirmed as a white perch (Morone americana) by a DNR biologist.

Hudson’s white perch broke the previous state record, held by Ryan Timmons with a 1.7-pound white perch caught in 2016. We wonder what would’ve happened if Hudson had stuck with his original plan of clamming for the day.

He’ll be awarded a plaque from DNR. Anyone who believes they may have a potential record catch can call 443-569-1381 or 410-260-8325. Immerse the fish in question in ice water to preserve its weight until it can be checked and certified by DNR.

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Gerardo Martinez and family run Wild Kid Acres in Edgewater. Photo: Martinez.

The Trip That Changed a Life

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n the summer of 2019, U.S. Naval Academy graduate and former Gaithersburg resident Gerardo Martinez and his wife Jessica were on a business trip to Cameroon in central Africa. At the time, Gerardo was CEO of Triple Direct Leadership, an international leadership development consulting firm. While in Cameroon, they stayed at a local farm to gain a better understanding of the country and its people. It would be a pivotal turning point in their lives.

The Martinezes say they witnessed poverty and hunger they had never seen before. The couple returned home vowing to do all they could to help others facing similar issues.

They sold their home and bought a run-down property with 5 acres of farmland in Edgewater. They named it Wild Kid Acres.

“My goal was to buy a few farm animals and grow some produce to make donations to those in need. I also knew how to work with my hands, so I started to fix up the surrounding land as we lived on the property in our RV”, said Gerardo. “We then bought a few chickens and goats and then along came the addition of turkeys, pigs, cows and even some bees to make honey. We were adaptive learners.”

Before long, their Edgewater neighbors started visiting their property out of curiosity to see what was going on and that’s when the plan began to expand.

Wild Kid Acres now hosts several hundred visitors annually. You can call it a BOAT BUYERS from page 3

Starting next Thursday, the Marine Trades Association of Maryland is bringing back its free Welcome to Boating Clinics at Sandy Point State Park, which proved so popular in 2021 the event has an expanded capacity this time.

The clinics are run by Boat US Foundation and instruction on docking, launching, and safety are taught by the captains at our sister company, An-

petting zoo, but Gerardo says Wild Kid Acres offers so much more in the way of hands-on educational opportunities for young people.

“We introduce young people to farming, but also educate visitors on ways to help end poverty, improve water and air quality, climate control management and increase food production,” says Gerardo.

Now the fundraising and philanthropic arm of the company, Wild Kid Acres Foundation, is getting a boost thanks to the help of state Sen. Sarah Elfreth and Del. Seth Howard who co-sponsored a $250,000 bond bill recently passed by the General Assembly.

The funds are specifically earmarked for the construction of two separate structures on the Edgewater farm property. One structure will be a 5,000-square-foot open space barn with a market to sell produce from local farms and serve as a classroom to teach regenerative farm practices. The other structure will be called the Heritage Rotunda and will feature a covered horse-riding arena with a 60-foot diameter gazebo for riding instruction and animal education programs.

“We will also be working with special needs children and adults to provide horticulture therapy in order to build social skills,” said Gerardo. “The Heritage Rotunda is going to be dedicated to the Black history of the farm as the property was at one time a practice field for the former Cougars, an all- Black female softball team.”

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They take place May 12 and 13, with clinics beginning at 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. each day, running 2 hours and 15 minutes each. Experts will also be on hand to discuss safety tools, towing and anchoring, DNR’s Clean Marina program, and fishing conservation efforts. ASOS provides the boats.

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“I knew we should work together. We share an interest in nature and the environment.”

for the end of this summer. “We formed an active board of directors to oversee our foundation but our greatest need at this time is for volunteers to help with the construction and to help us keep the farm running,” explained Gerardo.

The Wild Kid Acres Foundation also just signed a lease-to-own contract to grow certified organic produce on a 25acre parcel near Waldorf, and will donate all produce grown this year to the Anne Arundel County Food Bank. In

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The Wild Kid Acres Foundation also just signed a lease-toown contract to grow certified organic produce on a 25-acre parcel near Waldorf, and will donate all produce grown this year to the Anne Arundel County Food Bank. the future, Gerardo plans to sell some of the produce at the Edgewater farm facility to help cover operating expenses.

The support for the state bond $250,000 grant was made possible with aid from the county executive’s office, the county council, and Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation.

“Our team has worked with Gerardo Martinez for the past year or so. We are excited he has received grant funds to move forward with his barn build and we look forward to how it will help the agriculture community and our efforts to create a more sustainable local food supply chain,” said Lisa Barge, AAEDC Agriculture Marketing and Development Manager.

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First Lady Yumi Hogan and Greek artist Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki. Photo: Susan Nolan.

Maryland’s First Lady, Greek Artist Exhibit Together

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heir styles are vastly different.

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Her work is light and delicate, like a gentle breeze or a cleansing rain pulling

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viewers into the vastness of the forest, the mountains, the land itself. Born and raised in South Korea, she draws her inspiration from memories of growing up on a farm the youngest of eight and being immersed in nature. “The landscape here in Maryland is not unlike my home as a child,” she explains. “Trees, mountains, flowers, all four seasons, it’s all very similar.”

Bold colors and powerful brush strokes on large canvases define Greek artist Mina Papatheodorou-Valyraki’s work. She does not limit her landscapes to the natural world, but includes heavy,

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World renown for her work as a sports artist, she creates both movement and stillness with color and texture.

“Human beings are a part of nature,” she states, “It’s about our impact on nature, how we interfere with nature and how we influence it.”

Yet, the work of these two artists have been brought together in a joint exhibition—Women in the Arts: A Dialogue about Nature & Environment—currently on display at Maryland Hall in Annapolis through June 24. Previously, the pair’s work was shown together in Athens, Greece, in 2019. Both artists have works in the permanent collection of the Women in The Arts Museum in Washington, D.C. The shared vision for the exhibit began in the winter of 2017 when the artists were first introduced to each other by Climis Lascaris, a Virginia-based interior designer and art dealer. As Valyraki and Hogan collaborated, the exhibition grew to include 45 pieces of artwork and their friendship developed.

“We felt an immediate connection,” Valyraki says, “and I knew we should work together. We share an interest in nature and the environment and we express that through our work. It is the common language that connects us.”

“It is my hope that her European interpretation and my Asian interpretation of nature and the environment will inspire others and encourage an even more robust exchange of art and culture,” says Hogan.

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Church Named Cool Congregation

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oods Memorial Presbyterian Church in Severna Park has another environmental award to brag about. They have been named one of 12 national Interfaith Power and Light Cool Congregation Challenge winners.

The annual contest recognizes religious congregations across the country that work to reduce their carbon footprint and create models of sustainability within the communities.

Woods Church won the Energy Saver Award for reducing energy consumption by 52 percent thanks to a campaign that included installation of ultra-high efficiency HVAC systems, upgrades to all LED lighting, installation of highly efficient windows and numerous building insulation improvements.

“Our congregation is honored to be

acknowledged for our environmental work,” said Pastor Nancy Lincoln. “As a Presbyterian Church (USA) Earth Care Congregation we have made a commitment to work toward sustainability.

Receiving the Cool Congregations Challenge Award is exciting for us and we hope it will inspire greater emphasis on sustainability as a faith practice.”

“Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church and the other national winning congregations are carrying out practical actions that make a real difference in creating lasting solutions to climate change,” said the Rev. Susan Hendershot, president of Interfaith Power & Light.

The church was a winner in the 2021 contest for its effort to restore a 4-acre pollinator and wildlife habitat on the grounds. In 2019, the church worked with several grants to reforest their property to prevent runoff into nearby Cypress Creek, as reported by Bay Bulletin.

Scientist Anya Hopple looks at a probe inserted into a tree in a forested tract at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater. Hopple, a researcher at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is leading a study about the impacts of sea level rise on forests. Photo: Bay Journal/Dave Harp.

Scientists Flood Woodland to Research ‘Ghost Forests’

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n low-lying spots bordering the Chesapeake Bay, it’s easy to spot the dead trees, leafless and shorn of limbs. These “ghost forests,” their gray trunks pointing skyward from marsh or open water, bear mute witness to the creeping inundation of coastal land as sea level rises.

The switch from lush green forest to a stubble of trunks and snags is so gradual that it’s often not noticed until it’s obvious. But now, a team of scientists is undertaking what they expect to be a decade-long study of the transition by repeatedly flooding a pair of forest patches at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater.

Starting in June, each 2,000-square meter plot is to be doused periodically with 80,000 gallons of water. One will get freshwater, the equivalent of a 6-inch downpour in 10 hours. That’s many times the normal rainfall for the region, but it simulates the kind of extreme deluge that is predicted to become more common with the changing climate.

The other will get brackish water

pumped from the nearby Rhode River, mimicking the episodic flooding from storm surges that are reaching progressively farther inland.

They’ll be watching for changes in the trees in both plots, which are mostly tulip poplar, red maple and American beech.

But they’ll also be monitoring for less visible chemical signs of stress and decline.

“We’re interested in how the first storm surge that gets pushed up into a forest that has never had any exposure to seawater starts to impact the biology and the ecology of these upland forests,” said Pat Megonigal, an ecosystem ecologist and SERC’s associate director for research. “We know that just one isn’t going to kill the forest, so we’ll be running these 10-hour events … with increasing frequency, basically simulating what we hope is a 10-year period of rising sea level and storms washing farther and farther into the forest.”

More than 150 square miles of forest in the Chesapeake region have turned into marsh since the mid-1800s, one study estimates, and the rate of forest loss has been accelerating dramatically.

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and other vegetation that can’t tolerate the salty water.

Other studies have identified changes in the types of near-shore plants as early warnings of saltwater intrusion.

This project aims to look for even earlier cues.

“We know that the forest will die,’’ Megonigal said. “What we’re interested in is: What’s the tipping point? And also, what are the mechanisms that dictate how the forest dies and how it starts to transform into marsh?”

It’s taken three years of planning and preparation to launch this large-scale field experiment, which appropriately enough is called TEMPEST (Terrestrial Ecosystem Manipulation to Probe the Effects of Storm Treatments). It’s part of a larger research project called COMPASS (with a full name that’s even longer), funded by the U.S. Department of Energy. With fieldwork in the Great Lakes and Bay watersheds, COMPASS aims to understand how coastal ecosystems respond to short–and long-term change.

Researchers will pipe freshwater to the forest from large nearby storage tanks that must be replenished by truck. They will pump water from the Rhode a short distance uphill to a 20,000-gallon inflatable bladder that will be refilled four times during each simulated flood. The water dribbles evenly into the forest plots via an irrigation system. A network of sensors installed on the trees and in the soil feed data to a computer, enabling researchers to track the impacts in real time.

High-tech as it sounds, it involved some good old-fashioned shopping for parts. “I spent a lot of time at Home Depot trying to find the right thing,” said Anya Hopple, a post-doctoral researcher with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory who’s leading the project. Her lab, part of the Department of Energy, is partnering with the Smithsonian center and several other institutions on the project.

Home Depot yielded the caulking needed to seal “flux chambers,” small boxes attached to the trunks of trees to capture the methane and carbon dioxide the trees absorb or emit through their bark.

Some tree trunks are also fitted with

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Pat Megonigal, associate director for research at SERC, checks out plants among irrigation lines where scientists are studying the impacts of sea level rise on forests.

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It’s taken three years of planning and preparation to launch this large-scale field experiment, which appropriately enough is called TEMPEST (Terrestrial Ecosystem Manipulation to Probe the Effects of Storm Treatments). paired sets of needles, which measure the flow of sap beneath the bark. Probes on and in the ground measure soil characteristics, including temperature, water content and methane both before and during flooding.

Like carbon dioxide, methane is a gas that contributes to global warming.

Depending on conditions, forests can absorb methane or release it. When the soil is dry, bacteria in the ground consume methane “like little natural gas stoves,” Megonigal said. But when the soil is flooded, different microbes

produce methane, releasing it into the atmosphere.

Last year, during a test run with freshwater, Megonigal said they were surprised how quickly the soil began producing methane, as water ponded on the forest floor and some began to run off.

Researchers don’t expect to see dramatic changes to the forest plot that will be flooded with freshwater. Those trees may actually benefit from inundation because their growth is typically limited in late summer when there’s usually little rain.

The patch to be saturated with brackish water should be another story. The salt stays behind in the soil when the water drains away, impairing tree roots’ ability to absorb the water they need to grow and survive.

“Each time you do it, you’re adding a little more salt to the system,” he said, “and there will come a tipping point where the trees here aren’t adapted to the stress and they’ll start to decline.”

The information gleaned from this study will be used in computer modeling to help scientists refine predictions of how quickly and extensively upland forests might respond to extreme weather and sea level rise.

“This isn’t going to stop sea level rise,” Hopple said. “It’s just going to help us understand how it unfolds.” p

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Senior Reflections Spending Their Best Years on the Bay

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AY is Older Americans Month so we have dedicated this week’s feature space to a group of senior writers, students in Susan Moger’s non-credit writing course at Anne Arundel Community College.

Moger, an author and a former editor, is a senior herself. Since 2008 she has taught writing classes at senior centers in Anne Arundel County (they have been online via Zoom since 2020).

The class came to our attention when a student in one of Moger’s spring classes contacted us about publishing the work of senior writers. We thought it was a wonderful opportunity to hear from the Bay’s older population. We asked them, ages 60 to 88, to write about why they have chosen to spend their post-retirement years in Chesapeake Country.

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FTER 27 years of wandering—as a hidden child in World War II Czechoslovakia, as a refugee from Communism in Germany, as a new American in New Jersey, as a college student in Oklahoma, and as an engineer in California—I found my home on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. My wife and I came to Annapolis in 1963, fell in love with our beautiful town on the Severn River, and stayed. Sue taught at the Naval Academy Primary School for 30 years, while I transitioned from USNA professor to entrepreneur, starting two high-tech companies headquartered here.

The Chesapeake Bay became our “second home,” as we raced our sailboats on its waters and spent countless hours anchored in its fabulous creeks and gunkholes. Our son, David, is a native Annapolitan, born at the old hospital on Franklin Street. I’ve belonged to the Annapolis Yacht Club and the Rotary Club of Annapolis for nearly 50 years.

Today, while living in Heritage Harbour, Sue is happily retired and I spend my time writing books and serving on boards of directors when not enjoying the beautiful green fairways of the Naval Academy golf course. We have truly found our home here in Chesapeake Country and are grateful for its many bounties.

CHARLES OTA HELLER, ANNAPOLIS

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T the turn of the century, home became the shore of the mid-Chesapeake Bay, 200-plus miles south-southwest of my origins. The grandchildren visited in two- and three-week shifts. They learned to sail at a nearby camp and were puzzled by the peculiar vocabulary: port/ starboard not left or right. They learned to avoid shallow water and the hidden strengths and weaknesses of tidal shifts and variable wind. They discovered that to approach a point directly up wind they must navigate a zig/zag pattern called tacking, another odd word and concept.

Our small wooden dock became the center of their world. Fishing rods were rigged and baited; crab traps were stuffed with chicken necks; min10 • CBM BAY WEEKLY • May 5 - May 12, 2022

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now traps provided bait. They learned the knots that held these contraptions together. Lotions prevented early-summer sunburn. Sharp barnacles on swim ladders were to be avoided: wear swim slippers. Old dock planking was full of hidden splinters: wear swim slippers or dock shoes.

They learned how to safely handle blue claw crabs the same way that I had learned 65 years earlier—painful nips focus one’s attention. Pinch the rear swim legs together tightly, otherwise their claws can find your hand.

They reveled in their new understanding of migratory species: ospreys, Canada geese, colorful mergansers, diving buffleheads, rockfish, menhaden. Catch and release (after a photo) was preferable. Besides they liked hamburgers better.

TOM LYONS, EDGEWATER

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HAT is that?” I said to the person sitting next to me on the couch.

“That’s a shark’s tooth, ” he said. “We found it on the shore in the sand. It’s thousands of years old and was in the cliffs above us for many centuries, just recently washed down here for me to find. ” This dramatic introduction to the wonders of Chesapeake Country happened near the Calvert Cliffs area when I was about 9 or 10. Years later, I got a sailboat and drove down from D. C. to where I had it moored.

Then it occurred to me that living here is what I really wanted. I have been here for over 40 years and intend to be here the rest of my life. I live in a community on the South River with access to the Bay. I have sailed, kayaked, and canoed all around this area. I love the smell and the slightly salty breeze coming off the water. I love seeing, catching, and eating the crabs. And I can tolerate the sea nettles that get into everything, including my boat.

I have wonderful memories of events on the water and at my house that I can only ascribe to living in Chesapeake Country.

LIZ VANDEN HEUVEL, ANNAPOLIS

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HESAPEAKE Country is where I found a home, and a new cuisine.

I arrived in Maryland in 1983 as a new hire for the government. A few weeks later I went on a date and he suggested we “go get crabs.”

Coming from Michigan, I had no idea what that meant. I was unsure if it even sounded like a good idea; however, who could turn down a good-looking man in a uniform?

We arrived at a decent looking restaurant, so my concerns diminished, until we entered. All the tables were covered with brown paper and had wooden mallets on them. My doubts resurfaced and I found the entire experience of attacking a dead crab (thank goodness it was dead) to be completely new.

Living here is what I really wanted. I have been here for over 40 years and intend to be here the rest of my life.

CAROL ORME, GLEN BURNIE

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HERE is no doubt that aging my way must be in partnership with aging His way. I want to mature in faith, love, compassion, integrity, wisdom and purpose.

Four of the greatest gifts I’ve been given are my two daughters and two grandchildren. Time spent with them is my uppermost pleasure. With fun, also comes a sense of responsibility and balance. My interactions consist of impartations of wisdom, love and compassion sprinkled with doses of guidance and knowledge. All of it tempered with a sense of legacy!

Another blessing has been the space and opportunity to rekindle old friendships and to build new relationships. What stories, testimonies, tears, laughter and enlightenment!

Thankfully, I live in Chesapeake Country, an area with many outlets to serve and connect with faith-based, community and nonprofit groups. The pandemic limited in-person contact, but I found more creative ways to be supportive and compassionate. Technology and sufficient funds were in my favor.

Another lifeline is the ability to continue to learn and connect with enrichment and intellectual opportunities. The availability of in-person and

virtual classes and interest groups even in the midst of a pandemic enhances life here in AA County.

Socializing with friends is a special part of my life. The capacity and means to travel, attend cultural events, and engage in varied social events with friends and acquaintances is another blessing in my life. I do not take any of this for granted.

My intent is to try to live each day under His guidance with the goal to be a blessing in someone else’s life.

DORIS DURRETT, ODENTON

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HREE words evoke the feelings of shared happiness and togetherness in my 52 years of marriage: Chesapeake Country and sailing.

We took lessons, but did not learn much; bought our first boat in Alexandria, sailed on the Potomac River, but yearned for the Bay. That fall, Misty-Marq moved to Deale. On the return from an overnight, we went aground—again—halfway into our slip. The next day we drove to St. Leonard and bought a slip at Flag Harbor in Long Beach. A year later, a bigger boat.

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I I cried when we left Calvert County in 1997 for family reasons.

Retirement looming for my husband, and me being fired from my Bethesda job, we decided to take Peregrine and retire to Calvert County.

Our Long Beach house had a Bay view. We made friends of all ages immediately, both at the marina and neighborhood. It was a real community. My husband could relax. No one locked their doors.

Today I could still give my favorite tour of Calvert County, including views from the high Patuxent River bridge and the small one which defines Solomons’ Island, walking in the silence of Cypress Swamp, watching planes do roaring touchdowns at the Naval Station, going up the steep steps of the Calvert Marine Museum lighthouse, night sailing to Solomons for dinner, chancing a meal at Vera’s, searching for shark’s teeth at Flag Ponds and experiencing Annmarie Gardens.

I cried when we left Calvert County in 1997 for family reasons. We moved to Edgewater. Peregrine is berthed nearby at Selby Bay Yacht Club on the South River. I can now give Edgewater tours, still in Chesapeake Country.

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moved to Chesapeake Country to be closer to my two horses, and here I have experienced journeys worthy of dreams. I have traveled on horseback from farm to farm in Edgewater to visit friends, as people did in days of yore. In Southern Maryland, we galloped along rolling hills that overlooked cow pastures, and we crossed bubbling Bay tributaries that soaked our boots and our horses’ bellies. We played follow-the-leader along paths next to cornfields and reservoirs.

Horses are creatures of flight, and occasionally dreams turned into nightmares. No rider forgets the watershed’s angry turkey buzzards and flapping beavers that have spooked our horses, leading to involuntary dismounts. Each fall earmarked a teachable moment.

In the show rings, I chased blue ribbons. Many ribbons were won at the Prince George’s Equestrian Center, near the Western Branch Patuxent River.

A few were earned by trotting alongside a rambunctious yearling in breed classes. For others, I danced on horseback performing dressage freestyles.

Some folks are blessed to ride into their 90s. For now, at 60, I take one mount at a time. I savor whinnies and nuzzles on misty Maryland morns, grateful to move forward with these beautiful creatures that have captured my heart.

ELEANOR JONES, CROFTON

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HE last two years have changed many lives. Leaving homes, leaving jobs, much uncertainty.

However, the pace of Chesapeake Country has made me feel safe and determined to stay. Sandwiched between the north and the south, our weather is ideal. Low rise towns and villages. Rolling farms and horse rearing stables. Never far from water access and ocean waves. Birds, raptors and waterfowl always in sight. Plentiful seafood to catch or to dine on.

Meet the people—they are a grand, mixed lot, eager to befriend.

My place is here, but quietly. I don’t want to attract too many more people. I hate traffic!

CHRISTINE HICKEY, DEALE

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moved to Maryland from Pennsylvania to be closer to my children and grandchildren. Once I neared my 70s, I decided to halt the high-speed travel before my reflexes dictated a change. I left behind my world as I knew it and waved goodbye to friends, Philly Pretzels, hoagies, and my favorite, cheesesteaks.

Once settled in Chesapeake Country, in my condo, with a cherished elevator outside of my door, I decorated vacation-style to create my new world.

Since I was a member of three organizations, new friends were waiting for me. Joining a church and taking classes at a local Anne Arundel County Senior Citizen Center was a blessing. At both of them, I could take classes, go on trips, view entertainment, and party with the best. With water activities just a short drive away, I began to have fun.

Annapolis, Baltimore, and D. C. provided culture, historic tours, dining experiences, and a TV show If You Live There, that introduced a variety of neighboring communities. I began to feel like a resident tourist. It was just what I needed.

Although the eateries are vast and very good, the cheesesteaks and hoagies here can’t compare to Philadelphia cuisine, but the crabs, whether in cakes or eaten alone, have triggered my salivary soul. What a treasure. I really like it here!

SANDRA WILSON, GAMBRILLS

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INCE 1998, I have lived in Chesapeake Country near the South River, not far from the Bay. The river’s water in all weathers and seasons are a source of visual and spiritual solace. My grandsons and I delight in shoveling sand next to the river and wading and launching toy boats in it. In my kayak I am buoyed and balanced as I watch the world from the water. After hurricanes, we marvel at the river’s power to surge over docks and parking lot, even the tennis court.

On 9/11, after hours of watching the news on TV, my son and I were drawn to the river whose rhythm revived our spirits and freed us from fear.

The pace of Chesapeake Country has made me feel safe and determined to stay.

Sandwiched between the north and the south, our weather is ideal.

About 20 years ago, I made a discovery that changed how I, a New Yorker until 1995, forever after experienced the Chesapeake Bay. My stepmother and I were waiting for a table at a restaurant in Chestertown, and I idly checked out the poster-size map of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. And there was the Susquehanna River, familiar to me from many trips to Binghamton, N. Y., and environs. Delighted, I traced the Susquehanna’s progress from New York through Pennsylvania and Maryland all the way to the Chesapeake Bay. Like the Susquehanna River, I, too, originated in New York and moved to Maryland while remaining connected to New York.

Recently, confined by COVID-19 to Maryland, I felt that connection keenly, knowing that every time I look at the Bay, New York waves to me.

SUSAN MOGER, EDGEWATER

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Submit your ideas, comments and events! Email us: calendar@bayweekly.com

THURSDAY MAY 5

Freeman Dodsworth, “Brandywine”

Arlington Echo Volunteer Orientation Learn about how you can volunteer with the environmental center, hear about the variety of programs and activities available. 6-6:30pm, virtual through Google Meets, code given upon confirmation, RSVP: Volunteer-ELOE@aacps.org

Annapolis Symphony Orchestra A world premiere anniversary commission by composer Jessica Hunt ends the season followed by Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concert No. 1 with soloist Olga Kern, and Rachmaninoff ’s Symphonic Dances.

8pm, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, $32-95, RSVP: annapolissymphony.org.

SATURDAY MAY 7

Bach+ Movies

Birding Hike

Bowed string player Tina Chancey talk about collaborating with film. 7pm, St. Anne’s Church, Annapolis, free: liveartsmaryland.org.

Join an ornithologist to look for migratory birds. 8-9am, South River Farm Park, Edgewater, RSVP: 410-222-1978.

MAY 5 THRU 15

8am-noon, North Beach Senior Center: 301-855-6681.

North Beach Farmers Market

Freaky Friday

Trash to Treasures

When an overworked mother and May 6: The Peace of Wild Things her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. ThF 8pm, SaSu Culinary Quest 2pm, plus 8pm May 14, Colonial PlayEnjoy a progressive mystery picnic ers, Annapolis, $23 w/discounts, RSVP: combined with an app-guided walking thecolonialplayers.org. tour of historic Solomons Island. 11am, No Thyme to Cook, Solomons, $45, FRIDAY MAY 6 RSVP: nothymetocook.com.

Jefferson Holland, Rob van Sante and Janie Meneely reunite to support Annapolis Green. 8pm, Galesville Memorial Hall, $20, RSVP: annapolisgreen.com.

Golf Tournament

The Peace of Wild Things

Music by Three of a Kind

Play golf to raise funds to help individuals with special needs and disabilities participate in recreational programs.

9am-2pm, Chesapeake Hills Golf Course, Lusby, $80, RSVP: https://webtrac.co.cal. md.us with activity number 470660.

See plein air and studio works by Alison Barry and Freeman Dodsworth at this artists’ reception. 5-8pm, North End Gallery, Leonardtown: northendgallery.com.

8:30-11:30pm, The Irish Pub Next Door, Pasadena: threeofakindmusic.com.

Artist Reception

The arts and entertainment district along with the Fenwick Inn present a weekend inspired by the new mural Alice in Leonardtown, including a cocktail party (F 6-10pm, ages 21+, $100) featuring aerial acrobatics, flow artistry, fire dancing, magic and illusions, plus auction featuring works of local artists, destination packages and experiences. Sa (7-9:30pm) is the official mural unveiling, created by Tom Rogers and Dan Ropp, followed by a movie screening. Details: VisitLeonardtownMD.com/ AliceinLeonardtown.

Family Fun National Wildlife Refuges like Patuxent play an important role in protecting threatened and endangered species in the US. Learn more about endangered species, where they live, and some of the things you can do to help protect them in this self-paced, drop-in program.

Come when you wish and leave when you’re ready. (Also May 7). 10am-1pm, South Tract, Patuxent Research Refuge, Laurel: 301-497-5887.

Visit with artist Patrice who has a solo exhibit of ed works from several series play. 6-8pm, MC3 Annapolis, mc3annapolis.org.

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First Fridays DJs play music while you stroll and view classic cars, visit food trucks, beer and wine vendors, pop-up shops, craft vendors and enjoy free beach access.

6-9pm, Bay Ave from 2nd St to 7th St., North Beach: northbeachmd.org.

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Community wide outdoor yard sale.

8am-noon, Pip Moyer Rec Center, Annapolis: blbooth@annapolis.gov.

Benefit Concert

MAY 6 & 7

Shoreline Cleanup Supplies provided to clean up along the water’s edge. 9-11am, Fort Smallwood Park, Pasadena, RSVP: rpfont21@aacounty.org.

Mother’s Day Market 9am-2pm, Annmarie Garden, Solomons: Annmarie.org.

Plant Sale

Mad About Leonardtown

Support the Chesapeake Garden Club by buying native flowers, ground cover, cuttings and bulbs of hydrangeas, hellebores, daylilies, sunflowers, dragon wing begonia, plus Mothers Day baskets and arrangements and perennials; Master Gardeners answer questions (11am).

9:30am-2:30pm, Fairview Library, Owings: chesapeakegardenclub.org.

CommUNITY Prayer Walk Join the service at the pavilion then walk on the island and pray at designated stops. 10am, Solomons Pavilion: 443-794-0273.

Spring eye allergies?

Get your eyes some relief.

Helping people see better, one person at a time!

10335 Southern Maryland Blvd. #102 • Dunkirk, MD 20754 443.964.6730 • www.dunkirkvision.com

Back in Thyme

Sa 10am-4pm, Su noon-4pm, William Paca Garden, Annapolis, RSVP: Annapolis.org.

Investigate the colonial herb garden and learn the importance of herbs in medicine and cooking; tour the house kitchen and examine cooking equipment from the past, plus create a basket to take home.

10-11:30am, Hammond-Harwood House Museum, Annapolis, $30, RSVP: hammondharwoodhouse.org.

SUNDAY MAY 8

Happy Mother’s Day! SPCA Walk for the Animals Bring the family and your pets to the park; visit pet friendly vendors, food trucks to support the SPCA of Anne Arundel. 9am-noon, Quiet Water Park, Annapolis: aacspca.org.

Free State Fly Fishers Members bring items to sell at deep discounts; most gear is new or likenew condition, great for those new to fly-fishing. 10am-noon, Davidsonville Family Rec Center: http://fs-ff.com.

Airport Farmers Market 9am-1pm, Airport Terminal Building, California: Sotterley.org.

Solomons Maritime Festival Celebrate Southern Maryland traditions with antique boats and motors, cooking demos, traditional music, toy boat building, and boat rides. 10am-4pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, free: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Queen Bee Tea Take a special lady—your Queen Bee—to tea. Finger sandwiches, pastries, scones and your choice of quality loose-leaf tea, all served in Montpelier’s elegant East Wing. 11am & 2pm, Montpelier House Museum, Laurel, $31 w/ discounts, RSVP: 301-377-7817.

Garlic Mustard Pull Pull invasive garlic mustard and then learn to make a homemade pesto with the greens. 11am-noon, Beverly Triton Nature Park, Edgewater, RSVP: 410222-1978.

Eastport Bridge Run The least challenging athletic event ever is back! Run, jog or walk (costumes encouraged) the 0.05K across Spa Creek on the Eastport bridge.

Noon, meet at Long & Foster, 320 Sixth St., Eastport, $30 w/discounts, RSVP: themre.org/bridgerun.

Opening Reception See the group art exhibit HONOR, celebrating Black women’s art; speaker, light refreshments and mimosas.

Noon-3pm, Banneker-Douglass Museum, Annapolis, RSVP: bdmuseum.maryland.gov.

May 8: Bratislava Boys Choir

Paint Pet Portraits Sherry Kendall, founding artist of Wagging Tail Portraits, will presketch your pet’s portrait on canvas and guide you through creating your masterpiece. Noon-4pm, Homestead Gardens, Davidsonville, RSVP: homesteadgardens.com.

themed street party to benefit the nonprofit Feed It Forward DC; Live entertainment will include a DJ, Mariachis and a performance from Quimbao Latin Band, plus a taco bar, beer, tequila, special prize giveaways, and fireworks.

3-8pm, Towne Centre Blvd, $5, RSVP: annapolistowncenter.com.

The Three Sisters

A Day at the Derby

For many Indigenous people three seeds— corn, beans, and squash—represent the most important crops. Learn the benefits of these plants, how they thrive together, and learn when and how to plant your own Three Sisters garden. 1-2pm, Historic St. Mary’s City, $10 w/discounts: hsmcdigshistory.org.

Don your hats and bowties to enjoy food, cocktails, wine, live music, silent auction and live showing of the Derby to support The Arc of Southern Maryland. 5pm, Perigeaux Vineyards, St. Leonard, $40, RSVP: arcsomd.org.

KIDS 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: 301497-5887.

Talent Machine Auditions Teens (ages 13-18) invited to audition for summer performance of Legally Blonde. 1-4pm, Stageworkz Theater Arts, Millersville, $5 membership fee, RSVP: TMCteen@gmail.com.

Cinco De Mayo Party

postponed to May 15: Join Annapolis Town Center to welcome new restaurant Urbano with a Cinco De Mayo-

Meet the Artist Jack Frazier displays his Solo exhibit.

5:30-7:30pm, Main St. Gallery, Annapolis: mainstreetfineart.com.

MTR Derby Day Celebration Support Maryland Therapeutic Riding with mint juleps, dinner, live and silent auctions, bourbon tasting, hat contest and live showing of the Kentucky Derby. 5-9:30pm, 1141 Sunrise Beach Rd., Crownsville, RSVP: MTRDerby22.givesmart.com.

MAY 7 & 8

William Paca Garden Plant Sale Take home a piece of history by buying plants raised by Historic Annapolis volunteers, including perennials, annuals, trees, vines and vegetable starts.

Animal Track Hike Join a ranger and learn about identifying animal tracks. 10am-noon, Kinder Farm Park, Millersville, $5, RSVP: aacounty.org.

Brunch Cruise Take mom on a special cruise on the skipjack Wilma Lee, with catered brunch, champagne and scenic views.

10:30am-12:30pm, Annapolis Maritime Museum, $95 w/discounts, RSVP: amaritime.org.

Mother’s Day Cruise Celebrate mom aboard the Wm. B. Tennison for a brunch or evening cruise. 11:30am-1pm or 5-6:30pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $35 w/discounts, RSVP: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Skipjack Sail Sail along the Patuxent River aboard the historic skipjack Dee of St. Mary’s; ages 5+. 2:30-4:30pm, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, $35 w/discounts, RSVP: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

Bratislava Boys Choir Hear the world-renowned Slovakia choir ensemble. 3pm, Woods Memorial Presbyterian Church, Severna Park: worldartists.org.

Gospel Concert Hear music by the Gospel Travelers. 5-6pm, First Presbyterian Church, Annapolis: Annapolis-presbyterian.com.

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Pax River Quilters Guild Learn to quilt with this group.

6:30-8:30pm, Good Samaritan Lutheran Church, Lexington Park: paxriverquiltguild.com.

TUESDAY MAY 10

7th Annual Womens Health Expo Women receive free health screenings for over 40 conditions, plus learn about breastfeeding, fitness demos, learn symptoms of heart attack, nutrition, reflexology and visit vendors; food offered; sponsored by CalvertHealth, Calvert Co commission for Women, Calvert Co. Health Dept. 2:30-6:30pm, CalvertHealth Medical Center north parking lot, Prince Frederick

Annapolis Artists Lecture Lucinda Edinberg with The Mitchell Gallery at St. John’s College leads a virtual discussion on Annapolis artists John Hesselius and Charles Willson Peale.

7pm, RSVP for Zoom link: annapolis.org.

WEDNESDAY MAY 11

Burritos for Beds Breakfast Enjoy breakfast and support the mission of addiction recovery at Samaritan House. 7-10am, Chevy’s Fresh Mex, Annapolis: Samaritanhouseannapolis.org.

THURSDAY MAY 12

May 12 & 13: Boating 101 Clinics

America’s Boating Club Dinner 5:30pm, meeting 6:30pm, The Pier Restaurant, Solomons: usps.org/localusps/Patuxent.

Jesse Ruben in Concert With Jenn Grinels. 8pm, Rams Head on Stage, Annapolis, $25, RSVP: ramsheadonstage.com.

Boating 101 Clinics

Children (ages 3-5yrs) join in story time and a carryout craft on the theme of bees, bugs and flowers. 10:15am & 11:15am, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, free w/admission: calvertmarinemuseum.com.

May 12 & 13: Learn docking, launching and safety with the Annapolis School of Seamanship and BoatUS, plus info on flares, paint, safety items, clean boating and more. No boat req’d.

2pm & 5pm, Sandy Point State Park, Annapolis, free (park entry fee req’d), RSVP: mtam.org/boaters.

SoCo Farmers Market

Up Rigging Maritime Festival

3-7pm, Deale Library, Facebook: @SoCoFarmersMarketatDealesLibrary

May 13-15: See and tour tall ships and sailing vessels in the harbor, hear live music, browse maritime merchants, watch live demos

KIDS Sea Squirts

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and model boat building. F 6-7pm, SaSu11am-5pm, City Dock, Annapolis: annapolisuprigging.com.

London Town Golden Gala May 13: Celebrate the historic site’s 50th anniversary with a trip back to the 1970s; enjoy retro-inspired cocktails and food, dance to classic hits, bid in a silent auction and help create a time capsule. VIP tickets include a happy hour (5:30pm) with colonial cocktails mixed by executive director Rod Cofield in the reconstructed bar in the William Brown House. 6:30pm, Historic London Town, Edgewater, $150 general admission/$200 VIP, RSVP: historiclondontown.org.

16th Calvert Arts Festival

May 12: Jesse Ruben in Concert

May 14: Sample wines and craft beers from Southern Maryland makers, shop local juried artisans, food and drink vendors, live entertainment, children’s activities, raffles, tours of the 1692 church and labyrinth. 10am-5pm, All Saints Episcopal Church, Sunderland, $15 tasting glass/wristband, RSVP: https://bit.ly/CalvertArtsFestival2022. p

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STORY AND PHOTOS BY WAYNE BIERBAUM

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mall insect-eating birds called warblers migrate south for the winter and then return north each spring to nest and enjoy a northern summer. As the birds fly south in the fall most species have drab winter colors but as they travel north in the springtime they have courtship colors, making this a great time to look for the little migrants.

There are three warblers that I consider my favorites to observe and photograph.

Many warblers feed near the tops of

Blackburnian warbler

trees, in the canopy. People intent on finding and counting warblers can get a really sore neck from looking up all the time, sometimes referred to as a “warbler neck”. The warblers I like stay closer to the ground and are not taxing to my neck. They are quite colorful and like to sing. They are the black-throated blue warbler, the blackburnian warbler, and the yellow warbler.

The most common of the three is the yellow warbler. The male is bright yellow with reddish streaks on his chest. The female is a duller yellowish brown. They typically live at the edge of woods, along bodies of fresh water and marshes. Their bright yellow plumage and frequent sing-

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ing make them easy to find. Setting up a camera near their favorite singing perch can net some nice photos. Their nests are hard to find as they are made in dense thickets. The construction is interesting as they like to weave in spider webs.

The black-throated blue warbler male is dark blue on its back and head and has a black throat and a bright white belly. When they fly, they have a white bar that shows on the top of their wings.

The females are difficult to identify as they have little blue or black but rather are greenish-brown. They are usually seen foraging near the ground and will frequently pop up and seem to pose in the open. The song is a buzzy sound with

a rising pitch that sounds like it is saying I’m lazzzy.

The song is pretty distinct making them easy to identify just by sound. These birds prefer dense forests with a brushy understory and are commonly found in Maryland’s mountainous regions. However, as they migrate through our region, they can be found almost anywhere. I have seen quite a few along Jug Bay. The Blackburnian warbler is a colorful gem of a bird. They seem to follow the same sort of migratory path as the black-throated blue warbler. They have a bright orange throat, with a dark back and white wing bars. These warblers like to sing as they hunt for insects.

Their song is high pitched and progressively gets higher and sounds like tsu tsu tsu...teeeheee. They spend their summers from North Carolina to Canada in mixed forests that have some coniferous trees in which they prefer to nest. During their migration, they seem to prefer feeding in low trees but as they get to their breeding ground, they move higher. That is when they give me a warbler neck.

Warbler season is upon us. Be alert and see if you can find some of these colorful characters. Hear their songs at allaboutbirds.org or the Merlin app

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Angler Ivor van Heerden caught a 45-inch striped bass in the Chesapeake Bay on May 4, 2021. Photo: Tom Wazniak via Maryland Fisheries Service DNR Flickr.

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Trophy Season is Heart of Fishing Entree

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t’s been said that the best way to enjoy a fine meal is to always begin (after the salad) in the heart of your entree. If you have a nice steak, chop, or a plump fillet, cut into the very center—the juiciest, richest, best tasting part—and start there. It will queue up all of your senses to expect more of the same and you’ll actually increase the overall enjoyment of the entire meal.

Such is the pattern for the Chesapeake’s fishing season.

The trophy rockfish season opened May 1, an opportunity at the biggest, wildest striped bass you’ll encounter the whole of the coming year. Begin your quest here and now. The thrill of the pull of a really big swimmer will never leave you. You’ll anticipate every subsequent strike with extra anticipation. And smaller fish won’t disappoint, they’ll just encourage your efforts.

Trolling a spread of big baits is the go-to tactic for trophy rock fishing; it gives you the best chance at tempting a big migrator to slam one of your offerings. Bucktails of various large sizes adorned with 6-to 12-inch Sassy Shad and presented from 15 feet down to

the bottom (watch your marks) usually present the mouthful large enough to interest a trophy. A 30- to 50-pound conventional tackle is necessary to handle the lure/water resistance and the potential fight of an ocean run striper.

Since they are in spawning mode and traveling on nature’s whim, there is little hope of anticipating exactly where they will be or when, so constantly presenting baits along their traditional lanes of ingress and egress of the Bay gives trophy anglers their best chance of interception. The migrating stripers initially travel at a 15-foot depth during May (temperature comfort) but motor noise may quickly drive them deeper once the season starts. White, chartreuse, yellow or green are invariably the lure colors of spring.

With just a 17-foot skiff, trolling in the early season has never been much of an option for me, there’s usually been just too much wind for a comfortable outing. However, given the chance for mild days, I’m ready this season.

I’ve laid in a supply of Rapala Magnum diving lures in various sizes that can cover the water column at just the right

depths and hopefully not provide too much resistance for my medium-heavy bait fishing tackle.

I plan on dragging just four rods, two at a 15-foot depth and two at 30 to 40 feet down. The spread of plugs should make enough water noise with their flashing, vigorous action to entice a trophy sized rock that happens to be nearby to give a look. I’m going with both bright colored plugs, natural and bunker patterns and keeping my fingers crossed. This will be a long shot.

Chumming and chunking with menhaden (bunker) is my fallback spring tactic.

I’ve actually had great results the last few spring seasons doing this. A chum bag deep on a weighted line and a surface bag on top has been my technique for providing a broad scent trail for hungry fish looking for an easy meal. Keeping fresh cut bait in the water, periodic chunking and plenty of patience has definitely tempted a fair number of big fish my way.

Shore anglers will do well to use the biggest bloodworms or the freshest menhaden possible, changing out the big worms when they get pale, and the cut menhaden every 20 minutes. Best of luck to all. p

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fter stopping several realities from bleeding into each other, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch: Spider-Man: No Way Home) thought he was done with the multiverse. He’s proven wrong when America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez: The Babysitter’s Club) bursts into New York with a monster following her.

It seems America is being chased through every universe by an entity hoping to take her powers. Doctor Strange must take on super-powered foes and dimensional shifts if he has any hope of saving her.

That’s as much as I’m legally allowed to tell you about the plot of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness without risking Mickey Mouse showing up at my door with a court order.

Luckily for the mouse, and for you, dear reader, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is best enjoyed when you know as little about the plot as possible. Yes, there are the typical movie character references you’ve come to expect in Marvel films, some humdinger cameos that will have people shouting (stay through the credits for two teaser scenes), and there’s

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Doctor Strange features the sort of wacky sensibility and flamboyant style that made Sam Raimi’s early work so darn watchable. even a few plot twists that make this one of the more unexpected entries in the MCU oeuvre.

The reason for this isn’t the writing—that’s as convoluted as ever. It’s not even the performances, which range in quality. The real reason Doctor Strange stands out from the pack is it’s the best Sam Raimi movie in well over a decade. Raimi, who came to fame with his hilarious and gruesome horror movies, has often been stifled by big studio productions.

When he made the three Spider-Man movies starring Tobey Maguire, his cinematic flair was stripped from most of the films, leaving only slick action movie fare.

That’s not the case in Doctor Strange, which features the sort of wacky sensibility and flamboyant style that made Raimi’s early work so darn watchable.

It made this critic wonder how much fun the original Spider-Man franchise could have been had the studio taken

their foot from Raimi’s neck. For the Raimi aficionado, there’s plenty to enjoy from eye close-ups, to whip pans and hand-held zooms. The camera is frenetic and fun. Raimi’s typical lickety-split filmmaking keeps the film moving even when the plot stalls.

This is also a movie that feels a little more adult than past entries. There’s some gnarly kills for a movie under the MCU umbrella. For those that are gore-averse, fear not, the grisly details aren’t shown, but the implications of what happened are shocking for a franchise that shies away from carnage.

Though there’s a lot of fancy filmmaking, there are still some story points that continue to take the magic away from Doctor Strange. The series still has no idea what to do with Christine (Rachel McAdams: What If…?), who has no chemistry with Cumberbatch’s Strange and no real reason to keep showing up in these movies. The same can be said for Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Mordo, who is utterly wasted.

While the romantic subplot of Doctor Strange flops, the chemistry between Cumberbatch and Gomez is fantastic.

The two have a snippy rapport that builds to real sentiment as they work together. And of course, Cumberbatch is at his best when he’s verbally sparring with Sorcerer Supreme Wong (Benedict Wong: Spider-Man: No Way Home).

If you’re a Marvel completist, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is essential viewing. It ushers in some fascinating possibilities for the MCU and offers a surprisingly fresh take on what has become rote storytelling.

If you’re a Sam Raimi completist, it’s also worth buying a ticket, so you can try to figure out how he managed to sneak what is essentially an Evil Dead movie into the MCU. p Good Superhero Fodder * PG-13* 126 mins.

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The Tasty and Colorful Violet

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ome of the first seasonal flowers to appear in spring are in the genus Viola, which contains hundreds of species. There is nothing more delightful than a garden path lined with purple violets after a long winter.

Pansies, violas and violets brighten up our early spring gardens with no fear of cold weather thwarting their growth.

Dr. Art Tucker and Susan Belsinger, authors of The Culinary Herbal, say the colorful little blooms are safe to eat.

“These common European wildflowers are traditionally used to garnish the May wine punch bowl and other beverages, desserts, sandwiches and salads.

They are used in making jellies, syrups, butters and fancy desserts,” they write.

While the foliage of wild violets is edible, the leaves of johnnies and pansies are typically not eaten.

The International Herb Association has named violets the 2022 Herb of the Year.

The Viola tricolor, commonly known as Johnny Jump-Up, is also known as wild pansy. “Violet most often refers to the wild purple-blue violets and white-flowering wood violets, sometimes called confederate violets, birdfoot violets and sweet violets. Wild

violet leaves are usually heart-shaped, except for the birdfoot, whose leaves look like what its name suggests,” write Tucker and Belsinger.

Wild violets have a mild scent and taste, whereas sweet violets, viola, odorata, pansies and violets have a sweeter perfume and taste more flowery.

They can be used in beverages, syrups, cordials, pastilles, ice creams and confections.

Violet flowers and leaves contain a good amount of vitamins A and C. Viola may cause nausea and act as a mild laxative if eaten in large amounts because of its saponin content.

Viola species grow best in a woodland environment. They favor shade but grow well in a sunny, herbaceous border with proper moisture and organic matter. Pansies come in many colors with bright, happy faces and require more sun to bloom well.

Fritillary butterflies eat violets, which can make a lovely ground cover for your butterfly garden. The meadow fritillary, Diana fritillary, great spangled fritillary and the variegated fritillary all like to eat violets in their caterpillar form.

Violets and pansies contain a gener-

ous amount of a flavonoid compound called rutin, which helps maintain the strength and integrity of capillary walls. Rutin can be used to strengthen capillaries and reduce ocular pressure in glaucoma. Dr. Jim Duke, author

of the Green Pharmacy, writes that a few tablespoons of violas will give you about 100 milligrams of rutin.

Make a spring salad with a few pansies and violets to make your dinner guests smile and eat their greens happily. p

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Rachel Mulcahy is in trouble with Clonard Monastery in Belfast, Northern Ireland for apparently posing as a nun and disrupting services at the church, the Belfast Telegraph reported on April 3. In recent days, she has been served with an injunction to stay at least 150 yards away from the building, but the bogus nun says she is praying for its parishioners.

Mulcahy is also known around town for dancing frantically in the streets to religious music, accompanied by two evangelical preachers playing musical instruments. She sometimes falls to her knees and shouts, “Christ, come into me!” She told the Telegraph that she is “in love. Head over heels. I can’t stop it. I love Jesus Christ so much that all I can think about is him.” But one “insider” claimed she “is not a nun” and said “the congregation (is) quite elderly and they felt intimidated by Ms. Mulcahy’s behavior. They just want to be left alone to pray in peace.”

Crime Report

In Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, a 27-year-old man was in the process of robbing a business on March 31 when an employee tried to thwart him, the CBC reported. But the thief was armed with a Mr. Solid brand chocolate Easter bunny, which he used to hit the employee. The shoplifter escaped but was found nearby and arrested; the

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employee suffered only minor injuries.

The stolen merch was returned to the store; no word on how Mr. Solid fared.

Seattle police were called to a downtown art gallery on April 5 after a man who claimed to have a knife stole an ancient mammoth tusk valued at several thousand dollars, KOMO-TV reported. The thief then escaped in a stolen plum-colored PT Cruiser, police said. Gallery owners said the theft is the second incident in recent weeks; the shop also carries fine-art sculptures.

Investigators were hoping to recover the tusk, and the gallery is planning to hire more security guards.

rural area of Kansas on April 5: a mobile home resting smack in the middle of a gravel road, with no owner (or resident) in site. The Kansas City Star reported that the home was found in southern Labette County, and the sheriff ’s office made a request via Facebook for the public’s help in identifying the owner of the mobile home. Of course, theories ran wild among Facebook users. “Maybe they are on house arrest and needed to go somewhere,” one user said. In the early evening on April 6, the sheriff ’s office announced that they had found the owner of the abandoned mobile home, and it was later revealed that blown trailer tires during transport were to blame for its temporary abandonment.

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Electric vehicle charging stations in Isle of Wight, England, were hacked in the most middle-school of ways, the BBC reported on April 6. It seems someone reprogrammed the screens on the charge points to show a pornographic website instead of the Chargepoint Genie network. “We are saddened to learn that a third-party web address displayed on our electric vehicle (EV) signage appears to have been hacked,” the Isle of Wight Council said in a statement. They apologized to anyone who “may have found the inappropriate web content.”

You Can’t Park Here

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The night shift workers at the Mr. Chips french fry factory in East Tamaki, New Zealand, received a bit of a shock as 28 tons of russet potatoes from a farm in nearby Matamata worked their way through the factory’s conveyor belts.

What appeared to be just another muddy potato was discovered to be a World War II-era hand grenade. “The guys were really calm and collected and they reacted in an extremely professional manner,” Roland Spitaels, the factory’s operations manager, told Stuff.co.nz. Police responded to the scene and subsequently called upon the New Zealand Defence Force’s explosive ordnance disposal team, who removed the grenade from the facility;

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X-rays revealed it was a training version of a hand grenade, containing no explosives. Spitaels hopes the police will return the grenade to the company when their investigation is complete so it can be put on display in the factory’s trophy room.

This Couch Has a Lump

Alex Trejo, a reptile expert and owner of So-Cal Rattlesnake Removal, got more than he’d bargained for in a recent house call—about 7 feet more.

While most folks never find anything more interesting than spare change in their couch cushions, one Chula Vista resident found a snake: a 7-footlong Vietnamese blue beauty rat snake, to be precise. “This guy calls me, is pretty frantic and he’s like, ‘There’s a snake in my couch,’” Trejo told ABC 10 News in San Diego. Trejo said he was shocked to find such a beast in a sofa, calling it a “once in a lifetime snake rescue” in a Facebook post. The species is nonvenomous, is not native to the United States, and was apparently not interested in being captured: “He didn’t (bite) my skin, but he actually got the lining of my shirt,” Trejo said.

The snake is in the care of a specialist, receiving treatment for a respiratory infection. The animal’s owner has not yet been located. p Send your weird news items with subject line WEIRD NEWS to WeirdNewsTips@amuniversal.com.

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Giving something the Acid-Test now means giving ‘a critical examination,’ but originated when assayers sought to determine the presence of gold amongst other metals.

Inferior metals decomposed when nitric acid was added, but not gold, so passing the acid-test meant it was the ‘real deal.’

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NEW LISTING

5+ ACRES

$699,900

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

301-261-9700 • 410-867-9700 • WWW.SCHWARTZREALTY.COM • 5801 DEALE-CHURCHTON ROAD • DEALE, MD 20751

UNDER CONTRACT

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

UNDER CONTRACT

WATERFRONT

20+ SLIPS

WATERFRONT

WATERFRONT

$599,900

$1,200,000

$949,900

$950,000

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

JULIE BEAL 443-254-0531

UNDER CONTRACT

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

UNDER CONTRACT

100% FINANCING AVAILABLE

3 HOMES

100% FINANCING AVAILABLE

100% FINANCING AVAILABLE

BAY VIEWS

$509,900

$599,900

$320,900

$299,900

$775,000

Southern Anne Arundel Co.: 6 Br’s, 3.5Ba., two detached garages, large barn with concrete floor. Home offers kitchen with granite countertops, ss appliances, hwd. flrs., sunroom overlooking private acreage. 3,700 sq. ft of living space. Walk to park & marina’s.

MDAA2032034

UNDER CONTRACT IN 3 DAYS

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Southern Anne Arundel Co: 3Br., 2.5Ba with pri- Deale: Working boat yard marina with 20+ Southern Anne Arundel Co. Million dollars views Deale: Beautiful 3br, 2.5ba Ches. Bay watervate pier. Beautiful serene views of head waters deep water slips, 1+ acres, railway lift, small of the Chesapeake Bay. Home offers 3Br., front home expansive views and private access of South Creek in Shady Side. Large waterfront tenant house on property, located on Rockhold 3Fb, 2 car garage, hardwood floors, sunroom to bay. Attached 2-car garage, 2 sep. Buildings screen porch, new vinyl siding, roof 2017, hvac Creek with quick access to Bay (No bridges). on waterfront side, living room with fireplace, (one temp controlled) and loads of storage.

2016, freshly painted, new carpet, wood stove. Endless possibilities. All located in the heart of home needs some updating but great location schwartzrealty.com/MDAA2029182 Will not last long.

Deale. surrounded by multi-million dollar homes.

MDAA2029976 MDAA2030516 MDAA2028300

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Southern Anne Arundel Co., Immediate occupan- Crownsville: Three separate homes on 4.93 cy. 4Br., 2.5Ba., open floor plan with hardwood acres. Primary home is 3Br. 2Ba., home #2 is floors, gas fireplace, granite countertops, 3Br. 1Ba, home #3 is 1Br. 1Ba.. spacious primary bedroom with primary bath All homes are in good condition. offering surround tile shower, double vanity,.

County will not allow to subdivide.

2 car garage, no covenants or restrictions. .49 MDAA454572 ac., 50 minutes to D.C., 25 minutes to Annapolis, minutes to local marina’s.

NEW LISTING

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Deale: 2Br., 1Ba. in move in condition. Freshly Shady Side: 3br., 1.5Ba., freshly painted, new Southern Anne Arundel Co. Just listed, beautiful painted, new carpet through out, deck over- carpet through out, large eatin kitchen, spacious bay views from almost every room, located looking nice yard. Walk to nearby marina’s, deck overlooking fenced rear yard, walk to on 2 acres, 4,900+ sq.ft., 5Br., 4.5Ba, finished waterfront dining & shops. 45 minutes to D.C., community playground, beach, pier, boat ramp lower level, 4 car garage.

25 minutes to Annapolis. and more.

MDAA2025888.

MDAA2012536 MDAA2028626

UNDER CONTRACT UNDER CONTRACT UNDER CONTRACT UNDER CONTRACT

UNIQUE FARMETTE

MOVE-IN CONDITION

ZONE FOR RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL

100% FINANCING AVAILABLE

WATERFRONT

$699,500

$449,900

$479,500

$344,900

$599,900

GEORGE G HEINE JR. 301-261-9700, 410-279-2817

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

GEORGE G HEINE JR.

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

JUST REDUCED

NEW LISTING

JUST REDUCED

3.28 ACRES

WATER VIEWS

THREE SEPARATE LIVING UNITS

WATER VIEW

ZONE COMMERCIAL/MARINE

$350,000

$595,000

$939,900

$319,999

$998,000

Southern Anne Arundel County: 4Br., 2.5Ba with Southern Anne Arundel Co. 3Br., 2Ba. move in 301-261-9700, 410-279-2817 Fairhaven- 2 br., 2ba., Perfect home for horse inviting front porch, screened rear porch, fenced Annapolis, 3br, 2ba this home is in the arts ready. Located on almost 1/2 acre. New roof, enthusiasts with almost 3 acres of fenced rear yard, 1 car garage, freshly painted, new district on West street. Mixed zone, can be carpet, freshly painted, new ref., d/w., kitchen pasture, two walk-in sheds. Relax on the carpet, walk to community beach, piers, play- residential or as a commercial use. Special sink & faucet, shed w/electric. Enjoy community spacious front porch and sunny back deck of tax preference. this charming cottage style home. Property ground, boat ramp and more. pier, beach, boat ramp, playground and more. schwartzrealty.com/MDAA2020826 offers seasonal views of the Chesapeake Bay. MDAA2029088 45 minutes to D.C. metro area, MDAA2028956 The foyer leads into the living room with custom woodworking, fireplace, hardwood floors, cathedral ceiling, and so much more to see.

MDAA2023238

RAY MUDD/MIKE DUNN 410-320-4907

Southern Anne Arundel Co: 2Br., 3Fb. with expansive views of the West River. Private pier, large lot with public sewer, 2 car garage. Recently renovated with views from almost every room. Few renovation are not completed and will not be finished by owners. . MDAA2028298

GEORGE G HEINE JR. Southern Anne Arundel County: Beautiful country Cape Anne- 3br,2ba Coastal rancher with 301-261-9700, 410-279-2817 Columbia Beach; 2br,2ba, unique inverted lot to build your dream home. Mostly cleared water views! Open floor plan, high ceilings, Annapolis; 9br.,6ba., Unique property ideal floor plan with the master bedroom and bath Snug Harbor, 4br., And 2ba., Home. Income and level. Perced many years ago, may need to new kitchen cabinets and granite counter tops. for large family or a family compound with on the main level, upstairs with large living opportunity, property totaling 1.06931 Acres be re-perced. 45 minutes to D.C., 25 minutes to Cape Anne community includes pier, ramp, three separate unites. In addition there are Commercial/marine zoned property, with area, kitchen and hardwood floors. Level lot Annapolis. MDAA2000631. sandy beach and a picnic pavilion. Overall a two separate and approved and recorded with storage shed. Spectacular water views in 135 ft. of bulk headed waterfront, 200 ft. great place to live!! building lots. Must see this property to apprePier with 12 boat slips. this desirable community. schwartzrealty.com-MDAA2027662 ciate what it is.... schwartzrealty.com/MDAA2011224 schwartzrealty.com/MDAA2028462 schwartz realty.com/MDAA2010024

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