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April 2014

Features: About the Cover Photographer: Donna Tolbert-Anderson . . . . . . . 7 Progging: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Classic Motor Museum Planned for St. Michaels: Dick Cooper . . . 25 Louis J. Feuchter ~ Marine Artist: Harold W. Hurst . . . . . . . . . . 51 Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith-Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Scaling: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Tidewater Review: Anne Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Tidewater Traveler: George W. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Persimmon ’Possum: John M. Scanlon, M.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Departments: April Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Dorchester Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Easton Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 St. Michaels Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Oxford Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Tilghman - Bay Hundred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Queen Anne’s County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 April Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 David C. Pulzone, Publisher · Anne B. Farwell, Editor P. O. Box 1141, Easton, Maryland 21601 102 Myrtle Ave., Oxford, MD 21654 410-226-0422 FAX : 410-226-0411 www.tidewatertimes.com info@tidewatertimes.com

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About the Cover Photographer Donna Tolbert-Anderson Donna Tolbert-Anderson has always had a love of the natural world and a strong desire to be outdoors. As a result, wildlife photography appealed to this self-taught photographer as a way to share nature while raising awareness of the beaut y and fragility of this incredible gift. Nature photography is an ongoing learning process, and the many diverse and rich habitats that exist in the Chesapeake Bay region have offered her almost endless opportunities to capture nature. Tolbert-Anderson photographs all forms of nature, but birds are her most sought-af ter subjects, especia l ly hummingbird s. Her trips to Florida, Arizona, the Rio

Grande River Valley of Texas, and other birding areas have offered opportunities to photograph other species of birds not found locally on the Delmarva Peninsula. Pictured on the cover are the Belted Galloway cattle found at Cookeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hope in Easton. She is a member of the Tidewater Camera Club, Talbot County Bird Club, the Academy Art Museum, Adkins Arboretum, Tucson Audubon Society, and has exhibited at the Waterfowl Festival. Her work has been published in various local magazines, and can be seen on her website at www.capturingnaturesimages.com.

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Progging

by Helen Chappell As a kid, I used to spend a fair amount of time progging. We were too far away from civilization for me to have friends without having to arrange play dates, so I was on my own a good bit. Progging, in my opinion, is a solitary occupation because it requires a certain amount of concentration, and the kind of imagination you really can’t exercise when you have company. For those who didn’t grow up on the water, progging is an ancient name for an ancient occupation. It’s walking the shoreline, mostly, sometimes crossing the fields or going into the woods, looking to see what you can find. I don’t know

where the word came from, but I imagine it’s one of those things that’s been lost in the mists of time that we’re always hearing about. Some people think that progging is a waste of time, and an occupation for slackers and daydreamers who could be cutting the grass or doing housework. But then again, some people have never found a rusted piece of pipe cap, weathered into the shape of a heart, or a shard of Chinese export pottery, or a perfectly preserved muskrat skull. The treasure of all treasures was the genuine quartz arrowhead, lovingly chipped out centuries ago by some hunter who roamed this

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Progging place long before Europeans were even thought of. Somewhere or other in my travels I found a steel rod, the kind surveyors use to mark property lines. It was an ideal staff, and I took it everywhere with me as a walking stick, a potential weapon, and a tool for turning over nasty things that I didn’t want to touch with my bare hands. To my mind, it also possessed some magical powers, like a wizard’s wand. That it probably belonged to a surveying company and I had stolen it didn’t occur to me. I was young enough to be unclear on the concept of other people’s property in those days.

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Progging Progging is an art form. You need an old pair of sneakers whose canvas has pretty much rotted away, leaving behind a sturdy rubber sole to keep you from slicing your feet to shreds on broken glass, oyster shells, and other nasty things buried in the sand and mud. The mud can suck those things right off your feet, so you have to step carefully and watch where you’re going. The best time to prog is after a very high tide, when the current has left all sorts of interesting detritus on the dreck line. You can find empty crab shells, seaweed, dead fish, people’s disgusting litter like beer cans and monofilament,

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Progging A lot of stuff went overboard in those days. I liked sea glass, the well-worn shards of old jars and bottles, smoothed by the sand and current, and those shards of pottery the best. A high tide, especially one after a hurricane, could wash almost anything in. I found a complete, but somewhat battered, Adirondack chair, still bolted to the wooden plank that had been part of the pier that was ripped away by high winds and water. I left it up there on the creek as a place to sit and gaze out at the marsh and the farmhouse across the water until another hurricane washed it away a few years later. I made little piles of sea glass and driftwood along the shoreline. When the wind and moon drove the tide way, way out was another interesting time. Vast flats of mud lay exposed, pitted and gray under the merciless summer sun. It reeked of death, decomposition and gas. Not exactly pleasant, but to this day I can’t smell it without feeling a wave of nostalgia for my childhood and those hot days out on the marsh. I would explore along the mile or so of shoreline that comprised our farm, and maybe the neighbor’s. Behind me, fields of corn and soybeans stretched back to the pine woods. There was no one around for miles, and only an occasional workboat working a trotline up and

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automatically grab it and start rubbing it all over ourselves, from our faces down to our toes, to take the itch out of those bites. We smelled of wintergreen alcohol all summer. “Where did you go?” my mother would ask from the sink. “Out,” I would say, washing my hands and scratching a bite on my left leg with my right toenail. “What did you do?” my father asked, mixing drinks for himself and my mother. “Nothing,” I would say. No one ever pressed for details. As long as I didn’t come home with a snapping turtle attached to my finger, no one questioned my doings.

of the ghosts I was sure haunted the house we lived in. No one else could see them, but I knew in my baby heart that they were there, watching and waiting. Eventually, the mosquitoes and the dinner bell would drag me home. The mosquitoes kept the same dinner hours we did. At a certain time in the late afternoon, black clouds of them would rise from the marshes across the creek, heading directly for me. I’ve since learned that there are more than 65 different species of mosquitoes around here, each with its own dining specialty, but I think they were united in their love of my blood. I spent most of my childhood with my legs and arms covered in red welts. We kept a bottle of rubbing alcohol by the back door, and when my brother and I came in, we would

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Classic Motor Museum Planned for St. Michaels by Dick Cooper On a sunny but cold afternoon in mid-February, a big red barn begins moving across the frozen ground a long East Marengo Street. On hydraulic dollies, the barn is heading for its new home at the back of an expansive vacant lot. The move marks the Classic Motor Museum of St. Michaels’ transition from concept to reality. The relocation of the barn that once served as a storage building for the old St. Michaels Mill is part of Phase One of the museum construction that will include moving the historic Pinkett House from the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay

Maritime Museum to the lot. The historic 1850s house will become the Motor Museum’s office. Organizers say that after further site preparation, a 4,800-squarefoot main building will be assembled on the site that will be large enough to display 18 to 20 vehicles. If all goes as anticipated, the new museum could be ready for visitors by spring of 2015. Two years ago, a cadre of townspeople began looking for ways to stimulate St. Michaels’ economic growth. The town, known for its picturesque harbor, maritime museum, one-of-a-k ind shops and quaint

Watching the storage barn being moved across the lot. 25

Classic Motor Museum

Center were to be used as an auto museum, the Center could be moved to nearby Connor Street where two vacant houses could be joined. The combined backyards would give local children a safe place to play outside while the buildings would be used tor tutoring classes, senior citizens’ meals and other functions. “While we were walking around dreaming, someone suggested that the building on North Street that used to be the library for the Maritime Museum would be a fabulous artisans’ gallery. That became part of the three-tiered project we began to explore,” Pratt said. But over time, the Community Center move did not work out. A strong business plan for the gallery failed to materialize as well.

neighborhoods, was hit hard by the recession that left some empty storefronts and closed some restaurants. “We were looking around town for ideas, and we looked at the building on Railroad Avenue where the Community Center is located, and in a passing comment we said, ‘Won’t that make a great small car museum,’” community activist Bev Pratt recalls. “ From that discussion grew other discussions.” In August of 2012, several of the “visions team” held a public meeting at Christ Church Annex that drew about 80 people to hear about three ideas for the town. If the old lumberyard building that was being leased by the Community

Ben Lyons, Tad duPont and Bev Pratt, members of the Classic Motor Museum of St. Michaels committee. 26

Classic Motor Museum

“They are all interested in the automobile industry and the history, heritage, and designs, but none of them are true collectors,” duPont says of the group. “The common thread is that everybody is concerned about the economic viability of St. Michaels, and wants to give back to the town in some fashion.” At one point, they had the Connor Street proper t y sur veyed in anticipation of the Community Center move, to see if it would work for the museum. “It just wasn’t big enough, and there just wasn’t enough wiggle

“So, at that point, two out of three are gone,” says former town commissioner and businessman Tad duPont, who is a principal owner of the Old Mill property. “We started focusing on [the auto museum] and every turn we took was positive.” Pratt and duPont say that they have been meeting every Friday for more than 18 months with a group of about 10 other community members focused on how to make the museum idea succeed.

Site plan for the Classic Motor Museum of St. Michaels. 28

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Classic Motor Museum room there,” duPont says. “Then (town code enforcement officer) Debbie Renshaw suggested the lot at the Mill because a museum is an accepted use on that lot.” Pratt said that was the turning point in the group’s progress. “We had two small setbacks, but the group kept persevering. It was clear that there was a determination and a belief in this project,” she said. “All of the preliminary work put us in a better place,” duPont said. “When I was on the commission there was discussion about jump-starting the town, and this is what we have come up with. This project provides that.” He says that the Maritime Mu-

The Pinkett House is currently on the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, but will be moved to the new site later this year. seum has been a strong supporter of the idea, and has donated the Pinkett House to the project. The house is being stabilized and will be moved in three pieces to the site

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The planners hope the new museum will attract new tourists and give frequent visitors yet another reason to come to St. Michaels. While many of the details are still being developed, the museum will probably charge an admission fee of $5 or $10, and would offer memberships to the Classic Motor Museum of St. Michaels Foundation, the non-profit that will be the operating entity. The Foundation will lease the land from the Mill Partnership and the land will remain on the tax rolls. The next major step in the process is the fundraising phase, and several special events are being planned for later in the year to help fund the move of the Pinkett House and the construction of the exhibit building. Last year, when an area car collector heard about the project, he loaned

after a foundation is built. An older existing building at the back of the lot will be dismantled and the wide boards will be used in the reconstruction of the house that, besides being the office, will have a kitchen, library and small meeting room. Pratt and duPont say one unique aspect of the motor museum is that it will not have any inventory. They say they have already heard from several area auto collectors who would like to loan some of their vehicles for display. Plans are to rotate a third of the vehicles in and out of the museum every six months. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you came in the spring, and then again during Christmas in St. Michaels, you would see a different exhibit,â&#x20AC;? duPont says.

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Oxford Day Twenty Years and Counting by Kathi Ferguson

There is no shortage of smalltown charm here on the Eastern Shore, and nothing defines that charm quite like the water-bound village of historic Oxford. On most days, the tree-lined streets dotted with picturesque homes are quiet but for some cyclists, families enjoying Town Park, or a few cars with familiar license plates passing through. On one particular day in April however, this little

village packs a punch! That day is Oxford Day, and 2014 marks its 20th successful year. Anyone who has experienced Oxford Day would agree that this town comes alive with community spirit and camaraderie. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face it ~ how often can you find a parade, fine art, inspiring gospel music, delicious food on one block ~ and a Dixieland group, marching band, ferry rides, wine-tasting, and more

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celebrating all that is Oxford and the things that make it special. “I thought it would also be a terrific way to highlight the businesses and show how they are an integral part of the community.” While at the helm as president of the Oxford Business Association, with a lot of enthusiasm and a fair amount of persuasion, Sue’s vision became a reality and the first official Oxford Day was held on April 29, 1995. Since then, Oxford Day has grown and now draws up to 4,000 visitors annually. It was over lunch at Latitude 38 when those I can now refer to as “The Founders” of Oxford Day ~ Sue, Katie Schroeder, and Braxton Struber ~ shared their stories

delicious food on another? Growing bigger and better each year, this day-long celebration is in a class by itself. Like most success stories, Oxford Day began with a dream. In this case, it was Sue Schmitt’s dream. The Schmitts moved to Oxford in 1990 after purchasing The Oxford Inn just two years earlier. “Not only did we find ourselves invested in a local business, but our family grew more and more attached to the town and what it represented,” says Sue. It was not long before she began to envision having a fun, free family event that would be devoted to

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my first ‘job’ was making sure everyone was where they needed to be using walkie-talkies with bad reception. Funny, I kind of enjoyed the scramble.” Sue starts to laugh. “I was a clown in the parade the first year, and on the library float another time as Mother Goose with my kids as Little Boy Blue and Bo Peep. I made all the costumes. Those pantaloons were quite the challenge in the wind!” Braxton chimes in, “Yeah, and I was the parade monger. Before long, we went from boom boxes to bands. I’ll never forget the time a band was a no show and we had all the trucks crank up their radios and put boom boxes on the floats!” It turned out that with some creative marketing and a bit of Eastern Shore charm, Braxton managed to attract an impressive line-up of bands for Oxford Day that included the popular Country Current from the U.S. Navy; The Volunteers, a U.S. Army Motown

and reminisced about Oxford Days gone by. One memorable moment seems to lead to another, and their enthusiasm is contagious. “I felt like a one-armed paper hanger during that first year, before these guys stepped up,” Sue ref lects. “Getting all the businesses to agree on a date was my first real challenge. We came up with the end of April since it was before the boatyards picked up and no other major events took place then. And let’s face it ~ springtime and Oxford just go together. It’s beautiful.” “In the beginning,” Katie adds, “it was real small town and the parades were the main attraction. Local artists designed T-shirts and posters, businesses built their own f loats, all the kids decorated their bikes, there were fire truck rides, and Bill Eason (farm owner) gave tractor rides ~ with his wife Miss Rose’s approval, of course! In fact,

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Oxford Day group; the Naval Academy’s drum and bugle corps; and the big surprise in 1999 ~ The Baltimore Ravens Band. “Six big purple buses rolling through Oxford was a sight to see,” says Katie. “Now we were really on the map!” One of the oldest towns in the state of Maryland, Oxford officially marks the year 1683 as its founding. In that year the Maryland General Assembly named it as a seaport, although the town actually began between 1666 and 1668 when 30 acres were laid out as a town called “Oxford.” Some of Oxford’s early inhabitants included the likes of Jeremiah Banning, sea captain, war hero and statesman; The Reverend Thomas Bacon, Anglican clergyman; Lt. Colonel Tench Tilghman, aide-decamp to George Washington; Robert Morris, Sr., agent for a Liverpool shipping firm who greatly influenced the town’s growth; and his son, Morris, Jr. who gained fame as the “Financier of the Revolution.” On many an Oxford Day, the verandah of The Robert Morris Inn would come alive with history as a beloved Oxford resident, the late David Foster, portrayed the elder Morris. Dressed in full colonial garb, Foster fully embraced his character as he gave talks and shared his wealth of knowledge about Oxford

David Foster as Robert Morris, Sr. with passersby. Sue, Katie and Braxton remember David fondly. “Always in character, he could be seen meandering through town and marching in the parade. His passing last summer created a real void, and he will be sorely missed. But he left no shortage of wonderful memories.” Memories continue to be made as Oxford Day has blossomed over the years. Although some events have come and gone, many have remained and are still huge crowdpleasers. Popular as it was, and still is, the parade was not the only highlight. There were crab races, a pancake breakfast, cow-drop-flop (really!), lawn tractor races, a science fair, tee-ball, and softball games. Boatyard owner Susan Campbell has firsthand knowledge of Oxford Day and has witnessed its growth over the years. “Things started out small but grew rather quickly,” she says. More and more people attended, and it was a great way to kick off the season. “I helped Katie, Sue and Braxton early on, and 45

Oxford Day after becoming president of the Oxford Business Association, I pretty much inherited the responsibilities.” Soon, this small-town celebration became a full blown community event and the business association could no longer go it alone. “I suppose that was a good problem to have,” Campbell says. When Pam and David Baker were approached in 2005 to chair Oxford Day, their initial response was, “Certainly not! We know nothing about chairing an event,” says Pam. “And then we chaired it!” The Bakers would have little trouble getting the assistance they needed to make the transition. “It didn’t take much convincing,” Pam smiles. “All of Oxford stepped up. That is the beauty of Oxford Day. It exudes community and caring and reflects what small-town life is made of.” She still remembers the call she received from Victor Barlow, then new owner of The Scottish Highland Creamery, asking to be in the parade pushing his ice cream cart ~ with one condition ~ he was to wear his full Highland attire. “Victor is still pushing his cart, and you can’t miss that outfit!” says David. With Pam and David at the helm, a website was set up and the process was begun in applying for 501(c)(3) status. In 2008, resident Sandy Hale stepped in to chair the

Skipjack rides aboard the Nathanof-Dorchester are always popular. event and continued to do so for the next four years. One of the most popular additions to Oxford Day has been Family Hour in Town Park. Sponsored and organized for many years by Oxfordites Jim and Mary Klair (recently taken over by Trudy Norbury), children spend an hour before the parade playing games, winning prizes, face painting and delighting in other surprises. Other special treats are the ever popular Talbot Humane Dog Show, free rides on skipjack Nathan of Dorchester, Oxford Marketplace, a flower basket competition, the Cooperative Lab displays, and the U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue demonstrations. “The old cars in the parade are what I love,” says Chris Mckelvey, owner of the Oxford Market. “My wife, Kate, and I are big supporters of Oxford Day. We supply the candy that is thrown from the floats and donate drinks to the band mem46

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Oxford Day bers. All of our kids pretty much grew up with Oxford Day and really enjoyed helping us out through the years.” It was during the fall of 2012 when current event chair Denise Nathanson learned that Oxford Day was at risk of coming to an end. “Sandy and the Bakers had done a stellar job for the past several years but had decided it was time for them to step down,” explains Denise. “I had the time to devote to such an undertaking and felt it would be a shame to lose this beloved event, so I contacted the Bakers to tell them ‘I accept the job!’ Thankfully, they have remained a guiding force and are the reason Oxford Day continues to be the amazing celebration it is today.” Presently, more than 200 volunteers, along with devoted committee members and businesses, all play a role in creating the magic that is Oxford Day. Regular event-goers will likely notice that there is no 5K walk or 10K run this year. Due to the tremendous success of Oxford Day and the race, they have actually developed into two separate entities. New events for 2014 include the 50th anniversary of the Oxford Museum, a drawing to win some terrific prizes for anyone who rides the Oxford Ferry, and a box breakfast that will be offered

U.S. Coast Guard in the parade. at the Oxford Community Center. Now spanning from Causeway Park to Town Park and beyond, Oxford Day is a fun-filled celebration brimming with pride and spirit. “I am so grateful to everyone who has contributed to its success in the past, present, and future,” says founder Sue Schmitt. “Now I enjoy Oxford Day with my grandson while watching others create their own special memories.” What started as a dream became a vision and, with the right ingredients, a reality that can be passed on from generation to generation. It’s true ~ good things do come in small packages. This year Oxford Day will be held on April 26, rain or shine. For more information, visit www. Oxfordday.org. Kathi Ferguson is a freelance writer with a diverse and creative professional background. Some of her favorite subjects are the people of the Eastern Shore. To reach Kathi, e-mail kathi@inotherwords.info. 48

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ties of the Bay region. There is something about the allure of the sailing vessels and marine craft that have crowded the waters of the Chesapeake Bay harbors that attracts the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye. Regional museums and art galleries are chock full of watercolors, oil paintings, and pencil sketches of the Eastern Shoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beach scenes, rural life, waterfowl, and a wide variety of sailing vessels that have been a hallmark of the local maritime picture.

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In May of 1901, when he was sixteen, he found employment at Samuel Kirk and Son, a silver manufacturer in Baltimore. Engaged as a designer, he crafted various objects in silver. Feuchter was quite good at his craft, and he was enlisted to help in the preparation of an elaborate silver set for the armored cruiser, the Maryland. He made drawings, designed the scenes and made models in wax from which some of the cast parts were made. He scribed on the silver as a guide for embossing the chasers. This ornate silver service consisted of 48 parts depicting the history of Maryland’s 23 counties. On May 31, 1906, Feuchter and the top representatives of the Kirk

One artist so captivated by the marine life of Maryland’s Eastern Shore was Louis J. Feuchter, who produced numerous works, in watercolor, oil, and pencil, of the schooners, bugeyes, skipjacks, and work boats that plied the waters of the Bay region. Feuchter was born in Baltimore in 1885 of working-class parents. He developed an interest in art at an early age, and at the age of twelve was awarded a four-year scholarship to the Maryland Institute in Baltimore. Unfortunately, he was unable to take advantage of this offer because of the family’s financial circumstances.

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hours painting and sketching the lions, tigers and leopards. He also went to the zoo in Washington, DC, for the same purpose. During this era, Feuchter became a member of the Charcoal Club of Baltimore, where he did numerous animal sketches. Feuchterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artistic renown is largely based on his pictures and drawings of the sailing vessels and marine craft that were found everywhere in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. He first became acquainted with the Eastern Shore, in 1908 when a friend of his took

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built his own boat with the hopes that he could travel independently in the Chesapeake area, and paint and sketch the sailing vessels and harbor scenes he dearly loved. The Depression of 1929 put an end to this project because Feuchter was laid off at Oler. Although his boat never sailed the waters of the Chesapeake, he kept it for a few years in the Baltimore harbor area until he sold it in 1951. Throughout the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, Feuchter was primarily engaged in painting and sketching the vessels of the Chesapeake and the surrounding area. In 1932 he

ment while at Oler was his design for a bronze casting for the entrance to the Baltimore Life Insurance Company on North Charles Street. While employed at Oler, Feuchter was assigned the task of designing and painting a series of murals of Williamsburg, and of Mount Vernon scenes, for the walls of a private residence in Roland Park, a fashionable suburb of Baltimore. The house was later sold, but apparently the murals remained intact and flawless over the years. During the late 1920s, Feuchter

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staff of the Mariner’s Museum in Newport News, VA. Beginning in 1947, the museum commissioned Feuchter to paint a series of oil portraits of Maryland sailing vessels. These pictures eventually included a wide variety of marine

met Robert H. Burgess, a Baltimore newsman who also loved sailing. The two men remained friends until Feuchter’s death. Burgess eventually joined the

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Louis J. Feuchter craft, including the James A. Whiting, a pungy; the Mattie F. Dean, a topmaster schooner; the sloop J.T. Leonard; a beautiful oil painting of the skipjack Jessie Price; the bugeye Lizzie J. Cox; and a watercolor of the Rogers boatyard in Wall Cove, Rock Creek, with a skipjack in the background. Louis J. Feuchter was an oldfashioned realist who had little use for the modernist painters who dominated the art world in the ’40s and ’50s. In a letter to Burgess, he described the contemporary art scene as “chaotic and screwy as the political situation, and no doubt for the same reason.” He denounced vehemently the “glorious trash” that found its way to the Whitney Museum in New York, and branded a contemporary Guggenheim exhibition “as a million dollars worth of bubbles and triangles in frames ten feet long and moldings a foot high.” Modern artwork, according to Feuchter, destroyed not only art, but culture at large, including music, painting and writing. Of course, envy might have been one cause of his fury. After all, some modern masters were raking in the cash while his last days were spent in deprivation and obscurity. The 1950s witnessed a decline in Feuchter’s health. In 1956 he wound up in the hospital with heart, lung and kidney problems. After his

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charcoal sketches by the artist. The Calvert Maritime Museum in Solomons owns 43 works by Feuchter, of which 6 are oils and 31 watercolors. Tom Dawson’s Art Gallery in Stevensville features between 20 and 25 watercolors. Mr. Dawson is considered to be a noted authority on Feuchter’s work. Louis J. Feuchter’s contribution to the maritime history of the Chesapeake Bay region cannot be overestimated. His enduring portraits of the sailing vessels that navigated its waters are an indispensable part of Maryland’s artistic history and maritime folklore.

discharge, he took heavy doses of aspirin and cocaine to ease his pain. Later, the amputation of a leg exacerbated his plight. The last few months of his life were, in his words, “pure hell.” He died on January 12, 1957, and was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Baltimore. Several regional museums contain works by Feuchter, testifying to his enduring legacy. The Mariner’s Museum in Newport News has a Feuchter collection featuring 10 oil paintings, 11 watercolors, 12 sketches and 7 pencil drawings. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels holds 87 watercolors, 13 oils, and over 1,000

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and Cindy Verser of the Mariner’s Museum of Newport News, VA. Peter Lesher, curator, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD. Robert Hurry, registrar, Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, MD. Tom Dawson, Dawson Art Gallery, Stevensville, MD. Images for this piece were provided by Claudia Jew of the Mariner’s Museum of Newport News, VA.

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An Easter Celebration The daffodils are up! As warm spring days emerge after this cold winter, the Eastern Shore comes to life with an array of enchanting flowers. For an early spring Easter celebration, fill your table with brightly colored daffodils or lilies in clay pots. If you have some small porcelain bunnies, squirrels or birds, you can make a beautiful centerpiece for your table. This Easter brunch menu could also work for a christening, or even a baby shower. Make sure you make two lists while planning your party. This may appear elementary, but it is born of sad experience. I have been known to get halfway through a special dinner before realizing that one of the courses was still in the refrigerator! A party requires at least two lists and schedules. Make a daily battle plan, made simultaneously with your selection of menu. This way, as you plan what you want to serve, you can coordinate a schedule of

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April Apprehension April showers bring May flowers ~ so the saying goes. I got out the trusty 2014 Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Almanac the other day (my wife gives me one for Christmas every year) and checked out its forecast for April. It is calling for a drier and warmer than usual month. The Weather Channel? Colder than normal. The case of the dueling monthly forecasts. We will see which is closer to what we experience. I know, however, that after the nasty, snowy winter, we are all looking forward to April! The good news is that the landscape is starting to POP with all kinds of activity. The f lower stalks and leaves from the spring flower bulbs have now emerged, bringing bright colors and green to the flower bed. Flowering peaches and plums, redbuds and early azaleas are also in bloom. With the warmer temperatures in April, gardeners do not need much motivation to get out and start working in the soil after being cooped up all winter.

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Label the clumps of daffodils that are too crowded, as overcrowding inhibits blooming. Dig up and separate in July. Cut the flower stalks of daffodils, hyacinths, and other spring flowering bulbs back to the ground after the flowers fade. Do not cut the foliage until it dies naturally. The leaves are necessary to produce strong bulbs capable of re-flowering. There is a difference of opinion in gardening circles about when to fertilize spring f lowering bulbs ~ in the fall or in spring before they f lower. I think that an application of a water soluble balanced fertilizer ~ nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium ~ after f lowering while the leaves are still green is helpful. If the warm weather arrives in April, we might be looking at planting annuals in the landscape a week or two earlier than normal. But remember to follow the weather forecast. The last average

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50% spring frost date for Royal Oak (Talbot County) is April 2, and for Denton (Caroline County) is April 17. This date can vary depending on distance from a body of water, and there have been times we’ve had a hard freeze the first week in May. So, if you put out tender annuals early, be prepared to cover them to keep them from freezing. When purchasing bedding annuals this spring, choose properly grown plants with good color. Buy plants with well-developed root systems that are vigorous, but not too large for their pots. Check the roots to see if they have a nice white healthy appearance. Also, when you are out shopping for annual f lowers for your garden, look for plants with lots of unopened buds. Plants that bloom in the pack are often root bound and can be set back for several weeks after being transplanted. Plants not yet in bloom will actually bloom sooner, be better established, and grow faster. In the pruning department, you

can prune out the water sprouts and sucker growths that we find in the crabapples and other spring f lowering trees. You can also prune needled evergreens now if they need to be cut back. This includes cutting back the “rat tails” on yews. If you want to keep the needled pines and other whorl-branched conifers from

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Tidewater Gardening getting taller and want a more bushy appearance, pinch the candles at the end of the branches in half. This will cause the plants to branch out instead. Pinching by hand rather than using pruning shears is recommended because the shears will leave the needles with brown tips. The perennials will be poking their heads out of the beds in April as the ground warms up. Now is a good time to dig and divide fall-f lowering perennials that have multiplied and overfilled the f lower bed. That’s one of the nice things about perennials: after you have planted them and they be-

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Broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cabbage transplants can also be planted in mid- to late April. You might want to protect them from hard frosts with plastic milk jugs as “hot caps.” You can also use bushel baskets or floating row covers that you can purchase through garden supply catalogs. Last month I mentioned a new All America Selection cucumber variety ~ Cucumber Saladmore Bush F1. Well, the National Garden Bureau (www.ngb.org) has declared 2014 as the “Year of the Cucumber.” According to the NGB, the cultivation of cucumbers goes a long way back in human history. The cucumber is native to India, where it has been grown for almost 3,000

nials and you can do a plant swap. As soon as the ground can be worked in the vegetable garden, seed some of your cool season root crops like beets, turnips, parsnips, and leafy greens such as spinach and kale. Early lettuce transplants can be set out if you can cover them in case of a hard frost. Don’t forget to seed the edible pod peas and the traditional peas as they tolerate, and can germinate in, cool soils. To help supply a natural source of nitrogen to the peas, buy microbial inoculants for the peas and treat them before planting. This naturally occurring bacteria will grow into the pea roots and fix nitrogen from the air and convert it to a source that the plants can use.

Tidewater Gardening years. Excavation at the Spirit Cave site on the Burma-Thailand frontier in 1970 uncovered seeds of cucumbers, beans, and water chestnuts that, according to radiocarbon dating, had been consumed in 9750 B.C. Cucumbers arrived in America with Columbus. He grew them in an experimental garden in 1493. In 1539, DeSoto found the cucumbers grown in Florida to be better than those grown in Spain. By 1806, eight varieties of cucumbers would be found growing in America’s colonial gardens. Cucumbers are easy to grow and have delicious crisp cool flesh. They

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Cucumbers require full sunlight. ing, as a soggy garden will promote disease and cut down production. How much space is allotted to the cucumber patch depends on the variety chosen. Standard types may spread 4 to 6 feet, so grow them 4 to 5 feet apart. The restricted vines of dwarf and bush varieties require much less space, some as little as 2 square feet. Cucumbers are a warm season annual. Seeds should be sown when the soil has warmed up to 70°. Sow a seed every 6 inches, pushing it into the soil to a depth of 1 inch. Cover with light soil or sand, firm well and keep moist. Seedlings should emerge in about a week. When the plants are 2 inches

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Tidewater Gardening high, thin them to about 1 foot apart. An alternative method is to plant in a series of hills 4 to 5 feet apart. A hill is simply a mound of soil 1 foot in diameter. Start by sowing four or five seeds, then thin to three per hill. Cucumbers are among the thirstiest of vegetables. The NGB recommends long, deep waterings, rather than frequent sprinklings. They are also heavy feeders. The NGB cucumber information also mentions that there are three rules for harvesting cucumbers ~ pick, pick, and pick! If mature fruit is left on the vine, the plant figures it has finished production and will stop setting new fruit. Slicers are mature when 6 to 8 inches long; the larger slicing varieties should be picked before they are 10 inches long. Pickling varieties are harvested in between 1 to 4 inches. Most cucumbers reach maturity in 50 to 65 days. The fruit will be firm to the touch and the skin will have a uniform dark green color. To avoid damage to the vine, cut or clip the cuke from the plant, rather than twisting or pulling it. Refrigerate as soon as possible for the freshest f lavor. The University of Maryland Home and Garden Center recommends the following varieties of cucumbers for Maryland gardens.

A good cucumber crop ensures plenty of pickles for the rest of the year. It is important that the variety you plant is virus resistant: Slicing ~ Fanfare*, Marketmore 76, Park’s Bush Whopper, Poinsett 76, Slicemaster*, Straight Eight, Sweet Burpless, Sweet Slice*, Sweet Success* and Tendergreen. Pickling ~ Bush Pickle, Calypso*, County Fair*, Early Pik, Lemon, and National Pickling. Asian/European ~ Carmen*, Palace King*, and Suyo Long. For more interesting information on the history of cucumbers and how to grow them, check out the National Garden Burueau website and click on the “Year of the Cucumber” ~ www.ngb.org. Happy Gardening! Marc Teffeau retired as the Director of Research and Regulatory Affairs at the American Nursery and Landscape Association in Washington, D.C. He now lives in Georgia with his wife, Linda. 90

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DORCHESTER COUNTY VISITOR CENTER - The Visitors Center in Cambridge is a major entry point to the lower Eastern Shore, positioned just off U.S. Route 50 along the shore of the Choptank River. With its 100foot sail canopy, it’s also a landmark. In addition to travel information and exhibits on the heritage of the area, there’s also a large playground, garden, boardwalk, restrooms, vending machines, and more. The Visitors Center is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about Dorchester County call 800-522-8687 or visit www.tourdorchester.org or www.tourchesapeakecountry.com. SAILWINDS PARK - Located at 202 Byrn St., Cambridge, Sailwinds Park has been the site for popular events such as the Seafood Feast-I-Val in August, Crabtoberfest in October and the Grand National Waterfowl Hunt’s Grandtastic Jamboree in November. For more info. tel: 410-228SAIL(7245) or visit www.sailwindscambridge.com. CAMBRIDGE CREEK - a tributary of the Choptank River, runs through the heart of Cambridge. Located along the creek are restaurants where you can watch watermen dock their boats after a day’s work on the waterways of Dorchester. HISTORIC HIGH STREET IN CAMBRIDGE - When James Michener was doing research for his novel Chesapeake, he reportedly called

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Easton Points of Interest Historic Dow ntow n Easton is the count y seat of Talbot Count y. Established around early religious settlements and a court of law, today the historic district of Easton is a centerpiece of fine specialty shops, business and cultural activities, unique restaurants and architectural fascination. Tree-lined streets are graced with various period structures and remarkable homes, carefully preserved or restored. Because of its historical significance, Easton has earned distinction as the “Colonial Capital of the Eastern Shore” and was honored as #8 in the book, “The 100 Best Small Towns in America.” Walking Tour of Downtown Easton Start near the corner of Harrison Street and Mill Place. 1. HISTORIC TIDEWATER INN - 101 E. Dover St. A completely modern hotel built in 1949, it was enlarged in 1953 and has recently undergone extensive renovations. It is the “Pride of the Eastern Shore.” 2. THE BULLITT HOUSE - 108 E. Dover St. One of Easton’s oldest and most beautiful homes, it was built in 1801. It is now occupied by the Mid-Shore Community Foundation. 3. AVALON THEATRE - 42 E. Dover St. Constructed in 1921 during the heyday of silent films and vaudeville entertainment. Over the course of its history, it has been the scene of three world premiers, including “The First Kiss,” starring Fay Wray and Gary Cooper, in 1928. The theater has gone through two major restorations: the first in 1936, when it was refinished in an art deco theme by the Schine Theater chain, and again 52 years later, when it was converted to a performing arts and community center. For more info. tel: 410-822-0345 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 4. TALBOT COUNTY VISITORS CENTER - 11 S. Harrison St. The Office of Tourism provides visitors with county information for historic Easton and the waterfront villages of Oxford, St. Michaels and Tilghman Island. For more info. tel: 410-770-8000 or visit www.tourtalbot.org. 5. BARTLETT PEAR INN - 28 S. Harrison St. Significant for its architecture, it was built by Benjamin Stevens in 1790 and is one of Easton’s earliest three-bay brick buildings. The home was “modernized” with Victorian bay windows on the right side in the 1890s. 6. WATERFOWL BUILDING - 40 S. Harrison St. The old armory 105

Easton Points of Interest is now the headquarters of the Waterfowl Festival, Easton’s annual celebration of migratory birds and the hunting season, the second weekend in November. For more info. tel: 410-822-4567 or visit www.waterfowlfestival.org. 7. ACADEMY ART MUSEUM - 106 South St. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Academy Art Museum is a fine art museum founded in 1958. Providing national and regional exhibitions, performances, educational programs, and visual and performing arts classes for adults and children, the Museum also offers a vibrant concert and lecture series and an annual craft festival, CR AFT SHOW (the Eastern Shore’s largest juried fine craft show), featuring local and national artists and artisans demonstrating, exhibiting and selling their crafts. The Museum’s permanent collection consists of works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters. Mon. through Thurs. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fri. through Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: (410) 822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. art-academy.org. 8. CHRIST CHURCH - St. Peter’s Parish, 111 South Harrison St. The

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Easton Points of Interest Parish was founded in 1692 with the present church built ca. 1840, of Port Deposit granite. 9. TALBOT HISTORICAL SOCIETY - 25 S. Washington St. Enjoy an evocative portrait of everyday life during earlier times when visiting the c. 18th and 19th century historic houses and a museum with changing exhibitions, all of which surround a Federal-style garden. Located in the heart of Easton’s historic district. Museum hours: Wed. ~ Sat., 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (winter) and Tues. through Sat., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (summer), with group tours offered by appointment. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773 or visit www.talbothistoricalsociety.org. (Temporarily closed.) Tharpe Antiques and Decorative Arts located at 30 S. Washington Street. Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10-4. Consignments accepted on Tues. or by appointment 410820-7525. Proceeds support THS. 10. ODD FELLOWS LODGE - At the corner of Washington and Dover streets stands a building with secrets. It was constructed in 1879 as the meeting hall for the Odd Fellows. Carved into the stone and placed into the stained glass are images and symbols that have meaning only for members. See if you can find the dove, linked rings and other symbols.

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Easton Points of Interest 11. TALBOT COUNTY COURTHOUSE - Long known as the “East Capital” of Maryland. The present building was completed in 1794 on the site of the earlier one built in 1711. It has been remodeled several times. 11A. FREDERICK DOUGLASS STATUE - 11 N. Washington St. on the lawn of the Talbot County Courthouse. The statue honors Frederick Douglass in his birthplace, Talbot County, where the experiences in his youth ~ both positive and negative ~ helped form his character, intellect and determination. Also on the grounds is a memorial to the veterans who fought and died in the Vietnam War, and a monument “To the Talbot Boys,” commemorating the men from Talbot who fought for the Confederacy. The memorial for the Union soldiers was never built. 12. SHANNAHAN & WRIGHTSON HARDWARE BUILDING 12 N. Washington St. It is the oldest store in Easton. In 1791, Owen Kennard began work on a new brick building that changed hands several times throughout the years. Dates on the building show when additions were made in 1877, 1881 and 1889. The present front was completed in time for a grand opening on Dec. 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor Day. 13. THE BRICK HOTEL - northwest corner of Washington and Fed-

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Easton Points of Interest 17. FOXLEY HALL - 24 N. Aurora St., Built about 1795, Foxley Hall is one of the best-known of Easton’s Federal dwellings. Former home of Oswald Tilghman, great-grandson of Lt. Col. Tench Tilghman. (Private) 18. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL - On “Cathedral Green,” Goldsborough St., a traditional Gothic design in granite. The interior is well worth a visit. All windows are stained glass, picturing New Testament scenes, and the altar cross of Greek type is unique. 19. INN AT 202 DOVER - Built in 1874, this Victorian-era mansion ref lects many architectural styles. For years the building was known as the Wrightson House, thanks to its early 20th century owner, Charles T. Wrightson, one of the founders of the S. & W. canned food empire. Locally it is still referred to as Captain’s Watch due to its prominent balustraded widow’s walk. The Inn’s renovation in 2006 was acknowledged by the Maryland Historic Trust and the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. 20. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - Housed in an attractively remodeled building on West Street, the hours of operation are Mon. and Thurs., 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tues. and Wed. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fri. and Sat., 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except during the summer when it’s 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on

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Saturday. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 21. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT EASTON - Established in the early 1900s, now one of the finest hospitals on the Eastern Shore. Memorial Hospital is part of the Shore Health System. www.shorehealth.org. 22. THIRD HAVEN MEETING HOUSE - Built in 1682 and the oldest frame building dedicated to religious meetings in America. The Meeting House was built at the headwaters of the Tred Avon: people came by boat to attend. William Penn preached there with Lord Baltimore present. Extensive renovations were completed in 1990. 23. TALBOT COMMUNITY CENTER - The year-round activities offered at the community center range from ice hockey to figure skating, aerobics and curling. The Center is also host to many events throughout the year, such as antique, craft, boating and sportsman shows. Near Easton 24. PICKERING CREEK - 400-acre farm and science education center featuring 100 acres of forest, a mile of shoreline, nature trails, low-ropes challenge course and canoe launch. Trails are open seven days a week from dawn till dusk. Canoes are free for members. For more info. tel: 410-822-4903 or visit www.pickeringcreek.org. 25. WYE GRIST MILL - The oldest working mill in Maryland (ca. 1682), the f lour-producing “grist” mill has been lovingly preserved by The Friends of Wye Mill, and grinds flour to this day using two massive grindstones powered by a 26 horsepower overshot waterwheel. For more info. visit www.oldwyemill.org. 26. WYE ISLAND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AREA Located between the Wye River and the Wye East River, the area provides habitat for waterfowl and native wildlife. There are 6 miles of trails that provide opportunities for hiking, birding and wildlife viewing. For more info. visit www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/wyeisland.asp. 27. OLD WYE CHURCH - Old Wye Church is one of the oldest active Anglican Communion parishes in Talbot County. Wye Chapel was built between 1718 and 1721 and opened for worship on October 18, 1721. For more info. visit www.wyeparish.org. 28. WHITE MARSH CHURCH - The original structure was built before 1690. Early 18th century rector was the Reverend Daniel Maynadier. A later provincial rector (1764–1768), the Reverend Thomas Bacon, compiled “Bacon’s Laws,” authoritative compendium of Colonial Statutes. Robert Morris, Sr., father of Revolutionary financier is buried here. 113

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 6. FREDERICK DOUGLASS HISTORIC MARKER - Born at Tuckahoe Creek, Talbot County, Douglass lived as a slave in the St. Michaels area from 1833 to 1836. He taught himself to read and taught in clandestine schools for blacks here. He escaped to the north and became a noted abolitionist, orator and editor. He returned in 1877 as a U.S. Marshal for the District of Columbia and also served as the D.C. Recorder of Deeds and the U.S. Minister to Haiti. 7. CHESAPEAKE BAY MARITIME MUSEUM - Founded in 1965, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is dedicated to preserving the rich heritage of the hemisphere’s largest and most productive estuary - the Chesapeake Bay. Located on 18 waterfront acres, its nine exhibit buildings and floating fleet bring to life the story of the Bay and its inhabitants, from the fully restored 1879 Hooper Strait lighthouse and working boatyard to the impressive collection of working decoys and a recreated waterman’s shanty. Home to the world’s largest collection of Bay boats, the Museum regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, special events, festivals, and education programs. Docking and pump-out facilities available. Exhibitions and Museum Store open year-round. Up-to-date information and hours can be found

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St. Michaels Points of Interest on the Museum’s website at www.cbmm.org or by calling 410-745-2916. 8. THE CRAB CLAW - Restaurant adjoining the Maritime Museum and overlooking St. Michaels harbor. Open March-November. 410-745-2900 or www.thecrabclaw.com. 9. PATRIOT - During the season (April-November) the 65’ cruise boat can carry 150 persons, runs daily historic narrated cruises along the Miles River. For daily cruise times, visit www.patriotcruises.com or call 410745-3100. 10. THE FOOTBRIDGE - Built on the site of many earlier bridges, today’s bridge joins Navy Point to Cherry Street. It has been variously known as “Honeymoon Bridge” and “Sweetheart Bridge.” It is the only remaining bridge of three that at one time connected the town with outlying areas around the harbor. 11. VICTORIANA INN - The Victoriana Inn is located in the Historic District of St. Michaels. The home was built in 1873 by Dr. Clay Dodson, a druggist, and occupied as his private residence and office. In 1910 the property, then known as “Willow Cottage,” underwent alterations when acquired by the Shannahan family who continued it as a private residence

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St. Michaels Points of Interest for over 75 years. As a bed and breakfast, circa 1988, major renovations took place, preserving the historic character of the gracious Victorian era. 12. HAMBLETON INN - On the harbor. Historic waterfront home built in 1860 and restored as a bed and breakfast in 1985 with a turn-ofthe-century atmosphere. All the rooms have a view of the harbor. 13. MILL HOUSE - Originally built on the beach about 1660 and later moved to its present location on Harrison Square (Cherry St. near Locust St.). 14. FREEDOMS FRIEND LODGE - Chartered in 1867 and constructed in 1883, the Freedoms Friend Lodge is the oldest lodge existing in Maryland and is a prominent historic site for our Black community. It is now the site of Blue Crab Coffee Company. 15. TALBOT COUNTY FREE LIBRARY - St. Michaels Branch is located at 106 S. Fremont Street. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877. 16. CARPENTER STREET SALOON - Life in the Colonial community revolved around the tavern. The traveler could, of course, obtain food, drink, lodging or even a fresh horse to speed his journey. This tavern was built in 1874 and has served the community as a bank, a newspaper office, post office and telephone company.

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 17. TWO SWAN INN - The Two Swan Inn on the harbor served as the former site of the Miles River Yacht Club, was built in the 1800s and was renovated in 1984. It is located at the foot of Carpenter Street. 18. TARR HOUSE - Built by Edward Elliott as his plantation home about 1661. It was Elliott and an indentured servant, Darby Coghorn, who built the first church in St. Michaels. This was about 1677, on the site of the present Episcopal Church (6 Willow Street, near Locust). 19. CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH - 301 S. Talbot St. Built of Port Deposit stone, the present church was erected in 1878. The first is believed to have been built in 1677 by Edward Elliott. 20. THE INN - Built in 1817 by Wrightson Jones, who opened and operated the shipyard at Beverly on Broad Creek. (Talbot St. at Mulberry). 21. THE CANNONBALL HOUSE - When St. Michaels was shelled by the British in a night attack in 1813, the town was “blacked out” and lanterns were hung in the trees to lead the attackers to believe the town was on a high bluff. The houses were overshot. The story is that a cannonball hit the chimney of “Cannonball House” and rolled down the stairway. This “blackout” was believed to be the first such “blackout” in the history of warfare.

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 22. AMELIA WELBY HOUSE - Amelia Coppuck, who became Amelia Welby, was born in this house and wrote poems that won her fame and the praise of Edgar Allan Poe. 23. TOWN DOCK RESTAURANT - During 1813, at the time of the Battle of St. Michaels, it was known as “Dawson’s Wharf” and had 2 cannons on carriages donated by Jacob Gibson, which fired 10 of the 15 rounds directed at the British. For a period up to the early 1950s it was called “The Longfellow Inn.” It was rebuilt in 1977 after burning to the ground. 24. ST. MICHAELS MUSEUM at ST. MARY’S SQUARE - Located in the heart of the historic district, offers a unique view of 19th century life in St. Michaels. The exhibits are housed in three period buildings and contain local furniture and artifacts donated by residents. The museum is supported entirely through community efforts. For more info. tel: 410745-9561 or www.stmichaelsmuseum.org. 25. KEMP HOUSE - Now a country inn. A Georgian style house, constructed in 1805 by Colonel Joseph Kemp, a revolutionary soldier and hero of the War of 1812. 26. THE OLD MILL COMPLEX - The Old Mill was a functioning flour

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St. Michaels Points of Interest mill from the late 1800s until the 1970s, producing flour used primarily for Maryland beaten biscuits. Today it is home to a brewery, distillery, artists, furniture makers, and other unique shops and businesses. 27. ST. MICHAELS HARBOUR INN, MARINA & SPA - Constructed in 1986 and recently renovated, it has overnight accommodations, conference facilities, marina, spa and Harbour Lights and Harbour Lights Club Room. 28. ST. MICHAELS NATURE TRAIL - The St. Michaels Nature Trail is a 1.3 mile paved walkway that winds around the western side of St. Michaels starting at a dedicated parking lot on South Talbot Street across from the Bay Hundred swimming pool. The path cuts through the woods, San Domingo Park, over a covered bridge and past a historic cemetery before ending in Bradley Park. The trail is open all year from dawn to dusk. 29. ST. MICHAELS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT - Est. in 1901, the SMVFD is located at 1001 S. Talbot Street with a range that includes all areas from Arcadia Shores to Wittman, covering 120 square miles of land area, and 130 miles of shoreline.

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Oxford Points of Interest VA, to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Across the cove from the cemetery may be seen Plimhimmon, home of Tench Tilghman’s widow, Anna Marie Tilghman. 2. THE OXFORD COMMUNITY CENTER - 200 Oxford Road. The Oxford Community Center, a pillared brick schoolhouse saved from the wrecking ball by the town residents, is a gathering place for meetings, classes, lectures, dinner theater and performances by the Tred Avon Players and has been recently renovated. Rentals available to groups and individuals. 410-226-5904 or www.oxfordcc.org. 3. BACHELOR POINT HARBOR - Located at the mouth of the Tred Avon River, 9’ water depth. 4. THE COOPERATIVE OXFORD LABORATORY - U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Maryland Department of Natural Resources located here. 410-226-5193 or www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/oxford. 4A. U.S. COAST GUARD STATION - 410-226-0580. 5. OXFORD TOWN PARK - Former site of the Oxford High School.

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Recent restoration of the beach as part of a “living shoreline project” created 2 terraced sitting walls, a protective groin and a sandy beach with native grasses which will stop further erosion and provide valuable aquatic habitat. A similar project has been completed adjacent to the ferry dock. A kayak launch site has also been located near the ferry dock. 6. OXFORD MUSEUM - Morris & Market Sts. Devoted to the preservation of artifacts and memories of Oxford, MD. Admission is free; donations gratefully accepted. For more info. and hours tel: 410-226-0191 or visit www.oxfordmuseum.org. 7. OXFORD LIBRARY - 101 Market St. Founded in 1939 and on its present site since 1950. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10-4. 8. THE BRATT MANSION (ACADEMY HOUSE) - 205 N. Morris St. Served as quarters for the officers of a Maryland Military Academy built about 1848. (Private residence) 9. BARNABY HOUSE - 212 N. Morris St. Built in 1770 by sea captain Richard Barnaby, this charming house contains original pine woodwork, corner fireplaces and an unusually lovely handmade staircase. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Private residence) 10. THE GRAPEVINE HOUSE - 309 N. Morris St. The grapevine Tidewater Residential Designs since 1989

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Tilghman’s Island “Great Choptank Island” was granted to Seth Foster in 1659. Thereafter it was known as Foster’s Island, and remained so through a succession of owners until Matthew Tilghman of Claiborne inherited it in 1741. He and his heirs owned the island for over a century and it has been Tilghman’s Island ever since, though the northern village and the island’s postal designation are simply “Tilghman.” For its first 175 years, the island was a family farm, supplying grains, vegetables, fruit, cattle, pigs and timber. Although the owners rarely were in residence, many slaves were: an 1817 inventory listed 104. The last Tilghman owner, General Tench Tilghman (not Washington’s aide-de-camp), removed the slaves in the 1830s and began selling off lots. In 1849, he sold his remaining interests to James Seth, who continued the development. The island’s central location in the middle Bay is ideally suited for watermen harvesting the Bay in all seasons. The years before the Civil War saw the influx of the first families we know today. A second wave arrived after the War, attracted by the advent of oyster dredging in the 1870s. Hundreds of dredgers and tongers operated out of Tilghman’s Island, their catches sent to the cities by schooners. Boat building, too, was an important industry. The boom continued into the 1890s, spurred by the arrival of steamboat service, which opened vast new markets for Bay seafood. Islanders quickly capitalized on the opportunity as several seafood buyers set up shucking and canning operations on pilings at the edge of the shoal of Dogwood Cove. The discarded oyster shells eventually became an island with seafood packing houses, hundreds of workers, a store, and even a post office. The steamboats also brought visitors who came to hunt, fish, relax and escape the summer heat of the cities. Some families stayed all summer in one of the guest houses that sprang up in the villages of Tilghman, Avalon, Fairbank and Bar Neck. Although known for their independence, Tilghman’s Islanders enjoy showing visitors how to pick a crab, shuck an oyster or find a good fishing spot. In the twentieth century, Islanders pursued these vocations in farming, on the water, and in the thriving seafood processing industry. The “Tilghman Brand” was known throughout the eastern United States, but as the Bay’s bounty diminished, so did the number of water-related jobs. Still, three of the few remaining Bay skipjacks (sailing dredgeboats) can be seen here, as well as two working harbors with scores of power workboats. 139

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by Gary D. Crawford We’re not talking about fish here, you understand. Nor is our subject dental cleaning or rust removal. I refer here (initially at least) to the scaling of time. Time is so important to us, but it is such an elusive thing. It is difficult to pin down, to measure, to examine, even to understand. After all, by definition, it only exists in relation to change. If things didn’t change ~ the earth rotate, plants grow, people age, waters flow ~ would there be time? We refer to it as the passage of time, don’t we? It seems to be in motion, something that moves past, or through, our lives. Or does it work that way? Have you ever sat on a train in a station, looking at somebody in the train beside you, as his train begins to move out of the station? Then when the trains separate you’re surprised to discover you’re moving through the rail yard, because it was your train that pulled out, not his? Perhaps time is fixed and we are in motion instead. Poets and philosophers and scientists have had fun pondering these questions down through, well, time. In any case, we do know our perception of time varies considerably. My fourth grade

summer lasted at least three years, and it was still too short. Perhaps it seemed that way because so much was new, there was so much new data flowing in, so many new thoughts and feelings. Although we lived mini-lifetimes every year as a kid, the years now flash by. It’s now 2014? Impossible. Wasn’t it just two or three years ago we were worrying about the Y2K collapse of civilization? What I find sobering is that so few people can remember World War II. The U.S. is at 317 million Americans, and counting. But less than 8% were even alive on December 7, 1941. Only 35% of us were alive at the time of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident when, in effect, the U.S. declared war on North Vietnam. If we assume that kids aren’t much aware of the significance of world events before the age of 10, then those people born since 1991 didn’t really experience the 9/11 catastrophe. That’s some 92 million of us, or a whopping 30% of the U.S population. (Gee whiz, wasn’t that just yesterday?) The point here is that time is devilishly difficult to get our minds around, to “grasp.” When the date in question is just, say,

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Scaling 35 years ago, even that is over the “time horizon” for lots of our fellow citizens. And the time prior to October 17, 1900 is over that horizon for every American ~ well, except for Anna Stoehr of Minnesota, the oldest living American who turned 113 last October 17. That makes the 19th century just so much “history” for us.

One way of grasping time on this scale is what I call the “gen-

erational handshake.” Consider: my grandfather David shook both the hand of his grandfather John (who was born in 1804) and his grandson’s hand (mine, still waving along in 2014.) So Grandpa’s handshaking spans over two hundred years. Well, that helps a bit, jumping us over WWII and WWI, the Civil War, and even the War of 1812, all the way back to just four years after the end of our Quasi-War with France. (But nobody remembers that one.) Now, if we imagine that a mythical woman named Abigail, whose 72-year-old granddaughter Sarah was alive in 1804 (the same year my great-great-grandfather John was

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Scaling born), and if Abigail had shaken the hand of her grandmother Judith, who was born in 1607 ~ well then, we’ve spanned another two centuries, taking us to the arrival of the Virginia Company in Jamestown. So all of American history can be embraced by just two handshakers ~ Abigail and my grandpa. A chain back to Leif Ericsson would consist of just 5 handshakes. The building of the Great Pyramid was much farther back, of course. They began piling up stones there in 2,584 BC, or 4,597 years ago. (I’ll use the more useful “years ago” notation from here on out.) As they dropped the last stone

in place for that first course, gazing over the sea of blocks two football fields long by two football fields wide, I imagine the stone carriers chatting. Perhaps Ishaq said to Hasani, “Well, that’s one layer! The next one will be smaller, so that

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Scaling should be easier.” “Yeah,” replied Hasani, “except now we’ll have to lif t and put them on top of one another.” Generational handshakes don’t help much here. To grasp a time span of 4,600 years, we’re going to need some other scale to put that number against. Since we walk or drive or f ly over the ground pretty regularly, we humans have a good sense of distances, even fairly long ones. That allows us to devise a time scale expressed in distance, say, 1 year = 1 inch. On that scale, they started on the Great Pyramid of Cheops some 4,600 “inches” ago, or 383 feet. That’s very close to the length of a football field, if you include the end zones. By comparison, I was born 6 “feet” ago, and John Smith cruised the Chesapeake about 34 feet from where I stand now. Getting all three of us ~ me, John Smith, and Cheops ~ on the same football field helps me understand just how ancient the pyramids are. They’re old, for sure, but not unimaginably old. Now let’s try our scale on a much larger time span. There is debate about when anatomically modern humans actually first appeared, but the earliest such remains we have found so far date from 200,000 years ago. I propose we adopt the Easton County

Courthouse as our “now” location. The Easton-Newnam Field Airport lies 3.2 miles from the Courthouse, which is right around 200,000 inches. That’s a long way back, even compared with Cheops. Now let’s go for a really long distance, the time span since the dinosaurs went extinct. The K-Pg Extinction Event occurred about 66 million years ago when the Earth was struck by a massive asteroid or comet or something, but can we conceive of 66,000,000 inches? Well, it’s the distance from Easton Courthouse to Waterloo, Iowa, if that helps. Of course, that was the end of the age of dinosaurs. Their beginning was 180 million years before that, or about 245 million years ago. On our scale, that time span won’t fit within the U.S., or even North America ~ 245 million inches is the distance between Easton and Oslo, Norway. And how would we represent the time span from the present back to the formation of the earth, about 4.5 billion years ago? Well, that many inches would take us a third of the way to the Moon, which is no easier to grasp than 4.5 billion years. So scaling helps us conceive of big numbers, like big time numbers. But scaling also helps to see the relationships between things, such as relative sizes or relative distances. Take the Solar System, for example.

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Scaling most of us still don’t realize just how misleading they are ~ because none of them are to scale. Here’s a little quiz. Suppose we decided to build a scale model of the solar system and began by picking a one-inch cherry tomato to represent our favorite planet, good old Sol 3, Earth. Now, how big a ball would we need for Sol, our sun? A grapefruit? A cantaloupe? A watermelon? Not even close. Consider: the diameter of the sun is 109 times that of Earth. That means that on the same scale as a one-inch Earth, the Sun would be a whopping nine feet in diameter. That’s a bit cumbersome for most

classroom displays, so let’s start over by scaling down the Earth to the size of a small pea, just a quarter-inch in diameter. That would make our sun 29.5 inches in diameter, which is exactly the size of a basketball. That works ~ but here’s the real problem. We’d have to place them 245 feet apart. If the Sun is on the teacher’s desk, Earth would have to be way out in the parking lot. To get this blasted thing to fit into the classroom, we’re going to have to scale it down a lot more. Reducing the Earth model to 1/64 of an inch in diameter (not much bigger than the dot over this “i”), we get a Sun about 1½ inches in diameter. Put that smack in the

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Scaling middle of the teacher’s desk and the teensy little Earth model goes about 15½ feet away, right on Betsy’s desk in the third row. Perfect! Better yet, we know that Venus and Mercury go somewhere between them. Mars will fit in the room, too, 24 feet away. But, oops, Jupiter goes 81 feet down the hall, somewhere in Mr. McGarrity’s room ~ which he won’t like. The rest go outside the building. Poor Pluto will be 615 feet away from teacher’s desk, more than a tenth of a mile! And don’t even think of going outside the solar system. After our sun, Sol, the closest star out of all the billions and billions is

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onto cargo carts, and we entered the guest reception area to begin a relaxing 8-night voyage. Relaxing? Well, not yet. Many dozens of employees from Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and the Maryland Port Authority had been engaged to make our arrival and check-in safe, efficient and pleasant. However, smiling welcoming faces were not in abundance. My impression was that the shore-side staff was there to perform the necessary task of moving the large crowd of people from land to ship as quickly as possible. I did not sense a spirit of â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are so glad you are here. What can we do to

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Cruising from Baltimore power failure, and still there were no smiles. Instead of “Have a great cruise!” we heard “Go that way!” Next was the actual boarding of the ship. We were led to an enclosed zig-zag ramp that went from dock level to deck four on the ship. Even for a healthy person, this is a significant climb. At every level there were people stopped to catch their breath. Again, this experience led to a critique of the local port authority’s level of commitment to cruising. It is difficult for me not to compare the Baltimore passenger cruise terminal with the modern,

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and taking some notes. To be fair, Royal Caribbean is a mass market cruise line and is priced as such. To attain the level of service and pampering found on a Disney cruise, expect to pay about triple of what the price is for RC or Carnival. I understand that the expectation of a travel planner is to generate gushing reviews in order to promote and sell more cruises. I consider it more important to prepare clients for the inevitability that every travel experience will not be perfect. I want people to understand that there are different levels of cruise luxury, and it is usually reflected in the price. We acknowledged and accepted the frugal cabin size (you get what

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Persimmon ’Possum by John M. Scanlon, M.D.

Early last October when I let my retrievers out to “air” in the predawn darkness, they excitedly circled a furry gray lump lying motionless in our backyard. They darted and sniffed at the object, not knowing exactly what it was. Typically, when they come across an animal or its remains, they try to fetch it for me, usually quite proudly. They made no move to pick the bundle up.

The motionless lump turned out to be an opossum (Didelphia virginiana) “playing ’possum.” The poor creature must have feared grave bodily harm from the two curious black dogs and went into defensive mode. The dogs were called off (another benefit of a well trained dog ... safety). When closely inspected, the wild animal was limp, with teeth bared,

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“Playing dead” is an involuntary defense mechanism. There it is.... apparently not breathing. Froth was on its lips. There was a rank odor emanating from the lifeless creature. Frankly, the opossum looked and smelled dead. After returning the dogs to their kennels, I searched for the “dead” marauding marsupial without success. The animal’s instinctive ruse had worked. Brer Possum had vanished. The northern hemisphere’s largest marsupial had been drawn to fallen fruit from a large persimmon tree (Diospyros virginius) near our house. The ground was literally coated with mature and rotting fruit. Indeed our Labs had been snacking on these succulent persimmons for several weeks. Deer and raccoon as well had repeatedly walked into the yard to dine on the abundant ripened orange sacks of sweet flavor. There would assuredly be wide pod dispersal and a whole new batch of native vegetation in our woods. Seeds would be spread everywhere.

The opossum is an East Coast native whose ancient Algonquin name means “white beast.” As a true marsupial, it gives birth to as many as 12 immature kits within two weeks of fertilization. Many newly “pouched” kits don’t survive to make the transition from fetus to nursling, but when they do these pink little clingers can live in mom’s pouch and feed at her breast for as long as 125 days before assuming independent living. Although not native to America’s western states, opossums were introduced there in the 1800s to be a food source during exploration and settlement. The animal is now widespread over the entire country, even into southern Canada. Light gray fur, long snout, beady eyes and a rat-like prehensile tail give them a unique appearance. Unlike the monkey’s posterior appendage, the tail cannot support the adult’s hanging weight. The opossum’s tail is used mostly as a brace. Opossums are immune to viper

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Persimmon ’Possum venom (copperhead, rattlesnake, water moccasins), which is a really good trait when wandering around low, dark places at night. There are a few copperheads around the Shore (I have seen 3 in 25 years near our farm), but neither of the other two poisonous snakes inhabit the Eastern Shore. Opossums live for only 2 to 4 years in the wild, as they are preyed upon by almost all mammalian and avian predators. One major cause of opossum mortality is getting struck by motor vehicles when they try to eat road kill. Opossums have more teeth than all land mammals: long canines,

crushing tricuspid molars and small rippers. They are omnivorous and will happily eat carrion or catch insects, small mammals, reptiles and amphibians. They relish fruit ~ especially persimmons. Hence the nightly visits from our pale friend. Opossums are nocturnal and nomadic, mostly traveling to, or living near, abundant food sources. Their environmental requirements are minimal, but must include ample drinking water. They prefer quiet, dark crevices in which to safely reside. A good bet is that our opossum lives in a crawl space under the house or garage. Many Mid-Shore homes probably have their own resident opossum family. Feigning death as a defense

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Persimmon ’Possum mechanism is actually an involuntary behavior. Fear triggers the physiological response. You can pick up and carry such a “dead” opossum around. It will remain limp and unresponsive. There is an involuntary evacuation of the anal gland, resulting in a rotten flesh smell that complements the “I am very dead” act. The scenario is quite realistic. But, I don’t recommend anyone tote a dead-but-actually-alive opossum about, or let your dog fool with one either. Opossums have lots of teeth and sharp front claws. They can hurt you! They are, however, less likely to transmit rabies than most wild animals, so their bite has decreased lethal potential. Still, a wound will be painful and may become badly infected. Remember, they eat carrion, which is food covered in yucky bacteria. Persimmons and opossums were both regular table fare for Native Americans and early colonials. Hence the “Virginia” reference in their scientific names. I assume the former taught the latter how to properly prepare each victual during early contacts. Persimmon fruit, when left to ripen on the tree, can be eaten raw or dried. Its Latin name means “food of the gods.” The tree, in various species, grows worldwide and its fruit is a favorite in many coun-

Persimmons are a favorite in the opossum world. tries. When desiccated and made seedless, the fruit can be mixed with roasted grain, dried meat or other fruits into a Native American staple, pemmican. Pemmican was the early trail mix the Indians carried on long treks since it remained unspoiled for a long time. Actually, the word “persimmon” originates from the Powhattan (Algonquin) language and means “dry fruit,” the same root word as pemmican. Persimmon fruit can be added to baked goods for flavor and sweetness. Eat an unripe persimmon, however, and you will have a puckered mouth for hours; it is that astringent. Unripe persimmons, bitter in taste, can coagulate with other materials in the stomach to produce indigestible concretions called bezoars. These may obstruct the intestines. Clearly, Native Americans had learned not to gobble green pods even when starving. Persimmon’s high sugar content and tough skin delay spoilage,

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which facilitates drying the fruit for storage. The same high sugar content permitted fermentation, with the resulting production of persimmon wine and beer by enterprising early European colonists. Opossum meat is said to be quite f lavorful, but I have never tried it. Early editions of Erma Rombauer’s classic cookbook, The Joy of Cooking, contained several ’possum recipes. More recent editions do not. Pity. A few modern wild game and Southern-style cookbooks describe opossum as a delicacy and provide directions for cooking.

Most dishes start off with an admonition to “clean out the fat kernels” (scent glands) and parboil the cleaned animal before adding meat to a recipe. Things that eat carrion can have unusual or unpleasant flavors. Dixie Possum Pie has been around for a long time, though. Its devotees say it is “darn good eats.” Anything made with sugar, potatoes, carrots, onions and meat under a pie crust must be tasty! An opossum caught the attention of the late Walt Kelly, who fashioned an entire cartoon world around that wise talking marsupial. Pogo, Kelly’s masterpiece comic strip, featured creatures from southern woods and swamps that skewered political icons of the day (Nixon, McCarthy, Hoover) using memorable phraseology, wry commentary and inventive word play. This earned Kelly an FBI investigation, a Pulitzer Prize and made the whole country laugh each Sunday morning the strip was published. Out of Pogo’s mouth came the oft-repeated phrase “We have met the enemy and they are us.” Not bad for a noctural, persimmon-addicted cellar dweller. Dr. Jack Scanlon writes from his farm, Garyview, in Dorchester County. He may be contacted at garyview@hughes.net. His recently published book of essays, “Reflections from a Deer Stand,” is now available from the author.

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a comedy by Mark Twain, adapted by David Ives at the Church Hill Theatre. Deeply in debt, the French artist Jean-Francois Millet fakes his death and returns as his twin sister to sell the now-valuable paintings. For show times and ticket prices tel: 410-758-1331 or visit www. churchhilltheatre.org.

Da i ly Meet ing: A l-A non. For meeting times and locations, v isit www.EasternShoreMDalanon.org. Every Thurs.-Sat. Amish Country Farmer’s Market in Easton. An indoor market offering fresh produce, meats, dairy products, furniture and more. 101 Marlboro Ave. For more info. tel: 410-822-8989. Thru April 13 Play: Is He Dead?,

T h r u May 4 E x h ibit ion: E a st Meets West ~ Contemporar y Japanese Prints from the UMUC Collection at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Curator-led tour on April 16 at noon. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

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Blue Study by Linn Meyers Thru May 4 Exhibition: Blue Study by Linn Meyers at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Curatorled tour on April 16 at noon. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 1 Class: Mixed Level Yoga with K athy Quackenbush at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced

Living. 7:30 to 9 a.m. and 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www. evergreeneaston.org. 1 Meeting: Breast Feeding Support Group from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at U M Shore Medical Center in Easton. For more info. tel: 410 -822-1000 or v isit www. shorehealth.org. 1 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Alaska, My Unintended Destination with Randy Welch from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Tel: 410-745-4941 for enrollment details. 1 Lecture: Understanding Lyme Disease at the Oxford Community Center, Oxford. 6:30 p.m. Learn to recognize the symptoms of Lyme Disease, gain an understanding of other diseases that ticks are giving us, hear about problems with testing, and much more. For more info. tel: 410226 -5904 or v isit www.facebook.com/easternshoremdlyme. 1,3,8,10,15,17,22,24,29 Class: Ballroom and Latin Dance with Amanda Showell at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. For more i n fo. on t i me s tel: 410 -4826169 or visit www.dancingontheshore.com.

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April Calendar Center, Easton. 2 to 5 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-5400, ext. 5804 or e-mail gdeluca@ chesapeake.edu. 2,9,16,23,30 Meeting: Wednesday Morning Artists. 8 a.m. at Creek Deli in Cambridge. No cost. For more info. visit www. wednesdaymorningartists.com or contact Nancy at ncsnyder@ aol.com or 410-463-0148. 2 ,9,16, 23,30 Socia l T ime for Seniors at the St. Michaels Communit y Center, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073. 2,9,16,23,30 Senior Games at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. Noon. Learn to play American mahjong. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626. 2,9,16,23,30 St. Michaels Art League’s weekly “Paint Together” at the home of Alice-Marie Gravely. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-8117. 2,16 Plant Clinic offered by the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners of Talbot County at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1244.

2,16 Bereavement Support Group at the Dorchester Count y Library, Cambridge. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 443-978-0218. 3 Class: Level 2 Yoga with Carolyn Brennan at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Liv ing. 8:30 to 10 a.m. For more info. tel: 410 - 819 -3395 or v isit www. evergreeneaston.org. 3 Stitch and Chat at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your ow n projects and stitch with a group. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626. 3 Class: Mixed Level Yoga with Carolyn Brennan at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. 10:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 3 Business After Hours at the Joie de Vivre Gallery in Cambridge to meet the organizers of TriColumbia EagleMan Triathlon. 5:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-228-3575. 3 Lecture: Schenk in the 21st Century with author Amy Abrams at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org.

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Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $150 members, $175 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 4 Class: Gentle Yoga with Cyndi Prudâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;homme at Evergreen: A C enter for Ba la nc e d L iv i ng. 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 4 First Friday Galler y Walk in downtown Easton. 5 to 9 p.m. Back by popu la r dema nd on Friday evenings, Eastonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art galleries, antiques shops and

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5 6th annual Crab Run sponsored by the Dorchester Family YMCA in Cambridge. This half marathon duplicates the run course of the popular EagleMan Triathlon race held in June. 8 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-221-0505 or visit www.dorchesterymca.org.

Project Clean Stream 5 Project Clean Stream annual cleanup sponsored by the Midshore Riverkeeper Conservancy. 9 a.m. to noon. Project Clean Stream volunteers will remove trash from our local waterways. To volunteer tel: 443-385-0511 or e-mail Suzanne@midshoreriverkeeper.org.

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April Calendar at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Join fellow runners and nature enthusiasts for the 9th annual run. For more info. and registration tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 5 First Sat urday g uided wa lk. 10 a.m. at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Free for members, free w it h $5 ad m i s sion for nonmembers. For more info. tel: 410 - 634-2847, ext. 0 or v isit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 5 1st annual Officer Michael S. Nickerson Memorial Sporting Clay Classic at the Delmar va

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Sporting Clays and Rifle Range, Mardela Springs. $85 per person. Registration begins at 8 p.m. Proceeds benefit Maryland Concerns of Police Survivors. For more info. visit www.mdcops.org or e-mail copsclayclassic@gmail.com. 5 Antiques and Uniques Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Oxford Volunteer Fire Company, Oxford. Antiques, one-of-a-kind treasures, jewelry and more, to benefit Oxford VFC. For more info. tel: 410-200-0902. 5 7th annual Tim Kern Sporting Clays Tournament at the Hopkins Game Farm, Kennedyville. Each entry into the tournament requires a fee of $45 with all proceeds to benefit the Tim Kern Memorial Foundation. Registration begins at 10 a.m., shotgun start at noon. For more info. tel: 410-348-5287. 5 The Met: Live in HD featuring Puccini’s La Boheme at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 5 Talbot Mentors Partners In Art reception from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the law offices of Hollis, Cronan & Fronk, 11 E. Dover St., Easton. View artwork created by students in partnership with local artists. For more info. tel: 410-770-5999.

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Capitol Steps 5 Capitol Steps to perform at the Avalon Theatre, Easton, to benefit Habitat Choptank. An evening of music and political comedy to raise funds for affordable home ow ne r sh ip i n t he C hopt a n k region. Pre-show cocktail reception, catered by Latitude 38, will be held at the Talbot County Historical Society Auditorium. $100 per person for reception and show with reserved seating at the Avalon. $60 per person for show only. For more info. tel: 410-476-3204 or visit www. habitatchoptank.org.

5-6 Chesapeake Home & Craft Garden Expo at the Talbot County Community Center, Easton. Sat. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410770-4051. 5- 6 Work shop: Oa r Ma k i ng at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Mu seu m, S t. Michael s. Th i s workshop, under the direction

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presented by the Easton Choral Arts Society on Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. at St. Michaels High School. Tickets are $20, and $5 for students. For more info. tel: 410-200-0498 or visit www.eastonchoralarts.org.

Oar Making at CBMM. of CBMM Boat yard Program Manager Jenn Kuhn, will teach participants to handcraft their own set of oars. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. For more info. tel: 410-745-4980 or e-mail afad@ cbmm.org. 5- 6 Concer t: Carmina Burana

5-May 25 Exhibit: Clay as Canvas by Ann Krestensen at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. Krestensenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand-built vases, decorated with acrylic paints, show a definite Southwestern design. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 5,12,19,26 Historic High Street Walking Tour ~ Experience the

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April Calendar beauty and hear the folklore of Cambridge’s High Street. Onehour walking tours are sponsored by the non-prof it West End Citizens Association and are accompanied by Colonial-garbed docents. 11 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-901-1000. 5-6,12-13,19,26-27 Apprentice for a Day Public Boatbuilding Program at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. Pre-registration required. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916 and ask to speak with someone in the boatyard. 6 Soup ’n Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 12:30 to 3 p.m. Following a guided walk, enjoy a delicious and nutritious lunch. Menu: spring lentil soup, ginger carrot salad with cranberries, ancient grain bread with orange ma r ma lade, a nd f ud ge c a ke brow nies. For more info. tel: 410 - 634-2847, ext. 0 or v isit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

ty Free Library, St. Michaels for a talk on his book The Earhart Enigma. Noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-5877 or visit www. tcfl.org. 7 Me e t i n g: L i v e Pl a y w r i g ht s’ Society at the Garfield Center for the Arts at the Prince Theatre, C he s ter tow n . 7:30 p.m . For more info. tel: 410-810-2060. 7,14,21,28 Monday Night Trivia at the Market Street Public House, Denton. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Join host Norm Amorose for a funfilled evening. For more info. tel: 410-479-4720. 7,21 Talbot Master Gardeners host a Cabin Fever Reliever series at the Brookletts Senior Center in Easton. 1:30 to 3 p.m. April 7 lecture on composting and backyard chickens. April 21 lecture on spring pests and weed management. Free. For more info. tel: 410-822-1244.

6 Concert: Shenandoah Run in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

8,15,22,29 Class: Special Tools and Techniques for Watercolorists with Sandy Alanko at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 1 to 3:30 p.m. $170 members, $190 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

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Bldg., Easton. 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1371. 9 Arts Express Bus Trip to the National Museum of Women in the Arts for an exhibit ~ “Workt by Hand” Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts. Trip sponsored by the Academy Art Museum, Easton. $75 members, $95 nonmembers. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 9 Blessing of the Fleet at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 5 p.m. Led by Reverend Kevin M. Cross of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Oxford. For more info. visit www.cbmm.org.

9 Meeting: Talbot Optimist Club at the Washington Street Pub, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more info. e-mail tglass@leinc.com. 9,16,23 Class: Landscape and Seascape in Pastel with Katie C a s sidy at t he Ac ademy A r t Museum, Easton. 9:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. $165 members, $195 nonmembers. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 9,23 Chess Club from 1 to 3 p.m. at the St. Michaels Community Center. Players gather for friendly competition and instruction. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073.

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April Calendar 10 T he Q ue en A n ne’s C ou nt y Librar y ~ Centrev ille Branch presents Milk weed for Monarchs in the Something About Mar yland Series. Jim Wilson will talk about why we should a l l i nclude m i l k we e d i n ou r gardens for the butterflies. 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-758-0980. 10

B o ok D i s c u s sion: Wendel l B er r y ’s Jayb e r C row at t he Ta lbot C ount y Free L ibra r y, St. Michaels. 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org.

10 Zentangle Intermediate with Susan Green at Evergreen: A C enter for Ba la nc e d L iv i ng. 6 to 8 p.m. $30 member, $35 non-member. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www. evergreeneaston.org. 10 Concert: Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra under Julien

Benichou at Easton Church of God. 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 888-846-8600 or visit www. mid-atlanticsymphony.org. 10 Concert: Peter Mulvey in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 10,24 Class: 5 Element Yoga with S.D. Swan and Freya Farley at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. 12:30 to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-819-3395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 11 Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt at Preston Elementary School. 8 to 9 p.m. for ages 3 to 10. For more info. tel: 410-479-8120. 11 Nat ive Pla nt Nu r ser y openi ng w e e k e nd me mb e r s - on l y shopping at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

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11 Concert: Chris Smither at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

11-12 26th annual Geranium and Spring Flower Sale at St. Lukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s United Methodist Church, St. Michaels. Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Beautiful potted geraniums in all colors, large hanging baskets and assor ted bedding plants available rain or shine. For more info. tel: 410-745-2534.

ers Association at the Chester River Yacht and Country Club, Che ster tow n. Gue st spe a ker will be Robert Day, Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Washington College. Lunch is available for $20. RSVP at sweeneygf@aol.com or tel: 410476-3917. 12 L e c t u r e a nd b o ok sig n i ng: Elizabeth the Queen ~ The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith at the Academy A r t Museum, Easton. 11 a.m. $75 members, $85 non-members (includes lunch). For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org.

12 Friends of the Librar y Second Saturday Book Sale at the Dorchester County Public Library, Cambridge. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-2287331 or visit www.dorchesterlibrary.org. 12 Earth Day Litter Pick-Up at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help pick up litter. For more info. tel: 410-901-6124. 12 Meeting: Eastern Shore Writ203

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April Calendar 12 Celebrate Spring Craft Saturday at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 1 to 3 p.m. $5 per child. For more info. tel: 410 -822ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 12 Second Saturdays at the Artsway from 2 to 4 p.m., 401 Market Street, Denton. Interact w ith a r t i s t s a s t he y demon s t r ate their work. For more info. tel: 410 -479 -1009 or v isit www. carolinearts.org. 12 Second Saturday in Historic Downtown Cambridge on Race, Poplar, Muir and High streets.

Shops will be open late. Galleries will be opening new shows and holding receptions. Restaurants will feature live music. For more i n fo. v i sit w w w.c ambr idgemainstreet.com. 12 Artist Loft Studios Open Night. The artists invite visitors to their studios during Cambridge Main Street’s Second Saturday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The studio is at 410 Race St., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 386-405-2329 or visit www.lesleygilesart.com. 12 Concert: Alex Martin Quartet in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

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12,19,26 Easton Farmer’s Market held ever y Saturday until Christmas from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Town parking lot on N. Harrison Street. Over 20 vendors. Live music from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Easton Farmer’s Market is the work of the Avalon Foundation. For more info. tel: 410-253-9151 or visit www. theavalonfoundation.com.

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12,26 Country Church Breakfast at Faith Chapel & Trappe United Methodist Churches in Wesley Ha l l, Trappe. 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. TUMC is also the home of “Martha’s Closet” Yard Sale and C om mu n it y O ut re ach Store, open during the breakfast and every Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to noon. 12,26 Mark Salter’s “S” Series Cooking Demonstration w ith Miele at The Robert Morris Inn, Oxford. 10 a.m. to noon. Included are recipe cards, a t wo -hour demonstration followed by a two-course luncheon with a glass of wine. $64 per person with limited guest number. For more info. tel: 410-226-5111. 13 Pancake Breakfast at the Oxford Volunteer Fire Company. 8 to 11 a.m. Proceeds to benefit the Oxford Volunteer Fire Services. $8 for adults and $4 for children under 10. For more info. tel: 410226-5110. 14 Stitching Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3 to 5 p.m. Bring your needlecraft to work on in a group. Limited instruction for beginners. All ages welcome. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www. tcfl.org. 14

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4t h a n nu a l He a lt hy A g i ng Symposium at the Kent County Middle School, sponsored by University of Maryland Shore Regional Health, Upper Shore Aging, Maryland Relay, Covell Communities, American Home Energy Corporation and MDVIP Personalized Health Care. Participants will attend three workshop sessions that will better equip them to help themselves, their elderly parents, or aging relatives. For more info. and registration tel: 443-480-0940 or visit www.homeports.org.

16 Meeting: Caregivers Support Group from 3 to 4 p.m. at Pleasant Day Adult Medical Day Care, Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-0190. 16-17 Boaters Safety Course at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 6 to 10 p.m. $25 per two-evening session. For more info. and registration tel: 410-745-4941. 17 Brown Bag Lunch Speaker at the Talbot County Free Library,

Easton. Noon to 1 p.m. Speakers are Captains Judy and Tom Bixler on Ferry Tales: A History of the Oxford-Bellevue Ferry. For more info. tel: 410-822-0923 or e-mail jbarnett@goeaston.net. 17 Meeting: Stroke Survivors Support Group at Pleasant Day Medical Adult Day Care, Cambridge. 1 to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-228-0190. 17 Life Orientation Experience with Ken and Sarah Sadler at Evergreen: A Center for Balanced Living. 7 to 9 p.m. $20 for 1 or $30 for 2. For more info. tel: 410-8193395 or visit www.evergreeneaston.org. 17 Concert: Dietrich Strause Trio in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 17,24 Class: Book Art - Art Book w it h Ebby Ma l mg r en at t he Academy Art Museum, Easton, for 5 weeks. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. $235 members, $275 non-members. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 18 Soup Day at the St. Michaels Community Center. Choose from three delicious soups for lunch. $6 meal deal. Each meal comes

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18, 21 A r t P l u s S p r i n g B r e a k “Staycation” Camp w ith Constance Del Nero a nd A la nna Ber ma n at t he Ac ademy A r t Museum, Easton. Ages 6 to 10. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. $70 for both days, $35 per day. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 19 Earth Day Festival at Memorial Row, Chestertown. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Celebrate our Earth and learn to care for her. Over 30 vendors, music and food. For more info. tel: 410-778-6929. 19 A n nua l E a ster Eg g Hu nt at Tuck a hoe State Pa rk , Queen

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21 Book Discussion: The Poetry of Place at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410 -822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org.

Anne. 1 to 1:30 p.m. for children under 10. More than 400 plastic and boiled eggs are hidden, with special prize eggs. For more info. tel: 410-820-1668. 19 Concert: Comedy’s Best Kept Secret Tour starring Dan Frigolette in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 19,26 St. Michaels FreshFarm Market in the municipal parking lot behind Sweeties Bakery. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Farmers offer fresh fr uits and vegetables, meats, cut f lowers, potted plants, and much more. For more info. tel: 202-362-8889 or v isit www. freshfarmmarket.org. 21 Book Discussion: Chr istina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train at the Talbot County Free Library, Ea ston. 6:30 p.m. Fo r m o r e info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org.

22 Meeting: Breast Cancer Support Group at UM Regional Breast C e n t e r, E a s t o n . 6 p . m . Fo r more info. e-mail pplaskon@ shorehealth.org. 22 Meeting: Women Supporting Women, lo c a l bre a st c a nc er support group, meets at Christ Episcopal Church, Cambridge. 6:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-463-0946. 24 Lecture: The Road Not Taken The Friendship between Robert Frost and Edward Thomas with poet Sue Ellen Thompson at the Ta lbot C ou nt y Free L ibra r y, Ea ston. 6:30 p.m. Fo r m o r e info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcf l.org. 24 Lecture: In the Studio with Rembrandt and Vermeer by H. Perry Chapman at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 6 p.m. $15 members, $20 non-members. For more info. tel: 410 -822ARTS (2787) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 24 Concert: Aoife O’Donovan in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more

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26 12th Annual Hobby Fair at the Federalsburg Elementary School and sponsored by the Federalsburg Historical Society. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 443786-4086. 26 Class: Painting People in Conversation with Rita Curtis at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 212

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26 Saturdays en Plein Air! - monthly plein air paint-out with Diane DuBois Mullaly sponsored by the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free to members. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2787) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org.

26 The Met: Live in HD featuring Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

26 11th annual Poker Run Ride f o r Aw a r e n e s s a t H o o p e r ’s Restaurant, Ocean Cit y, MD. Registration is f rom 10 a.m. to noon. This event is open to

26 Concert: Pirates Plus! by the Queen Anne’s Chorale at Todd Performing Arts Center, Chesapeake College, Wye Mills. 7 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-770-9337 or visit www.qachorale.org. 26 Concert: Live at the Fillmore at

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26 -27 WineFest at St. Michaels features wines from around the world. Wine af icionados and nov ices alike can exper ience more than 300 international, domestic, and Maryland wines.

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Oxford Community Center and at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Easton. For times and location tel: 410-226-0061 or visit www. tredavonplayers.org. 30 Bus trip to Wave Hill and New York Botanical Garden sponsored by Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. $115 members, $140 non-members. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 30 Concert: Rob Schneider at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

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