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Vol. 70, No. 2

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July 2021

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About the Cover Artist: Jane Bollman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Night Terrors - Sort Of: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Traveling the South Carolina Low Country: Bonna L. Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 An Optical Galleria - Where Health Care Meets Fashion: Mike Valliant . . 55 Remembering Old Dewey Beach: Richard W. Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Delmarva Diva: A.M. Foley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Studio B Plein Air Schedule: Jeffrey Lankford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Tidewater Kitchen - Salad as a Main Course: Pamela Meredith . . . . . . . . 125 Changes - Let the Old Man In: Roger Vaughan . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Robert Morris Inn Hits the Market: Ross Benincasa . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

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About the Cover Artist Jane Bollman Jane majored in art at Hood College and continued her studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art, after which she taught art in Baltimore County public schools. Moving to Easton after retirement in 1999, Jane took a class at the Academy Art Museum under Mary Ekroos. Happily, that launched her into the world of contemporary impressionistic painting. She paints a variety of subjects, including landscape, still life, figures, animals, f lowers and gardens and accepts consignments in both painting and faux finishing walls and furniture. In addition, she teaches beginning oil painting at the Talbot County Senior Center at Brookletts Place. Art related activities have included: President, Talbot County Arts Council, member Working Artists Forum, St. Michaels Art League, Plein Air Painters of the Eastern Shore, and t he Fr iday Mor ning A rtists. She enjoys the rich and unique opportunities for painting in the Eastern Shore area, as well as association with other area artists. One person shows include: Tidewater Inn, Dorchester Fine Arts Center, Church Alley Gallery, Avon Dixon Insurance Company, and the Sylvan Learning Center. Prizes include first prize in graphics at the Chesapeake College Art Show

in 2005, honorable mention in the Local Color Show of the Plein Air Easton competition 2006, first prize in The Seeing Eye show sponsored by the South Street Gallery 2007, first prize in the St. Michaels Art League “Paint the Town” 2009 and first prize in another St. Michaels Art League library show in 2012. Living in the heart of historic Easton among many people who treasure this small town, its surrounding rural country-side and beautif ul water ways has been a great blessing to Jane and her husband, Roger. Painting here been the icing on the cake.

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Night Terrors - Sort Of... by Helen Chappell

Like most kids like me, I was single, dateless and alone on weekend nights. While my brother and other popular kids were out doing whatever popular kids did back in the Dark Ages of the Latter Half of the 20th Century, I was home, armed with a snitched bag of chips and an old black-and-white TV conveniently located as far away from sleeping adults as possible. When you hit your teens in those

three- or four-broadcast-channel days, you moved your viewing from the after-school cartoon hosts (Captain Chesapeake? Sally Starr, anyone?) to the Three Stooges and Popeye before dinner. After the sitcoms and private eye shows and the parental units going to bed, after the eleven o’clock news (always deadly and ugly), it was time to settle in for the late-night horror movies.

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Night Terrors Maybe you remember Roland, or Zacherly or Gore De Vol or Elvira or some other horror host. Maybe you don’t, depending on where you lived and what you were up to on Saturday night down in the TV cave with the old black-and-white. But you might have all-too-clear memories of the absolutely dreadful, cheap’n’cheesy horror movies they screened in those dead hours. The cool kids may have seen them, more or less, at the drive-in (remember drive-ins? We had one on Route 50 and another one somewhere over the rainbow near Denton. When the drive-ins weren’t screening any of the terrible, terri-

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Night Terrors ble movies The Colonel forced Elvis to make, they filled up the screen with screaming Yvonne Lyme, Raymond Burr facing down Godzilla, and so many other actors either on their way up or their way down. After a few weekends of people in gorilla suits with a diving helmet on his/her/their head terrorizing 38-year-old actors pretending to be high school sophomores around someone’s swimming pool in the San Fernando Valley, or an attenuated Bela Lugosi, long past his prime and tragically drug addicted, or Boris Karloff wrapped in toilet paper stomping around like a revivalist mummy ~ well, you sort of grudgingly start to enjoy this genre. Which is a good thing, because when Blood Count ran out of the classics like Dracula, Frankenstein and King Kong, the affiliate started buying or renting bottom-of-thebarrel absolute dreck. What John Waters would call so bad it’s good, and if it’s bad enough for John Waters, it’s bad enough for me. And the more C- and D-List the Saturday-night screamers became, the more entertaining they were in their sheer awfulness. Now, many movie mavens see Plan Nine from Outer Space as the worst movie ever made, and for a shoestring production filmed in the USA, it might be. My personal favorite U.S. Awfulness is Queen of Outer

Space, starring none other than Zsa Zsa Gabor, which has to be seen to be believed. These grade D movies have earned their reputations as howling headbangers. But the true Bad Horror Film Buff knows you can stoop even lower than these two classics. Anyone who has seen a vampire film from Mexico starring Abel Salazar as the blood-sucking count, or Tom Selleck’s film debut in a Philippine masterpiece so awful I’ve blocked out the name, as has Wikipedia. . . well, there they are, the pits of D-List horror. [Editor’s note: For anyone interested, the Selleck f lick was called Daughters of Satan] Wooden acting, wooden dub16

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bing, cheap sets that fall over when an actor accidentally bumps into them, boom mics hanging over the ingenue’s boobs, the wig falling off Senora Blood Countess as the hero stabs her with a rubber stake. . . These films have it all. Movies shot on Scotch tape, sound recorded on a dying reel-to-reel tape, lighting done with f lashlights and small appliance bulbs, costumes picked up from rental exhumations or worse, filmed on a budget of 35 cents, direct to the grindhouse or the drive-in. If I could understand the dialogue, dubbed into Spanglish, I’d be lucky, because Spanglish is the only Spanish I have. Happily, you don’t need to speak Spanish or poorly dubbed English

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Night Terrors Godzilla is iconic. He’s the monster I want on my side at the end of the world. But then, there was Mothra. When I was living in New York and on the edge of the punk/New Wave scene, there was a sort of cult around this giant moth who lived on an island and, I think (the plot was a little unsteady), was controlled by two tiny fairy ladies who sang to the giant moth.

Rick Kollinger streamed, so it’s even more ubiquitous than ever. Every once in a while, you get a good one, but that vast unintentionally hilarious Saturday night desert and its hammy hosts are gone forever.

Of course, Mothra wreaked havoc on Tokyo and a lot of other places, but what I remember is my friends in the band The Miamis singing their one and only hit, “Mothra’s Island,” at CBGB’s. Good times. In the ensuing decades, filmmakers have figured out there are big, mainstream bucks in horror movies and have acted accordingly. Horror and the supernatural are mainstream now, and more explicitly gory, while often weaker of plot and heavier on the contrivances, with plot holes so big you could drive a truck through them. And a lot of this boring content gets

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South Carolina Lowcountry, Beaches and Barbecue by Bonna L. Nelson

islands, some developed, some not, that run parallel to the Atlantic coast. SC’s thirty-five barrier islands, more than any other state except Florida, shield the mainland from storm and wave damage and are constant ly reshaped by t he ocean. Usually, grassy dunes thrive behind the islands’ sandy beaches, and inland salt marshes, wetlands and maritime forests are rich habitats for a variety of f lora and fauna. I read that the Lowcountry once prospered with its slave-based agricultural products of rice, cotton and indigo, which thrived in the

For beaut if u l At la nt ic Ocea n beaches, mouth-watering seafood and barbecue, and an abundance of history and culture, coastal South Carolina (SC) is the perfect destination. Emerging from pandemic restrictions, happy with our newfound freedom and looking forward to relaxing on a beach, we headed south in March to Seabrook Island, SC. D u r i ng ou r t wo -week st ay, we took several trips into nearby historic, charming Charleston and surrounding areas. The South Carolina Lowcountry coastline is dotted w ith barrier

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ly draped across trees alongside the roadways like garland draped across Christmas trees. The somewhat romantic, haunting and mystical silver plant is usually found decorating southern live oaks and bald cypress in the lowlands, swamps and marshes on south eastern coastal areas. Funny thing about Spanish Moss, it is not really moss and it doesn’t damage the trees. The frizzy gray plant that looks like Albert Einstein having a bad hair day is actually a flowering plant in the bromeliad family. The moss shelters creatures such as songbirds, snakes, bats, chiggers and spiders and is often associated with Southern Gothic imagery and Deep South culture. Following the trail of the Spanish

hot subtropical climate. Now the Lowcountry is known for its history, culture, natural features and tourism. The region’s culture is said to have Native American, European, African and Caribbean roots. We knew we were in SC when we started to see Spanish moss graceful-

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restaurants, cafes and grills were bustling. We passed by the Equestr ian Center and noted riders on stunning horses. The tennis courts, golf courses, basketball and volleyball courts, playground and fitness center were all busy. A few folks were fishing at the seven-acre Palmetto Lake. The misty, caramel-colored sandy beach was dotted with beach chairs and a few fellows fishing there too. That is where we would be the next day. Before dinner, I reviewed an Island publication that, in addition to detailing the guidelines and amenities for house owners and renters, provided some historical insight about the lovely island. Of course, Seabrook Island history parallels SC history. Coastal Indians inhabited the island as early as 1400 BC. Tribes included the Kiawah (the island next to Seabrook is named Kiawah after the tribe as is the river that separates them), Stono and Bohicket.

narrow ing moss-lined roadway, we arrived on our barrier island, Seabrook Island, on a sunny 75-degree day in March. After unpacking the car and settling in a bit, we drove around the island passing tropical palmetto trees, Spanish moss-laden oak trees, pine trees, tulip trees, magnolia trees, pink and white azaleas, daffodils and hyacinths in f ull bloom. Neighbors were out and about, walking, biking, kayaking and lounging by the community pools. The shops,

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William Seabrook bought the island and named it after himself. During the Civil War, Robert E. Lee ordered Seabrook and adjacent islands evacuated because he could not defend them. So, the Seabrook family left the island and later sold it. Even so, some Civil War fighting took place on the Island. Subsequent owners raised livestock but refused to log the island’s many trees, which is why many old, lovely trees envelop the island in shade today. The last individual owner sold the property in 1970 to the Seabrook Island Development Corporation, which developed the island. More improvements and features were added later in the 1980s and 1990s, when the Seabrook Island Prop-

English explorers claimed the land for the King in 1695. You know how that affected Native Americans, enslavement and disease, another story. Various island owners planted the land and shipped goods between the islands and England. In the 1700s, slaves brought from Africa supported expanding plantation life. Factually, Charleston was one of our country’s major slave ports. The island was invaded by the British in 1779, during the American Revolution. Occupation lasted until 1782, when Charleston was liberated. Plantation life then resumed, with cotton being the main crop. In 1816,

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erty Owners Association bought the remaining vacant properties and amenity features that we enjoyed on our visit. The serene and secluded private gated community includes residential and resort living, single homes, townhome villas, recreational sites, preserved natural settings, beaches, walking trails and even an Audubon sanctuary. Seabrook Island is now a town with a mayor. The island claims to have one of the longest, widest and most dynamic expanses of beach shoreline in the coastal Carolinas. The 3½ miles of soft sand beach is backed by rolling sand dunes held

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lights of the Lowcountry were easily found in nearby dining spots on Seabrook Island or in the Charleston area, a thirty-minute drive away. We enjoyed fried oysters, pulled BBQ pork sandwiches and shrimp and grits while listening to a steel drum band at the Salty Dog Café at Bohicket Marina. Oysters are a popular dish in South Carolina. They are frequently seen growing on oyster bars and pilings around the shoreline, and thus are a featured item on many menus in the area.

hosted songbirds and woodpeckers. We spotted egret rookeries here and there, and brown pelicans frequently flew in formation over the beach and strutted about on the piers of the nearby marina. Playful dolphins also entertained us on our beach days. Such wonders of nature were a joy to behold. When it comes to food, the de-

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green tomatoes on grits, falling-offthe-bone smoked ribs, barbecued turkey breast and other meats, fried oysters and fried fish, grilled shrimp, black-eyed peas, collard greens, yams, red rice, cornbread, hush puppies, biscuits, bread pudding and pecan pie. We rolled rather than walked out of the restaurant, arms filled with boxed leftovers. Lowcountry cuisine generally includes a wealth of seafood from the

daughter, Bella, and other children easily found, in flowers and shrubs around the café. Another favorite dining spot was Nigel’s Good Food in North Charleston. Popular with tourists and locals alike, the bustling restaurant was filled with the aromas and tastes of Lowcountry dishes: smoky, salty, savory and sweet. We feasted on fried

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influences from European settlers. The Lowcountry cuisine reflects the use of what was available locally, the bounties of the sea and land with recipes and spices from the areas that the new occupants originally called home. After several days of beach and pool lounging and too much sun, we decided to explore Charleston and its environs. A beautifully preserved treasure steeped in the history of our country, Charleston attracts millions of visitors each year. Having visited a few years back we knew that the Charleston Visitors Center is a good place to start a new exploration. There we collected brochures, guides and maps and talked to the helpful staff to better plan our touring.

coastal estuaries, including shrimp, fish, crabs and oysters. Rice was a major grain in the marshlands of the South Carolina coast. Enhanced with a red sauce and spices, the red rice dish is a main staple. Bountiful produce in the area adds the peas, greens, corn and yam dishes to the table. Stews, macaroni and cheese, and pork ribs smothered in a mustard barbecue sauce are also standards. The origins of the dishes are recipes passed down from one generation to the next for over 350 years. The cuisine is a blend of the GullahGeechee culture that evolved from descendants of slaves arriving from Central and West Africa, along with

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Church steeples ~ not skyscrapers ~ dot the skyline of this bustling port-of-entry... Classically elegant, Charleston is one of the most architecturally significant destinations in North America. The city has an intriguing mix of styles reflecting its long history beginning when English settlers came to the area in the 1600s and named the town after King Charles. We rode past the famous Rainbow Row of thirteen pastel-colored homes built in the late 1700s and restored and painted in pastel shades in the early to mid-1900s. We stopped to see the Battery’s protective seawall and promenade that date back to the early to mid-18th century. Where forts built for the American Revolution once stood, magnificent

Next, we hopped on one of their free Dash shuttle buses that circle many areas of the city, including primary points of interest that are historic, commercial and natural. It’s like the hop-on-hop-off tours many cities offer, only it’s free. There is no commentary, but with a map and guidebook tourists can easily get a feel for the city’s 18th- and 19th-century architectural features and its Revolutionary and Civil War history. I love this description of Charleston from the city’s official Visitors Guide: Charleston is a sensorial plethora of cobblestone streets, pastel-colored homes, f lickering carriage lanterns, and historic landmarks.

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traditional Gullah seagrass baskets. When fully open, it is home to more than 300 entrepreneurs. After a few more days of walking, biking and swimming in our Seabrook Island paradise, we headed back to Charleston for a SpiritLine Cruise of the Charleston Harbor. It was a beautiful, almost too hot, 80-degree day. Our interpretive guide, Russell, mentioned that he was a retired high school AP history teacher. Perfect man for the job! All five of our group ~ Bella, along with her dad, Randy, and mom, Holly, and my husband, John, and I ~ were fully engaged in his presentation as we headed toward the elegant Arthur Ravenel, Jr. (suspension) Bridge crossing the Cooper River.

antebellum (meaning from the Latin ante, for before, bellam for war, thus before war) mansions built between the 1830s and 1860s stand guard over the harbor at the very tip of the Charleston peninsula. We passed the popular horse-drawn carriages at both sites, another fun way to tour the lovely southern city.

Walking on our own, we found respite in the tree-shaded, 8-acre Ravenel Waterfront Park, with its iconic water fountain feature,eight tree-shaded acres of Ravenel Waterfront Park, with its iconic water fountain, benches and fishing pier that overlook Charleston Harbor. The nearby multi-columned U.S. Custom House dates to 1879 and is still in business, as is the Old City Market, which, dating to the 1800s, is one of the nation’s oldest public markets. It was just starting to reopen as Covid restrictions were being lifted. Is it always has, the market offers local produce, jewelry, food and crafts, such as the famous

I was surprised to learn that the Port of Charleston is one of the ten busiest U.S. ports and handles more than $60 billion in cargo each year. Near the bridge, we saw container ships laden with goods heading in and out of the port. On the opposite shore, we cruised by a World War II ship/museum, the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier, anchored at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum. 46

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that she wanted to see Fort Sumter, where the first shot was fired on April 12, 1861, by a Citadel cadet. And so, we cruised by the five-sided brick sea fort that dates to the War of 1812, built on a man-made island to protect Charleston Harbor. It is a good thing for kids to be able to see what they study in person. The fi nal portion of the trip took us by the Battery, which was fascinating to see from the water, as well as the city’s skyline, which includes the iconic white steeple of St. Michael’s. Dating to the 1680s, the Episcopal church is thought to be the oldest church edifice in Charleston. The city does not allow any structures to build taller than the tallest church steeple, so the skyline is much

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as it has been during its history. We also learned that Charleston has been called the Holy City since the 1600s for its tolerance of all religions and for its numerous historic churches. At the same time, though, the city was the most active slave port, with 40–60% of enslaved people entering the country through Charleston. After being regaled with stories of Charleston’s history, including pirates, forts, wars, slavery, soldiers, landmarks, storms, shipping, sailing, religions, architecture and more, we said goodbye and thank you to Russell and headed back to the island. Our heads were filled with

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Imagine you are at the beach. You are thigh-deep in the ocean when you get caught off guard by a phantom wave that knocks you down. You get back up and your prescription glasses are gone. The ones you need to drive, to see, to live. And you are stuck. That’s a reality that Bob and Niki Pino encounter regularly. And it’s why they opened the Ocean City location of An Optical Galleria. “One of the reasons we opened the store in Ocean City in 2014 was to be able to offer a quick turnaround for lost or broken glasses,” Niki said. “With our lab on site and the ability to make glasses in an hour, we have saved so many people’s vacations.” The story behind An Optical Galleria goes back further. Bob has been

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Bob helped her build them out. Each store is individually designed to complement the environment around it. The atmosphere simply makes you feel comfortable upon entering and feels less like a doctor’s office. Niki even takes the art aspect one step further by creating and selling her own original oil paintings in each location. They put the same

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the family's love of fishing and their knowledge of the fishing community, they had to meet a high standard. “We had to create the best sunglasses imaginable, so we did that by combining our knowledge with both Italian craftsmanship and German engineering,” Niki said. Last year, they had prototypes ar-

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An Optical Galleria follow a dream goes back at least a generation further. Bob’s father, Albino Pino, left Paraguay in a Model T Ford along with a married couple in 1951. The three of them drove more than 27,000 kilometers across 13 countries. A baby was born along the way. They arrived 22 months later and settled in the Washington, D.C., area. There, he met his wife, Irene, married and raised five boys in Silver Spring. What the Pinos are doing with An Optical Galleria is an extension of the American Dream that sparked an epic journey for Bob’s father. But it’s not just about owning and running a successful business. It’s about helping people. Two of their clients were twin sisters who were in their 70s

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my parents were married on a sunny August day in 1943. Our old photograph albums abound with black-and-white pictures of family members at the beach. There is a photo from the 1930s of my maternal grandparents on the beach at Manasquan. It’s an overcast day, and my grandmother, in a white bathing cap, swimsuit and a bathrobe, has just emerged from the surf. Breaking waves and whitewater surge in the background. My grandfather, wearing a summer suit and tie and holding a straw boater hat, stands

My passion for the sea began long ago, in early childhood. Indeed, I’m convinced that an ineluctable attraction to the saltwater life is part of my fundamental makeup ~ an attribute passed down from my parents, and their parents, too, who loved the seashore. My father grew up on Staten Island, a few blocks from the sandy beaches that face the Lower Bay, the gateway to Manhattan from the Atlantic. And my mother’s family had a summer cottage in Manasquan, a northern New Jersey seaside town with broad, jetty-dotted beaches, where

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seashore beckoned. In the early years, we went to Dewey Beach in Delaware, about a three-hour drive from our home in the Maryland suburbs of Washington. There was never much traffic on the road to Dewey, even on a summer Saturday morning. We would travel over the newly opened Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and then take Route 404, which veers east just before Easton and runs through small towns and vast farmland to the Delaware beaches. Route 404 was then a two-lane country road; we always made a point of stopping at a little white-wood church to eat the sandwiches my mother made for the trip. As we approached Dewey, the sky grew wide and the land f lat and sandy. My heart raced as I knew what lay just ahead: my beloved ocean and the beach. Dewey Beach, a few minutes from Rehoboth and its boardwalk, consisted only of a few clusters of salt-and-sun-bleached rental cottages and scattered summer houses, a long pier on the Rehoboth Bay side, the Bottle & Cork restaurant and a landscape of scrubby vegeta-

beside her. Another photo shows my father’s father, wearing a Panama hat, a white dress shirt and a tie, seated under an umbrella on a Staten Island beach and reading a newspaper. The most poignant photo of all portrays my mother, her dark hair ruffled by the wind, leaning against a lifeguard stand on the beach at Manasquan in the summer of 1946; you could say I was present that day, too: my mother would have been carrying me. And so, when my younger brother, Ron, and I were kids in the 1950s, there was never any question about where we were going to spend our family vacations. The

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cilessly and then throw them back. Rehoboth Bay was so thick with crabs you couldn’t wade in kneedeep water without getting nipped on the toes. I remember how Dewey engulfed the senses: the omnipresent scent of the salty air, the stink of rotting seaweed and dead fish, the screech of the seagulls, the soft purr of boat motors, the slurp of water lapping against pier pilings, the resounding crash of breaking waves. How I relished the feel of salt on my skin, the taste of seawater in my mouth! Later in the morning, my mother

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would pack lunch and we would walk across the sand-dusted road that goes from Rehoboth to Indian River Inlet. Hiking across the dunes to the beach, we were greeted by the perpetually breathtaking sight of the great cadmiumblue expanse of the Atlantic. As we set up our stripy canvas umbrella and laid out our towels, our mother applied Sea & Ski tanning lotion to our arms and backs and thick, pasty zinc oxide to our noses. After a few days, our bodies turned brown, our hair as gold as the sun. Jeeps cruised up and down the beach between Rehoboth and Dewey renting beach chairs, umbrellas and inf lated surf mats, and selling soft drinks and snacks. The surf mats were made of heavy blue canvas and yellow rubber and were hard and stiff ~ well-suited for catching waves. It was during those childhood sessions of bodysurfing and riding mats at Dewey that I received my early education in the ocean’s

a broken wave hissed and slid back down the beach, dragging me with it; I remember desperately clutching the sand to keep from being pulled into The Deep. During those days at Dewey, I also learned not to fear what lurked beneath the surface of the ocean. We often saw surf fishermen reel in stingrays or sand sharks just yards off the beach, but in time I thought of these creatures as my companions in the water; I wasn’t afraid of them. Still, the sea had its dangers. One week at Dewey, there was an invasion of menacing jellyfish that lasted a couple of days. I was careful and stayed close to shore, warily eyeing the water for the ugly purplish monsters and their long,

system of constantly moving water. I learned about rip currents and undertow and the humbling power of waves and their infinitely complex and ever-changing fractal shapes. Dewey proved to be an ideal classroom for understanding the hydrodynamics of waves and the fundamentals of riding them. It was a place where most of the wave action was concentrated near shore, the perfect setup for a little boy on a surf mat. I loved catching a wave, being tumbled around as it broke and then hurled up on the beach; it was like being captured and released by some primordial force. But it was scary when the sea tried to take me back, when the foamy wash of

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would rent a rowboat, stroke out to the middle of the bay by himself and within a few hours return with a basket of squirming crabs, which soon would be steaming on the stove, filling the cottage with the nostrilstinging smell of Old Bay seasoning and cooking crustaceans. After dinner, of course, we would go to Rehoboth, walk the boards, eat Dolle’s popcorn and cotton candy, and enjoy the amusements. Rehoboth’s rides were modest in scale, mostly meant for kids— miniature trains, boats and cars. I liked the little boats best. Wearing my sea captain’s hat, I pretended I was slicing through mighty swells, their crests ripped by the wind, on some perilous mission as my boat traveled around a shallow circular pool.

poisonous tentacles. But my father, undeterred, breast-stroked confidently out past the shore break, surrounded by the dinner platesized jellyfish with f lowing tentacles; somehow, he didn’t get stung. In the late afternoon, we would drive a few miles down the road to Indian River Inlet, passing the endless dunes and the lonely, cylindrical World War II watch towers whose observation slits looked like eyes forever staring at the sea. We bought fresh fish right off the boats; old watermen with dark faces creviced by years in the sun and wind would clean and filet the fish on wooden tables whose tops were slimy with scales, blood, innards. Once or twice a week, my father

water, a bit of seaweed and some small shells. He named it Georgie. When it came time to leave, we took Georgie with us. Alas, the gentle little sand crab from Dewey Beach died not long after we got home. We buried Georgie in our backyard and used an oyster shell as a gravestone. We said a prayer.

Ron and I climbed into our beds on those quiet nights at Dewey with the fragrance of brine wafting through open windows, the curtains billowing in the soft nocturnal breeze. Our mother would rub Noxzema skin cream on our backs and shoulders to cool our little sunburned bodies, which scraped against the inevitable grains of sand in the bed sheets. I drifted off easily on those velvet nights at Dewey, f loating on a cushion of blissful contentment that only a day in the sun, saltwater and surf could bring. Once, on the morning we were due to depart, Ron dug a tiny sand crab from the surf and put it in a Mason jar with some sand and sea-

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Queen Anne’s County The history of Queen Anne’s County dates back to the earliest Colonial settlements in Maryland. Small hamlets began appearing in the northern portion of the county in the 1600s. Early communities grew up around transportation routes, the rivers and streams, and then roads and eventually railroads. Small towns were centers of economic and social activity and evolved over the years from thriving centers of tobacco trade to communities boosted by the railroad boom. Queenstown was the original county seat when Queen Anne’s County was created in 1706, but that designation was passed on to Centreville in 1782. It’s location was important during the 18th century, because it is near a creek that, during that time, could be navigated by tradesmen. A hub for shipping and receiving, Queenstown was attacked by English troops during the War of 1812. Construction of the Federal-style courthouse in Centreville began in 1791 and is the oldest courthouse in continuous use in the state of Maryland. Today, Centreville is the largest town in Queen Anne’s County. With its relaxed lifestyle and tree-lined streets, it is a classic example of small town America. The Stevensville Historic District, also known as Historic Stevensville, is a national historic district in downtown Stevensville, Queen Anne’s County. It contains roughly 100 historic structures, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located primarily along East Main Street, a portion of Love Point Road, and a former section of Cockey Lane. The Chesapeake Heritage and Visitor Center in Chester at Kent Narrows provides and overview of the Chesapeake region’s heritage, resources and culture. The Chesapeake Heritage and Visitor Center serves as Queen Anne’s County’s official welcome center. Queen Anne’s County is also home to the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center (formerly Horsehead Wetland Center), located in Grasonville. The CBEC is a 500-acre preserve just 15 minutes from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Over 200 species of birds have been recorded in the area. Embraced by miles of scenic Chesapeake Bay waterways and graced with acres of pastoral rural landscape, Queen Anne’s County offers a relaxing environment for visitors and locals alike. For more information about Queen Anne’s County, visit www.qac.org. 77

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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. 79

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feet, and the color selection includes oranges, yellows, reds, purples and pinks. They are adaptable to a wide range of soils but don’t tolerate poorly drained areas.

Early spring and late summer are the best times to transplant new bulbs. Heavy clumps can be dug up and divided after flowering. Cut the leaves back to about one-third of their original length and then divide the clump with a sharp spade into the number of pieces you want. Lilies are not fussy as to soil fertility. It always helps when planting or replanting to work some compost or other organic matter into the soil. Set the plants with the junction of the buds and roots one inch below the soil surface, and space them two to three feet apart. Water well until new growth appears. In spring, scatter 5-10-5 or 5-10-10 fertilizer

Daylily plantings can look somewhat ratty at this time of year because of yellow and diseased leaves. Do a general clean-up of the daylily beds, remove any dead or diseased foliage and dispose of it in the trash. In the annuals department, pinch back snapdragons after blooming to promote a second flush of bloom. If some of your annuals have died, pull them out and add them to the compost pile. You can replant beds 84

planted area and apply a generous layer of mulch. Many folks like to grow annuals and perennials to use as cut flowers. Cutting flowers is best done with sharp shears or a knife, which will help avoid injury to the growing plant. You can buy a special pair of cutting scissors that holds the cutoff stem, allowing the removal to be a one-handed operation. A slanting cut will expose a larger surface to water and will prevent the base of the stem from being sealed by resting upon the bottom of the vase. It is best to carry a bucket of water to the garden for collecting blooms rather than the familiar cutting basket. To promote a long vase life, cut flowers early in the morning or late

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in the afternoon when moisture and sugar content are high. Let the cut flowers sit for several hours in the water in a cool spot. Recut the stems at a slant and remove leaves that would be below the waterline as you transfer the flowers to vases. If you are going to dry flowers for use in arrangements next winter, cut them now. Early-season blooms are better for this purpose than those that develop in later summer. Flowers for drying should be cut during midday, in the late bud or early bloom stage. Chrysanthemums should be lightly fertilized every two weeks with a water-soluble fertilizer. In mid-July, to keep the plants com-

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July, the spring cool-season garden is finished, and the warm-season crops are going full tilt. Continue to make biweekly plantings of green beans to keep production going through fall. Late plantings of cucumbers, summer squash and tomatoes can also be made.

For a fall harvest of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, set the transplants out in late July or early August. These cool-season crops always do better in fall in our area. For a fall harvest of lettuce, radish, carrots, beets, turnips, kale and spinach, sow seeds in late July to early August. In the summer, dry conditions may make working the soil difficult and inhibit seed germination. Plant your fall vegetables when the soil is moist after a rain, or water the area thoroughly the day before you plant. Seeds may be planted in a shallow trench to conserve moisture. Cover the seeds about twice as deeply as you do in spring. Check the days to harvest on the seed packets. Early maturing varieties of vegetables are best for late plantings. To stop vine crops from taking 89

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sweetness and may cause the fruits to crack open. From half-size to maturity, one inch of water per week is all that is needed. Be on the lookout for insect pests in the vegetable garden. Spider mites can be a real problem during hot, dry weather. You will find them on the underside of the plant leaves. Squash and stink bugs can do damage on cucumbers and winter squash vines. Hornworms on tomatoes can strip

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Dorchester County is known as the Heart of the Chesapeake. It is rich in Chesapeake Bay history, folklore and tradition. With 1,700 miles of shoreline (more than any other Maryland county), marshlands, working boats, quaint waterfront towns and villages among fertile farm fields – much still exists of what is the authentic Eastern Shore landscape and traditional way of life along the Chesapeake. For more information about Dorchester County visit https://tidewatertimes.com/travel-tourism/dorchester/. 95

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scendants maintain Shepherd’s Delight, an estate once encompassing 1,100 acres. The manor house dates to the American Revolution, family ownership to 1824. In nearby Episcopal Christ Church I.U., Katharine’s grandfather is memorialized by a marble plaque that reads: Sewell Stavely Hepburn D.D., priest, 22 years the beloved rector of I.U. Parish. He fed them with a faithful and true heart. Family lore tells of grandfather’s extra-pastoral duties as a young

Several divas with Delmarva connections can be found along the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A couple more ornery Delmarvans (one diva and one divo) are conspicuously excluded from stars on the Walk, surely absent by choice, not by lack of fame: Bea Arthur and Robert Mitchum. Topping the A-list of those recognized, in most estimations, would be Katharine Hepburn. Not only is she revered as an actress, her Delmarva roots run deep. In Kent County, Hepburn family de-

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rine Houghton Hepburn. The “I.U.” memorializes Isaac Usilton, who gave land and financing for the original Christ Church sanctuary in the mid-1700s. St. Paul’s Parish dates to 1692, decades before the Revolution liberated the Anglican Church of England into the Episcopal Church in America. The reverend’s son, Thomas Hepburn, chose a medical career. At Johns Hopkins, he met pioneering female medical student Ethel Houghton and her sister Kate, his future wife. The sisters’ Houghton family owned Corning Glass Company in upstate New York. Tom courted Kate in Baltimore and at his sister’s estate, Waverley, in Gloucester County, Virginia, where they sailed Mob-

Sewell Stavely Hepburn D.D. circuit rider in 19th-century Maryland and Virginia. He rode horseback down rutted rural roads, tending physical as well as spiritual needs. He comforted the dying, assisted at operations, births and amputations, and once performed an appendectomy with only whiskey as anesthesia. Need be, in the vestibule after services, he took up forceps and extracted teeth. In addition to Christ Church I.U., Rev. Hepburn pastored Kent County’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Church from 1874 to 1881 and served St. Luke’s in Church Hill, Queen Anne’s County, where he baptized granddaughter Katha98

jack Bay and determined to marry. Katharine’s mother, Kate, and Aunt Edith became prominent advocates for women’s suffrage and (gasp) sex education, but both had considered theatrical careers before entering the public eye as fervent activists. On Katharine’s trip home to Connecticut with her parents, after graduating from Bryn Mawr, she announced, “I have a job, Dad. . . . I’m an actress.” Mother Kate could envision her daughter on stage in Shakespearean drama, but Dr. Tom Hepburn disapproved entirely. He had other plans for his daughter, hoping she would take up medicine. Eventually, Dr. Tom relented. Though the tragedy was never to

Katharine Hepburn and her older brother, Tom. be discussed, his softening may have related to trauma Katharine

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DelMarVa Diva had suffered years before, at fourteen. After visiting New York with her brother, Tom, young Katharine had been unable to rouse him when they were to catch the morning train for home. Forcing open the door to his room (locked from the inside), she found her beloved older brother had hanged himself during the night. Their father had been grooming his oldest son for a medical career. Afterward, he hoped Katharine, his oldest surviving child, would take up medicine in Tom’s place. Just before graduating, Katha-

rine had been accepted into Baltimore’s Auditorium Theater Group, probably abetted by family connections. She was staying with Aunt Edith and husband Dr. Donald Hooker at their home, Upland, in Roland Park. The couple was well known and well regarded in Baltimore for charitable projects. For years Katharine had heard glamorous tales of a young Aunt Edith leaving Johns Hopkins to study theatrics in Paris under Richard Mansfield. After a brief stint in bit parts, Katharine left Baltimore for New York with a letter of introduction from producer Edwin Knopf to a

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New York voice and drama coach. A stereotypical struggle as an understudy and bit player followed before Katharine became discouraged and agreed to retire from the stage and marry a wealthy Philadelphian she’d known since student days. The Reverend Hepburn, at eighty-three, journeyed from the Eastern Shore to West Hartford to officiate on December 12, 1928. He reportedly gave the groom his stock admonition: “The levelheadedness needed to buy a horse is even more critical to the prudent selection of a woman.” It was said that, even in bed, his wife respectfully addressed him as “Reverend Hepburn,” so the groom must have puzzled Grandfather. To

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win Katharine, her besotted husband had agreed to change his name from Ludlow Ogden Smith to S. Ogden Ludlow because she had balked at being addressed as “Mrs. Smith.” Nominally, Katharine’s marriage lasted to 1934, years longer than her retirement from acting. Meanwhile,

the Hepburns had grown fond of “Luddy,” who visited often, ever hoping to reunite with Katharine. Katharine’s breakthrough on film came as Jo in Little Women, a portrayal she patterned on her beloved, opinionated tomboy Aunt Edith. Subsequently miscast in films, she came to be labeled as “box office poison.” Retreating east in 1938 to the sprawling family cottage at Fenwick on Long Island Sound, she was visited by playwright Philip Barry, his career also in the doldrums. With her consent and occasional collaboration, he set to work on a play tailored for her, including family-inspired elements: well-to-do, publicity-averse heroine with an ex-husband lurk-

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and co-star Spencer Tracy. Oddly, both Ford and Tracy were divorceaverse, married Irish-Americans with boozy self-destructive streaks. Not so oddly, perhaps, when Tracy periodically locked himself in a Beverly Hills Hotel room on a bender, Katharine would lie outside his door all night in the hall, drowsily alert to any sounds

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coming from inside. She frequently fitted career choices around Tracy’s film schedule or health. Even on location elsewhere, she constantly stayed in touch with him by phone as far as possible. When unreachable, she monitored his behavior through

director George Cukor, who rented a cottage on his estate to Tracy. It was at that cottage Tracy suffered a fatal heart attack on June 10, 1967. Katharine had been staying there, tending him as his health worsened, but she deferred to his family in public during his funeral. Katharine then plunged into works that forced her attention from personal loss. She accepted challenging roles, even staring in the Broadway musical Coco. She agreed to play Coco Chanel and “make an ass” of herself, but described the experience as “terrifying from start to finish. The audience knew I couldn’t sing.” A cool New York Times review described her “f lat, ripsaw voice” and “daunt-

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Oxford Business Association July Calendar Oxford Museum is Re-Opening in mid July!! Come visit and see the new displays and expanded gardens. Friday –Monday, 10 am - 4 pm. 100 S. Morris St., 410 226-0101. Oxford Ferry is running daily from 9 a.m. till sunset. Call 410 745-9023 for exact times of the last trips! Tred Avon Yacht Club race schedule and updates are available at http://tayc.com/racing 7/3 – Cars and Coffee - Anyone can come out and enjoy cars, coffee, and camaraderie. Sponsored by Prestige Auto Vault and Doc’s Sunset Grille. Oxford Community Center. Free; 8:30 -10:30 a.m. the 1st Sat. of each month. Oxfordcc.org; 410-226-5409 7/3 – Chicken BBQ – Oxford Volunteer Firehouse, $10. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. or till sold out. 7/3 – Fireworks – Bring a blanket or lawn chair and celebrate the 4th of July with ﬁreworks. 7/8 - Sign Painting and Transfers – Learn how to paint a sign with an inspirational word transfer. All materials provided. 5:30 -7:00 pm, $36. Limit of 3 per class, mask optional. The Treasure Chest, 111 S. Morris St. For more info or sign up, go to www.treasurechestoxford.com or call 410-924-8817 7/10 – Nightwatch Concert – Outdoors at Oxford Community Center (will move indoors if inclement weather). Bring your lawn chair and have dinner at one of our ﬁne local restaurants before the show. $15. Oxfordcc.org or 410-226-5409 for reservations. Save the date for upcoming concerts – 8/7, The Dave Massey Band; 9/4, The Fabulous Hubcaps. 7/11 – Firehouse Breakfast is Back! – Come see your friends and enjoy a full breakfast lineup. Oxford Volunteer Fire Department, 8 – 11 a.m. Adults, $10; children under 12, $5. 7/11, 12, 13 &14 – Paint Oxford – As part of Plein Air Easton, competition artists will be painting throughout Oxford and will have the opportunity to exhibit their fresh paintings at St. Paul’s Church, 225 S. Morris St, Oxford. Come stroll through the exhibit and make it a point to stop by each day, Sunday through Wednesday as the exhibit will host new art at 4 p.m. daily. Free. Sunday, 7/11, three competition artists will be presenting painting demonstrations at the Oxford Community Center. Painting demonstrations will be held at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. More information and tickets for the demos is at https://pleinaireaston.com/events/satelliteexhibit-oxford-pae-art-exhibit-and-sale 7/12 or 21 - Bring Your Own Piece Furniture Painting Class - Bring a small piece such as a plant stand, footstool, picture frame, bread box and learn how to paint it with Chalk Mineral paint. Includes 8 oz. jar paint and 8 oz. sealer for you to keep. 5:30 – 8:30 p.m., $65. Limit of 3 per class, mask optional. The Treasure Chest, 111 S. Morris St. For more info or sign up, go to www.treasurechestoxford.com or call 410-924-8817 7/26 - Beginner Chalk Mineral Paint Class – Learn how to use Dixie Belle chalk mineral paint and sealers to paint furniture, picture frames, home décor items too! You will be painting practice boards, applying paints, glazes &amp; sealers. All materials provided. 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., $45. Limit of 3 per class, mask optional. The Treasure Chest, 111 S. Morris St. For more info or sign up, go to www.treasurechestoxford. com or call 410-924-8817. 7/30 - SILK All-In-One Mineral Paint Demo & Instruction - Watch how to use Dixie Belle & 39’s new Silk All-In-One mineral paint. Learn how to apply it and try it out on practice pieces. 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Seating limited to 6 people for this demo. $10 Limit of 3 per class, mask optional. The Treasure Chest, 111 S. Morris St. For more info or sign up, go to www.treasurechestoxford.com or call 410-924-8817

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Caroline County – A Perspective Caroline County is the very definition of a rural community. For more than 300 years, the county’s economy has been based on “market” agriculture. Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne’s counties. The county was named for Lady Caroline Eden, the wife of Maryland’s last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741-1784). Denton, the county seat, was situated on a point between two ferry boat landings. Much of the business district in Denton was wiped out by the fire of 1863. Following the Civil War, Denton’s location about fifty miles up the Choptank River from the Chesapeake Bay enabled it to become an important shipping point for agricultural products. Denton became a regular port-ofcall for Baltimore-based steamer lines in the latter half of the 19th century. Preston was the site of three Underground Railroad stations during the 1840s and 1850s. One of those stations was operated by Harriet Tubman’s parents, Benjamin and Harriet Ross. When Tubman’s parents were exposed by a traitor, she smuggled them to safety in Wilmington, Delaware. Linchester Mill, just east of Preston, can be traced back to 1681, and possibly as early as 1670. The mill is the last of 26 water-powered mills to operate in Caroline County and is currently being restored. The long-term goals include rebuilding the millpond, rehabilitating the mill equipment, restoring the miller’s dwelling, and opening the historic mill on a scheduled basis. Federalsburg is located on Marshyhope Creek in the southern-most part of Caroline County. Agriculture is still a major portion of the industry in the area; however, Federalsburg is rapidly being discovered and there is a noticeable influx of people, expansion and development. Ridgely has found a niche as the “Strawberry Capital of the World.” The present streetscape, lined with stately Victorian homes, reflects the transient prosperity during the countywide canning boom (1895-1919). Hanover Foods, formerly an enterprise of Saulsbury Bros. Inc., for more than 100 years, is the last of more than 250 food processors that once operated in the Caroline County region. Points of interest in Caroline County include the Museum of Rural Life in Denton, Adkins Arboretum near Ridgely, and the Mason-Dixon Crown Stone in Marydel. To contact the Caroline County Office of Tourism, call 410-479-0655 or visit their website at www.tourcaroline.com. 117

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Kent County and Chestertown at a Glance Kent County is a treasury of early American history. Its principal towns and back roads abound with beautiful old homes and historic landmarks. The area was first explored by Captain John Smith in 1608. Kent County was founded in 1642 and named for the shire in England that was the home of many of Kent’s earliest colonists. When the first legislature assembled in 1649, Kent County was one of two counties in the colony, thus making it the oldest on the Eastern Shore. It extended from Kent Island to the present boundary. The first settlement, New Yarmouth, thrived for a time and, until the founding of Chestertown, was the area’s economic, social and religious center. Chestertown, the county seat, was founded in 1706 and served as a port of entry during colonial times. A town rich in history, its attractions include a blend of past and present. Its brick sidewalks and attractive antiques stores, restaurants and inns beckon all to wander through the historic district and enjoy homes and places with architecture ranging from the Georgian mansions of wealthy colonial merchants to the elaborate style of the Victorian era. Second largest district of restored 18th-century homes in Maryland, Chestertown is also home to Washington College, the nation’s tenth oldest liberal arts college, founded in 1782. Washington College was also the only college that was given permission by George Washington for the use of his name, as well as given a personal donation of money. The beauty of the Eastern Shore and its waterways, the opportunity for boating and recreation, the tranquility of a rural setting and the ambiance of living history offer both visitors and residents a variety of pleasing experiences. A wealth of events and local entertainment make a visit to Chestertown special at any time of the year. For more information about events and attractions in Kent County, contact the Kent County Visitor Center at 410-778-0416, visit www. kentcounty.com or e-mail tourism@kentcounty.com. For information about the Historical Society of Kent County, call 410-778-3499 or visit www.kentcountyhistory.org/geddes.php. For more info. visit www.chestertown.com. 119

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Studio B Art Gallery is pleased to announce the gallery’s schedule and featured artists for Plein Air Easton 2021. Plein Air Easton is the nation’s largest outdoor art competition. Some of the world’s top plein air artists compete for awards and prizes every July in Easton, Maryland. The week kicks off with a special gallery open house reception on Friday, July 9, featuring Bernard Dellario and gallery artists from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Bernard will also be at the gallery on Thursday, July 15, with two live painting demonstrations at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Bernard Dellario studied drawing and painting at the Art League School in Alexandria, Virginia and has taken several workshops with

nationally recognized artists. He has been a member of the prestigious Washington Society of Landscape Painters since 2003 and currently serves as the society’s President. He has won several awards, teaches painting workshops, and has juried local art competitions. On Wednesday, July 14, come during the afternoon for a meet and greet the award winner Hiu Lai Chong at Studio B Art Gallery. Hiu Lai is an oil painter who uses vivid colors and sensitive brushstrokes to express mood and feeling in her subjects. In 2012, Hiu Lai received the Grand Prize and Artist’s Choice Award at Plein Air Easton. Studio B Art Gallery is honored to have art on display and for sale by

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Plein Air many previous Plein Air Easton winners and world-renowned artists. Stop into Studio B Art Gallery any time while you visit Easton during the 2021 festival. Summer is the perfect time to explore one of the most picturesque small towns on the East Coast while interacting with some of the nation’s top plein air painters. Visit Studio B Art Gallery at 7B Goldsborough Street in Easton, or online at www.studiobartgallery. com to view original paintings by all the gallery’s exceptional artists. You can purchase directly on the website, call to arrange a private viewing (443-988-1818), or stop into the gallery during open hours.

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Salad as a Main Course When you’re planning a summer menu, don’t forget the salad. Instead of putting something together at the last minute or preparing an old standby, plan ahead and serve an eye-catching salad with fresh appeal for the main course. What is a salad? Certainly not

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Tidewater Kitchen Unlike green salads, which wilt in a vinaigrette, most of these salads are even better with a little mellowing ~ even for a day or so. Most are designed to be made ahead of time and served chilled or at room temperature. Above all, salads celebrate the pleasure of cooking with fresh produce and other superb ingredients. I know from experience that after a long day in the office or in the car, it can be truly therapeutic to spend quality time with beautiful vegetables and ingredients. Try these easy main dish salad recipes for a delicious lunch or dinner.

ARUGULA SALAD with CALAMARI and SAUCE 1/2 pound fresh arugula (3 large bunches) Big shavings of very good Parmesan Lemon Vinaigrette: Juice of 2 freshly squeezed lemons 1/2 cup good olive oil Pinch of kosher salt & pepper Fill the sink with cold water and toss the arugula for a few minutes to clean. Spin-dry the leaves and place them in a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Pour enough dressing on the arugula to moisten. Toss well and divide the salad among individual plates.

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With vegetable peeler, shave the Parmesan into large shards and arrange them on the arugula. Serve with pickled peppers. FRIED CALAMARI Vegetable oil, for deep-frying 1 pound clean squid with tentacles, bodies cut into 1/3- to 1/2-inchthick rings 2 cups all-purpose f lour Pinch of salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 lemons, cut into wedges Pour enough oil into a large, heavy saucepan to reach a depth of 3 inches. Heat over medium heat to 350 degrees F. Mix the f lour, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Work-

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SPICY AIOLI 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1 T. fresh lemon juice 3 cloves garlic, smashed 1 pinch cayenne pepper Mix all together and enjoy.

ing in small batches, toss the squid into the f lour mixture to coat. Carefully add the squid to the oil and fry until crisp and very pale golden, about 1 minute per batch. Using tongs or a slotted spoon, transfer the fried calamari to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Place the fried calamari and lemon wedges on a clean plate. Sprinkle with salt. Serve with spicy aioli.

PASTA SALAD 12 ounces uncooked tortellini 1/2 cup red onion, diced 1/2 cup cucumber, diced 1/2 cup red and yellow bell pepper, diced For the dressing: 1/2 cup red wine vinegar 1/2 cup good olive oil 4 garlic cloves, smashed 1 t. capers, drained 1 t. kosher salt 3/4 t. freshly ground black pepper 3 T. freshly grated Parmesan Add all the ingredients for the dressing to a Mason jar or small bowl and mix together well, then set aside. Cook the pasta to al dente according to the package instructions. While the pasta is cooking, start preparing the other ingredients. Drain the pasta once cooked, then allow it to cool. Add the cucumber, red onion and colorful peppers to the pasta in a large mixing bowl. Toss all the ingredients together and gently fold in the dressing. Allow to sit for 3 to 4 hours be-

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veggies have time to soak up all the delicious f lavor from the dressing. Note: This is a highly versatile salad. You can add almost anything to it, including tomatoes, corn, black olives, avocado or salami. It all depends on your taste. GRILLED CHICKEN CAESAR SALAD Juice of 4 squeezed lemons 3/4 cup good olive oil 2 t. kosher salt 1 t. freshly ground black pepper 2 pounds boneless chicken breasts, halved

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Tidewater Kitchen Cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 6 hours or overnight. Heat a charcoal grill and cook the chicken breasts for 10 minutes on each side, until just cooked through. Cool slightly and cut diagonally in 1/2-inch-thick slices. Serve grilled chicken over Cae-

sar salad. Caesar Salad: 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 t. anchovy paste 2 T. mayonnaise 1/2 t. salt 1/2 t. pepper 1 T. lemon juice 1/3 cup olive oil Hearts of Romaine, chopped 1/2 cup freshly grated ParmigianoReggiano cheese 1 cup croutons Make a garlic paste, then add rest of dressing ingredients. Toss with lettuce and top with cheese, croutons and sliced chicken.

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Tidewater Kitchen Place the potatoes and 2 tablespoons salt in a large pot of water. Bring the water to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, until the potatoes are barely tender when pierced with a knife. Drain the potatoes in a colander, then place the colander with the potatoes over the empty pot off the heat and cover with a clean, dry kitchen towel. Leave the potatoes to steam for 15 to 20 minutes, until tender but firm. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, pickle juice, dill, salt and pepper. Set aside. When the potatoes are cool enough to handle, cut them into

quarters or halves, depending on their size. Place in a large bowl with the diced hard-boiled eggs and pour enough dressing over them to moisten. Add red onion, salt and pepper. Toss well, cover and refrigerate for a few hours to allow the flavors to blend. You may need to add more dressing, depending on how much the potatoes absorb. A longtime resident of Oxford, Pamela Meredith, formerly Denver’s NBC Channel 9 Children’s Chef, now teaches both adult and children’s cooking classes on the south shore of Massachusetts. For more of Pam’s recipes, visit the Story Archive tab at tidewatertimes.com.

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I used to like Clint Eastwood movies. I thought the spaghetti westerns were wonderfully campy and entertaining. And the Dirty Harry films were rough, and tough, as this rugged, cool detective ~dapper in tweed sport jackets and packing a .357 Magnum ~ challenged the system in his dogged pursuit of bad guys. Who can forget the poignant one-liners: “A man’s gotta know his limitations”

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nothing left to prove. All things considered, he is wisdom incarnate. Think of what it would cost to hire such a valuable person as an advisor, if you could find one. Think about what he knows about people, about children, about dealing with in-laws and cranky aunts and uncles, about avoiding trouble and possibly arrest. Consider his knowledge of essentials like cars, food, music and art. Consider how his judgment of people, products, pets and all sorts of deals has been polished by the years. Think about what he knows about women! Best of all, consider what he knows about you. You might still be able to fool some of the people some of the time, but you aren’t going to

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weaken the crew by not being able to pull my own weight? The answer was obvious. And it was the old man who got me to wear suspenders. That was a struggle. I have never been a suspender guy any more than I would wear bowler hats or use a pince nez. I viewed suspenders as period pieces, the stuff of old movies,

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Let the Old Man In corn syrup,” I’d hear him grumbling over and over. And he had the nerve to suggest that Coke had something to do with the need for suspenders. I did consider locking him out at that point, but one denies the truth at one’s peril, especially when it’s coming from such a reliable source. As with any other inf luence, you can’t let the old man take over. To give Eastwood his due, let’s assume he was cautioning us seniors

against using the old man as an excuse, because that’s all too easy to have happen. The path of least resistance never looks more appealing than when you start hitting those higher numbers; than when your daily energy ration has been reduced; and when it takes major effort to tackle even the smaller projects. That’s when you need to consult all the parties. Listen to that 27-year-old for inspiration, check in with the old man regarding health, safety and common sense, and decide “I can do this,” or not.

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Robert Morris Inn Hits the Market by Ross Benincasa

Tucked away at the conf luence of the Choptank and Tred Avon Rivers in Talbot County, the historic hamlet of Oxford, Maryland has long attracted visitors hoping to take a step back to simpler times by strolling the waterways or grabbing a bite along Morris Street. Long known as a haven for Washington, DC transplants and retirees, the rejuvenation of the town's dining scene has brought families and young couples to Oxford, whether they are sampling the new f lavors at Scottish-Highland Creamery, listening to music at one of the waterfront eateries, or enjoying a romantic weekend at the Robert Morris Inn, the oldest inn in America. Officially founded in 1683, Oxford is one of the oldest towns in Maryland and served as the only port of entry to the Eastern Shore. This designation led to steady growth and prosperity through the American Revolution, enjoying early prominence as a shipping center surrounded by tobacco plantations. While the tobacco industry waned, other trades filled in the gaps in the 19th and 20th centuries, including the oyster market, fisheries, and the connected can-

neries. Still a water-driven town, Oxford is enjoying a steady resurgence in the 21st century based on tourism and leisure activities, while the town itself is anchored by the forethought and investment provided centuries before, none more important than that made by Robert Morris. The Robert Morris Inn, sitting at the corner of Morris Street and Strand and adjacent to the OxfordBellevue Ferry, is an example of the history captured in Oxford's downtown facades—and a prospective model for the evolution of the town in the near term. Built circa 1710, the oldest portion of the Robert Morris Inn served as the residence of Robert Morris, father to Robert Morris, Jr., known as the financier of the American Revolution, and a prominent merchant himself. The property has retained much of its original character, while the expansions over the years are indicative of the time periods in which they were added. An Elizabethan staircase leads to the guest rooms; handmade nails and 14-inch beams hold up white oak f looring upstairs, while patrons walk on Vermont slate in the Inn's dining room.

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Robert Morris Inn The historic attributes of the Robert Morris Inn have served the proprietors well over the years, as the property nears two centuries of overnight accommodations. Year-over-year, the Inn has seen new and returning visitors endear themselves to the property and the historic, quaint nature of the town. The hospitality offerings and interest only grew when current owners Ian Fleming and Mark Salter took over 11 years ago, bringing fine dining and inventive cuisine to Morris Street and expanding the Inn's offerings. Billed as the oldest inn in America, the notable property has re-

cently been placed on the market for sale, a once-in-a-generation opportunity in a market driven by natural beauty and character. “My passion is converting boutique, genteel inns and hotels into thriving active and exciting businesses,” Fleming said. “Over the past eleven years we have achieved this. The hospitality business is so tactile—I really enjoy the opportunity to interact with our team and customers every day.” Both Mark and Ian were introduced to the charm and unique lifestyle of the Eastern Shore through their respective years managing and developing their now famous neighbor, The Inn at Perry Cabin in St. Michaels. After

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Robert Morris Inn 17 years guiding the food and beverage team of The Inn at Perry Cabin, Mark desired an opportunity to work for himself. Concurrently, Ian had built up his own company of hospitality businesses and was eager to return to the Eastern Shore. In May of 2010 Mark and Ian came together and took over the closed Robert Morris Inn, immediately focused on cementing its reputation as the most unique restaurant with rooms on the Eastern Shore. Over the past decade, the improvements to the Inn have been both structural and experiential. Focused on delivering an exceptional experience to all diners and

overnight guests, Mark and Ian have revitalized the indoor and outdoor spaces, developing one of the premier locations on the Eastern Shore. The addition of wine dinners, cooking demonstrations, and a robust calendar of events has only grown the Inn’s darling dining reputation. “I have loved every moment of the past eleven years, driving to the Inn each day through stunning Talbot County countryside,” Salter said. “Working daily with my team for our loyal customers has been a great joy, as has the relationships I have built with many local watermen and farmers.” However, after 11 years both Mark and Ian feel it is the right time to

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pass the Inn on to someone that can expand its assets while protecting the property’s charm and history. As the Town of Oxford continues its own business and tourism revitalization, the time is ripe for redevelopment of the Robert Morris property. The right visionary is wellsituated to take advantage of growing interest in Talbot County and the opportunities that the currently underutilized water views offer. Thus, an historically sensitive reimagining of the Morris and Strand corner, with possibilities including residential, short-term accommodations, dining, or a hybrid model, make this one of the most unique hospitality offerings in the country, let alone in the Mid-Atlantic.

“The Robert Morris Inn is an iconic fi xture in Oxford. The property has been influential to our community for generations, and we are excited to match the Inn with the right visionary to continue its relevance for generations to come.” While the property is marketed for sale, Mark and Ian will continue to operate the full-service inn, restaurant and tap house, and look forward to welcoming returning and first-time visitors to their slice of paradise in Oxford. The Robert Morris Inn is presented by Bob Greenlee and Ross Benincasa of SVN | Miller. To learn more, call 443-390-2600 or visit properties.svn.com/robertmorris.

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