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3 Anne B. Farwell & John D. Farwell, Co-Publishers Editor: Jodie Littleton Proofing: Kippy Requardt Deliveries: Nancy Smith & Brandon Coleman P. O. Box 1141, Easton, Maryland 21601 410-714-9389 www.tidewatertimes.com info@tidewatertimes.com Published Monthly Tidewater Times is published monthly by Bailey-Farwell, LLC. Advertising rates upon request. Subscription price is $35 per year. Individual copies are $4. Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in part or whole without prior approval of the publisher. Printed by Delmarva Printing, Inc. The publisher does not assume any liability for errors and/or omissions. Vol. 71, No. 4 September 2022 Features: About the Cover Artist: Mark Hergan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Publishers' Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 We Don't Need Another Hero: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Romantic Dance of the Carp: Bonna L. Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Finding Hope (Alaska): Michael Valliant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Downtown Easton's Movers and Shakers: Tracey F. Johns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 To Sing of Isaac Singer: A.M. Foley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Remembering the Infamous Patty Cannon: James Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 The Avalon from a Performer's Perspective: Gail Aveson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Changes - Coming Again - A Work Progress: Roger Vaughan . . . . . . . . . . 163 Departments: September Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Easton Map and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Caroline County ~ A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Dorchester Map and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 St. Michaels Map and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Oxford Map and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Queen Anne's County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Kent County and Chestertown at a Glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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About the Cover Photographer Mark Hergan be found floating around the racing course in his 17’ Boston Whaler Montauk taking photos and assisting junior sailors in need. Mark now travels the bay in an 18’ Scout CC Sportfish photographing the Chesapeake. The Port of Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay Log Canoes are his favorite subject and he published his first book on Log Canoes January 2017. His work can be found on social media under Deadrise Marine Photography.Thecover photo is title “Bush River Marker.”

Mark Hergan is an avid sailor and photographer on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. A graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland and a founding member of the college’s Offshore Sailing Team. He currently races on the 1932 Chesapeake Bay Log Canoe Mystery as crew. Mark started actively photographing CBYRA junior sailing regattas the summer of 2014 while traveling the Chesapeake Bay with his son and other members of the North East River Yacht Club’s junior sailing team. He could always

The Log Canoe Magic.

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warm my heart that people have ap preciated our efforts over the years.

The publishers ~ everyone who faithfully and kindly “puts this baby to bed” each month ~ are a pleasure to speak Thankwith.youall so very much!

As we approach the end of our celebration year, it occurred to me that we haven't thanked some of the most important people involved in the success of Tidewater Times ~ ourSoreaders.manyof our readers have been incredibly loyal over the years. A few years back, we got a telephone call from a gentleman from Connecti cut whose mother had just passed away. While he was cleaning out her home, he discovered a complete set of Tidewater Times magazines dat ing from the early ’50s. This was not the first such call we've received, but it never fails to Note: Celebrating 70 Years!

Back-figuring from 2022, and this being the Tidewater Times’ 70th year of publication, I was ten when I first read it. My late father (Robert Sharp 2nd) was new to selling East ern Shore real estate. I know that somewhere along the line he and his partner, the late Tom Critchlow, started advertising in it.

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The recipes, local lore, book re views and short stories are feasts for someone who’s just moved back to Easton after 20 years in Sara sota, Florida. We started subscribing to avoid the “hot off the press but they’re all gone now” scramble when stacks are delivered locally. Now I don’t have to scramble to my mailbox; it’s depend ably right there early each month.

The size of the magazine fit my [then] small hands ~ and I still love turning the pages with my bigger hands!

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We Don’t Need Another Hero by Helen Chappell

Because it’s been so hideously hot and humid all summer, even more than usual on the Shore, which could win a prize for hot and humid, I’ve spent a lot of time crouched in the air-conditioning. And I’m ashamed to say I’ve been wasting valuable writing and reading time streaming stuff. Superhero movies seem to be the big thing here. You know, Marvel, DC, steroided-out guys in skin-tight latex fighting crime and having backstories about their origins. The stuff incel dreams are made of. I haven’t followed a superhero or her oine in years, with the exception of Dr. Strange, but hey, that’s Benedict Cumberbatch, and I’m just a weakwilled hormone when it comes to him. So, watching the superhero origin movies becomes something of a guilty pleasure. And I’m ashamed to admit that I dipped my toe into that gene pool, but I did. After being amused to watch Shakespearean actor Tom Hiddleston drag himself out as Loki and, I’m sure, crying all the way to the bank, I began to look around me for real-life superheroes. I’m going to make a silk purse out of a sow’s

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The town firehouse is about a block away. It’s staffed with true heroes ~ men and women who vol unteer their time and put their lives on the line (often literally) for their community. Whether it’s a fire, a gas leak, a medical emergency, an acci dent out on the highway or worse, these people are there for their community. Volunteer fire companies are the spine of small towns. I grant Another Hero

The guys who pick up my trash every week are my heroes, too. If it weren’t for them, I’d have to haul my crap out to the dump myself, a job I never enjoyed. Just dragging those bags out of the house and down to the sidewalk is enough.

I’ll start close to home with Darnel, my friend and helper who cuts my grass and helps me with chores a woman of a certain age can’t do well anymore. Darnel’s uncanny ability to turn up just when he’s needed is one of his super talents.

ear here, because there are a lot of everyday heroes around who don’t wear latex or fly.

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Lilla P XCVILiverpoolWoodenWearablesShipsDesigualDenim you, they don’t always look like the firefighters on the calendar, but fire and rescue look awfully much like superheroes when they come to put out your fire or take you to the ER. That kind of selflessness makes for real courage. I’d rather have fire and rescue than Batman any day of the week. Batman isn’t going to extinguish a kitchen fire or check a gas leak for me. Law enforcement has a lot of he roes. Granted, I’ve met a few cowboys in my career, but people like the late and much-missed Wade Roche, retired from MSP and erstwhile chief of police of St. Michaels, was one of the best people Another Hero I ever met, in or out of public ser vice. Himself a master storyteller, he would patiently read my Sam

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20 and Hollis Mysteries for accuracy and, incidentally, some great pointers on making a better plot. Wade has been gone for a while now, but he’ll always be a friend and mentor. There are some real heroes in law enforcement, and they need to be celebrated ~ from the freshest baby trooper on highway patrol to the guys behind the big desks.

Another Hero enough to say he liked my writing and took the time back in chambers to explain the whole court procedure to me. He was a good judge and a good friend, and I miss him a lot. He was a hero.

If I’m thinking about mentors and friends who are heroes to me, I’d have to mention the late Judge William S. Horne. From the fi rst time I stumbled, green as grass, into his circuit court, he was kind

On a related note, I don’t think I could do a dispatcher’s job. If someone called 911 with an emergency, I’d probably flub it, but these people do their job under what has to be some of the most terrifying circumstances.

Mr. Rogers always said to look for the helpers. They are the superheroes in our daily lives. I hope someday I can be a superhero.

The doctors and nurses and aides who have looked after me in various stages of my health life are superheroes. Some of them have even become friends. They don’t leap tall buildings, but they do battle the mismanagement of healthcare in our country. That’s a superhero thing to do. They come in all shapes and sizes, these everyday superheroes. They don’t wear colorful wrestling attire, and most of them do their daily work quietly and without a lot of Peoplefanfare.like my editors are my superheroes. They’ve been here for me in some dark times and some light times, and I have to say I’m proud to be associated with Tidewater Times in this, its 70th year.

Helen Chappell is the creator of the Sam and Hollis mystery series and the Oysterback stories, as well as The Chesapeake Book of the Dead . Under her pen names, Rebecca Baldwin and Caroline Brooks, she has published a number of historical novels.

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One source referred to the fish by more exotic names, such as Eurasian or European carp. They do look more “exotic” than “common,” with their shiny bronze-gold body and head markings easily seen when they thrash and dash during lovemaking in the Thegrasses.long,torpedo-shaped carp can reach 12–30 inches in length and weigh 10–15 pounds, though they have been known to reach 30–40 pounds. In fact, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources

A welcome site in Jack’s Cove during the rebirth season of spring is the water dance of mating carp. They don’t arrive every year to entertain us with their splashing and jumping. They only seem to appear when the cove is bursting with fresh green aquatic grasses, splashing so loudly they wake us up at night. I have always wondered how they know that the conditions are ideal for romance and the creation of new carp. Delighted by their golden flash ing water dance and curious about their origins, I donned my research hat and went to work. Most sources agree on the name of our visitor ~ common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

The Romantic Dance of the Carp by Bonna L. Nelson

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28 (DNR) recently confirmed a new state record for a common carp catch of 49 pounds, caught in the Susque hanna Flats area of the Chesapeake Bay. The previous record was for a 44.4-pound carp caught off Morgantown Beach in 1978. The DNR describes the carp’s body as robust, deep and thick, and arched toward the dorsal fin. They have a thick, leathery appearance and are heavily scaled. The fish’s tail fin is forked and may be reddish in color. Under the bronze-gold back and side markings, its belly is usually yellow. Males and females look similar. Their average lifespan is 17–20 years. The species also has two barbels on each corner of the mouth. An attraction device, I wonder? Oddly, carp are the largest mem ber of the minnow family! The freshwater fish originates in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia. Specifically, the carp is thought to be a domesticated ancestor of a wild form native to the Caspian Sea region of east Asia. It has been Dance of the Carp domesticated and introduced to environments worldwide. Hard to believe, but the beautiful koi fish, sometimes thought to be related to goldfish and found in elegant land scape ponds, are actually koi carp, bred and domesticated in Japan as an ornamental variety of carp in the 1820s. Unfortunately, the fish is often considered a destructive invasive species and is included in the world’s worst 100 invasive species, accord ing to Wikipedia. Yet it is the most widely cultured fish species in the world, as reported by the Aquaculture Feed and Fertilizer Resources Information Center. With an absence of natural predators or commercial fishing, carp may significantly alter freshwater environments due to their high reproductive rates and feeding habits. In addition to eating insects, crustaceans, crawfish and worms, carp uproot and eat submerged vegeta tion. According to chesapeakebay. net, they also feed by sucking up mud from the bottom, spitting it back out and feeding on particles suspended in the water. This feeding habit leaves depressions in the sediment

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Joan Wetmore You will revel in the peaceful setting of this 3 BR, 3B home - but you will love the fabulous views even more! Minutes from St. Michaels, it has two primary suites, one on each ﬂoor, plus a deck, dock w/lift, screened gazebo, and two car garage. Will not last at $1,100,000! Last call for the 3BR fixer-upper in Neavitt! Solar, huge shed, nice yard, GREAT community - all for$315,000. quickly reproduced and invaded other waterways ~ and that Ameri cans didn’t have a taste for carp. The fish is now found in the brackish and fresh waters of the Chesapeake Bay and in most freshwater rivers, ponds and impoundments throughout the state. They tend to frequent shallow backwaters and shoreline habitats like our cove. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Edgewa ter, Md., considers the carp to be a very destructive fish, with its eating habits of uprooting and destroying SAV (submerged aquatic vegetation) to the detriment of native duck and fish populations. SERC states that despite the fish’s widespread dis tribution, not much is known about individual movement of the species. The SERC lab is currently study ing common carp movement with the help of acoustic telemetry, which involves the use of an acoustic transmitter. The transmitter is surgically implanted in the fish. Sound waves from the tag are then sent out at intervals and can be picked up by nearby acoustic receivers, letting researchers know that the tagged carp was in the vicinity. The hope is that tracking carp movement will help SERC scientists understand habitat use of common carp as well as daily and seasonal movement (see serc.si.edu/habitat for more information).

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In some countries, carp dishes are relished and offered for holiday festivities. According to Wikipedia, many Europeans celebrate with dishes made from carp. In Hungary, a Christmas Eve fisherman’s soup is prepared with carp, either alone or mixed with other fish, and served with stuffed cabbage and poppy seed and walnut rolls. The cabbage and rolls would be delish to me, not so much the fish soup.

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Carp are mixed with other fish to make gefilte fish, a popular Jewish dish. In China, it is a very popular protein food source. The fish is con sidered a symbol of prosperity and is served for special dinners. The carp meat is said to be white, firm and mild. The head is a much-favored part and costs more than the bottom, with the fatty area behind the eyes considered the most savory delicacy. The Chinese serve carp fried and then stewed in a sweet and salty

Intriguingly, carp are an impor tant food fish throughout most of the world, except in Australia and North America, where it is considered unpalatable. Carp have a lot of bones unless prepared properly. Favored methods of preparation include barbecuing on a grill and making fish cakes with carp fillets.

A traditional Czech dish served on Christmas Eve is a thick soup made with carp’s head and fried carp meat served with potato and salad. A Slo vak Christmas Eve dinner includes either a similar soup or fried carp as the main dish. Fried carp is also a traditional Christmas Eve dish in parts of Austria, Germany and Poland. Cream of crab or Maryland crab soup would be my choice, fol lowed by a crab cake with coleslaw and cornbread. We all have our cultural traditions and tastes.

. You have to catch carp before you can eat it, right? My husband, John, tried once from our pier using bread and cornballs as bait with no suc cess. According to DNR, bottom fish ing is recommended due to the carp’s bottom-feeding habits. Everything from a cane pole to a traditional bait casting rod can be used. For bait, DNR suggests using dough balls, worms, crayfish tails, canned kernel corn and worms. Apparently, carp are also a popular target fish for bow anglers, especially when they move into shallow water to spawn, like in Jack’s Cove. Hmm. John is an archer. Maybe he will try that next spring? I learned from the DNR website that carp definitely spawn in spring, from late April to June, and that is in keeping with our observations. They spawn over aquatic vegetation, typically in shallow, weedy areas with depths of 1 to 4 feet. That describes the upper end of our Jack’s Cove. And, as we have observed, spawning carp in shallow waters make a lot of commotion and can easily be observed. River dancing? The female has several male suit ors at a time. Good for her! Group mating usually takes place at dawn. Large females release between 100,000 and 500,000 (up to 2 mil lion for really large females!) sticky eggs over the spawning period. John thinks the males push against the females to release the eggs and then spray the eggs with a milky sub stance to fertilize them. No wonder the water is so murky when they are frantically dancing for love! The fertilized eggs adhere to submerged vegetation or the bottom substrate. The romancing adults abandon the eggs, which hatch in four to five days. The newly hatched carp stay in the shallows until they are 3 to 4 inches long. The young carp feed on small crustaceans and are vulnerable to predators such as other fish and birds, like the herons that frequent our shallows. In nature, the survival Dance of the Carp

38 sauce with ginger and green onions. Another recipe involves boiling the carp and adding other raw meats to the boil. It is also steamed in a garlicky broth topped with fresh red peppers. They eat the skin and peel the meat out from the many bones in the fish. The annual tonnage of carp pro duced in China alone exceeds the weight of all other fish, such as trout and salmon (which I think taste mar velous), produced by aquaculture worldwide (chinadaily.com)

Bonna L. Nelson is a Bay-area writer, columnist, photographer and world traveler. She resides in Easton with her husband, John.

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40 of the millions of developing eggs and hatched larvae is relatively poor. Only about one percent of fertilized eggs actually achieve adulthood. Survivors grow to 4 to 5 inches in their first year and reach sexual maturity in three to four years, when they are ready for romance. Although they typically spawn in spring in temperate zones, carp may have two or three spawning periods in subtropical and tropical climates. And with global warming come more frequent spawning periods in more areas of the world. Rising water temperatures and rainfall also contribute to the multiple spawning sessions.Weare hoping for another warm spring, abundant sea grasses and romancing carp next year in Jack’s Cove, though not at the expense of other marine creatures who depend on the habitat for survival.

43 SHARP’S IS. LIGHT: 46 minutes before Oxford TILGHMAN: Dogwood Harbor same as Oxford EASTON POINT: 5 minutes after Oxford CAMBRIDGE: 10 minutes after Oxford CLAIBORNE: 25 minutes after Oxford ST. MICHAELS MILES R.: 47 min. after Oxford WYE LANDING: 1 hr. after Oxford ANNAPOLIS: 1 hr., 29 min. after Oxford KENT NARROWS: 1 hr., 29 min. after Oxford CENTREVILLE LANDING: 2 hrs. after Oxford CHESTERTOWN: 3 hrs., 44 min. after Oxford TIDE TABLE OXFORD, MD SEPTEMBER 2022 3 month tides at www.tidewatertimes.com 12:2511:1710:1312:2411:2110:129:098:157:291:292:293:244:124:575:386:186:577:388:239:141:182:042:443:203:544:275:035:406:217:081. Thurs. 2. Fri. 3. Sat. 4. Sun. 5. Mon. 6. Tues. 7. Wed. 8. Thurs. 9. 30.29.28.27.26.25.24.23.22.21.20.19.18.17.16.15.14.13.12.11.10.Fri.Sat.Sun.Mon.Tues.Wed.Thurs.Fri.Sat.Sun.Mon.Tues.Wed.Thurs.Fri.Sat.Sun.Mon.Tues.Wed.Thurs.Fri. AM AMPM PM 12:2111:2710:2912:3011:1910:179:198:261:362:363:334:265:186:107:007:508:429:34-1:192:112:583:414:215:015:426:257:118:01 12:3311:3811:1010:4310:1512:5912:0111:4611:1010:319:509:058:167:206:155:003:422:291:583:024:105:186:217:168:018:409:149:461:322:36 12:3812:0611:3910:4910:0112:5112:2011:0410:059:037:556:405:244:153:192:331:561:221:552:323:164:105:136:217:248:219:12-1:16 HIGH LOW Campbell’s has three locations to serve you in Oxford, MD BACHELOR POINT 410.226.5592 JACK’S POINT 410.226.5105 TOWN CREEK 410.226.0213 Restoration H Repairs Haul-Outs H Slip Rentals Dry Storage H Yacht info@campbellsboatyards.comSalescampbellsboatyards.comCertifiedCumminsDealer

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Holly, with her parents Butch and Sharon Slaughter. Sometimes the universe conspires with your dreams. Things come together in ways you don’t expect to swirl what seemed like disparate realities. I’m not sure how I would have made it to Alaska in short order otherwise. My partner Holly’s parents, Butch and Sharon Slaughter, have RV’ed to Alaska twice and were planning to make one more crosscountry trip there this summer, taking two months to be on the road. I turned 50 earlier this year and had been thinking through ways to commemorate a half century. Alaska was a trip on both of our bucket lists. And the idea of being able to meet up with Holly’s parents and experience some of the state with them as tour guides, and some on our own, made this summer the time to go. My pining for Alaska kicked into high gear with the television show Northern Exposure . The 1990s drama/comedy was set in the fictional rural town of Cicely, Alaska,

46 with a cast of characters, a vibe and a landscape you wanted to spend time with. Despite later learning the show was filmed in Washington State, it was still what began my longing, and I was holding on to hope that there was a town somewhere in Alaska like Cicely. Northern Exposure is still my favorite TV show.We flew into Anchorage and Finding Hope stayed our first night in a lodge on a lake that had 46 sea planes docked on the shore. Not a single boat. And it was daylight at 11 p.m. We were not on the Eastern Shore anymore.Talking to friends, we got great advice that if we were going for a week, to either go south to the coastal towns of Homer and Seward on the Kenai Peninsula, or north to the mountains of Denali National Park and Fairbanks, but

48 not to try to do both on such a tight schedule. We read, we watched vid eos, we talked and we picked south to the Kenai.

The two easiest things to find driving on the Kenai Peninsula are espresso and cannabis ~ with big signs every mile or so making sure you know you can get up, or you can get down. RVs and trucks pull ing trailers were everywhere, and the towns each had multiple RV parks as well as more remote state parks to camp in the woods. We joined Holly’s parents and their friend Dave Smith, who was towing his camper along with them, on Homer Spit, a finger of land extending from the mainland Finding Hope out into Kachemak Bay. There were marinas full of fishing boats and stands where locals were cleaning halibut and salmon off the boats. For the time we were in Alaska, halibut seemed to be the equivalent of summer rockfish on the ChesapeakeOverBay.the next two days, we took our time driving to Seward, where the waterfront parking lots were packed with RVs, the town’s park had tent campers strewn about and cruise ships came and went out of the harbor, which had resident seals supervising things.

People RVing are happier than other people. They are friendlier, laugh more and seem to approach the day differently. We always want to bring things back from vacation with us ~ memories, of course, but more than that; things that make our everyday lives richer. I hope to be able to keep the RVing attitude in the way I see each day. A camping neighbor next to Butch and Sharon came back from fishing and offered up salmon filets, which were grilled for dinner.

To be on the move and appreciate the road, we made the call to rent a small RV and stay in parks. Then we drove to Homer going down Seward Highway, which is one of the most scenic roads in America ~ the incredible blue wa ter of Turnagain Arm with moun tains rising in the background.

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50 Leaving Seward, the Slaugh ters and Dave began to make their way back to Canada and then back across the United States to Denton, where we would see them a couple weeksSeeinglater.aglacier was on our mustdo list for the trip, so we headed to Exit Glacier, just outside Seward. Kenai Fjords National Park is a perfect starting point with a num ber of well-marked trails, and Hol ly and I took a trail that climbed a couple miles to get us to a shade of prehistoric blue that my eyes had never experienced. An interpretive sign read, “Look Finding Hope for the glacier’s signature blue glow in the deep crevasses. When light passes through ice this thick, all the colors of the spectrum are absorbed except for blue.” As you approach or leave the gla

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52 cier, signs mark where the ice was in various, incremental years. Even where it was in 2010 shows a stag gering loss. We stayed that night in Cooper’s Landing, at the Russian River Campground, where the Russian and Kenai rivers come together and there were people fly fishing everywhere they could wade. We took off shoes and stood ankle-deep, just listening to the river. Signs posted noted that the bear activity that day was particularly high. Thankfully, we didn’t see a bear. When we were lining up places to stay in Alaska, we watched a video that mentioned the town of Hope. There was an RV park right next to a bar and café. I called and they had a space for Friday night when we were going to be there. We booked it knowing nothing else. Main Street in Hope, Alaska, is a dirt and gravel road that might Finding Hope be a quarter mile long. You pass by Sourdough Dru’s “greatest gift shop in the world,” a food truck with coffee and rockfish tacos, the town social hall and then the Seaview Café and Bar, where we were staying. When we checked in, we found out they had our same spot available for Saturday night, so we doubled our stay. Our first five nights in Alaska were largely about geography. Our two nights in Hope were rooted in community. Though it rained for most of the time we were there, it didn’tPeoplematter.come to Hope each weekend from Anchorage, Fairbanks and other towns. They pull up in vans, trailers, campers or some combination, they walk into the river fishing, they enjoy live music at the Seaview and they spend time together.Hopeis the real-life version of Northern Exposure’s Cicely. When

Asking what time the gift shop opened on Saturday, we heard the joyful image, “Noon, but we’re going to listen to the band tonight and if I’m too hung over, then 1 p.m.” There was story after story of people who had found Hope and then decided to stay. Saturday night, the rain stopped long enough for the band Wiley Post to play at the Seaview, so we walked over from our RV. The crowd was a micro version of a family reunion combined with a Grateful Dead show. People were laughing and talking and dancing; a guy with a chest-long beard, cowboy hat and pajama pants on had a bubble machine blowing bubbles across the deck. We met a grandmother who was there with her son and his family dancing with her grandson, and she showed us pictures of their weekend. There was joy in the air. There was Hope. A guy we met while he was volunteering at the library was there with a Ziploc bag full of melted crayon hearts that he was giving people to pass out. He had made the hearts with local kids and they each had an “H” for Hope. He was another who had come to Hope in 1997, from Boston. Holly asked him why he made them, why he was passing them out to “Topeople.change the world,” he smiled.Wefound Hope. We’ll be going back. Michael Valliant is the Assistant for Adult Education and Newcomers Ministry at Christ Church Easton. He has worked for non-profit organizations throughout Talbot County, including the Oxford Community Center, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and Academy Art Museum. Finding Hope

54 the Hope school outgrew its oneroom schoolhouse, organizers in the town decided to turn the building into a library. To support it, they opened a gift shop of local arts and crafts and a book barn selling used books. Across the street is a Methodist Retreat Center, and around the corner is an outdoor outfitter that takes people whitewater rafting each day.

57 Easton Map and History The County Seat of Talbot “ColonialdistinctionEastonnificance,itsstored.preservedhomes,andperiodgracedlinedfascination.anduniqueturalbusinessspecialtycenterpieceEastontoriccourtsettlementsearlyEstablishedCounty.aroundreligiousandaoflaw,His-Downtownistodayaoffineshops,andcul-activities,restaurants,architecturalTree-streetsarewithvariousstructuresremarkablecarefullyorre-Becauseofhistoricalsig-historichasearnedastheCapitol of the Eastern Shore” and was honored as number eight in the book “The 100 Best Small Towns in America.” With a population of over 16,500, Easton offers the best of many worlds including access to large metropolitan areas like Baltimore, Annapolis, Washington, and Wilmington. For a walking tour and more history visit https:// tidewatertimes.com/travel-tourism/easton-maryland/.

59 Downtown Easton’s Movers and Shakers TraceybyF. Johns Darcy Bernot and Kerry Condon at Lizzy Dee. Downtown Easton is home to many locally owned restaurants, retailers and specialty shops that have weathered our recent history through happy diners, loyal customers and satisfied shoppers. Every few years, the block between Goldsborough, Harrison, Dover and Washington streets shakes up when opportunities arise for businesses to move and gain different spaces to accommodate growth and change. Here are highlights of three of downtown Easton’s most recent movers and shakers, and where you can find them on or around the block these days. Lizzy Dee 31 N. Harrison Street Lizzy Dee turns 18 this September and is celebrating one year in a larger, airier and more inviting space at 31 N. Harrison St. The new location is just around the corner from where I and, later, my daugh-

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Turn of the century Victorian home with beautiful wood floors, 3 bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths and is close to Idlewild Park and just a short walk to historic downtown Easton with its great restaurants, art galleries and The Avalon Theater. The kitchen is a cook’s dream with stainless appliances, granite countertops, a convenient island and walk-in pantry. Dining room and living room each have brick fireplaces w/natural gas logs. Backyard oasis with flagstone patio. Primary suite with vaulted ceiling, ample closet space and a full bath with tile floors. 2 guest bedrooms share a Jack and Jill bathroom. Modern conveniences of today with the charm of yesteryear!

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The Modern Bulldog 22-A N. Harrison Street TJ Hindman is an avid mid-century modern collector who started his business at Foxwell’s on Route 50 in Easton. He moved his collection and mid-century inventory to Easton Antiques and Art Gallery in 2017, sharing a small space and front window with owner John Dodson at 25 N. Harrison Street. “My acquisitions quickly outgrew this original space,” says Hindman. “So I took a huge leap of faith and expanded into an 1,800-square-foot gallery-style space across the street at 22 N. Harrison Street, where we are seeing increased foot traffic with our proximity to the Tidewater Inn Movers and Shakers

64 the Eastern Shore lifestyle, along with a full range of sizes. “We have up to four generations of women now ~ spanning in age to include young grandchildren ~ that get excited and gather to say, ‘Ooh…let’s see what’s new at Lizzy Dee’ because we’re always receiving something new, and our new location only adds to what makes shopping with us so special.”

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Women’s clothing brands you’ll find at Lizzy Dee include Nick and Zoe, Habitat, Cut Loose, Gretchen Scott, XCVI, Lilla P. and Baci. Visit lizzydee.wixsite.com/lizzydee for and information.

Be sure to follow The Modern Bulldog on Instagram @themodernbulldog for daily posts on Eames chairs, dressers, lamps and more premium iconic mid-century vintage. Out of the Fire 111 S. Washington Street Savoring delicious culinary ex periences at Out of the Fire is something locals and guests have done for 22 years at 22 Goldsbor ough Street. This September, the restaurant is relocating to 111 S. Washington Street, bringing food that comes fresh from local farms and sustainable sources to a refur

The Modern Bulldog specializes in highly collectible Eames chairs and presents a curated collection of 1960s–70s Danish teak furni ture, original artwork and sculp ture. The new space ~ which cel ebrated its first year in May 2022 ~ is bright white and well lit, with a purposeful, upbeat vibe. Hindman says the most gratify ing part of the expansion into this new space is serving the repeat clients who have discovered that The Modern Bulldog can find just the right items for their homes. “Our inventory continually grows by listening to our shoppers’ wish lists and finding them curated pieces,” says Hindman. “I can’t thank our clients enough for shop ping at our locally owned small TJ Hindman Movers and Shakers business. I’m so proud knowing that most of our cherished pieces remain in Talbot County.”

66 and the other great retail estab lishments in downtown Easton.”

What’s different includes outdoor seating, a larger, 900-square-foot kitchen with a vaulted ceiling, an Movers and Shakers

68 bished residential property near the intersection with South Street. In this new space, Chef Chris Berger, Sous Chef Jed St. Landa and the Out of the Fire team will continue to blaze the trail in fine dining experiences while creating a warm and unpretentious local dining destination. For me, Out of the Fire is the place to go to celebrate a graduation or to catch up with a dear friend over a long lunch. After seeing the new space under construction, I can’t wait to return to experience the new outdoor dining porch and to enjoy a meal in one of the numerous dining areas that have been transformed from the property’s residential rooms. Out of the Fire owner Amy Haines loves art, and the restaurant’s new location will continue to provide space for many local artists to display and sell their work.

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When asked about her restaurant’s durability and success, Amy always deflects ~ giving the lion’s share of the credit to her staff, local partner growers and, of course, to her loyal patrons. Humbly, she says, “I just provide a canvas.” Be sure to reserve your table at Out of the Fire or learn more at outofthefire.com

Tracey Johns is a storyteller, engaging local, regional and national audiences through her words and photography. She has worked in communications, marketing and business management for more than 30 years, including non-profit leadership. Tracey’s work is focused on public and constituent relations, along with communication strategies, positioning and brand development and project management. and Shakers

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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.CarolineCounty

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.

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

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.

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).

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.

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81 byGARDENINGTIDEWATERK.MarcTeffeau,Ph.D. Turf Tips and September Gardening Is your lawn looking a little worse for wear, so to speak, after the rather brutal summer heat? Fall is the best time to renovate or reestablish lawns on the Eastern Shore. The window for lawn seeding is August 15 through October 15, but September is the best time to do it. It’s hard to maintain a good lawn on the Eastern Shore. We are what is called the “transition zone” be tween cool season grasses like bluegrass and turf-type tall fescues and warm season grasses like Bermuda and Zoysia. It gets too hot for the cool season grasses and too cold for the warm season ones.

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The second reason for fall seed ing is that weed competition is starting to lessen. Many of our weed problems in turf are caused by annual weeds such as crabgrass. At this time of year, they are com pleting their life cycle and going to seed. The third reason is that grass seed spread now will sprout soon enough to provide lawn enjoyment this fall, and the newly established turf will have a head start against the weeds next spring. If you want to do some lawn maintenance this fall, I recommend the University of Maryland Extension website on lawn establishment and main tenance (https://extension.umd. edu/resource/challenge-growinglawn-maryland). It has all the in formation you will need regarding lawn care and lawn alternatives. September’s cooler temperatures mean this month is a great time to tend to the landscape you neglected in summer because of the heat and humidity. Colorful caladiums have become very popular landscape plants over the last few years. If you have caladiums, they will begin to lose leaves as the nights become cool. Dig them up, allow them to dry and store them in a warm, dry place. Replace them with fall mums to add another source of color to the landscape. As the leaves of gladiolus yellow, it is time to dig the corms. Care fully dig up the corms with a spad ing fork to avoid damaging them. Cut the long leaves back to about one-half inch above the corm im mediately after digging. Then dry the corms for 10 to 20 days, sepa rate the large ones from the small ones and store them in damp peat moss at 40° to 45°F in an area with good air circulation. To make sure

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September is also the month that we plant spring-flowering bulbs in the landscape. They are easy to plant, require minimal care and reward us with beautiful displays of spring color. Good drainage is absolutely essential for spring bulbs. Sandy soils are best, but don’t lose heart if you have heavy clay soil. Amend heavy soils with organic matter like compost, peat moss or aged pine bark to improve drainage. Bulbs are heavy feeders of phosphorus and potash, so use a fertilizer that is higher in these two elements as compared to nitrogen.

85 the mice don’t get into them, cover them with some rat wire and scatter some mouse bait about. Plant the tubers of both herba ceous and tree peonies in Septem ber or early October so they will have time to become established in the soil before winter. Dig a hole 18 inches across and 18 inch es deep for each tuber. Space the holes so the plants will be at least 3 feet apart. Make sure the roots are buried only 1 ½ to 3 inches be low ground level, as planting too deeply will prevent the plants from blooming in spring. Be prepared to stake the peonies in spring, as their large flowers will result in the plants being top heavy.

Don’t forget to add lilies to the

September is an excellent time to establish new perennial flowerbeds. Dig, divide and replant overcrowded beds of cannas, daylilies, violets and Shasta daisies. Spread a liberal amount of organic matter, such as compost and bulb fertilizer, evenly over the area. Mix this into the soil at least 6 to 8 inches deep. Space divisions at least 1 foot apart in all directions so that root competition will not be a problem for several years.

remember that a mass planting of one flower type or color will pro duce a better effect than a mixture of many colors. Flowers of bulbs stand out more vividly if displayed against a contrasting background. For example, white hyacinths among English ivy, yellow daffo dils against a ‘Burford’ holly hedge or red tulips towering over a carpet of yellow pansies. Plant the bulbs as soon as possible after bringing them home from the garden center or receiving them in the mail. If you can’t plant them right away, store them in a cool, dry place. Bulbs are not dormant like seeds. They are living plants, and too much heat can kill them. Too much moisture can cause rot or fungus problems. They should be planted before the first hard frost. But if you find yourself with un planted bulbs after the cold weather has arrived, plant them anyway. They won’t keep indoors, but in the ground they’ll probably surprise you and flower come spring. Sowing seeds of hardy annuals, such as sweet alyssum, pinks and sweet peas, now will give the seedlings time to get established and develop good root systems be fore the coldest part of winter. This gives them a head start on growth and flowering next spring.

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88 Tidewater Gardening plants in the perennial beds for many years of beautiful flower ing. Modern hybrids are available in many colors and grow from 2 to 6 feet tall. American-grown hybrid varieties have less trouble with virus disease than the old species types. Your existing daylily plantings should be divided, cut back and fertilized now to promote root growth for next year’s flowers. For established deciduous trees and shrubs, wait for the leaves to begin dropping before fertilizing. This signals dormancy, a period when no new growth will be stimu lated that might not have a chance harden off prior to cold temperatures. Fall fertilization of decidu ous trees and shrubs is usually rec ommended because even though the upper part of the plant has gone dormant, the roots are active until soil temperature drops below 40°F. Nutrients will thus be taken up and used by the plants to develop a stronger root system. Do not do any pruning this month. Excessive pruning at this time will quickly delay the hardening process that has already begun in anticipation of winter several months ahead. New growth that results from pruning can easily be injured by an early freeze. And re member, spring-flowering shrubs like azaleas, lilacs and forsythia have already formed their flower buds for next spring. If you prune these plants now, you will be pruning out next spring’s flower display. During September, be sure to wa ter vegetables adequately if there is not sufficient rainfall. Crops such as corn, peppers, squash and tomatoes won’t mature correctly if they are stressed due to lack of water. It’s also important to do a good job of cleaning up the vegetable garden for fall. Remove and dis pose of diseased and insect-infect ed plants and vines that have fin ished producing. Dispose of these in the trash ~ not in the compost pile. A number of insect pests like cucumber beetles, squash bugs, Colorado potato beetles and Euro pean corn borers pass the winter in debris left in the garden. Dis ease organisms like early blight also overwinter in leftover veg etation. Good sanitation in fall is the best way to reduce disease and insect pressure in next year’s veg etableNeargarden.theend of the growing season, pick off all tomato blossoms that won’t have time to bear fruit so that plant nutrients go into existing

Don’t forget the fall vegetable garden. Early to mid-September is a good time to plant beets, carrots, collards, mustard greens, onions, parsley, radishes, spinach and turnips seeds for a nice fall crop. Happy Gardening!

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89 tomatoes. In your herb garden, you can keep basil, parsley, garlic, mint and sage continuing to produce by pinching off the flowers. Herbs can be used fresh, frozen or dried. When the dew dries, cut a few stems, tie a strong cord around this little bouquet and hang in a cool, dry place until fully dry. Place in a jar for use during the winter. If you grew winter-type pumpkins and squash, such as acorn, butternut and spaghetti squash, they will keep well for several months in a cool, medium-dry basement, garage or toolshed. If the floor is damp where you are storing, elevate the produce to reduce the possibility of rot. The best storage temperature is about 60°F. Before harvesting, allow the fruit to ripen fully on the vine, and cure in the sun to form a hard rind. Harvest before frost and leave a piece of stem on each when they are cut from the vine.

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In case you missed the news, the PFAFF division of SVP Worldwide of La Vergne, Tennessee (of all places!), won the prestigious Red Dot Award for “Best of the Best” product design, an award bestowed annually at Essen, Germany. To the uninitiated, that means Singer Sewing Machine’s parent company is still gittin’ ’er done at 170 years of age ~ and getting it done inter nationally.Sucha global triumph left me gobsmacked because Singer was woven into the fabric of my youth, when a sewing machine occupied one quarter of our dining room table. My maternal grandmother, Ma, spent nearly every day at the table, diligently sewing while listening to soap opera broadcasts. Neither oc cupation took root with me, with my abiding lack of manual dexter ity and my early surfeit of “Stella Dallas, Backstage Wife.” But I may have picked up a dab of frugality by watching Ma as she renewed dress shirts by turning frayed collars and cuffs, transformed old clothes into quilts or braided rugs and salvaged portions of my mother’s old clothes by downsizing them to fit a daughter.Ma’ssewing machine was a por table electric, a model introduced in 1921. Having lost her husband in World War I to mustard gas poisoning, she was receiving a War Department pension and thus had no need to buy her Singer on time.

Isaac Singer owed much of his suc cess to selling machines on installment plans, a buying method he pioneered in the mid-1800s. In any case, I doubt my grandmother ever purchased any merchandise on installments. I imagine whenever she wanted something, Ma saved the cost from her widow’s pension. Had she been able to google up Isaac Merritt Singer (1811–1875), Ma might have refused to buy one of his machines under any terms. He was what Ma would have called

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96 a “scamp.” That was about her strongest term of disapproval, but it was hardly adequate to describe Mr. Singer. In an article written for American Heritage , Pete Lyon wrote of Singer’s “spectacular de pravity.” One of several Mrs. Sing ers called Isaac a “most notorious profligate,” emphasizing that “a more dissolute man never lived in a civilized country.”

She and several of Isaac’s con temporaneous intimates were named Mary or a close variant. His first marriage, to 15-year-old Marie Haley, lasted 30 years and produced two children before he Isaac Singer abandoned them for life on the stage with the Baltimore Strolling Players. Straying with the travel ing troupe began 25 years with ac tress Mary Ann Sponsler, who ulti mately bore him 10 children. Over the duration of these simultaneous relationships, his inventions made him a wealthy man ~ so wealthy he was able to install his Sponsler family in a Fifth Avenue mansion, where they employed Mary McGo nigal.One day Mary Ann, who fash ioned herself as Mrs. Singer, was riding out on Fifth Avenue when her carriage came abreast another from their household, wherein sat Isaac with Mary McGonigal. Mary

Ann had Isaac arrested for bigamy. Released on bond, he fled to London with McGonigal, who ulti mately bore him seven children. In the course of untangling Isaac’s obligations, it came to light he’d fathered a daughter in Lower Manhattan by another employee, Mary Walters, a machine dem onstrator. (Because women were widely assumed incapable of operating machinery, female demon strators in shop windows exhibited the ease of sewing while peddling a Singer.)Despite his wealth, New York society refused to welcome Singer. They never could forget his fleeing in disgrace amid the Sponsler/McGonigal scandal. His meteoric rise

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98 from poverty to wealth may also have been resented by established gentry. Born at Pittstown, New York, into a German millwright’s failing marriage, he was youngest of eight children and was ap parently unmissed after running away. At the age of 12, he found a lowly job in a machine shop. While exhibiting aptitude for the work, Isaac Singer St. Michaels Inn 1228 S. Talbot Street, Saint Michaels, Maryland 21663 410-745-3333 •

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101 Oxford Map and History Oxford is one of the oldest towns in Maryland. Although already settled for per haps 20 years, Oxford marks the year 1683 as its official founding, for in that year Oxford was first named by the Maryland General Assembly as a seaport and was laid out as a town. In 1694, Ox ford and a new town called Anne Arundel (now Annapolis) were selected the only ports of entry for the entire Maryland province. Until the andcharmingtobaccoroundedshippingasenjoyedRevolution,AmericanOxfordprominenceaninternationalcentersurbywealthyplantations.Today,Oxfordisatree-linedwaterboundvillage with a population of just over 700 and is still important in boat building and yachting. It has a protected harbor for watermen who har vest oysters, crabs, clams and fish, and for sailors from all over the Bay. For a walking tour and more history visit https://tidewatertimes. com/travel-tourism/oxford-maryland/. The StrandTilghman St. Market St. HighSt. OxfordEastSt.DivisionSt.RoadRobesBenoniAve.PleasantSt.Hbr.Ct.SouthMorrisStreet Bachelor PointRoad Pier St. E. Pier St. BonfieldAve.ThirdStreetJack’sPt.Rd.St.2ndFirstStreetW.DivisionSt.CarolineSt.WestSt.TredAvonAve. MyrtleAve. RichardsonSinclairSt.St.StreetSouth TownCreek Rd. WilsonSt.StewartAve. NortonSt. MillSt.JeffersonSt.BanksSt.FactorySt.Morris St. Oxford Community Center Oxford Park Oxford Bellevue Ferry T r e d A v o n R i v e r Town Creek Oxford To Easton 333 8 1 2 3 7 9 10 11 13 15 16 17 18 19 4 65 12 14 © John Norton

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Sept. 9 · Zoom event : Mysteries about Chincoteague with Kathryn O’Sullivan and Paul Awad: When Earth Shall Be No More and Amy Schisler: Seeking Tranquility Link on our FB page Sept. 17 · 1 to 3 p.m. at the store Stephanie Verni signing Letters In The Books Isaac Singer well as popular morality plays. His troupe lasted only about five years, but he retained an artistic tem perament through life, including theatricality and a profane temper. When forced once again to fall back on mechanical skills, he en ticed sponsors to finance or collaborate on several devices. In the course of perfecting a wood-block cutter, he shared space in a ma chine shop whose owner was at tempting and failing to perfect a practical sewing machine for home use. Singer became interested in the conundrum, which promised to be profitable. Several industrial sewing machines and unreliable home models had already been patented. With input from the shop owner, Singer conceived an ap proach that simplified operation of the first reliable home machine. Shedding former investors and collaborators, Isaac won a patent in 1851 with help from Edward Chase, an attorney working contin gent on a partnership. Chase would prove worth his weight in gold in disputes involving earlier patents and former partners. Isaac and two competitors, each charging the others with infringements, ultimately agreed to avoid endless litigation by pooling their patents into the Sewing Machine Combination, a novel solution crafted by Clark. Elias Howe, who held a patent

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devised by Samuel Colt and Eli Whitney to manufacture firearms, Singer produced a home model for $29 that retailed for $110 ~ still beyond the reach of most households, but Clark was an innovative marketer. with installment plans, trade-ins were allowed. teachers and parsons purchased at half-price (foreshadowing social media “influ encers”). In the 1860s, along with the need for troop clothing, a Yankee tailor named Ebenezer Butter

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predating Singer’s, refused to join the combine. (It was Howe who moved the eye of the needle from its traditional end to its leading point.) After a five-year legal bat tle, Howe emerged from poverty with a royalty on every machine Singer sold. Royalties ultimately amounting to more than $1 mil lion didn’t pinch I. M. Singer & Co. Isaac’s simplified design had led to mass

104 ick created a popular line of dress patterns. The publisher of Godey’s Lady’s Book , “queen of the month lies,” pronounced Singer’s machine “next to the plough…perhaps humanity’s most blessed instrument.” Despite mushrooming profits, Mrs. Clark urged her husband to separate from the “nasty brute.” Mr. Clark ignored her until the “scoundrel” eventually swindled him. In private life, on the other hand, “the brute” had been tamed. While in Europe at a Paris pension, 50-year-old Singer met the landlady’s 19-year-old daughter, Isabella Eugenie Boyer. As far as is known, Singer at last settled down. Isaac Singer Tidewater Residential Designs since 1989 TIMOTHY B. TBKEARNSDESIGN.COMKEARNS·410.226.5100

Union with Isabella produced six children.Inhis former life in New York, Mary Ann had claimed marital status under common law because seven months of the years she and Isaac lived together fell between his long-overdue divorce from Ma rie and his flight with McGonigal. From Europe, Isaac discovered Mary Ann was still receiving his support payments while having se cretly wed another. He returned to America to finalize arrangements with Mary Ann, accompanied by Isabella. She and Isaac moved to an estate in the Hudson River Valley, but decided they preferred Europe. Singer commissioned a lavish mansion dubbed Ordway on

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Butterick Patterns Isaac Singer redone to resemble the Palace of Versailles.Forme, Singer’s legacy is simply a memory of my grandmother at work. Her black cast iron machine (embellished with gold script conceived by Edward Clark) is long gone, adopted by neither my mother nor myself. To an unappreciative granddaughter, the whirring of the Singer often meant I’d be fidgeting amid pinpricks, perhaps being fitted for a brown gabardine jumper cut from my mother’s old office wear. The shining exception was a pseudo-Pan Am stewardess coat, custom-tailored for a patriotic child, complete with brass buttons and an “overseas” cap. I’m sure there’s a snapshot around here somewhere of me saluting a camera. Forty-some years ago, A.M. Foley swapped the Washington, D.C., business scene for a writing life on Elliott Island, Maryland. Tidewater Times has kindly published portions of one upcoming work, Chesapeake Bay Island Hopping, along with other regional musings. Foley’s published works are described at www.HollandIslandBook.com.

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Cool and Creamy Soups Take a break from the kitchen and the heat with these chilled nocook summer soups. Chilled soups provide a cooling respite from the sultry heat and make a great start to a light meal or a main course when they are served with a crisp green salad and warm rolls. Cold Cucumber, Creamy Avocado and Chilled Strawberry and Yogurt Soup are welcome when the thermometer continues to rise. Chilled Strawberry Soup is a California classic. Slightly updated with peppery balsamic vinegar and mint, this simple and refreshing uncooked soup is just the thing to serve for a lunch on the boat or ter race. Many of these classics are delicious served hot or cold, and many

Tidewater Kitchen can be dressed up or down. Serve cups of Tomato Gazpacho from a thermos at a beach picnic or ladle it into China bowls and top with shrimp for a dinner party.

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Best of all, these creamy cre ations don’t require a bit of cooking, and they can be prepared in just 20 minutes. Chill them for at least three hours to bring out the best flavor. If you prefer more texture, you can puree the soup mixture until it is partially smooth or toss in some diced vegetables or fruit to garnish and to add a little crunch to theServedish. these recipes in wellchilled bowls to help keep them cold longer. Cold soup is hydrating, refreshing and brimming with peakseason produce. It is the sort of thing you can make ahead and keep on hand, as its flavor improves after a day or two in the refrigerator.

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1 c. plain Greek yogurt 1/4 cup sour cream 1/4 c. balsamic vinegar 1 T. chopped fresh mint Puree the berries in a food processor or blender until smooth. Pour the puree into a large pitcher and add the wine, honey and all spice. Whisk in the yogurt and sour cream, and chill for at least 6 hours or overnight. Chill the serving bowls as well. At serving time, ladle the soup into chilled bowls and float a teaspoon of balsamic vinegar over the surface of each. Finish with a sprin kling of mint and serve immediately.

In last month’s issue, there was a recipe for Tomato Gazpacho made with yellow tomatoes. 6 large red tomatoes, chopped coarsely 2-1/4 c. low sodium V-8 juice 1 large cucumber, chopped coarsely 1 large onion, chopped coarsely 2 green or red bell peppers, chopped 3coarselycloves garlic, minced 1/3 c. extra-virgin olive oil

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Watercress Soup 2 c. chicken broth 1-1/2 c. loosely packed watercress 2leavescucumbers, peeled, seeded and 1choppedgreenbell pepper, chopped

Fiesta Citrus Soup 1 large grapefruit 2 large oranges 1 c. chopped plum tomato 1/2 c. chopped green bell pepper 1/4 c. peeled, seeded and chopped 1/4cucumberc.chopped tomatillos 2 T. chopped purple onion 2 T. chopped fresh cilantro 3 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 c. reduced sodium tomato juice 1/4 c. chicken broth 2 T. lime juice 1 t. hot Peel,saucesection and seed grapefruit and oranges. Coarsely chop sec tions and place in a bowl. Add chopped tomato and remaining ingredients; cover and chill mixture 3 hours. Makes 4 cups.

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1/2 c. chopped fresh cilantro 1 small onion, chopped 3 coarsely chopped green onions 1/4 c. chopped fresh parsley 1 to 3 T. lime juice 1 t. chili powder 1 t. salt 1/2 t. freshly ground pepper 1/4 t. hot sauce 1 (32 oz.) container chicken broth 1 (16 oz.) container sour cream Process avocado in a blender or food processor until mixture is smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Add chopped cilantro and next 8 ingredients, then process until mixture is smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Pour into a large bowl, then stir in chicken broth and sour cream. Cover and chill 3 hours. Makes 8 cups. Tidewater Kitchen

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118 Tidewater Kitchen 1 (16 oz.) container sour cream 1 c. half and half or coconut milk 1 T. minced fresh dill 1 t. sea salt 1/2 t. freshly ground pepper 1/8 t. hot sauce Garnish: fresh dill sprigs Process first 3 ingredients in a blender or food processor until smooth, stopping to scrape down sides. Pour into a pitcher or large bowl; stir in sour cream and next 5 ingredients. Cover and chill 2 hours or more. Chilled Peach Soup 1 quart frozen peaches or 8 fresh peaches, peeled, chopped and sprinkled with sugar, plus peach

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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.

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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.

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.

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

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.

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Kent County and Chestertown at a Glance

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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Kent County is a treasury of early American history. Its principal towns and back roads abound with beautiful old homes and historic landmarks.

The first settlement, New Yarmouth, thrived for a time and, until the founding of Chestertown, was the area’s economic, social and religiousChestertown,center.the

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

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Remembering the Infamous Patty Cannon by James Dawson

Patty Cannon was certainly Del marva’s Queen of Crime. She and her son-in-law Joe Johnson kidnapped slaves and free Black people in the early 1800s, when there was big money to be made selling them to cotton plantations down south that desperately needed labor. Their base of operations was in Johnson’s Crossroads, now known as Reliance, Del., which nearly straddles the Maryland/Delaware state line west of Seaford. The area was so remote that some of the inhabitants thought they could get away with just about anything.Cannon was the daughter of Lu cius P. Hanly (or Hanley), a smug gler who was hanged for kidnapping and murder. She married Jesse Cannon of Delaware, who was also a kidnapper. Patty’s daughter Mary married Harry Bruinton (or Beren ton), who was convicted and hanged for kidnapping and murder. Mary then married Joe Johnson, who was

Patty, Joe Johnson and his brother Ebenezer were charged with the murder of a slave dealer who stopped at their so-called tavern in about 1820 and bragged that he was in possession of $15,000 cash for the purpose of buying slaves. He was murdered and buried in a field out back, and it was his grave that was accidentally discovered in 1829. It really wasn’t a good idea for a stranger to go flashing money around Patty Cannon’s place, as the gang had discovered there was even more money in murdering cashladen slave traders who came there on buying trips than in selling kidnapped Blacks ~ which, of course, they continued doing.

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Much has been written about Cannon, both fact and fiction. A very rare pamphlet printed in 1841, “The Narrative and Confes sions of Lucretia P. Cannon ~ The Female Murderer,” describes her as committing “several of the most Atrocious, Barbarous and Infamous murders ever committed by one of the Female Sex.” The title page is illustrated with a lurid engraving of Patty throwing a Black baby into a Patty Cannon

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130 fire. In fact, several infant skeletons were also However,discovered.theNarrative is not known for its accuracy, and Patty, as far as we know, never confessed to any of the crimes she was charged with. Nor was her name Lucretia. The only other name used to refer to her in old records is Martha. Likely, the author of the Narrative was attempting to tie Patty Cannon Patty Cannon

131 in with another infamous femme fatale, Lucretia Borgia. One of the best known accounts is in George Alfred Townsend’s novel The Entailed Hat, or Patty Cannon’s Times , published in 1884. Townsend grew up in that area and heard Patty Cannon stories while on his mother’s knee, so his ac count is reasonably accurate. After seemingly every scrap of this story had been found, imagine my recent surprise when I discovered notes of an interview I had done in 1979 with an elderly friend who, when he was a boy, knew someone who had seen Patty Cannon when that person was a boy. She died in 1829, remember! Fast forward 150 years: James Wheedleton and I were friends. Not only did he live in Trappe, but we shared the same first name and the same birthday, June 10. Plus, he was full of interesting stories and was great fun to talk to. He had lived most of his life in Caroline County, and somehow the subject of Patty Cannon came up. I made notes of the following interview I did in 1979, when he was 72. I had completely forgotten about it until just recently, when I came across it written on the endpapers in my copy of Ted Giles’ 1965 pamphlet, “Patty Cannon, Woman of Mystery.” This is the stuff of legends, even if the facts are a bit thin at times, but remember, this was told to me as the 60-plus-year-old memories of someone else’s 80-plus-year-old

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Jan. 29, 1979 Talked this evening with Mr. Wheedleton about Patty Cannon. He knew someone who knew Patty Cannon ~ Matt Cannon (no relation) who remembered hiding in his father’s grain wagon and elsewhere when Patty Cannon came into sight. He was 8 or 9 then and was in his 90s when Mr. Wheedleton knew Patty Cannon James Wheedleton him when he (Mr. Wheedleton) was a boy. Mr. Wheedleton is 72 now. Matt Cannon was scared of Patty

Cannon. She always dressed in buckskin boots, vest and especially a buckskin hat, flat brim pushed up in front with a brogue? holding it up. Wheedleton used to work on a farm rented from Bird Truitt which was part of Patty Cannon’s land. Had a granary where Patty Cannon killed Johnson with a sword. He lay there for a time and blood stains were still visible. Mr. W. was curious and crawled under floor and there were more stains there. Rub them with a brick & [still] looked almost fresh. Matt Cannon swore this was true. Johnson was [the] only white man Patty Cannon killed. Tho’ she killed slaves ~ shot them & turned them face up with her foot to see if they were dead. Granary was three rooms ~ hand hewn beams, just windows connecting the rooms. Wasn’t always a granary. Mr. W. knew of trees where you could dig down in bark & find staples she used to chain slaves to ~ some trees only had one staple because she often had one armed slaves. Patty Cannon also traded slaves ~ had a big stone wharf to be built for her ~ flat stone slabs laid out. He found it ~ sunk down in mud a few yards from steamboat wharf there called Bird Truitt wharf. Said Minnie Cole if she was still alive had an oil portrait of Patty Cannon. W. saw it in an old trunk. Patty Cannon had it done in England on one of her many trips there ~ maybe 8 x 12. Showed her with one squinty eye and one pop eye. She wasn’t pretty, but not bad either ~ a curious face. Long chin, good teeth (false?) showed between her lips. Dark brown hair pulled in a bun behind her head to allow for hat. Matt Cannon swore this was Patty Cannon

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Patty Cannon’s home burnt down. The one in Reliance was her & Johnson’s store. House was on Md. & Del. border etc. furniture in one side so moved to other side de pending on whether Cambridge or Sharptown sheriff came. Ted Giles confirmed some of this, but Giles talked to Wheedleton’s brother who hadn’t & poked around as much as W. Had specially inscribed copy to himself of this book from Ted Giles.

Melissa Grimes-Guy Photography her, may have had her name & date in script at bottom. It was stolen from Patty Cannon’s house and hung in post office/store there so people would know what she looked like. Matt Cannon later got it. Said she was strong as a mule & could straddle a horse just like a damn monkey. Swore she traded a slave once for a chew of tobacco.

Mr. Wheedleton was correct.

Patty Cannon was short, wharf was not on Tick Island the way his brother told Giles. In truth, Patty Cannon was a woman of mystery, as biographer Ted Giles put it. She was born in 1759, 1760 or 1769, either in Canada or on the Eastern Shore. Her maiden name was Hanley, and she is called Martha or Patty in the old records. She married Jesse Cannon and was later either the evil mastermind of a Black kidnapping ring or an inno cent bystander, depending on which version you want to believe.

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Ted Giles does not mention a Matt Cannon (the friend Mr. Wheedleton knew), but he did note that two locals ~ Job Russell, who was born in 1821 and died in 1911 at age 90, and his friend George Lovell ~ both remembered seeing Patty Cannon when they were boys. Job Russell died when Mr. Wheedleton was 3 years old, so Mr. Wheedleton didn’t know him. Patty Cannon was cer tainly a person of interest, as Giles put it, so obviously others remem bered her as well. Mothers used to Patty Cannon

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141 otic about Patty Cannon, and it was thought that she had some “gypsy blood” in her. Patty was described as being attractive and certainly did not look like Popeye the Sailor Man with one squinty eye and one pop eye. Those details were probably added later to heighten the scare factor. She was said to have been stronger than most men ~ able to lift a 300-pound flour barrel with ease or wrestle a man to the ground and hogtie him ~ which came in handy if you were in the slave kidnapping business.Thatshe straddled a horse probably meant that she rode a horse like a man instead of sidesaddle, as refined women did then. And that may have been as shocking to 19th-century sensibilities as all the murders!Itisunlikely, though, that Patty once traded a slave for a chew of Patty Cannon

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The chains were stapled low to the ground, not up high. Those big old trees were cut down years ago, so don’t bother looking for them now.

Men and PermanentGuinotElectrolysisWomenFacialsMakeup been identified as Patty Cannon’s island and described it as being above Sharptown in the big S curve of the Nanticoke River, on the Maryland and Delaware border. He also noted that not everyone agrees exactly on which one is Tick Island. Some thought the smaller Prickle Pear Island, not Tick Island, was Patty Cannon’s island. Others identified Tick Island as being Patty Cannon’s island, where slaves were chained to trees and staples were driven into tree trunks to hold the manacles. Perhaps both islands were used. By the way, these weren’t actual islands, but sandy hills with pine trees on them surrounded by marshes, which are called cripples in Eastern Shore lingo. Several people mentioned the rusty chains stapled to trees on the island, and Hal Roth even included a picture of one of them in his book In Days Gone By, but the story that single chains were meant for onearmed slaves is silly and is more likely evidence of a child’s fantasy than any reality, as one chain could obviously hold a two-armed person. But there is no doubt that kidnapped Black men, women and children were chained to trees there before they were sold down south.

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Giles,References:Ted.“Patty Cannon, Woman of Mystery,” illustrated by John Moll, Easton, Md., 1965. Roth, Hal. The Monster’s Handsome Face , Nanticoke Books, Vienna, Md. ,1998.

James B. Wheedleton (June 10, 1908–May 11, 1980), son of Ollie Lee Wheedleton (1879–1952), born in Bethlehem, Md. His relation to Elijah Wheedleton is unknown. They were not brothers; possibly, they were cousins. James B. Wheedleton’s brothers were Albert and Lee. Elijah Wheedleton (1923–Jan. 31, 1994), farmer and storekeeper in Galestown, was born in Reliance, the son of Harry and Edith Wheedleton. There was also an earlier Elijah Wheedleton, who was born aboutWhether1771. fact or fiction, Wheedleton’s account is an interesting addition to the Patty Cannon canon (if you will pardon the pun), as it is not every day one would know someone who knew someone who saw the infamous Patty Cannon. Many thanks to Hal Roth for letting me use his photo of the chains.

Bird Truitt: A July 25, 1928 Wilmington, Del., News Journal mentions the Bird Truitt farm as being near Sharptown, which is in the right area. There was a steamboat landing named Truitt’s Wharf on the Nanticoke River.

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“You drive,” Jodi said. “I love the way you drive.”

The Mule was no Porsche, but its wide stance and strong low gears made it just right for Mustique’s rough dirt roads. Isha followed the other Mule driven by Tomas, with the Creightons as passengers, and listened to Jodi rant about the cocktail parties on Mustique.

“It’s all pretty boring here in general,” Jodi said, “unless you love going to the beach. There’s a few horses and a couple tennis courts. Period. But the cocktail parties are maybe the worst. When the owners are here in season, which is now, the same 40 people show up at a different house every week and talk about their houses, how they just got their humongous 10-foot-wide ceramic planters delivered from Italy, or how their new hundred-thousand-dollar La Cornue Range just arrived from France. It’s all such petty bullshit. Not like last night. That was fun.” Isha had to agree. They’d gone to visit Jodi’s friend Roscoe in The Village, where 50 or so indigenous residents of Mustique resided. The Village consisted of a store, a bar and a few modest houses arranged around a church. She’d learned that keeping The Village intact was an other part of Mustique’s deal with St. Vincent. The residents were descendants, more or less, of the handful of people who had been scratching out a living for many years growing cotton and fishing before a remittance man named Colin Tennant ~ a British peer also known as Lord Glenconner ~ had purchased Mustique in the 1960s. He’d given a piece of land on the island to his friend, HRH Princess Margaret, and that brilliant public relations move had helped the is land become an exclusive getaway. It was camping out at first, with generators that frequently failed and swarms of bloodthirsty mos quitos, but it was slumming at its most exotic ~ with the rebel prin cess!Isha had been amazed at how welcoming Roscoe and his friends had been. She and Jodi had spent

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164 a pleasant evening smoking weed, drinking cold beer and listening to stories of the island’s early days. Tennant, quite a flake by all ac counts, had loved themed costume parties. The naughtier the better. Jodi said Colin aspired to emulate earlier British sybarites like those decadent socialites who took their wild fun and games to Kenya’s Hap py Valley in the 1930s. “My grand mother has told me all about them,” Jodi said. “She said they practiced ‘weapons grade hedonism.’ Love that expression. Wish I could have beenRoscoe’sthere.”

“Oh, it is,” she gushed. “I love it.”

Jocko’s piece of Mustique con sisted of a main dwelling sur rounded by several outbuildings, and the pool, of course. If there was one thing the houses of Mus tique seemed to have in common, Isha observed, it was concrete. It was necessary, Jodi had told her, given the heavy salt air beating everything took every day. Salt air and tropical sun make for a brutal pairing. The trick was the creative use of concrete. On one house, the Coming Again A week or two on Mustique, and she’d forget why she was there.

friend Charlie told a story about how his father and several friends had been tasked by Tennant to take inflated naked dolls into the surf and appear to have sex with them during one racy gath ering. Alas, the dolls had deflated. Isha couldn’t recall a more re laxed evening. A week or two on Mustique, and she’d forget why she was“Thethere.homeowners these days couldn’t care less,” Jodi said. “They just want to complain ~ complain about the help, complain about the food that has to be brought over from St. Vincent on the ferry, complain about some stupid fancy refrigerator they’re waiting for. I wouldn’t be going to one of these parties unless you were here. Well, maybe I would, this one, anyway, to see Jocko. But you’ll meet some high rollers. You don’t have a place here unless you are up to your neck in green. These are world-class high rollers, big money dumpers, like the guy who invented the bar code, for instance, the guy who in vented the scuba regulator, people like that. People like my grandfa ther, who is singlehandedly poi soning the world with fossil fuels and making gazillions doing it. I’ll introduce you to Jocko. He’s into diamonds. It’s his party. I’m one of his favorites, if you know what I mean.” She turned her head and flipped an earring that gled.gave“Really?”sparkled.IshaJoditheeye.“Really.”Shegig“Soundsrisky.”

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Jodi was clutching the arm of an engaging, athletic-looking gentle man in his 40s who could have doubled for Johnny Depp in one of his more sinister roles. His facial hair was neatly trimmed. The large diamond on a gold chain around his neck was impossible to ignore. His black linen shirt was unbuttoned just right to show it off. “Very pleased,” he said, tak ing Isha’s hand, holding her eyes with his. But it was a brief cocktail party greeting because a fel low named Sonny had appeared. Sonny was quite high and on a roll. Sonny responded to Jodi’s introduction of Isha with a quick nod in her direction because it was clear he was on a mission to talk with Jocko, whom he guided to one side so he could have that conversa tion.“Sonny,”

were roaming everywhere in the balmy eve ning, half hidden by the heavy tropical foliage and sere naded by the pulsing music of frogs and beetles. Jodi led the way to the main house, hoping to find Jocko. She introduced Isha to a few people along the way, then disappeared. Isha roamed, found herself staring at the simplistic finish of the inte rior of Jocko’s house that was dis guised by the gorgeous furnishings that had to have been shipped in from Europe: at the bamboo floors, at the horizontal row of windows atop the living room walls and at the ceiling, an intricate work of art. “It’s called a tray ceiling.” The voice was velvety, with the trace of an accent, probably Italian. “Nina, this is my friend Jocko.”

166 finish looked like marble. On an other, it was shaped into decora tive exterior corner blocks (quoins) or made to look intricately carved with a variety of incorporated sea shells.Jocko’s staff were parking the mules when photographer Patrick Lichfield arrived on his motorcycle. Lichfield, also known as Pat rick Anson, Fifth Earl of Lichfield, first cousin once removed from Queen Elizabeth, returned Isha’s stare with a winning smile. “Watch out for him,” Jodi muttered. “He’ll have your clothes off before you canPeoplesneeze.”

Jodi said in an aside to Isha, “is a character, a tough little guy from Brooklyn who married well and thinks he has his finger on the pulse of the island. Maybe he does, because he’s involved in everything. He got himself on the board. My grandfather hates him, duh. Roscoe says Sonny is always asking him how much money he thinks he has in his pocket, that he’ll give it to him if he comes with in ten dollars.”

Coming Again “Watch out for him,” Jodi mut tered. “He’ll have your clothes off before you can sneeze.”

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Isha said as Jocko finished talking and Sonny started to speak. “I’ve been wanting to ask you,” Sonny said, “somebody in your business…isn’t smuggling a prob lem? What’d ya do about that?” “There’s enough to go around.” “Yeah?” “It’s business, both sides. It’s amusing.”“Youplay both sides?” “Why not? Trying to stop it is im possible. Gets ugly. Why not take a piece of the action? Much less expensive, and more fun. And tax free!”“Damn. No kidding.” “Australia. There’s a nice little scene going on down there. Guy I know is involved. He owns the mine. It’s small, been going on 20 years. Well run. We’d all like a scene like that. There’s a package right now on a race boat. Totally cool. Makes me smile.”

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“On a race boat. You gotta be kidding. I love it. On a race boat.”* A few days later, Isha found herself at Basil’s Bar on what served as Mustique’s harbor. It is a poor, unprotected excuse for a harbor. Ask anyone who has spent even one night there in the sizable roll ers that never seem to stop. The bar was anchored on the rocks and built out over the water on pilings that seemed puny. It was thatch roofed and appeared to be hastily hammered together, looking like any decent storm could wash it away. But it hung on. Isha and Jodi were at Basil’s because word had come to the house that Creighton’s boat, Orion , had arrived. And there was RD, sitting at a table with the Coming a package right now on a race boat. Totally cool. Makes me smile.

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“Does Roscoe ever get it?” “No. He won’t play such a dumb game. He knows Sonny would lie if he happened to get it right. Plus it is so uncool it’s almost cool, if you know what I mean.” “But“Creepy.”you can’t dis Sonny. He knows too much. And he’s friendly, funny, with those big blue eyes. He did time in LA, in the music busi ness. Big user. Come on. We can snoop. They’re just on the other side of that cane plant.”

“Well, yeah,” Sonny was say ing with that classic Brooklyn slur those guys must practice. “It should be big, but not os tentatious, ya know? I mean, I don’t want guys grabbin’ it off her chest, ha ha. Whaddya think, four carats, maybe five? Oval. How big is yours? May be not that big. Think oval would be Jodiright?”rolled her eyes at Isha. “Let’s go check out the pool, have a little“Givesmoke.”itasecond,”

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170 three crew he’d hired for the de livery to Mustique, eating French fries and drinking a beer. Jodi had told Isha that fries with fresh lime wedges were the standard snack at Basil’s. Avoid drinks with ice, she had cautioned. Heaven knew where that water came from. Isha had to be careful. As far as the Creightons knew, she didn’t know RD. Jodi took care of that, waltzing over with a big friendly greeting and a smooch for RD and introducing Isha. Soon there were more fries, more beer and lively conversation. When Mark and Nancy Creighton arrived, RD, Jodi and Isha joined them at a separate table. Isha found herself sitting next to Mark, whose hand immediately found her leg. Mark had made his move a few days before, offering Isha a very lucrative bonus for a weekly encounter. It was strictly business, monkey business couched as mas sage therapy, scheduled weekly at 3 p.m., when Mrs. Creighton’s AA group met on the beach. Not that she would have cared, but pro tocols had to be observed. Isha considered it easy money and an insurance policy of sorts. She ignored Mark’s hand. Mainly she was eager to have a talk with RD, whom she hoped might find Jocko’s com ment about a package on a race boat interesting. She looked at Orion rocking gently in the harbor, its mast tips occasionally rolling through 15–20 feet, and dreaded going on board. But how else would she talk with RD in private? “Come for dinner at the house tonight,” Creighton said to RD. “We can plan our little jaunt down islands.”“Yes,sir. Thank you. I have a plan mapped out for you to look at.” “Very good.”

* Sitting below on Orion , Isha had to brace her feet to stay in place. Mark Creighton had actually sug gested that RD show her the boat, and while she was ea ger to accept that kind invitation, her stomach was against it. Get it done and get the hell back on shore. But RD hadn’t missed a beat. He was taking his time, enjoying having Isha at a disadvantage. He waxed on about the trip down, saying it had been quite uneventful. They had done it in 10 days, not bad for the old girl. And was she sure he couldn’t get her something to eat, or maybe a cooling rum swizzle? Fighting to keep nausea at bay, Isha interrupted RD. “I am not long for this world out here, as you well know, bastard, so just shut up and listen while I can still talk. There’s a guy here, Coming Again Isha found herself sitting next to Mark, whose hand immediately found her leg.

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“That will make you feel better,” RD said. “There are some crackers, saltines, right there in a jar on the counter. Eat a couple.”

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Isha grabbed a few crackers, sat back down, bit off a small piece and tried to ignore RD’s patronizing smile. “Jocko said there’s a cool smuggling scene in Australia, and there was a package right now on a race boat. Does that mean anything to you, get your brain going at all?”

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“No.” RD paused. “But yeah. Australia, race boat, interesting combination since the six boats in The Race are just about to leave there. What day is it? Tomorrow, I think, is the restart.” “And on one of those race boats is our friend Andy. Now get me the hell off this thing.” For Chapters 1-10, go to tidewatertimes.com.

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Changes - Coming Again - A Work Progress: Roger Vaughan

The Avalon from a Performer's Perspective: Gail Aveson

Queen Anne's County

Remembering the Infamous Patty Cannon: James Dawson

Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith

Kent County and Chestertown at a Glance

St. Michaels Map and History

To Sing of Isaac Singer: A.M. Foley

Finding Hope (Alaska): Michael Valliant

Caroline County ~ A Perspective

We Don't Need Another Hero: Helen Chappell

Publishers' Note

September Tide Table

Downtown Easton's Movers and Shakers: Tracey F. Johns

Easton Map and History

Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teff eau