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Since 1952, Eastern Shore of Maryland Vol. 62, No. 1

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June 2013

Features: About the Cover Photographer: Donna Tolbert-Anderson . . . . . . . 7 Masterplots: Helen Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Hunting Rare Birds: Dick Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Tidewater Traveler: George W. Sellers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival: Amy Steward . . . . . . . 55 Tidewater Kitchen: Pamela Meredith-Doyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Tidewater Gardening: K. Marc Teffeau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Hints from the Past: Gary D. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Cecil County: Harold W. Hurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Tidewater Review: Anne Stinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Departments: June Tide Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Dorchester Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Easton Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 St. Michaels Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Oxford Points of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Tilghman - Bay Hundred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Caroline County - A Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Queens Anne’s County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 June Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 David C. Pulzone, Publisher · Anne B. Farwell, Editor P. O. Box 1141, Easton, Maryland 21601 102 Myrtle Ave., Oxford, MD 21654 410-226-0422 FAX : 410-226-0411 www.tidewatertimes.com info@tidewatertimes.com

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

especially hummingbirds. Her trips to Arizona, the Rio Grande R iver Valley, and other birding areas have offered opportunities to photograph other species of birds not found locally on the Delmarva Peninsula. Pictured on the cover is a female ruby-throated hummingbird on a hyacinth bean vine that was photographed in Tolbert-Andersonâ€™s backyard last summer. Her work has been published in various magazines, and can be seen on her website at www.capturingnaturesimages.com.

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Masterplots

by Helen Chappell So you want to write, but you don’t know what to write about. It’s a myth, universally dreamed among young writers, that somewhere there is a book called Masterplots that details the archetypes of every story in the human experience. Need a plot for your book, screenplay, alibi or speech at the Rotary? Check out a masterplot and pick a pergola upon which you can hang the vine and f lowers of your story. As a matter of fact, there are several books about this very subject, but they’re complex and academic and, frankly, full of dull deconstruction guaranteed to put even the most rabid English major to sleep. I’ve spared no time or expense in distilling the world’s most basic stories into tiny, useful capsules of literature, suitable for framing. Yes, I have a still out in the marsh where I produce a finely crafted white lightning of fiction and nonfiction for the thirsty reader. The fact is, there really are only so many basic stories. It’s all in the telling. So, before you nod off, let’s dig right into the themes that have structured everything from Euripides to The Young and The Restless.

First, there’s the Universal Love story. Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl. Or vise-versa or boy-boy, girl-girl. Gender isn’t the point. The chase is the point. You’ve seen this in Romeo and Juliet, every rom-com ever made and even hard-boiled thrillers. Casablanca, Scandal, Cold Mountain ~ they all fall into this category. It’s a sure-fire winner, as long as you throw lots of obstacles in the way. And it doesn’t have to 9

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Masterplots sues. Of course, if someone went away and just came back and married the person next door and went into the real estate business and lived happily ever after, not much story there. No, the native should create conflict, and lots of it. Stories thrive on drama and conflict. The status quo should be kicked over. Buried secrets should be exhumed. People should either be punished or get their long-delayed justice. There should be at least one huge, explosive, melodramatic showdown. I personally could write at least four roman a clefs about people who peeled out of this area and came back and all

the subsequent drama. You can hang a lot of story on someone coming home. On the opposite side, there’s The Coming of the Stranger. Why is this person here? What does he or she want? How is he or she going to shake things up? You see this theme in a lot of films. The Wild One, where Brando, at his peak of hunkiness, is part of a motorcycle gang terrorizing a small town, or Jack Palance in almost any movie where he plays a gunslinger. The very apotheosis of the advent of the stranger is aliens from another planet invading.

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Whatever you choose for this plot, you know the central character is Up to No Good, or is going to shake up the bad guys. No one just blows into town, grabs a burger and blows out again. Something always happens.

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No wonder this is such an enduring and popular genre. Cozy, hardboiled, set in space or in a locked room, all that matters is solving the puzzle. And there in a nutshell are some very basic universal plots. You’ll recognize them when you read, watch TV, see a movie or listen to someone tell a story. Now it’s your turn. Choose a masterplot and get writing!

Dick springs to mind. OCD Captain against Great White Whale is a whole world of nature adventure. The Man Who Would Be King, starring Sean Connery and Michael Caine as fortune hunters against nature and native comes to mind. Anything with people struggling against the elements works here ~ snow, desert, jungle, earthquake, flood ~ it doesn’t matter. You get to battle your way out of it from the comfort of your armchair. And last on my list is Whodunit? Think of every mystery you’ve ever read, and aside from all the bells and whistles that make each one different, the whodunit is basically a puzzle. There are clues, there are red herrings, there are suspects and someone did it somehow. It’s up to you to figure out either how to write this, or how to solve the author’s puzzle.

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Developing a Keen Eye for Hunting Rare Birds by Dick Cooper

Over the last several years, I have developed a passion for shooting birds. I track their habits and habitats; observe their feeding and mating cycles; and note the seasons of their arrivals and departures, all to get a better shot at them. My â€œweaponâ€? of choice is a powerful Nikon D7000 SLR camera equipped with a 70- to 300-millimeter zoom lens that allows me to see into their eyes before I shoot. Then I spend hours in f ront of t he computer monitor tweaking and massaging their digital images in search of the perfect bird photo. It all started in 2007 when a large package appeared on our doorstep. Our Denver son, Jeffrey, had purchased an expensive Nikon digital camera and never used it. He knew my wife Pat and I always traveled with our cameras, so he sent it to us as a present. The camera was more complicated t han any that I had used before, so I began to experiment. I discovered it was able to shoot three frames a second and freeze action at 1/8000 of a second. I took the new camera to one of my favorite photo spots, the Claiborne Ferry

Claiborne gulls. Landing, and began clicking off pictures of the seagulls that hang out on the docks. They obliged by performing their typical gull antics of preening and stretching and chasing each other off the tops of pilings, f lying low over the water and then landing back on the dock. As I walked toward them clicking away, they lifted up in unison and headed across the harbor. Back home, I popped the digital disc into my computer to check out what I shot and had a life-changing experience. This new camera captured details unseen by the naked eye. I was surprised and fascinated 27

Hunting Rare Birds by the intricate and delicate display of feathers, the graceful glide of the birds and the complicated maneuvers they went through to remain airborne. Common gulls became things of beauty. I was hooked. That winter, Pat and I began making frequent trips to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge southwest of Cambridge to photograph the thousands of swans, geese and ducks that winter there. It seemed as if there was a bald eagle perched on the limb of every snag in the swamp. Great blue herons pulled in their long necks and jumped into the air as we approached. The new camera captured it all in vivid color.

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Hunting Rare Birds late lunch at Old Salty’s on Hoopers Island, we saw a crowd of photographers gathered along the edge of Blackwater. They all had big cameras with bigger lenses mounted on tripods aimed at a flock of snow geese swirling in the air as the setting winter sun lit up the horizon. It reminded me of the photographic press corps on the sidelines of an NFL game. I worked with our new camera for another year, adding a zoom lens that cost more than the original c a mera body. Then Ni kon a nnounced t hat t hey had a brand new model that had twice as many megapixels and shot 1080p High Definition video to boot. Sold.

An anhinga “on the rocks.” The photos kept getting better, deeper and richer and it only made me want more. One thing I have found about photography is that the more you learn, the more you realize how much you don’t know. After two more years, I upgraded the camera again, shooting a model that several of my photojournalism

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In the spring, I stalk ospreys, marking their return from their tropical winter vacations, watching them rebuild their nests and start another generation of graceful seahawks. That is how I came to discover a strange sight at Oak Creek Landing, one of my favorite osprey-watching locations, where a park bench is only 25 feet from a nest on a pole in the creek. As I pull into the parking lot next to the Newcomb Post Office, I see a large bird in the nest. I grab my camera and slowly walk toward it, checking to make sure the camera is on and the lens is fully extended, ready to shoot. In early spring, ospreys are still people-shy and jump out of the nest at the first sign of

friends use on a daily basis. This is the camera that has more capability than I will ever be able to master, so I have settled into a routine that challenges me to improve my eye for a good shot. I travel around Talbot County, looking for an unusual angle, a special shadow and a soaring bird. I return to the same locations and every day there is a different photo to take: a heron perched on an abandoned boat in Tilghman Creek, mallards waddling along the dock in St. Michaels Harbor, coots and buffleheads diving in Spencer Creek or ospreys f lying close formation over the Miles River.

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Aussies and Kiwis - Part Two Here in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, as I record today’s activities, it is 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 8, while back in Maryland it is 3 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 7. We are still not acclimated to the time difference and especially the half-hour time zone change here in the Australian Outback. About ten minutes into our bus ride this morning, Leigh, our Aussie guide, directed our attention across a dry river bed to a rather seedy-looking motel situated at the foot of a large outcrop of red rock. We have learned that Leigh’s sense of humor is quite dry, so when he told us we were stopping to pick up food and water for today’s adventure, we were just not quite sure what to expect. Our coach wound through the maze of buildings and came to rest at the base of the steep rocky hillside. Puzzled at being asked to disembark, we walked toward a shady area at the bottom of the reddishbrown hill. From just a few yards to our left came the sound of water trickling over rocks.

Feeding Time! Around a small pool, hard to see at first because their color matched the rocks, were about a dozen wallabies. Not fenced, not tethered, the only thing keeping the small marsupials at this location seemed to be the water. Leigh provided several bags of dry food pellets, 45

Aussies & Kiwis and one by one the wallabies left their watering hole and found nourishment in the open palms of tourists. What an amazing experience! Shaped like kangaroos, the largest was no taller than eighteen inches, including extra-long ears. Our amazement only grew when we realized that some of the wallabies were carrying young joeys in their pouches. The munch-fest continued for about twenty minutes, and as the pellet supply diminished, the small critters hopped back to the water hole and our group hopped back on the bus.

Hair spinning to make belts, nets and rope is an Aboriginal art form. From the Wallaby Motel we headed again to a remote location in the Outback brush country,

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Aussies & Kiwis where we were greeted by Don. Don grew up in Melbourne, but 36 years ago he came to Alice Springs for a two-week holiday. He was so drawn to the place and the people, he is still here. In particular, he became fascinated with the culture, heritage and plight of the Aboriginal people of the Outback. He has dedicated his life to (and makes a living by) educating tourists and the general population in the ways and customs of the Aborigines. We spent the morning in the Bush learning about family and tribal customs. We met several Aborigines and observed some of their native skills, crafts and arts. One of the old men was demonstrating the spinning of human hair to make belts, nets and ropes. A lock of Traceyâ€™s hair is now part of someoneâ€™s work of art. It was incredible to be introduced to so many edible fruits, pods, seeds, leaves and even animals that are available in the nearly barren land all around us.

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should not be wasted. Oh, yes, that made us feel so much better... The only Bush food we passed on were grubs; Tracey’s excuse was that she wanted cocktail sauce. The afternoon included two short hikes along dry river beds and into very remote steep-walled canyons. Another great day!

Earlier in the morning, Kitty, one of the female elders of the tribe, had buried a kangaroo tail wrapped in leaves under a bed of hot coals. She dug it up and gave it to Don. With his pocket knife, Don slit the roasted tail lengthwise, peeled away the hide and scraped the cooked meat onto a tree bark plate. I’ve gotta say, it had a wonderful flavor and texture ~ and it did not taste like chicken! I know this will sound heartless, but just this morning we had been feeding wallabies, and this afternoon we were eating kangaroo tail. So that we would not feel badly about eating kangaroo, we were told that it was road kill and

It is 9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, here at the Sails of the Desert Hotel near Ayer’s Rock in the Red Center of Australia. At home it is 6:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 8 ~ is that right? Now that I have faithfully reported the date and time for several days, I should probably tell you ~ I am equipped with my HP Netbook computer, Google Nexus

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7 tablet, Droid-Two Global smart phone with World Clock App, AND Tracey, but I am still confused about the time and date. In fact, this morning we got packed up and dashed down to the 6 a.m. breakfast, wondered why the hotel breakfast room was not yet opened, and then learned that it was only 5 a.m. That is when we found out that the time on the alarm clock in the room was wrong. We even fussed about the wake-up call not coming on time, but it actually did. This morning we boarded our coach for a 260-mile drive from Alice Springs to Ayerâ€™s Rock, known to the Aborigines as Uluru. It was a long, straight road with hardly a curve anywhere. The only sign of

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civilization along the entire journey was a camel ranch ~ and yes, we rode a camel. There was also a petrol station with a snack bar, and that was it. There were no towns, villages, stores, farms, lakes ~ it was desert all the way. The farther we traveled, the less vegetation we saw until we reached a point of red sand dunes with very few scrubby plants. Sails of the Desert is one of the nicest hotels we have seen anywhere. Too bad we are here for only one night. We walked to a nearby small supermarket. It was fascinating to see the unusual

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every time we tell someone about our Australian adventure, we learn of a family or friend connected to Down Under. In fact, just last week we chose a bench from which to watch the Electric Light Parade at Disney World and met a family “on holiday” from Australia. May all of your travels be happy and safe!

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Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival Expands Venues & Welcomes Back Favorites by Amy Blades Steward a nd M a r c y R o s e n , a f ou nd i n g member of the world-renow ned Me n d e l s s o h n S t r i n g Q u a r t e t , continue as Artistic Directors and are inviting players from around the world, including many favorites who are returning to the Festival, along with several new faces. Among the returning chamber musicians is violist Maria Lambros, who teaches cha mber music at Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and the Yellow

Chesapeake Chamber Music’s 28th Annual Festival will run from June 2 through June 16, in Easton, Centreville and St. Michaels. The two-week Festival will feature 13 events, including six concerts, five artist’s recitals and two rehearsals open to the public at no charge. Twenty concert artists will perform this year, including many familiar faces, along with some newcomers. J. Lawrie Bloom, Bass Clarinet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,

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Barn Music School. She has performed chamber music around the world and was a member of the renowned Ridge String Quartet that was nominated for the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for their recording of the Dvořák Piano Quintets with pianist Rudolf Firkusny on the RCA label. Lambros has been performing at the Chesapeake Chamber Music (CCM) Festival for 18 years after having played a number of years w ith cellist Marcy Rosen in the Mendelssohn String Quartet. In 2001, Lambros and Rosen formed t h e Ne w Yo r k- b a s e d c h a m b e r mu sic en semble “L a Fen ic e,” a

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Hristova (violin), Dimitri Murrath (v i o l a), M a i y a P a p a c h (v i o l a) a nd R ob er t McD on a ld (pi a no) performing selections from Mozart, Brahms and K nox. The concert at the Avalon Theatre on June 7 includes Mendelssohn’s Octet in E-Flat, Opus 20, composed when he was just 16, along with selections from Bernstein and Suk. On June 9, the Festival will return to the historically significant St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Centreville and will highlight two popular Mozart Quintets. The church, which was a successful new Festival venue last year, boasts an extraordinary oak-vaulted ceiling, shaped like the inverted hull of an early ship ~ a perfect location for enjoying chamber music works. Fe at u re s of t he se c ond we ek w ill include a Tuesday, June 11 performance by Festival favorites Ta r a He l e n O ’ C o n n o r (f l u t e), Daniel Phillips (violin) and Diane Walsh (piano) at Christ Church in Easton, play ing selections from Barber, Bach, Reinecke, Schocker and Doppler. On Thursday, June

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Burgers on the Grill bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, garlic and rosemary. Set aside. For the burgers: Preheat a gas or charcoal grill, or place a grill pan over medium-high heat. In a large bowl mix the ground chicken, salt and pepper, and half of the mayonnaise mixture. Gently combine the ingredients and form the chicken mixture into 4 patties. Place the burgers on the grill and cook for about 7 minutes per side. Transfer to paper towels and let rest for a few minutes. Brush the cut side of each roll with olive oil and 1 teaspoon of the mayonnaise mixture. Grill for 1 to 2 minutes until slightly golden. To assemble the burgers: Spread a dollop of the remaining mayonnaise mixture on the tops and bottoms of the toasted buns. Place the chicken burgers on the bottom halves and top each with lettuce, tomato and onion.

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Mini burgers are wonderful for parties or for a kids’ meal. Everyone loves them. Preheat oven to 250°. Preheat griddle to 350°. Combine the onion, garlic, pepper and salt in a skillet and cook with a tablespoon of olive oil. Cook until golden brown on medium for about 5 minutes. Set aside. Line a jellyroll or sheet pan with parchment paper, and place the ground chuck in the middle of the pan. Cover the meat with a large sheet of plastic wrap. Roll meat with a rolling pin until it covers the surface of the pan; it should be very thin. Remove the plastic wrap and sprinkle the meat with the onion mixture. Fold the meat in half, from side to side, using the parchment paper. Use a pizza cutter to cut the meat into 8 even squares. Wrap the buns in foil and place in the oven for 5 to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, place the burgers on the griddle and cook for 2 to 3 minutes per side. Top with cheese and melt.

Preheat oven to 400°. In a medium bowl, combine parsley, onions, eggs, panko, black pepper, salt, lemon zest and dill mayonnaise. Add salmon and mix together well. Make 4 patties and set aside. In a large skillet on medium, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Cook the patties until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Serve on buns with dill mayonnaise. Dill Mayonnaise: 1/2 cup mayonnaise 1/2 lemon, juiced 2 T. freshly chopped dill leaves 1/2 t. salt 1/2 t. cracked black pepper Combine all ingredients in a 72

Burgers on the Grill small bowl and refrigerate until ready to use. BBQ CHICKEN BURGERS with a SOUTHERN SLAW Makes 4 Burgers 1 T. olive oil 1 small red onion: 1/2 finely chopped and 1/2 thinly sliced 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 2 T. tomato paste 1 T. Worcestershire sauce 1-1/4 lbs. ground chicken 1 T. grill seasoning (Montreal Steak Seasoning) 3 T. extra virgin olive oil, divided 2 T. honey 1 lemon, juiced

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BEEF with HAM & SWISS CHEESE Makes 4 Burgers 1-1/4 lbs. ground chuck Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1/2 cup mayonnaise 3 cloves roasted garlic, pureed 1/4 cup Dijon mustard 4 soft, classic hamburger buns 8 slices thinly sliced Swiss cheese 4 slices thinly sliced smoked ham

onions, garlic and tomato paste and sweat them for 5 minutes to soften and sweeten. Cool in a bowl for 5 minutes. Add Worcesterhire sauce to tomato paste mixture and stir. Add chicken and grill seasoning to the bowl and combine well to evenly distribute the f lavors. Form into 4 patties. Heat 1 tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook patties for 6 minutes per side. Combine the honey, lemon juice, and remaining olive oil in a bowl. Add relish, cabbage mix and sliced onions. Season with salt and pepper. Toss the slaw to coat and reserve. Serve burgers on bun bottoms and top with slaw and bun tops.

Preheat grill to high. Form the meat into 4 thick burgers. Season the meat with salt and pepper on both sides. Grill for 2 to 3 minutes on both sides for medium doneness. When the burgers are done, remove from heat and reduce heat to medium-low.

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Preheat grill pan or grill to medium-high heat. Add Canadian bacon to the skillet and put on the lid. Warm bacon and caramelize it at the edges, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Remove to a piece of foil. Fold foil over loosely to keep warm. Combine chicken, poultry seasoning and shallot. Score meat with the side of your hand to separate into 4 equal amounts. Make 4 large patties, 3/4 to 1 inch thick. Place on hot grill pan or in skillet. Cook 5 minutes per side, until chicken is cooked through. Top patties with reserved Canadian bacon and Swiss cheese. Fold each slice of cheese in half to fit the burger. Cover loosely with tin foil. Turn off pan and let cheese met, about 2 minutes. Combine mayonnaise, mustard, and tarragon. Slather bun tops with sauce. Place Cordon Bleu burgers on bun bottoms and top with lettuce and tomato.

Meanwhile, combine the mayonnaise and roasted garlic in a small bowl and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Spread both sides of each bun with mayonnaise and mustard. Place a slice of cheese on the bottom portion of each bun, place the burger on top of the cheese, then top the burger with a slice of ham and another slice of cheese. Place the tops on the burgers, then wrap them in foil and place them on the grill. Using a heavy pan or a brick wrapped in foil, press down on the burgers for about 30 seconds to 1 minutes. Lower the lid on the grill and continue grilling for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the bun has become pressed and firm. CORDON BLEU BURGER Makes 4 Burgers 2 t. olive oil, plus more for drizzling. 4 slices Canadian bacon 2 lbs. ground chicken 2 t. poultry seasoning 2 t. salt and pepper 1 shallot, finely chopped 4 slices Swiss cheese 2/3 cup mayonnaise 3 round T. Dijon mustard 4 Kaiser rolls, split and toasted 1 T. fresh tarragon 8 leaves leaf lettuce 1 vine-ripe tomato, thinly sliced

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Lamb Burgers on the grill. 1 lb. ground lamb 4 T. olive oil In a large bowl combine the bread crumbs, parsley, egg, milk, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Stir to combine. Add the lamb and stir until well mixed. Divide the mixture into 6 1-inch-thick burgers. Place the slices of prosciutto on a cutting board or piece of parchment paper. Place 1 lamb burger in the center of each slice of prosciutto and wrap it around the burger. Preheat a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and heat for 2 minutes. Place the lamb burgers, prosciutto-covered side down, in the pan and cook over medium heat until the prosciutto is golden, about 6 to 8 minutes. Turn the burgers and finish cooking, about 6 to 8 minutes more. Remove the burgers from the pan and place on a serving platter or individual plates. Top with your favorite lettuce, tomato, basil

Place a grill pan over mediumhigh heat or preheat a gas or charcoal grill. Mix together the garlic and Italian seasonings, and add the ground chuck, Parmesan cheese, tomato paste, salt and pepper. Mix together well with your hands and form the mixture into 9 patties. Place the burgers on the grill and cook for 4 to 5 minutes per side. Brush the cut side of each roll with

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a non-stick skillet and cook veggie burgers until golden on each side. Slather on some of your favorite sauce and top with onion, tomato, lettuce, your favorite cheese and avocado.

In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium-high heat. Stir in corn, mushrooms, scallions and red bell pepper. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic, cumin and cayenne and cook for 30 seconds. Remove from heat and stir in spinach. Add carrot and potato and stir to combine. Add egg white and season with salt and pepper. Stir in enough bread crumbs so that the mixture holds together. Shape mixture into 6 disks and place on a plate. Chill for 1 hour. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in

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Jumping Into Summer After going through a somewhat soggy and cool spring we have now arrived in June! One nice result from temperatures being about 10 degrees colder than normal for the end of April and early May was that the flowering shrub display lasted a lot longer than normal. Some azaleas and dogwoods held their flowers for almost two weeks. What to do in June? There are plenty of gardening activities to keep you occupied. The early peas you planted should be ready for harvest, along with greens like lettuce and spinach. Now is the time to transition to warm-season crops like peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, cucumbers, sweet corn and squash. When you finish cutting the broccoli, and the plants start to bolt (flower), pull them out and replant with zucchini or yellownecked squash, or do a seeding of green beans. I always have a problem with squash vine borer in the zucchini,

Now is the time to concentrate on warm-weather crops. even though I spray with an organic repellent. To compensate for some damage, I make additional plantings about three weeks apart. Stop cutting asparagus in mid to late June when the spears become thin. After the last cutting is made, fertilize by broadcasting a 10-10-10 formula at the rate of 2 pounds per 100 square feet. Allow the tops to grow during the summer to store food in the crowns (roots) for the crop next spring. A last vegetable gardening tip: for very efficient, steady feeding of vegetables, sink a large can or bucket with many holes in its sides, into the soil and fill it about 2/3 83

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your landscape by planting a wide variety of flowering annuals and perennials that will bloom over the entire growing season. Good choices are plants in the following families: daisy (marigolds, daisies, asters, mums); carrot (dill, fennel, anise, yarrow, parsley); and mint (all mints and thymes). Pinch out the flower buds of fall

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bloomers like asters and goldenrod to keep the plants bushy and prevent early flowering. Spring flowering shrubs such as spirea, viburnum, lilac and forsythia should be pruned as soon as they are done blooming. In fact, mid to late June is an excellent time to take softwood cuttings of shrubs to start new plants. June is still a good time to plant shrubs in the landscape if you give them some extra attention. If you do not have much room to landscape, consider using some of the many dwarf varieties available. These are plants that have slow growth and stay small, so there is

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problems in houseplants that are outside on a regular basis. Hose them down regularly if you notice spider mites. Insects can also be a problem if the plants are left indoors. Check them for mealy bugs, spider mites, aphids, whitefly and scale. If spider mites are a problem, consider spraying them with a labeled horticultural oil or soap and pyrethrum mix. If the plants are large, do your spraying outdoors. Last month we discussed creating an edible landscape. An alternative landscaping approach is to use wildf lowers in various fashions. The National Garden Bureau has declared 2013 as the â€œYear of the Wildf lower.â€?

Aphids are a menace! A nice use of your houseplants outdoors is to combine them with flowering annuals in container plantings. The various green foliage hues of houseplants and different leaf forms provide a nice contrast to annual f lowers. You should check for insect

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used to say that a perennial is a wildflower with a pedigree. One definition is a plant that was not intentionally seeded or planted and grows without cultivation. Another definition is that a wildflower is any plant growing without the help of man, regardless of the plant’s country of origin. Still others define a wildflower as a plant found in a specific geographic area that was grown from seed or plants also from that area. No matter how you define them, wildflowers can beautify any landscape. Some of the wildflowers are native species found here before the Europeans came over. Others were brought here by the various immigrant groups. In fact, many of

As the NGB notes, wildflowers can be used anywhere. In the home landscape they are ideal for creating colorful beds and borders, as well as offering a lower-maintenance alternative for large areas or replacing turf grass. Wildflowers can be planted to cover large, open areas or assist in the recovery of a landscape that has been damaged or destroyed by the actions of people, a natural disaster, or the spread of invasive plants. Of course, one of the debates is “what is a wildf lower?” Various definitions apply depending upon your horticultural perspective. I

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borders or larger plantings. The NGB notes that Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), California poppy (Eschscholzia californica), columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), butterf ly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), and black-eyed or browneyed Susans (Rudbeckia triloba and R. hirta) are among the popular wildf lowers planted by American gardeners, all of which happen to be native to the U.S. Purple conef lower is native to the Midwestern prairies and the dry, open woods of the Southeast, but can be found in gardens from Maine to California because it is fairly adaptable to most types of soil and does well, even in dry conditions. Plants flower from late spring to early fall attracting butterflies and bees to the large,

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during wind and rain like many Echinacea. As an added bonus, this maintenance-free Echinacea doesn’t even need deadheading to provide summer-long beauty. All Echinacea should be planted in full sun with well-drained soil for best overwintering performance and it has a wide range of uses from the perennial border, to a mass landscape planting, to a butterfly garden, or as a cut flower. Happy gardening!

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collection of boatbuilders’ tools and watermen’s artifacts that convey an understanding of how the boats were constructed and the history of their use. The Museum’s Ruark Boatworks facility, located on Maryland Ave., is passing on the knowledge and skills of area boatwrights to volunteers and visitors alike. Watch boatbuilding and restoration in action. For more info. tel: 410-221-1871 or visit www.richardsonmuseum.org. HARRIET TUBMAN MUSEUM & EDUCATIONAL CENTER The Museum and Educational Center is developing programs to preserve the history and memory of Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday. Local tours by appointment are available. The Museum and Educational Center, located at 424 Race St., Cambridge, is one of the stops on the “Finding a Way to Freedom” self-guided driving tour. For more info. tel: 410-228-0401. SPOCOTT WINDMILL - Since 1972, Dorchester County has had a fully operating English style post windmill that was expertly crafted by the late master shipbuilder, James B. Richardson. There has been a succession of windmills at this location dating back to the late 1700’s. The complex also includes an 1800 tenant house, one-room school, blacksmith shop, and country store museum. The windmill is located at 1625 Hudson Rd., Cambridge.

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Dorchester Points of Interest HORN POINT LABORATORY - The Horn Point Laboratory offers public tours of this world-class scientific research laboratory, which is affiliated with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. The 90-minute walking tour shows how scientists are conducting research to restore the Chesapeake Bay. Horn Point Laboratory is located at 2020 Horns Point Rd., Cambridge, on the banks of the Choptank River. For more info. and tour schedule tel: 410-228-8200 or visit www.umces.edu/hpl. THE STANLEY INSTITUTE - This 19th century one-room African American schoolhouse, dating back to 1865, is one of the oldest Maryland schools to be organized and maintained by a black community. Between 1867 and 1962, the youth in the African-American community of Christ Rock attended this school, which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tours available by appointment. The Stanley Institute is located at the intersection of Route 16 West & Bayly Rd., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-228-6657. BUCKTOWN VILLAGE STORE - Visit the site where Harriet Tubman received a blow to her head that fractured her skull. From this injury Harriet believed God gave her the vision and directions that inspired her to guide

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Dorchester Points of Interest so many to freedom. Artifacts include the actual newspaper ad offering a reward for Harriet’s capture. Historical tours, bicycle, canoe and kayak rentals are available. Open upon request. The Bucktown Village Store is located at 4303 Bucktown Rd., Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410-901-9255. HARRIET TUBMAN BIRTHPLACE - “The Moses of her People,” Harriet Tubman was believed to have been born on the Brodess Plantation in Bucktown. There are no Tubman-era buildings remaining at the site, which today is a farm. Recent archeological work at this site has been inconclusive, and the investigation is continuing, although there is some evidence that points to Madison as a possible birthplace. BLACKWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, located 12 miles south of Cambridge at 2145 Key Wallace Dr. With more than 25,000 acres of tidal marshland, it is an important stop along the Atlantic Flyway. Blackwater is currently home to the largest remaining natural population of endangered Delmarva fox squirrels and the largest breeding population of American bald eagles on the East Coast, north of Florida. There is a full service Visitor Center and a four-mile Wildlife Drive, walking trails and water trails. For more info. tel: 410-228-2677 or visit www.fws.gov/blackwater. EAST NEW MARKET - Originally settled in 1660, the entire town is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Follow a self-guided walking tour to see the district that contains almost all the residences of the original founders and offers excellent examples of colonial architecture. HURLOCK TRAIN STATION Incorporated in 1892, Hurlock ranks as the second largest town in Dorchester County. It began from a Dorchester/Delaware Railroad station built in 1867. The Old Train Station has been restored and is host to occasional train excursions. For more info. tel: 410-943-4181. VIENNA HERITAGE MUSEUM The Vienna Heritage Museum displays the Elliott Island Shell Button Factory operation. This was the last surviving mother-of-pearl button manufacturer in the United States. Numerous artifacts are also displayed which depict a view of the past life in this rural community. The Vienna Heritage Museum is located at 303 Race St., Vienna. For more info. tel: 410-943-1212 or visit www.viennamd.org. LAYTON’S CHANCE VINEYARD & WINERY - This small farm winery, minutes from historic Vienna at 4225 New Bridge Rd., opened in 2010 as Dorchester County’s first winery. For more info. tel. 410-228-1205 or visit www.laytonschance.com. 102

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

Easton Points of Interest is now the headquarters of the Waterfowl Festival, Easton’s annual celebration of migratory birds and the hunting season, the second weekend in November. For more info. tel: 410-822-4567 or visit www.waterfowlfestival.org. 7. ACADEMY ART MUSEUM - 106 South St. Accredited by the American Association of Museums, the Academy Art Museum is a fine art museum founded in 1958. Providing national and regional exhibitions, performances, educational programs, and visual and performing arts classes for adults and children, the Museum also offers a vibrant concert and lecture series and an annual craft festival, CRAFT SHOW (the Eastern Shore’s largest juried fine craft show), featuring local and national artists and artisans demonstrating, exhibiting and selling their crafts. The Museum’s permanent collection consists of works on paper and contemporary works by American and European masters. Mon. through Fri. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; extended hours on Tues., Wed. and Thurs. until 7 p.m. For more info. tel: (410) 822-ARTS (2787) or visit www.art-academy.org. 8. CHRIST CHURCH - St. Peter’s Parish, 111 South Harrison St. The

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Easton Points of Interest Parish was founded in 1692 with the present church built ca. 1840, of Port Deposit granite. 9. HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF TALBOT COUNTY - 25 S. Washington St. Enjoy an evocative portrait of everyday life during earlier times when visiting the c. 18th and 19th century historic houses and a museum with changing exhibitions, all of which surround a Federal-style garden. Located in the heart of Eastonâ€™s historic district. Museum hours: Thurs., Fri. & Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (winter) and Mon. through Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (summer), with group tours offered by appointment. For more info. tel: 410-822-0773 or visit www.hstc.org. Tharpe Antiques and Decorative Arts located at 30 S. Washington Street. Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10-4 and Sun. 11-4. Consignments accepted on Tues. or by appointment 410-820-7525 Proceeds support HSTC. 10. ODD FELLOWS LODGE - At the corner of Washington and Dover streets stands a building with secrets. It was constructed in 1879 as the meeting hall for the Odd Fellows. Carved into the stone and placed into the stained glass are images and symbols that have meaning only for members. See if you can find the dove, linked rings and other symbols.

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

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

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 22. AMELIA WELBY HOUSE - Amelia Coppuck, who became Amelia Welby, was born in this house and wrote poems that won her fame and the praise of Edgar Allan Poe. 23. TOWN DOCK RESTAURANT - During 1813, at the time of the Battle of St. Michaels, it was known as “Dawson’s Wharf” and had 2 cannons on carriages donated by Jacob Gibson, which fired 10 of the 15 rounds directed at the British. For a period up to the early 1950s it was called “The Longfellow Inn.” It was rebuilt in 1977 after burning to the ground. 24. ST. MICHAELS MUSEUM at ST. MARY’S SQUARE - Located in the heart of the historic district, offers a unique view of 19th century life in St. Michaels. The exhibits are housed in three period buildings and contain local furniture and artifacts donated by residents. The museum is supported entirely through community efforts. Open May-October, Mon., 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fri., 1 to 4 p.m., Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun., 1 to 4 p.m. Other days on request. 410-745-9561 or www.stmichaelsmuseum.com. 25. KEMP HOUSE - Now a country inn. A Georgian style house, constructed in 1805 by Colonel Joseph Kemp, a revolutionary soldier and hero of the War of 1812.

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St. Michaels Points of Interest 26. THE OLD MILL COMPLEX - The Old Mill was a functioning flour mill from the late 1800s until the 1970s, producing flour used primarily for Maryland beaten biscuits. Today it is home to a brewery, winery, artists, furniture makers, a baker and other unique shops and businesses. 27. ST. MICHAELS HARBOUR INN, MARINA & SPA - Constructed in 1986 and recently renovated, it has overnight accommodations, conference facilities, marina, spa and Harbour Lights and Harbour Lights Club Room. 28. ST. MICHAELS NATURE TRAIL - The St. Michaels Nature Trail is a 1.3 mile paved walkway that winds around the western side of St. Michaels starting at a dedicated parking lot on South Talbot Street across from the Bay Hundred swimming pool. The path cuts through the woods, San Domingo Park, over a covered bridge and past a historic cemetery before ending in Bradley Park. The trail is open all year from dawn to dusk. 29. ST. MICHAELS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT - Est. in 1901, the SMVFD is located at 1001 S. Talbot Street with a range that includes all areas from Arcadia Shores to Wittman, covering 120 square miles of land area, and 130 miles of shoreline.

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

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Recent restoration of the beach as part of a “living shoreline project” created 2 terraced sitting walls, a protective groin and a sandy beach with native grasses which will stop further erosion and provide valuable aquatic habitat. A similar project has been completed adjacent to the ferry dock. A kayak launch site has also been located near the ferry dock. 6. OXFORD MUSEUM - Morris & Market Sts. Devoted to the preservation of artifacts and memories of Oxford, MD. The Museum will open on Oxford Day, April 27, and remain open until mid-November. Admission is free; donations gratefully accepted. For more info. tel: 410-226-0191. 7. OXFORD LIBRARY - 101 Market St. Founded in 1939 and on its present site since 1950. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10-4. 8. THE BRATT MANSION (ACADEMY HOUSE) - 205 N. Morris St. Served as quarters for the officers of a Maryland Military Academy built about 1848. (Private residence) 9. BARNABY HOUSE - 212 N. Morris St. Built in 1770 by sea captain Richard Barnaby, this charming house contains original pine woodwork, corner fireplaces and an unusually lovely handmade staircase. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (Private residence) 10. THE GRAPEVINE HOUSE - 309 N. Morris St. The grapevine Tidewater Residential Designs since 1989

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Oxford Points of Interest Started in 1683, this is believed to be the oldest privately operated ferry in the United States. Its first keeper was Richard Royston, whom the Talbot County Court ‘pitcht upon’ to run a ferry at an unusual subsidy of 2,500 pounds of tobacco. Service has been continuous since 1836, with power supplied by sail, sculling, rowing, steam, and modern diesel engine. Many now take the ride between Oxford and Bellevue for the scenic beauty. 15. BYEBERRY - On the grounds of Cutts & Case Boatyard. It faces Town Creek and is one of the oldest houses in the area. The date of construction is unknown, but it was standing in 1695. Originally, it was in the main business section but was moved to the present location about 1930. (Private residence) 16. CUTTS & CASE - 306 Tilghman St. World-renowned boatyard for classic yacht design, wooden boat construction and restoration using composite structures. Some have described Cutts & Case Shipyard as an American Nautical Treasure because it produces to the highest standards quality work equal to and in many ways surpassing the beautiful artisanship of former times.

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

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In the old days ~ and I mean the really old days, a century and more ago ~ young women had a great deal to learn in order to “keep” a house. Now, wait. Before we go any farther with this and I alienate my audience, let me state that I realize women still have a lot to learn. Wait, wait, let me rephrase that! What I’m trying to say is that I don’t mean to diminish the role of the modern American woman in the slightest or in any way undervalue the scope and difficulty of their complex multiple roles. I just want to share some insights into the lives of our foremothers, both into the nature of what they had to learn, and how they learned it. OK? Now back to our story. (That was a close one!) Today the work of a paid “housekeeper” is primarily that of house cleaning, which may or may not include laundry services. But as everyone knows, “keeping” a house involves much more than just cleaning it. A better term for this broad array of jobs might be “housewifery” (that is pronounced housewiffery), or the more modern “homemaking.” In this family scene from the

spring of 1901, just weeks after giving birth to her first child, a woman scrubs away on a washboard in a tub. These are my grandparents, by the way. My father came along ten years later, the seventh of nine children, all of whom lived to adulthood. My grandmother, however, died at age 47 when her youngest child was just 25 months old. Even a cursory catalog of the skills required of American women in the late 19th century is impressive. In addition to house cleaning and laundry, she also looked after the family’s health, provided first aid, and even mixed ingredients for relieving pain and disease symptoms. She handled the grocery shopping, such as there was,

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Hints from the Past and the cooking, but also had a major role in food production. They maintained vegetable gardens and some even looked after household livestock, maintaining a f lock of chickens and perhaps a pig or two. She made and mended clothes for the family. In her “spare time,” a woman carried out her responsibilities as a wife and mother. The housewife faced an annual cycle of chores that needed to be done, and done right, to sustain her family through the seasons. There was a great deal to learn, which raises the question of how that information was imparted to the young wife.

Some things were taught in school, but much of what she needed to know was learned from helping her mother. Later, older sisters, aunts, grandmothers and neighbor women were additional sources of how-to advice, ways and means, and various tricks of the trade. You never knew when a valuable tip might turn up. “You see that sore on the back of your horse’s neck? That’s what my father called poll evil. Just wash it out with soap and water, rub in some ashes made from burned corncobs, and that should fix the old girl right up.” (“Poll” is a reference to the head, by the way; hence, a head count is known as a poll.) Cooking was an ongoing learn-

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Hints from the Past ing process. Beaten biscuits and pies were familiar enough, but what about those special cakes every woman needed to have on hand throughout the Christmas visiting season? A young wife might run into a culinary emergency when a bit of creative improvisation was required to provide something special for unexpected guests. “You need a fancy dessert, but there’s no time for baking and all you have on hand is part of an angel food cake that’s gone stale? OK, try this. Crumble the cake up fine and make a layer of it in a glass dish. Then ~ now here’s the trick ~ sprinkle a little red wine over it!

Then sprinkle on a handful of finely chopped almonds and top it all off with a layer of whipped cream. Then do it all again, just the same, with the whipped cream on top. It makes an excellent dish for tea and looks beautiful on the table! Now, don’t use too much wine, honey. Remember the name of this dish. It’s called ‘Tipsy Parson!’” In her book “A Promise of Love,” the late Alice Butler Bradshaw wrote of her difficulties the first time she tried making up a batch of root beer. She awoke that night, terrified by the sound of gunfire, as the improperly capped bottles exploded in the pantry, one by one. There were edible plants that grew wild, like asparagus and

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Hints from the Past the winter was to “put them up.” The home canning process involved cooking the tomatoes (or whatever) in sealed glass jars. As the summer turned into fall, the housewife began to keep careful count. She knew from her pantry list that fourteen jars of apricot marmalade would be needed to avoid sad faces and hungry kids around the table by the following March. Putting up a batch of preserves was a whole-day affair, and most of the family pitched in to help wash jars, make up the recipe, keep the stove supplied with wood, cook and stir. The filling and sealing of the jars had to be done care-

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fully to avoid spoilage. Wax was sometimes ladled into the neck of each jar to prevent air from reaching the food below. Special jars were needed, of course, ones that were tough enough not to explode and that could be sealed tightly. The brand invented in Philadelphia by John Mason became a household word. These Mason jars (made by the Ball or Kerr companies) had threads molded into the jars themselves and were fitted with a flat lid with a rubber seal that was secured by a screw top. The jars and screw tops could be re-used; only the inexpensive flat lids needed to be bought new each time. Family and friends may have been the primary sources for the many skills of housewifery, but by the 1890s, a new source of information had become available ~ the woman’s magazine. Women’s magazines had been around for decades; The Ladies Magazine appeared in 1792, followed by Godey’s Lady’s Book, Peterson’s Ladies National Maga-

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What explains this publishing boom? The new trick wasn’t movable type or cheaper paper and ink ~ it was paid advertising. With the cost of production and distribution carried by the advertisers, subscription prices dropped to 5 cents a copy. Even that was not low enough for some, but with so many copies in circulation, nearly every woman was able to read “passed along” copies. Editors were skilled in gauging their content to their readers, and their staff worked hard to establish a bond with their readers. The women’s magazines dispensed advice on a huge range of subjects, submitted by experts in all walks of life, the magazine’s own staff, and readers themselves. One avid reader was Miss Char-

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Hints from the Past lotte Emma Howeth. I was told that the Howeth family came ashore from Popular Island when it proved impossible to keep a school teacher posted out there. Throughout her adult life, Miss Charlotte clipped interesting articles from the magazines she was reading. She pasted them onto the pages of one of those fine, expensive magazines, like Petersonâ€™s. Some of the examples mentioned above (the Tipsy Parson cake recipe, for example) were drawn from this material. Here is one of those pages. How many pages there were in all, no one knows, but fourteen pages remain today. She covered both

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Hints from the Past sides of each page, leaving space here and there to allow a favorite engraving to show through or to write out a recipe in her own hand. The collection was passed to her daughter Blanche, and then on to her granddaughter, the late Cornelia “Nini” Sadler. When Miss Nini moved to a retirement facility in Easton some years ago, she entrusted these crumbling pages to me, saying I’d know what to do with them. So now you know what got me started on all this. Unfortunately, however, I know nothing more about this material or from which magazines the clippings came. Some are barely legible, and the paper is now brittle and chipping away at the edges; portions have been lost. Still, they make fascinating reading ~ an insight into the lore of American women of another age. Now I’ll shut up and let some of these old clippings speak for themselves. *** Turkey Stuffing: Many great cooks make extra trouble in preparing a force-meat stuffing of veal, ham, bacon, onions, potatoes, or bread crumbs and all sorts of things. But the ordinary old-fashioned stuffing for a turkey is generally liked the best. Take the soft part of good light bread (not the crust) and do not wet it as is usu156

ally done, but rub it dry and fine, and work into it a piece of butter the size of an egg. Season with salt, pepper, and summer savory. Add to this a dozen or more oysters, whole, and it will be very fine. Egg Gruel: An appropriate dish for most invalids. Beat well one egg, white and yolk separately, pour one cup of boiling water or milk to the yolk, add one teaspoonful of sugar, mix well and stir in the white. Leather chair seats: These may be cleaned by rubbing with the whites of egg, well beaten. New brooms: If a new broom is dipped in boiling water until it is

quite cold, then thoroughly dried in the air, it will be pleasanter to use and last much longer. Choking: To relieve a choking animal, raise the head high and throw broken eggs in the throat. Tomato Fritters: Stew the tomatoes slowly until quite thick; when nearly cold, add bread crumbs and the yolk of one egg beaten well; season with salt, pepper, and butter. Drop with a spoon into hot lard and fry brown. A Girl’s Toilet Articles: A sensible girl will not keep a lot of cosmetics and drugs on her toilet-table, but there are a few articles she

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should always have in a convenient place. She should always have an array of glass-topped bottles containing alcohol, alum, camphor, borax, ammonia, and glycerine or vaseline. A little camphor and water may be used as a wash for the mouth and throat if the breath is not sweet. Powdered alum applied to a fever sore will prevent it from becoming very unsightly and noticeable. Insect stings or eruptions on the skin are removed by alcohol. A few grains of alum in tepid water will relieve people whose hands perspire very freely, rendering them unpleasantly moist. A few drops of sulfuric acid in the water are also beneficial for this purpose and are also desirable for those whose feet perspire freely.

Remedy for Bee Stings: Dr. G. O. Fraser of Randolph, Ohio, says “Seeing different remedies and with thirty years’ experience I can say that a small amount of oil of cinnamon, applied with a small straw, end of knitting needle, or small splinter, is worth more than all the rest. Use only a little, for it will blister.”

For freckles: Use the juice of scraped horse-radish root in a cup of sour milk. Apply two to three times a day. Mustard Plaster: The proportions for a mustard plaster are one tablespoonful of mustard to three of flour. Mix with warm water to a thick paste so it will not run. Spread on doubled muslin, and cover the surface with thin book muslin; fold the edges together. Heat two large plates in the oven meanwhile; lay the plaster between them to keep warm until applied.

Rat Trap: A correspondent of the Country Gentleman makes an effective rat trap in the following way: “Fill a barrel one-third full of bran and water, mixed stiff enough to hold a rat on it; let them feed a couple of nights, then mix another mess in the same barrel (after emptying out the first lot) in the same place, but make this mix nearly all water. When one jumps in, down goes Mr. Rat, and the next, not knowing his brother’s bad luck, follows suit. In the morning the barrel will be full, if the rat supply holds out.” *** Our foremothers were quite something ~ masters of their trade, resourceful, productive, frugal and creative. Gary Crawford and his wife, Susan, operate Crawfords Nautical Books, a unique bookstore on Tilghman’s Island.

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The Northern Tip of Maryland A Glance at Cecil County by Harold W. Hurst

Located at the northern tip of Marylandâ€™s Eastern Shore, Cecil County is bordered on the north by Pennsylvania, on the east by New Castle County, Delaware, on the west by the Susquehanna River, and on the south by both the Chesapeake Bay and the Sassafras River, which separates it from Kent County, Maryland. Several rivers span the county including the Elk, Bohemia and Northeast. A manmade waterway, the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, connects the southern part of the county with the Delaware River. For nearly two centuries, the chief towns have been Elkton, the county seat; Port Deposit, long the primary business center; Chesapeake City and Perryville. Established in 1674 (it once included Kent County), Cecil County has always been conspicuously different from the rest of the Eastern Shore region in its topography, racial composition and religious makeup. It is more like Pennsylvania and northern Delaware, while the rest of the peninsula is more similar to the South. In topography, the countyâ€™s sur-

Cecil County, Maryland face is varied; most of the northern section has rolling hills, contrasting it sharply with the flat character of the rest of Delmarva. Cecil County, with its many rivers and Bay exposure, is even more aquatic than the other counties on the Chesapeake Bay. Waterfowl have long flourished in the area. John James Audubon, the famous naturalist and ornithologist, visited the county in 1838. He wrote that the Bay and the Susquehanna, Northeast and Elk

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Asleep in the duck grass. rivers were the feeding ground for a wide variety of birds, including the Buff lehead Duck, the Ruddy Duck, the Blackhead Duck and the Canvasback Duck, in addition to swans and geese. All of the birds fed on vegetation in the shallows

of the Bay and the adjacent rivers, generally known as “duck grass.” As the years passed, sportsmen killed a large number of the waterfowl, thus gradually depleting their numbers. To this day, however, ducks and geese can be seen everywhere in the region. The racial composition of Cecil County is, and has been, markedly dissimilar from that of the other Eastern Shore counties and southern Delaware. Although slavery existed, it played a less prominent role here than in other Delmarva areas. In 1860, for instance, only 4% of the population were slaves, while free blacks were 12.2% ~ hence whites comprised 83.8%, in contrast to Talbot County, where

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whites comprised only 55%. In Cambridge, whites comprised only 45% of all inhabitants. The different racial makeup of Cecil County accounted for its strong Union support in the Civil War, the strength of the Republican Party in later years, and the more moderate attitude on segregation in the Civil Rights era. From its early years, Cecil County has been relatively diversified in its religious composition. While the Anglican Church (now Episcopal) was favored and received special support during the Colonial era, Roman Catholics, Quakers and Presbyterians were more prevalent than in some other Eastern Shore counties. Catholic churches were founded in Elkton in 1849 and at Port Deposit in 1857. St. Francis Xavier Church in Bohemia Manor (now Chesapeake City) was established as early as 1704. An academy attached to the

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Cecil County manor and church was the forerunner of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signator of the Declaration of Independence, was a student at the Bohemia Academy. Quakers made their first appearance in Cecil as early as 1694, and a meeting house was established at East Nottingham in 1704 and at West Nottingham in 1728. Orthodox Quakers (Hicksites) formed a congregation near Colora in the 19th century. The Society of Friends continued to have a strong following into the early 1900s. The Scotch-Irish brought the Presbyterian Church to Cecil

County in the 18th century. Several churches were established in this era, and West Nottingham Academy was founded in 1794 by the Rev. Samuel Finley, a Presbyterian minister who later became president of Princeton College in New Jersey. Methodist revivalism swept across the county in the 1790s and early 1800s, as it did elsewhere on the Delmarva Peninsula. The famous Methodist bishop and preacher, Francis Asbury, conducted services at Bohemia Manor and other places in the county. Bethel Church, located three miles east of Chesapeake City, was erected in 1790 and rebuilt in 1849. Leeds Methodist Church, founded by

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Cecil County John Wilson, an English-born miller, was built out of stone in 1812. Other churches were also formed in this period for Methodist congregations. The Episcopal Church gradually recovered after the Revolution. St. Augustine on Bohemia Manor, St. Stephenâ€™s Church near Earleville, St. Mary Annâ€™s in Northeast and Trinity Church in Elkton all served Episcopalians. Cecil County was like the rest of the Eastern Shore in that it remained primarily rural and agricultural throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Elkton had only about 125 people at the time of the Revo-

lution. Tobacco was a major crop in the early years. The courthouse at Elkton was built in 1719 at the cost of 35,000 pounds of tobacco. By the early 1800s, income from wheat, hay and corn crops supplied the funds to build and support such manor houses and town residences as Old Bohemia, Randala, Partridge Hill, Rose Hill, Cherry Grove, Mount Welcome, the Mitchell property in Elkton, Gilpin Manor, and Old Point Farm on the Elk River. One of the most prominent families to figure in the history of the county were the Hollingsworths. Zebulon Hollingsworth, Sr. bought property at Elks Landing in 1735; it remained in family hands well into

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Cecil County the 20th century. Vessels from Elkton Landing plied the waters between the estate and Baltimore, carrying flour, nails, bars of iron, lumber, fruit and pork. Colonel Henry Hollingsworth, son of Zebulon, played a prominent role in the Revolutionary War and served with General Washington at the Battle of the Brandywine. William, youngest son of Zebulon, was born at Elks Landing in 1780 and died in 1844. His children figured prominently in the professions, especially medicine. The early 1800s were the great era of canal building. The Erie Canal and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal transformed trading patterns, linking river ports with newly developed inland depots. Delmarva politicians and merchants soon caught the canal-building fever. A waterway connecting Chesapeake City, on the Bay, with Delaware City, on the Delaware River, was completed in 1829, facilitating commercial traffic across the peninsula from Baltimore on the Chesapeake to Wilmington and Philadelphia. Built at a cost of $2.25 million (a large sum at the time), it was funded by the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. The Federal government took over the canal in the 20th century and enlarged its facilities. The town of Port Deposit grew

One of the few Confederate soldiers from Cecil County was Lieutenant Colonel William Whann Mackall. rapidly in this era. Lumber was the main article of commerce, but large quantities of wheat, flour and iron were shipped through the town in addition to herring and other products of nearby waters. The quarrying deposits near the town and several local mills produced employment for several hundred men. During the Civil War, Cecil County was largely pro-Union, in contrast to the plantation-dominated counties like Talbot and Dorchester that were generally pro-Southern. The men of Port Deposit played an important part in the conflict as they formed Battery B, commanded by Captain Alonzo Snow, who ren-

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Cecil County dered distinguished service at the Battle of Malvern. At least one local man, however, fought for the South. William Whann Mackall, a West Point graduate, joined the Confederate Army in July 1861 as a Lieutenant Colonel, and later served as chief staff officer for General Braxton, and still later for General Joseph E. Johnston. Probably the most important person in Cecil County during the postCivil War decades was Jacob Tome, a native of Pennsylvania who came to the area in the 1830s and became involved in the lumber business. By the 1850s, he was a flourishing capi-

Jacob Tome talist who owned lumber mills and 20,000 acres of timberland in Pennsylvania, as well as an additional 10,000 acres in Michigan. Tome was also active in the grain and fertilizer trade and was the

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owner of several large farms in Cecil County. His interests further included local and regional banking, steamship and railroad enterprises. During the Civil War, Tome was elected by the Union Party to the Maryland legislature and, following the conflict, he supported the rising Republican Party. A devout Methodist, he supported the Port Deposit congregation and contributed heavily to the funds for a new church that cost $65,000 that was declared “the handsomest church in Maryland outside the cities.” The Tome mansion was the showpiece of Port Deposit. Three and a half stories high, it was built of dressed granite. It was flanked on the northwest corner by a tower

covered with a mansard roof. The Biographical Cyclopedia of Representative Men of Maryland and the District of Columbia (Baltimore, 1879) portrays Tome in the lavish and glowing terms that annals of this era often reserved for self-made men and Horatio Alger-type capitalists: “Fortune and favorable circumstances have attended him, but he is a millionaire today because he has been industrious, persevering, far-seeing, systematic, economical, and cautious; quick to discern and prompt to improve business opportunities.” At the beginning of the 20th century, Cecil County remained rural and agricultural in character, although the Gazetteer of Maryland

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Cecil County and Delaware by Henry Gannet (1904; reprint, 1967) declared that the county was “one of the most thriving and enterprising in the state.” At that time, it contained no town with over 3,000 inhabitants. Elkton, the largest town, had a population of 2,000, while Port Deposit had a mere 1,500. Agriculture was still king, and two-thirds of the county’s 141,682 acres were under cultivation in 1900. A half century later, in 1950, the county had 1,244 farms, of which 800 were commercially operated. The chief crops were corn, wheat and hay. Dairy farming had become extensive in this period. Industry and manufacturing were significant activities during both World Wars. In World War II, the Wiley Manufacturing Company in Port Deposit received large contracts from the Army Corps of Engineers for the production of f loating cranes, steel barges, tugboats and fabricated steel assemblies for the construction and marine industries. Special machines produced for foreign and United States governments were f loating derricks capable of lifting 250 tons. The Navy also put the county on the map in World War II when it established a training camp at Bainbridge on the Susquehanna River. Over 250,000 men were trained there during the war. It was closed

Tome Institute at Bainbridge. after the conflict was over but reopened during the Korean War. The property is idle today and awaits development. According to the Cecil County Department of Economic Development and sources at the local newspaper, the Cecil Whig, the largest industry and employer in the county now is the W.L. Gore Company that employs over 2,300 people and produces a wide variety of items. Cecil County’s population is now over 100,000, making it the second most populous county on the Eastern Shore, the first being Wicomico, where Salisbury is located. While industry has surpassed agriculture in importance, the products of its farms and waterways still contribute to the local economy. The scenic landscape and historic buildings continue to enchant visitors from near and far.

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Sundays, June 2nd, 23rd which is “Curly Day” in memory of the team’s beloved captain, and 30th at 1 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Park 12 Magnolia St., Easton, MD Enjoy two games of old-time base ball as it was played in 1864. Learn about “fair-foul” balls and watch players catch without gloves. Colonial and Federal Period Furniture – lecture by W. Brien Pierce Thursday, June 6 at 7 p.m. Historical Society Museum, 25 S. Washington St., Easton Furniture construction techniques, the evolution of furniture design, and the effects of economics and politics on home furnishings will all be topics of discussion by W. Brien Pierce. Mr. Pierce has been making reproductions of period furniture since the 1970s, and knows the subject from the inside out. He will share his expertise with us all. Food for Thought Series: Downton Londonderry: Life Upstairs and Down Wednesday, June 12 at 9:30 a.m. Londonderry Manor, at Londonderry Retirement Community 700 Port Street, Easton Many homes here in Talbot County were host to the same sorts of “family” and “staff ” stories we have seen on PBS’s Downton Abbey. One of these is Londonderry Manor. We will explore the home from the Master Bedroom to the still intact Servants’ Quarters. Your day includes a lunch catered by the Londonderry dining room. Options are: Tuna salad sandwich on wheat or rye, Chicken salad sandwich on wheat or rye, Chef ’s salad with breadsticks. All meals include potato chips, iced tea and a cookie. $20 per HSTC member and $30 per nonmember. RSVP deadline is May 28 Visit hstc.org to learn more about these and other events and to see where our new 1812-1814 Acting Troupe will portray life during the era of the War of 1812.

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The real meat in the sandwich of this book of meanderings is most delicious in the middle layers under the heading On Writing. Lipman’s comments are as pithy as they are wise. Her no-nonsense rules include a way to decide “thanks” or “no thanks” to the opportunity to take time out of her busy schedule to read a book and write a blurb. She has almost never bought a book because it had a favorable blurb on its cover. Indeed, she’s more likely to bypass a book if its rave is signed by “a pretentious jackass with whom I’ve had the misfortune to serve on a panel.” No, she avers, she doesn’t write an outline before she begins to write a novel. That admission seems

Elinor Lipman for a few days, until he had another question when Daddy wasn’t home. That’s when Elinor decided that his curiosity had manufactured a lessthan-accurate grasp of the facts. “I was learning something valuable; one shouldn’t push the facts of life too early,” she writes. Her essay titled My Soap Opera Journal is a hilarious account of her and all her friends’ addiction to a generally considered non-literary field of entertainment. Not so at all, she argues. The ability to write witty and engrossing dialog and plot twists that have to be replaced every day for five days a week would make any novelist envious.

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Caroline County – A Perspective Caroline County is the very definition of a rural community. For more than 300 years, the county’s economy has been based on “market” agriculture. Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne’s counties. The county was named for Lady Caroline Eden, the wife of Maryland’s last colonial governor, Robert Eden (1741 - 1784). Denton, the county seat, was situated on a point between two ferry boat landings. Much of the business district in Denton was wiped out by the fire of 1863. Following the Civil War, Denton’s location about fifty miles up the Choptank River from the Chesapeake Bay enabled it to become an important shipping point for agricultural products. Denton became a regular port-of-call for Baltimore-based steamer lines in the latter half of the 19th century. Preston was the site of three Underground Railroad stations during the 1840s and 1850s. One of those stations was operated by Harriet Tubman’s parents, Benjamin and Harriet Ross. When Tubman’s parents were exposed by a traitor, she smuggled them to safety in Wilmington, Delaware. Linchester Mill, just east of Preston, can be traced back to 1681, and possibly as early as 1670. The mill is the last of 26 water-powered mills to operate in Caroline County and is currently being restored. The long-term goals include rebuilding the millpond, rehabilitating the mill equipment, restoring the miller’s dwelling, and opening the historic mill on a scheduled basis. Federalsburg is located on Marshyhope Creek in the southern-most part of Caroline County. Agriculture is still a major portion of the industry in the area; however, Federalsburg is rapidly being discovered and there is a noticeable inf lux 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, ref lects the transient prosperity during the countywide canning boom (1895-1919). Hanover Foods, formerly an enterprise of Saulsbury Bros. Inc., for more than 100 years, is the last of more than 250 food processors that once operated in the Caroline County region. Points of interest in Caroline County include the Museum of Rural Life in Denton, Adkins Arboretum near Ridgely, and the Mason-Dixon Crown Stone in Marydel. To contact the Caroline County Office of Tourism, call 410-479-0655 or visit their website at www.tourcaroline.com. 187

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voluptuous and exuberant vegetable and fruit forms, pieces that reflect her desire to provide commentary on the human form mirrored in familiar vegetable shapes. For more info. tel: 410745-5252 or visit www.jankirshstudio.com. Thru July 7 Exhibit: James Tur-

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1 Harriet Tubman Underground R a i l r oad C on fer enc e: 10 0t h C om m e m or at i on o f H a r r i e t Tubman and the Underground Railroad. Featuring Keynote S p e a k e r Tony Bu r r ou g h s at Chesapea ke C ollege, Cambr idge. For more info. v isit www.tubmanugrr.net or www. harrietTubmanByway.org. 1 First Saturday Gallery Walk in downtown Easton (replaces 1st Friday Gallery Walk). 5 to 9 p.m. Easton’s art galleries, antiques shops and restaurants combine for a unique cultural experience. For more info. tel: 410-770-8350. 1 Exploring Nature’s Role in the

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June Calendar Underground R ailroad audio tour launch event at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www. adkinsarboretum.org. 1 Concert: Susan Werner at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. This performance is co-sponsored by the Avalon Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Foundation as part of the Clean Water Concert Series. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www. avalontheatre.com. 1-2 Secret Garden Tour: homeow ners in historic A nnapolis will open their gardens to the public to support the HammondHarwood House. Ticketholders can stroll through more than ten beautifully landscaped gardens between noon and 5 each day. For more info. tel: 410-263-4683 or v i sit w w w.hammondharwoodhouse.org. 1-2 Bayside Quilters Quilt Show “A Quilted Garden” at the Oxford Community Center and St. Paul’s Church, w ith featured guest speaker Gyleen Fitzgerald. Fri. and Sat., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sun., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Classes and lectures will be available. For more info. tel:

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Island Fire House from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. There will be fun, food for purchase, fish, door prizes and trophy presentation at 5. For more info. tel: 410-397-3142. 2-16 Chesapeake Chamber Music Festival in Easton, St. Michaels and Centreville. See article in this issue. For more info. tel: 410 -819 - 0380 or v isit www. ChesapeakeChamberMusic.org. 3,10,17,24 Monday Night Trivia at the Market Street Public House, Denton. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Join host Norm Amorose for a funfilled evening. For more info. tel: 410-479-4720. 3,17,24 Tot Time at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 10:30 a.m. Story time and crafts for children 5 and you nger ac c ompa n ie d by a n adult. For more info. tel: 410822-1626. 4 Women & Girls Fund 2nd Annual Golf Day at the Talbot Country Club, Easton. Women golfers, beginners and long-time golfers alike, are welcome to pick up tips, enjoy lunch, and play in a 9-hole tournament to benefit the Women & Girls Fund. For more info. tel: 410-770-8347 or visit www.womenandgirlsfund.org. 4 Concert: The Chesapeake Bay

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4,11 Academy for Lifelong Learning: This I Believe with Don Rush at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 1 to 2:20 p.m. For more info. tel: 410745-4941. 4,11,18,25 All Levels Yoga at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Begin your day with an outdoor yoga practice. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 5 Grounds for Sculpture bus trip with Adkins Arboretum. Bus depar ts from Creamer y Lane parking lot in Easton at 8 a.m. and from Adkins Arboretum in Ridgely at 8:30 a.m. Grounds for Sculpture is a 35-acre arboretum and public sculpture park in Hamilton, NJ. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 5 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Visit the U.S. Naval Academy with Grant Walker, Education Director, USNA. Bus transportation to and from CBMM. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941. 5 Nature as Muse at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This writing group will follow a winding path through the Arboretum to quietly observe nature

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4 to 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-226-5904. 5,12,19,26 Teen Night at the St. Michaels Community Center, 5 to 7 p.m. Teens ages 12 to 17 are welcome for dinner, activities and entertainment. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073. 5,19 Plant Clinic offered by the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardeners of Talbot County at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1244. 6 Stitch and Chat at the Talbot Count y Free Librar y, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your ow n projects and stitch with a group. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626. 6 Academy for Lifelong Learning: A visit to Historic Druid Hill Conservatory with Alan Stein, Margaret Haviland Stansbury and Kate Bloom. 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Departure from ACME parking lot in Easton at 8:45 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941. 6 The Clean Water Concert Series presents the XPD’s on Harrison Street, Easton. 6 to 8:30 p.m. This performance is co-sponsored by the Avalon Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Foundation

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6,13,20,27 Cambridge Farmerâ€™s Ma rke t f rom 3 to 6 p.m. on the waterfront at Long Whar f Pa rk . F r e sh pr o duc e, f lowers, meats, eggs, baked goods, c r a f t i t e m s a n d m o r e . Fo r m o r e i n f o. v i s i t w w w. c a m bridgemainstreet.com. 7 Workshop: Seasonâ€™s Bounty ~ Abundant Summer at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to noon. Elizabeth Beggins will guide you in prolonging your home harvests and savoring and storing those available from local farmers. For more info. tel: 410634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www. adkinsarboretum.org.

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6:30 p.m. and games start at 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-4848. 8 Antiques & Collectibles Show and Sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Federalsburg Area Heritage Museum, Federalsburg. Lunch items will be available. For more info. tel: 410-253-5375. 8 Friends of the Library Second Saturday Book Sale at the Dorchester Count y Public Librar y, Cambridge. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-228-7331 or visit www.dorchesterlibrary.org. 8 Second Saturday in Historic Downtown Cambridge on Race, Poplar, Muir and High streets. Shops will be open late. Galleries will be opening new shows and holding receptions. Restaurants will feature live music. For more info. visit www.cambridgemainstreet.com. 8 Meeting: Oxford Ladiesâ€™ Breakfast at the Robert Morris Inn. 9:30 a.m. All ladies in the community, including friends and v isiting guests, are welcome. $15 per person includes tax and gratuity. For more info. tel: 410226-0340. 8 Second Saturday Nursery Walk at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. Join horticulturist Eric Wittman

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June Calendar Volunteer Fire Dept. 8 to 11 a.m. Proceeds to benefit the Oxford Volunteer Fire Services. $8. For more info. tel: 410-226-5110. 9 Historic Walking Tour of Oxford begins at 10:30 a.m. and meets at the Ferry dock. For more info. visit www.portofoxford.com. 10 Stitching Time at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 3 to 5 p.m. Join a group and work on your needlecraft projects. Limited instruction for beginners. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626. 10,17,24 Adult Class: Photoshop Elements - Intermediate Level with George Holzer at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 6 to 8:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 11 Pickering Creek presents Happy Hummingbirds at the Talbot County Free Librar y, Easton. 2 p.m. All ages. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www. tcfl.org. 11,25 Meeting: Tidewater Stamp Club at the Mayor and Council Bldg., Easton. 7:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-1371. 12 Meeting: Talbot Optimist Club

at the Washington Street Pub, Easton. 6:30 p.m. For more info. e-mail tglass@leinc.com. 12-13 The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels is offering a two-evening boater safety course from 6 to 10 p.m. The cost is $25. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941. 12,26 Chess Club from 1 to 3 p.m. at the St. Michaels Community Center. Players gather for friendly competition and instruction. For more info. tel: 410-745-6073. 13 Concert: Summer Concert Series in Hollis Park, St. Michaels featuring the Eastport Oyster Boys. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Alcohol prohibited but light ref reshments available. For more info. tel: 410-745-0669. 13 Concert: No BS! Brass Band in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 13,20,27 Workshop: Sweet Bay Mag nol ia Pa i nt i ng w it h L e e Dâ€™Zmura at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This three-day workshop will focus on capturing the beauty of the sweet bay in watercolor. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

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13,20,27 Adult Class: Color - How Do You Mix That? with Diane DuBois Mullaly at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2782) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 13,20,27 Thursday Writers at the Talbot County Free Library, St. Michaels. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Share and record your memories of life and family with a group of friendly, like-minded people. Participants are invited to bring their lunch. Patrons are asked to pre-register for this program. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org.

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June Calendar 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Festival features 130 boats, on land and in the water, on the 17 acres of the Museum. The Arts at Navy Point is a show within the boat show consisting of 70 vendors, all related in some way to boats, the water, or its surroundings. For more info. tel: 410-745-2916 or visit www.cbmm.org. 1 4-15 The Freder ick Douglass Society and the Academy A rt Museum’s Juneteenth Celebration will begin on Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Museum with a reception and lecture celebrating Easton’s “Hill Project,” the birthplace of African Methodism on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. On Sat. at 11 a.m. the Museum will host a demonstration by AfricanAmerican ceramic artist Ernest Satchell. There will also be a performance of African dance and music, gospel music, art projects and a barbecue. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org or w w w.f re de r ic k dougla s s honorsociety.org. 15 Workshop: Hypertufa Garden Pl a nter w it h R ac hel Melv i n and Carol Jelich at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 9 to 11 a.m. Hypertufa is an artificial stone mater ia l made f rom se ver a l

different aggregates to imitate natural tufa rock. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 15 Kaleidoscope Day at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Music, food, Native American artifacts, Makea-Book, gardening activ ities, robotics demonstrations, and bread making are just a few of the fun things at this family event. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 15 Walk: Summer Flowers with Mary Travaglini at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 1 to 3 p.m. Join this wildf lower hunt with a leisurely stroll through woods and meadow. For more info. tel: 410 - 634-2847, ext. 0 or v isit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 15 Tour & Tea sponsored by the Queen Anne’s Historical Society. Tour Wright’s Chance, Tucker House, special exhibits and two gardens from noon to 2 p.m. and have High Tea at St. Paul’s Parish from 2 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-758-3010. 15 Concert: Chris Trapper and the Chris Trapper Late Show in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 9 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

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June Calendar 16 One-hour Skipjack Sails on the Nathan of Dorchester at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., Long Whar f, Cambridge. For more info. tel: 410 -228 -7 1 41 or v i sit w w w. skipjack-nathan.org. 17 An Evening for Book-Lovers at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 6:30 p.m. “The library guy” Bill Peak and lifelong reader Pat Bates really only have one t hing in common: t hey bot h love a good book. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www. tcfl.org. 17-21 Create a Mosaic Mural in Downtown Easton for ages 8 to 11 at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Jennifer Wagner. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 17-21 Workshop: Extreme Art for ages 4 to 7 at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Heather Crow. 9:30 to 11 a.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 17-21 Workshop: Colorful Multiples for ages 7+ at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Heather Crow. 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS

(2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 17-21 Workshop: Acrylic and Watercolor Painting for ages 10+ at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Heather Crow. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 18 Academy for Lifelong Learning: A Tour of Elegance and Beauty. Tour of Hillwood Estate, Museums and Garden w ith Tom Hollingshead. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Departure by bus from Easton Firehouse. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941. 18 Dig Into Origami at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 10 a.m. For ages 8 and up. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 19-23 Talbot County Designer’s Showhouse to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Preview party is Wednesday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The showhouse and estate tours will be Thursday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The estate this year consists of two buildings, a fully restored 1850s schoolhouse currently used as the guesthouse, and the beautiful Federal Style main house designed by the owners, Lauren Dianich and Jon Braithwaite of

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June Calendar Atelier 11 Architecture. For more info., please contact the showcase coordinator at dsatelier11@ goeaston.net. 20 Academy for Lifelong Learning: A Real Field Trip - Easton/ Newnam Field with Mike Henry. 10 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-745-4941. 20 Dig Into Legos at the Talbot County Free Librar y, Easton. 2 to 3 p.m. For ages 6 and up. L egos prov ided by t he Ma rk Callahan family in memory of Rebecca Callahan. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 20 Meeting: Alzheimer’s Support Group at Chesapea ke Woods Center, Cambridge. 4 p.m. Caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementia-related disorders are invited to attend. Free. For more info. tel: 410-221-1400, ext. 1217. 20 Concert: Summer Concert Series in Hollis Park, St. Michaels featuring Flatland Drive. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Alcohol prohibited but light refreshments available. For more info. tel: 410-745-0669. 20 Concert: David Wilcox in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon

Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 21 Soup Day at the St. Michaels Community Center. Choose from three delicious soups for lunch. $6 meal deal. Each meal comes with a bowl of soup, a roll and a drink. Take out or eat in! We deliver in St. Michaels. For more info. tel:410-745-6073. 21 Lecture: The Book of Happy Writings with Joelle Dautricourt at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 7 p.m. This lecture is done in partnership with Temple B’nai Israel Summer Institute. For more info. tel: 410 -822A RT S (27 82) or v i s it w w w. academyartmuseum.org. 21 Concert: Naked Blue in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www. avalontheatre.com. 21,22,23 Pan & Wendy: An Awfully Big Adventure at the Avalon Theatre, Easton. 7 p.m. Sunday matinee at 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www. avalontheatre.com. 22 Cardboard Boat Races at the Strand in Oxford beginning at 10 a.m. Up to 50 cardboard boats are expected to participate in

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June Calendar this year’s event. This event helps raise money for Special Olympics Maryland. For more info. visit www.portofoxford.com. 22 Tilghman Island Seafood Festival, sponsored by the Tilghman Island VFD. The Festival opens at 11 a.m. Music in the Park begins around noon. There will be music, dancing and Hard Crab races in the Park, Queen contest around 3 p.m. For more info. visit www.tilghmanmd.com. 22 Annual Federalsburg Historical Society Auction beginning at 10 a.m. at the Federalsburg Museum. Tom Trice will be the auctioneer. There will be food for sale and a bake sale. For more info. tel: 410-754-8625. 22 Sailing Saturday at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels. 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Participants can go out on Fogg’s Cove on one of the Museum’s Apprentice for a Day sailing or rowing skiffs. The boats are perfect for up to two people, with instructions provided for beginners. Cost is $10 per session, with reservations recommended. For more info. tel: 410-745-4960 or visit www.cbmm.org. 22 Two-Hour Music Sail aboard

the Sultana in Chestertown, featuring The Lions of Bluegrass. 2 to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-778-5954 or visit www.sultanaprojects.org. 2 4 -2 6 Adult Class: Beautiful Blooms - Painting the Garden in Pastel with Katie Cassidy at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 24-28 Create a Mosaic Mural in Downtown Easton for ages 12 to 16 at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Jennifer Wagner. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 24-28 Workshop: Full Circle with Art for ages 6 to 9 at the Academy Art Museum, Easton, with Maria Sage. 9:30 a.m. to noon. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 25 Academy for Lifelong Learning: Visit Poplar Island with Poplar Island staff from 9 a.m. to noon. Boat leaves from Tilghman Island. For more info. tel: 410745-4941. 27 Underground Creatures of Talbot County, led by Dr. Theodore

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Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 28 iNaturalist for Teachers ~ Professional Development Day with Matt Muir and Margan Glover at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org.

Messier 104, Sombrero galaxy, Mt. Lemmon 24 inch R-C, original 28 Concert: Swamp Candy in the gray-scale capture by Adam Block, Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon processing by Joseph D. Schulman. Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For Suman, entomologist, at the Talbot County Free Library, Easton. 11:30 a.m. For ages 6 and up. For more info. tel: 410-822-1626 or visit www.tcfl.org. 27 Lecture: Wonders of the Night Astrophotography and the Story of the Schulman Telescope with Dr. Joseph S chu l ma n at t he Academy Art Museum, Easton. 6 p.m. For more info. tel: 410822-ARTS (2782) or visit www. academyartmuseum.org. 27 Concert: Summer Concert Series in Hollis Park, St. Michaels featuring 3 Penny Opera. 6:30 to 8 p.m. Free. Alcohol prohibited but light refreshments available. For more info. tel: 410-745-0669. 27 Concert: Meg Hutchinson in the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon

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28-30 Adult Class: Summer Watercolor Workshop with Heather Crow at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 29 Adult Work shop: Paint t he Chesapeake with Matthew Hillier at the Academy Art Museum, Easton. 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-ARTS (2782) or visit www.academyartmuseum.org. 29 Two-Hour Ecology Sail aboard the Sultana in Chestertown. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-778-5954 or visit www. sultanaprojects.org.

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29 Lecture: Wild and Neat with Claudia West at Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely. 1 to 3 p.m. West debunks the myth that native plants are weedy and messy. For more info. tel: 410-634-2847, ext. 0 or visit www.adkinsarboretum.org. 29 Concert: Eastport Oyster Boys on Harrison Street, Easton. 6 p.m. This performance is co-sponsored by the Avalon Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Foundation as part of the Clean Water Concert Series. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com.

the Stoltz Listening Room, Avalon Theatre, Easton. 8 p.m. For more info. tel: 410-822-7299 or visit www.avalontheatre.com. 29 -30 Log Canoe Races at the Miles River Yacht Club, St. Michaels. This is the 4th of July Race Series. For more info. visit www.blogcanoe.com. 30 Music in Town Park, Oxford, featuring the bluegrass band Free Range. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. 3 p.m. The event is free to the public. For more info. visit www.portofoxford.org.

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