Featured Articles

  Hoarders  by Helen Chappell 

Recently, I watched the reality show The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Marie Kondo, the genius behind the latest fad sweeping housewife nation, has some ideas about organizing and decluttering your stuff that are bound to make the most anal-compulsive among us feel like a slob. Watching this with a friend who loves, loves, loves these reality shows, it came to me that Marie Kondo is not only crying all the way to the bank, she has a case of OCD that would make Joan Crawford look grimy.    Read More …

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  Museum of African American History and Culture by Bonna Nelson

There must be appropriate tensions between stories of real pain, loss and tragedy with those of resiliency, optimism and hope…it must give those of the culture a real sense of legitimacy and possibility, but also be a museum that is a lens into what it means to be an American. A message that all of us are shaped indelibly by this African-American experience.   ~ Lonnie G. Bunch III, historian, former Founding Director, NMAAHC and, since June 2019, the first African American Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution  Read More …

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  Making History on the Shore  by Michael Valliant

History runs deep on the Eastern Shore. As times change, having a sense for regional and family history becomes more important. But it’s not just a matter of leaving history in the past. In the case of the Kitty Knight  and the Fish Whistle at the Granary in Georgetown, Md., and Crow Vineyard and Winery in Kennedyville, they are at once embracing their past and writing the next chapters in new ways. The Kitty Knight was named after an American heroine who made her name during the War of 1812.   Read More…

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  The Six-Sided Wonder: Peachblossom Meeting House by James Dawson

Hidden in plain sight on Route 50, about three miles south of Easton, is one of the unsung architectural gems of Talbot County. You’ve probably driven by it hundreds of times and barely given it a second glance. But you can’t miss it as Peachblossom Meeting House, a.k.a Round Top, is certainly the only hexagonal building with its own historical marker anywhere along Route 50’s 3,000 miles. The Maryland Historical Trust has deemed it one of the significant structures in Talbot County and its only surviving hexagonal structure from the 19th century.      Read More… 

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  A Week of Easy Meals  by Pamela Meredith

Any season can be hectic, but budget-friendly meal prepping can save you time and money and make decision-making a breeze. Healthy, fresh ingredients transform simple recipes into down-home family favorites. You can use your oven and grill to add variety to your cooking.
BEEF & VEGETABLES GREEK STYLE
This recipe calls for you to grill, so double the amount of beef and use it for Beef & Orange Sauce Pasta.     Read More…

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  The Tilghman’s Island Series  by Gary Crawford

Beginning with this issue of the Tidewater Times, January 2020, we embark (together) on a voyage of discovery into the history of one small but unique portion of the Eastern Shore that lies in Talbot County. The colonial administration named it “Choptank Island,” though for the last 278 years it has been known as Tilghman’s Island. Although settled more than three and a half centuries ago ~ in 1659, three years before the county itself was established ~ the island was the subject of just two published histories prior to 1991. The first, by Raymond Sinclair, appeared in 1954 and was titled The Tilghman’s Island Story. Antoinette Covington produced the second history in 1981, which she called Tilghman’s Island Capers.     Read More…

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