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  A Christmas Memory  by Helen Chappell 
Every year around Christmas, my mother would share a treat with me. She would take me out of school for the day and we would take the bus to Philadelphia to see the store windows and the Christmas decorations and maybe have a little retail therapy.  In those days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, stores didn’t put up their Christmas stuff until after Thanksgiving. As a sheltered small-town girl, going to Wilmington was a basic shopping experience. Strawbridge’s and Wanamaker’s knew us well, with my aunt making the occasional foray to Wilmington Dry Goods.   Read More …

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  Talbot Special Riders: Providing Therapy and Joy  by Bonna L. Nelson

I met my friend Rita Connolly when we first moved to Easton, close to 14 years ago. As long as I have known Rita, she has been a tireless leader and volunteer in our immediate community and in the greater Mid-Shore community. One of the many organizations that she volunteers for is the Talbot Special Riders (TSR). TSR is a therapeutic horseback riding program serving the Mid-Shore area. During a drive with Rita to Timber Grove Farm, home to TSR, for her regular Tuesday volunteer commitment, we chatted about her interest in the organization.  Read More...

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  Tidewater Kitchen: Crimson Cranberries – Jewels of the Season  by Pamela Meredith

What would the holidays be without cranberries? For one thing, holidays would be less nutritious. Cranberries add dietary fiber, potassium and vitamin C while also adding character, color and flavor. The natural tartness of cranberries can be tamed with sugar, but don’t use too much or it will detract from their distinctive flavor. Cooking them with apples, oranges or bananas will subdue their sourness while preserving the tangy taste. As cranberries cook, their skins burst, releasing their high pectin content and causing them to thicken and gel as they cool.    Read More…

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  Beastie Boy Bouillabaisse by Michael Valliant
We were sitting in the Records Plus parking lot in Easton when it opened. It was the summer of 1989, and we were waiting for the new Beastie Boys album, Paul’s Boutique. For the next several days, we listened to it on a loop while we painted the inside of an office building. We took the money we made and the album to Ocean City and returned with the album, memories, our sides hurting from laughter, but with no money. We all have music that we have come of age with, and that have, in turn, made up large parts of the soundtrack of our lives. Over time, our lives and our soundtrack all become part of the same stew.  Read More…

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  Aylwin: A Past Present  by Peter B. Brittin
It began one bleak and very cold day in February. I was alone in a boatyard just north of Burlington, Vermont, wandering around, flinching at the raw weather off Lake Champlain. It was a tough period in my life; I was just coming out the other end of a painful divorce. I wanted and needed solitude for just an afternoon. Having spent many happy summers working at sea while in prep school and college, boats felt good to be around, even in February.  Wandering in thought and in space, I trudged through the snow drifts. Then I saw her sheer line and felt her grace.  Read More…

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  Fishing – No Rose Garden (Part 2 of 3)  by Roger Vaughan

Sal finished his cod fish, looked at his watch. He had 30 minutes to the next haul-back. That was the trouble with meals. They cut into sleep time. He climbed back into his bunk, pulled the sleeping bag over his head, found it was possible to lie on his hip and brace sideways with his knees. His father must have turned the boat slightly as they neared the end of the three-hour run. The seas were quartering. The roll was worse, but the drops weren’t so bad. With a flash of disgust, Sal felt the hot meal slosh in his stomach as the boat rolled through 60 degrees.  Read More…

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