The Tidewater Times was established in 1952 as a specialized monthly magazine which would appeal to the tourist, the prospective land buyer, and others for whom the Eastern Shore has a special allure.
Published Monthly since 1952
Featured Articles
Mid-Winter Peace by Michael Valliant
This winter I have been living inside Wendell Berry’s poem “The Peace of Wild Things.” I thought I might write inside it too. Berry is a farmer, a novelist, a poet and an essay writer, among…
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Capt. Wade Murphy Tells All by James Dawson
Note by J.D.: Capt. Wade Murphy Jr. from Tilghman is a third-generation waterman known up and down the Chesapeake Bay until recently as the owner and captain of the skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark,…
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All Quiet – a novel by Brendan Gallagher
The boatyard quieted in the weeks leading up to Christmas, giving Earl more time to devote to repairing crab traps. He even stayed late some nights, sending Leon home ahead of him in Betsy to…
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Tidewater Kitchen – Forever Favorites by Pamela Meredith
In a time when food trends seem to move quickly, we continually return to our favorite dishes. This is why trends seems to come and go, but the best clam canapés, your favorite chicken…
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Winter by Helen Chappell
Once upon a time, I lived in Bellevue, near the ferry. I liked it there because I felt like a part of the community. My house looked out over a field and from time to time a deer would wander…
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Navigating Rough Waters by A. M. Foley
In the 1860s, tides of war mirrored the ebb and flow of Chesapeake Bay. On the lower Bay, Virginia opted to secede from the Union on April 17, 1861. To the north, Maryland barely clung on.
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The Canadian Rockies by Bonna Nelson
We were all pretty much silent on the Caravan bus as we headed south along the eastern edge of the Canadian Rockies to the town of Pincher Creek in the Alberta Province of Canada. .
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Turning Left – The Culture Made Him Do It by Roger Vaughan
I was stopped three cars back in the left lane at the Dover Street light in Easton, going north on Rt 50. If you don’t know it, it’s a fairly long light. When the left-turn arrow goes green,…
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