After teaching high school in Ohio, Gary served in the Peace Corps (Micronesia), then trained volunteers for service in Ponape, Tonga, Yap, Tuvalu, Ghana, and Malaysia. In 1979, he joined the faculty of the State Department’s Foreign Service Institute where for eight years he was Associate Dean of the School of Language Studies. Buying a home on Tilghman’s Island in 1980, he and his wife Susan established a bookstore there in 1993, Crawfords Nautical Books. Since retirement in 1998, both have been active in civic affairs. Gary helped found the Tilghman Watermen’s Museum, served nine years on the Board of Phillips Wharf Environmental Center and six years on Talbot County’s Village Center Board. Susan is a practicing painter and president of the St. Michaels Art League. Gary has authored numerous publications about the area, including some video presentations, and for five years published the “Island Flyer,” a weekly paper for Tilghman Island.
- October 2010 – Tilghman Island’s 351st Birthday
- December 2010 – Wading to Sharp’s Island
- February 2011 – The Winstone Riddle
- March 2011 – Choptank Island and Robin Hood
- April 2011 – An Occurrence at Jones Boatyard
- May 2011 – The Copy Book
- June 2011 – The Bonaparte Threat
- July 2011 – Island Hopping
- September 2011 – A Curious Thing That Happened
- October 2011 – Long Arm of the Law
- November 2011 – The Taylor Rescue
- December 2011 – Ho, Ho, Haw, Haw
- January 2012 – The Great Eastern
- February 2012 – Just One League Under the Sea
- March 2012 – Leaning Tower of Light
- April 2012 – The Other Side of the Bay
- May 2012 – A Hole in the Bay
- June 2012 – Funny Names
- July 2012 – The Fish-Bait Tree
- August 2012 – The Rise and Fall of the Eastern Shore
- September 2012 – Touring
- October 2012 – Island Redux
- November 2012 – At The Horseshoe Road Inn
- December 2012 – Dame Destiny
- January 2013 – The War of 1813
- February 2013 – Floral Arrangement
- March 2013 – The Bridges of Tilghman’s Island
- April 2013 – Island in Another Sea
- May 2013 – The Tower
- June 2013 – Hints from the Past
- July 2013 – That Fellow Dessy & The Martin Point
- August 2013 – Plaques in the Park
- September 2013 – The Villages of Talbot County
- October 2013 – The Settlement of North Virginia
- November 2013 – The Wharf That Was
- December 2013 – The Remarkable Miss Alice
- January 2014 – The Ordeal of Lifeboat #3
- February 2014 – Clippity-Clop
- March 2014 – On the Distaff Side
- April 2014 – Scaling
- May 2014 – Two Tales ~ Tall but True
- June 2014 – Courting
- July 2014 – A Conversation with Maynard Lowery
- August 2014 – The Oyster Runner
- September 2014 – Lodestar
- October 2014 – The Baby and the Bugeye
- November 2014 – Captain John B
- December 2014 – In the (C)Old Days
- January 2015 – Writing – Its a Hoot
- Feburary 2015 – Railroading
- March 2015 – The Chamberlaines
- April 2015 – New Horizons
- May 2015 – The Preventorium
- June 2015 – Terms of Venery
- July 2015 – A Vanished Island
- August 2015 – The Secret Master
- September 2015 – Addenda and Errata
- October 2015 – Whoppers
- November 2015 – Avalon Island
- December 2015 – Cedar Grove ~ The Founding of Newcomb Village
- January 2016 – Absalom
- February 2016 – Abby: The Boy With Six Names
- March 2016 – Encounters in a Book Store
- April 2016 – Lost to the Bay
- May 2016 – Hayruss IV – Part I
- June 2016 – Hayruss IV – Part II
- July 2016 – Sot-Weed
- August 2016 – Local Music
- September 2016 – Playing Bridge!
- October 2016 – The Saga of Lodestar
- November 2016 – Fishing Shores
- December 2016 – Bennu
- January 2017 – The Bungalo Mystery – Part I
- February 2017 – The Bungalo Mystery – Part II
- March 2017 – The Typo
- April 2017 – A Place Apart
- May 2017 – Home Run Baker
- June 2017 – Innovation on the Chesapeake
- July 2017 – The Wizard of Fairbank Village
- August 2017 – The Coast Guard Station That Was
- September 2017 – Eliza – A Founding Mother
- October 2017 – Island Schooling
- November 2017 – The Isthmus: Sherwood Village
- December 2017 – Heavenly Events
- January 2018 – Los Indios
- February 2018 – Running Memory Laps
- March 2018 – The Tithing Quilt
- April 2018 – Sook: And Ye Shall Find
- May 2018 – Voices From The Past
- June 2018 – Nicknames
- July 2018 – View from the Shore
- August 2018 – The Lottery
- September 2018 – The Hundreds
- October 2018 – More Addenda & Errata
- November 2018 – Naval Mishaps
- December 2018 – How Adam Changed History
- January 2019 – Clippings
- February 2019 – Living Off the Land
- March 2019 – Perdita
- April 2019 – Tench’s Ride
- May 2019 – Waterway Open Again
- June 2019 – Global Links
- July 2019 – Remembering Peggy Stewart
- August 2019 – In the Box
- September 2019 – Those Poplar Girls
- October 2019 – Pee-Weck
- November 2019 – Reunions
- December 2019 – Memories of Christmas Past
- January 2020 – The Tilghman’s Island Series (Part I)
- February 2020 – The Tilghman’s Island Series (Part II)
- March 2020 – The Tilghman’s Island Series (Part III)
- April 2020 – The Tilghman’s Island Series (Part IV – The Final Chapter)