On Writers and Writing: A Chat With Spy Columnist Laura Oliver
[youtube id=”ByuzoqoD0mc In Thomas Mann’s novel Tristan, one of his characters, said, “A writer is one to whom writing comes harder than to anybody else.” A comic barb, but, as Mann suggested later, it holds some truth. Readers certainly don’t sense that Laura Oliver struggles with her well-crafted columns appearing each Sunday in the Spy, but that’s […]
Delmarva Review: Play on Maryland’s Eastern Shore by Judy Catterton
Author’s Note: I’ve written a memoir about cases I tried during my 30-year career as a trial lawyer in Maryland. This one tells the story of a criminal trial held in Easton in 1992. It involves a fight on Tilghman Island between a group of men from the Western Shore of the Chesapeake Bay and […]
Chesapeake Lens: Rain, Rain, Go Away by JP Henry
Maybe that’s why they’re called Watermen! “Rain, Rain, Go Away” by JP Henry.
House, Senate Send $63 Billion Budget to Governor
The House and Senate gave final approval to a $63 billion budget and companion budget reconciliation bill Friday, a move that sends both measures to Gov. Wes Moore (D). The votes wrapped up a week of back and forth between the two chambers but ended with Republican opposition to hundreds of millions in tax and fee […]
Oxford Garden Club Receives Plant America Grant
Late last fall the Oxford Garden Club approached the town of Oxford and offered help with any horticulture or landscape project that might be needed. The town requested the club address the understory of an oak tree. With a $1,000 Plant America grant from the National Garden Clubs, Inc., the Club undertook the project in […]
Col. Tench Tilghman Chapter Meets April 13
The next meeting of the Colonel Tench Tilghman Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) will occur on Saturday April 13, 2024 beginning at 11:00 AM at the Chester River Yacht and Country Club in Chestertown, Maryland. Our guest speaker will be David O. Smith who will present information from his book The Armstrong Brothers: One Pennsylvania […]