Fur Your Consideration: Meet Pretzel and Lucy Cat
Each week, The Spy partners with Baywater Animal Rescue to feature animals looking for a second chance. These profiles spotlight the personalities, quirks, and stories behind the cats and dogs waiting for adoption. Meet your next companion. Pretzel is a sweet 5-year-old, 70-pound shepherd/beagle mix who has come a long way from a neglectful past, […]
Unintended Consequences by Jamie Kirkpatrick
Like almost everyone else in America these days, I’ve been reading Allen Levi’s debut novel, Theo of Golden. In fact, I finished it just this morning; I would have finished it days ago, but I purposefully slowed down to prolong my pleasure. I was enthralled by Mr. Levi’s story of a gentle but mysterious […]
Customer Service Has Gone Off the Rails in this Country by Maria Grant
When my husband had a routine physical in December, his physician recommended a colonoscopy. When he tried to schedule the procedure, the center told him it had an opening in early April—literally three months later. When we experienced internet issues on the Eastern Shore, the company (that shall remain nameless) first directed me to […]
Our Power, Our Earth by Katherine Emery General
As Earth Day approaches this Wednesday, I find myself drawn more than ever to my garden, soaking up every bit of positive energy I can. There’s something grounding about being outside this time of year, the warmth of the air, the light lasting a little longer each day, everything slowly waking up again. In […]
Adkins Arboretum: Guess the Photo!
Happy Mystery Monday! Can you guess what is pictured in photo #1? The answer to last week’s mystery is the funnel-web spider pictured in photo #2. The funnel-web or grass spider, of which there are at least five species in the Agelenopsis genus, is a common and generally harmless resident of lawns and gardens. […]
Low Dose Radiation Therapy Brings Pain Relief to Busy Senior
Shown on duty at The Bazaar at 121 Federal Street, Terry Stephan appreciates the relief from osteoarthritis pain she enjoys after receiving low-dose radiation therapy (LDRT) in February. Terry Stephan, 88, is 2nd vice president of the Auxiliary of Memorial Hospital at Easton, the group that provides support for University of Maryland Shore Medical Center […]