Stories

In the Studio with Nancy Hammond

In the Studio with Nancy Hammond By Christine Fillat Photography courtesy of Nancy Hammond Editions   Herons in Linear Leaves ©Nancy Hammond Editions   In the painting Herons in Linear Leaves, artist Nancy Hammond creates a balanced composition of four

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Travel | Spearfishing in Eleuthera

Spearfishing in Eleuthera By Kymberly Taylor     If you crave peace and a touch of the wild, the low-key isle of Eleuthera may be for you. We have visited this skinny, narrow archipelago in the Bahamas twice. It is

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Splendor on Spa Creek

Splendor on Spa Creek By Walinda P. West Photography by David Burroughs     For Trish and Leo Dunn, their move to Annapolis started in a small yellow cottage with peeling paint, weathered shingles, and a breathtaking water view hidden

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Tidewater Ramble on the Miles River

Tidewater Ramble on the Miles River By Dylan Roche Photography by Anice Hoachlander     The best laid plans often backfire. We have all been there. However, for Robert and Janice Vitale, disappointment led to a fresh opportunity. The couple

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10 Locals Share Their Joy

  Eastern Shore locals share 10 favorite spots tucked into the quaint towns and coastal countryside of this diverse peninsula.   Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge Referred by Abigail Robson  |  Cakes by Abby     When was the last

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“The Heart of Our Community”

“The Heart of Our Community” St. Michaels Community Center By Dylan Roche Photography by Julia Heine     Blind Optimism. That’s a phrase architect Mark McInturff of McInturff Architects uses to describe the process of a big project like the

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Silent Maid, A Catboat with Many Lives

Silent Maid A Catboat with Many Lives By Gary Jobson     “This type of boat has only one sail, and there must be perfect harmony between sail and hull.” – Edwin Schoettle   Homes and boats share a special

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The High-Heeled Gardener | The Heavenly Daylily

The Heavenly Daylily By Kymberly Taylor   Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Matthew 6:28

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Straight Up On Dining Out | Sassafras

Sassafras Culinary Alchemy By Christine Fillat Photography by Caroline J. Phillips     Sassafras is a restaurant unlike any other in the region. Imagine a venue that explores all that the Chesapeake Bay has to offer: the abundance of the

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Poets in the Conversation Room | Mary Jo Bang

A Film in Which I Play Everyone By Mary Jo Bang       In scene two, silence is a sleeve, I’m an arm in it. In an outdated Hollywood magazine, I found a photo of someone wearing my hair.

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