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The Legacies Our Fathers Leave Us

A record in words and pictures

Fatherhood at the One-Year Mark

I forget what life was like pre-Liliana, even though I had 35 years of it

Bernie Fowler’s 32nd Annual Patuxent River Wade-In

47-inch visibility is half-century record

Spa Creek Conservancy

Back Creek living shoreline credited with clarity

Swimming for Dad

37 years ago Brian Earley braved the waters of Chesapeake Bay to commemorate his late father, starting a tradition that lives to this day

Wonders happen in water. Capture water in a pool, and creatures can’t resist it. We gather in the liquid, and make magic. Here’s what I mean. Consider that the narrator and title character in the novel Life of Pi, named Piscine for swimming pool in French, devotes pages to second-hand elegies to the early 20th century swimming pools of Paris — despite sanitation far beneath the standards of modern pools. Consider that the Druid Hill and Patterson Park swimming pools of Baltimore have inspired...

Article - Letter from the Editor 7/29/10

Local or Organic?

That’s a choice you have to make in buying cherries, peaches, plums and nectarines

Every year, I am asked if the peaches and nectarines that I sell are grown organically. The answer is no. We cannot grow stone fruit crops such as peaches, plums, nectarines and cherries without having to use both insecticides and fungicides. All of these crops are extremely susceptible to brown rot, rusts and insect damage from beetles, curculio, aphids, mites, stink bugs, borers, etc. At present there are no organic or biological controls for the insects that attack these crops. Many...

Article - The Bay Gardener by Dr. Francis Gouin; by Dr. Francis Gouin; 8/5/10

Salt

A femme fatale wreaks havoc in this quick bruiser

CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie: Wanted) is just leaving her spy office for an anniversary dinner with hubby when a Russian defector appears out of nowhere and spoils her bliss. In the interrogation room, he claims she’s a Russian operative who intends to kill the Russian president during a state visit. Instantly suspect, she’s detained for a moment before she breaks loose and leads a dangerous chase — rushing to save her butt and find her husband. But Salt isn’t...

Article - Movie Reviews; by Mark Burns; 7/29/10

How Are the Oiled Birds Doing?

Leg bands help tell the story

Since April, 1,212 birds have been rescued from the filth spilling out of the Deep Water Horizon rig in the Gulf oil spill. Another 2,188 birds were found dead. Of the survivors, 511 have been released. Over one-third of the birds rescued survived the big spill. But how long will they survive? To answer that question, scientists need help. Maybe even your help — though rescued birds aren’t expected to flock to Chesapeake Country. Nearing the end of its rehabilitation, each bird is...

Article - Creature Feature; by Ron Stein; 7/29/10

Wayne Karlin’s Wandering Souls

This Vietnam veteran shows us finely detailed frames of war

The last seven words in Michael Herr’s bestseller Dispatches lament: “Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, we’ve all been there.” Well, yes and no. In Wayne Karlin’s most recent book Wandering Souls, the College of Southern Maryland teacher and Marine Corps Viet Nam veteran shows us finely detailed frames of what most of us never knew about that war — while reminding us what we perhaps have always known about that war. Or any war. War’s slogging nature is one of...

Article - Books; by Doug Kamholz; 7/29/10

A Child Will Lead Them ...

... to free summer vacation breakfast in Southern Anne Arundel County

Free Breakfast Outreach came to be because of a second grader’s concern. You’ve heard it said, There ain’t no free lunch. Nathaniel Quimby of Tracy’s Elementary School says, Yes, there is! At the end of his second year of school, young Quimby was not so excited about school ending. When his mother questioned his mood, he told her, “I’m worried about my classmates who won’t have any lunch or breakfast now. Mom, will my friends go hungry?”...

Article - News; by Vicki Marsh; 7/29/10

Backstage Romance

Acting team Anna and Alan Ostroff find a Fantastick way to express their love

The curtain goes up on a real life love story in Infinity Theatre Company’s production of The Fantasticks. The play, which tells the tale of two lovers overcoming familial obstacles, opens at the Children’s Theatre of Annapolis this Friday. The production is the first for fledgling Infinity Theatre Company, whose founders Anna and Alan Ostroff found love and creative fulfillment on stage. “We both have been in love with the show since we can remember,” explains...

Article - Arts and Culture; by Diana Beechener; 7/29/10

Neighbors, Can You Spare $300 Grand?

How Calvert’s biggest party brings in the bucks

What’s left after 1,000 pounds of lobster are washed down with champagne? Or if you prefer, a roasted pig is washed down with beer? Or filet mignon washed down with martinis? A third of a million dollars — if Calvert County’s biggest party, the Celebration of Life Cancer Crusade, lives up to the tradition of past celebrations. And if Sue and Steve Kullen, this year’s honorary chairs, are as good at reaching into your heart and pockets for this year’s Aug. 5 party...

Article - News; by Margaret Tearman; 7/29/10

Bright Lights, All Tight

Saturn, Mars and Venus vie for position in the west at twilight

The waning moon rises after 10pm at week’s end, then crests the horizon 20-plus minutes later each night, so that by Tuesday, the last-quarter moon rises after midnight. Friday’s gibbous moon rises with glowing Jupiter only six degrees to the south, and the two remain tight through the wee hours before dawn, appearing high in the south with sunrise Saturday at 6:06. The sun sets this week around 8:15, and each day it leaves us more than a minute earlier. As the sky darkens, a bright...

Article - Sky Watch by J. Alex Knoll; by J. Alex Knoll; 7/29/10

The Osprey Saga

Week 19: T'ween

During the early part of the week, Olivia cleared all the twigs off the nest platform. The nest is gone. there remains only the bare platform itself, which she and Junior occupy. It is like the deck of an air carrier, cleared for air operations. Junior is as big as his mom now. She tries to get him to flap his wings, but he’s too lazy and after a few flaps just stands there like a dummy. She still does the fly-around-the-nest bit, but he’s buying none of it. He is in the equivalent...

Article - Osprey Saga by M.C. Koblos; by M.C. Koblos; 7/29/10

Here's Looking at You, Dad

The Legacies Our Fathers Leave Us

Fatherhood at the One-Year Mark

Bernie Fowler’s 32nd Annual Patuxent River Wade-In

Spa Creek Conservancy

Swimming for Dad

The Wonders of Water

Local or Organic?

Salt

How Are the Oiled Birds Doing?

Wayne Karlin’s Wandering Souls

A Child Will Lead Them ...

Backstage Romance

Neighbors, Can You Spare $300 Grand?

Bright Lights, All Tight

The Osprey Saga

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