What's Inside

Bill Burton
Following shad downriver: Soon oysters and crabs will be just a memory, too.

The Bay Gardener
by Dr. Frank Gouin
You needn’t sell the cow for a sky-high beanstalk: Put in a trellis for more spring and summer vegetables.

Way Downstream

Sporting Life
by Dennis Doyle
A sweet afternoon on the Choptank: Yellow perch are running.

Sky Watch
by J. Alex Knoll
Winter’s last go-round: The Great Winter Circle still lights up the evening sky.

Tidelog®

Earth Journal
by Gary Pendleton
Small advances of spring: Liverleaf may not cure a bad liver, but it will help to ease your winter blues.

Earth Talk
The eco-truth about leather: Chic material generates pollution far and near.

Editorial

Bay Reflection
by M.L. Faunce
Reflecting on Women’s History Month: Among our advances, we’d like half a day off.

Letters to the Editor

Curtain Call
reviewed by Diana Beechener
Colonial Players’ Kiss Me, Kate hits the right notes.

Movie Reviews
Jonathan Parker on The Bank Job: This heist flick smartly wastes little time getting to the good parts: How it’s all planned and how it all turns out.

News of the Weird

Free Will Astrology