“You’re from somewhere, aren’t you?” ―Elizabeth Hadaway, American poet From Cecil County to Somerset, public murals dot the Eastern Shore, adding an unexpected sense of place. They help visitors get the hang of Maryland’s nine Shore counties. They connect Crisfield … Continue reading Sense of Place on the Eastern Shore — Murals
Like so many of the lower Eastern Shore’s end-of-the-road communities, Taylor’s Island — bustling in the 18th century — is a picturesque, history-laced backwater. Twenty minutes west of Cambridge, the drive to the island passes through part of Tubman country, … Continue reading Destination Drive: Taylor’s Island in Dorchester County
My mother was Lillian Phillips Shivers. She grew up in the village of Allen in Wicomico County, married there in her parents’ parlor, while her father and her future mother-in-law wept on the front porch – out of joy, I … Continue reading The Superstitious Sayings of My Mother
