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Your Eastern Shore Holiday: 97 Christmastime Things to See & Do on Delmarva

Merry Christmas, everyone! I have been a busy little elf on your behalf, gathering up and putting together all the information you need to enjoy an unforgettable Christmas season! There really are 97 different things to see and do here. Follow the links are you will find: • Christmas Parades There are nearly 30 of those, and the list includes traditional small-town affairs, boat parades--even a lighted golf…
November 21, 2016
Secrets of the Eastern Shore Christmas
The Newsroom

The Secrets Christmas Agenda 2016!

We are going to be busy little elves this holiday season! On top of filling customer orders for Eastern Shore-themed greeting cards and photo prints available here on our website, there is all of this coming up: • SIGNING #1: On Black Friday, Nov. 25, Secrets founder Jim Duffy will be at Sundial Books in Chincoteague, signing copies of the new Secrets guidebook, "Eastern Shore Road…
November 21, 2016
Broadwater on Hog Island Featured Photo
From the BooksQuote of the Day

Quote of the Day: ‘No More Kindly Heart Ever Beat’

This excerpt from Eastern Shore Road Trips #2: 26 MORE One-Day Adventures on Delmarva is the bonus section at the end of a chapter that leads you along a backroads journey through the countryside and little fishing villages that line the oceanside length of the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The chapter touches several times on the history of the barrier islands off of that shore,…
August 22, 2016
Storm Clouds over the Choptank River Lighthouse on Maryland's Eastern Shore
Road Trips

BUCKET LIST: Take a Lighthouse Cruise

There is a chapter in my book, Eastern Shore Road Trips, that is all about visiting lighthouses on the Eastern Shore and in Southern Delaware. Running from Turkey Point Light up in Elk Neck State Park to Assateague Light down in Chincoteague, that trip really is a road trip, covering beacons that are accessible by land. There are lots of other lighthouses out there, of course,…
August 20, 2016
Feed Bay Dresses in the Poultry Industry on the Eastern Shore and Delmarva
Quote of the Day

QUOTE OF THE DAY: How “Women’s Work” Launched a Feed Sack Fashions Phenomenon

In its fledgling early years on the Delmarva peninsula, the poultry industry consisted largely of small family farms where folks were trying to raise some chickens on the side. As often as not, the hard work involved in running this side business fell to the woman of the house. This description of that state of affairs is from Delmarva’s Chicken Industry: 75 Years of Progress,…
August 15, 2016
J.M. Clayton's in the Snow, Eastern Shore of Maryland
Miscellany

Christmas in July

It's hot out there, so why not order Christmas cards? In honor of our heat wave, I have decided to throw in a free gift on any order of 10 or more Christmas cards. The cards cost $4 apiece, but they are only $3 apiece when you get a box of 10 and $2.50 apiece when you get a box of 20. Here they are: Click the image…
July 23, 2016
Cape Charles Light off of the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day: The Terrible Scourge That Halted Work on the Cape Charles Lighthouse, 1895

There is a second Smith Island off of the Eastern Shore, with the lesser-known one shown here located all the way down by the mouth of the Bay. It's home to the Cape Charles Lighthouse, which is pretty as can be but just about impossible to go visit. Between the shifting sandbars and the tricky tides, the landing on uninhabited Smith Island is supposedly a…
June 28, 2016