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Delmarva Storytelling Comes to Tilghman Island! Sat., March 22, 2025

Author and storyteller Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore will share fun and fascinating tales of Talbot County and Delmarva days gone by as part of the Tilghman Watermen’s Museum Speaker Series at the firehouse on Tilghman Island on Sat., March 22, 2025. A resident of Cambridge, Md., Duffy is an award-winning writer and the author of five books, including two collections of…

Secrets of the Eastern ShoreFebruary 20, 2025

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Delmarva Storytelling Comes to Selbyville: Thu., April 10, 2025

NOTE: This event got snowed/colded/winded out in February. This is the replacement date! Author and storyteller Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore will be telling true-life "Delmarva Tales" in a presentation and discussion session at the Selbyville (Del.) Public Library on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The talk will include previews from Duffy's upcoming book, a collection of inspirational stories of courage, kindness, and…

Secrets of the Eastern ShoreFebruary 8, 2025

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Envelope, Please! The 20 Most Popular Stories of 2024

Hey, big thanks to all of who visited the Secrets website in 2024! Here, without further ado, are links to the 20 most popular stories as decided by readers. FYI, many of these stories appear in one or another of the five books I have written about travel, history, and culture on the Delmarva Peninsula. Here is where you can find more info about those…

Secrets of the Eastern ShoreDecember 30, 2024

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An Inspiring E-book: ‘I Will Overcome:’ The Soul Stirring Life of Charles A. Tindley

Charles Tindley should be more of a household name. He helped invent a new American art form. The gospel songs he composed are still stirring souls a century after his death. He was a preacher for the ages, drawing more than 10,000 congregants into one of America’s first-ever megachurches. He fed the hungry. He lifted up the poor. He fought racism and injustice. He endured…

Secrets of the Eastern ShoreApril 26, 2024

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Jim Duffy’s Delmarva Storytelling Show is in Elkton, Md. on Thursday, May 9

Storyteller Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore will share fun and fascinating "Tales of Delmarva" days gone by in a talk sponsored by the Cecil County Library at 6:30pm on Thu., May 9, 2024 at the library's Elkton branch. Duffy is an award-winning writer and author of five books that explore travel, history and culture themes on the Eastern Shore and in Delaware.…

Secrets of the Eastern ShoreMarch 12, 2024

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“Underground Railroad Journeys” Talk by Jim Duffy in Frankford, Del. on Sat., Feb. 10

Author and storyteller Jim Duffy will share true-life tales of “Underground Railroad Journeys” during a presentation and discussion at the Frankford (Del.) Public Library at 11am on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. Duffy is the author of "Tubman Travels: 32 Underground Railroad Journeys on Delmarva" as well as four other books devoted to travel, history, and culture on the Delmarva Peninsula. He is a frequent guest…

Secrets of the Eastern ShoreDecember 31, 2023

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Most Popular, 2023: The Classics

First--hey, thanks: Year-over-year website traffic jumped a whopping 55.9 percent in 2023! I have divided my annual list of the year's most viral stories into two categories--the most popular newish stories, written recently and posted for the first time (those stories are here), and the most popular year-in-and-year out classic stories that are always popular on the site. Here goes with the classics: • “Now…

Secrets of the Eastern ShoreDecember 25, 2023

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Most Popular, 2023: The Newbie Stories

First--hey, thanks: Year-over-year website traffic jumped a whopping 55.9 percent in 2023! I have divided my annual list of the year's most viral stories into two categories--the most popular newish stories, written recently and posted for the first time, and the most popular year-in-and-year out classic stories that are always popular on the site (those classic stories are here). This page is about the newbies,…

Secrets of the Eastern ShoreDecember 25, 2023

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Storytelling Show in Bethany Beach, Del. on Tue., Nov. 14

Author and storyteller Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore will share tales of Delmarva days gone by in a talk sponsored by the Bethany Beach Cultural and Historic Affairs Committee on Tue., Nov. 14. A resident of Cambridge, Md., Duffy is an award-winning writer and the author of five books, including two collections of Eastern Shore Road Trips and the new Shore Fun: The Wanderer’s Guide…

Secrets of the Eastern ShoreOctober 26, 2023

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The Bethany Beach Book Signing: Sun., July 23, 2023

The award-winning writer Jim Duffy of Secrets of the Eastern Shore will be in Bethany Beach, Del. for a book-signing event on Sun., July 23, 2023. The affair will take place outside of Bethany Beach Books in the heart of town at 99 Garfield Blvd., 6pm-7:30pm. Duffy is the author of the bestselling Eastern Shore Road Trips series. Subtitled “One-Day Adventures on Delmarva,” the two…

Secrets of the Eastern ShoreJune 22, 2023