The Eastern Shore is a water world in all seasons of the year, but especially summer. Quiet coves are suddenly full of the bright buoys of crab pots and trotlines. Mooring balls are spoken for, tethering sailing and power boats, and families splash at the water’s edge...
Throughout the year, the communities of the Eastern Shore create different ways to celebrate the season. Distinctive to each county’s landscape and traditions, these festivals and events annually enliven life in Talbot, Queen Anne’s and Kent County. For locals,...
The beginning of a New Year always comes with the promise of a fresh start, and nothing speaks to the possibilities like resolutions. There’s self betterment, whether scrolling on your phone less or reading that book that’s been sitting on your bedside table for...
Sep 19 From a gentle rise overlooking a quiet tributary of Langford Creek, the main house of Wings & Whitetail Farm surveys the landscape as it has for 265 years. Once called “Bungay Hill,” this 18th century home in Kent County, Maryland is one of the county’s...
Summer in the Chesapeake means blue crabs. Steamed in Old Bay with a glug of cheap beer thrown in to add flavor, a mountain of crabs piled high on a picnic table gladdens the hearts of all Marylanders. But steamed crabs don’t come cheap—and the earlier in the summer...
Author Cheryl Cox, with family Written by Cheryl Cox, a client (and friend!) of Courtney’s, and new resident on the Shore. Thank you, Cheryl! A pandemic is certainly nothing that any of us anticipated or even imagined would enter our lives in March of...
It’s that time of year again on the Mid-Shore — when we experience the phenomenon lovingly known as the “Eastern Shore traffic jam.” But unlike city gridlock, this one isn’t caused by rush hour, but by a combine or tractor making its way from one field to another at a...
I believe in the power of professionalism. But a recent trip to Europe with my husband really brought home the ways expertise and skill can transform an experience. Unlike many of our peers, who are harnessing the DIY power of the internet to plan their trips,...
My husband grew up in a Maryland town that didn’t have a main street. The first time I visited I was really confused. Where is the post office? A dry cleaner? Barber shop? A hardware store? Ice cream shop??!!! I thought about that when I sold...
When people visit me for the first time, the first thing they ask is, why are so many houses for sale around here? Then they lean in and whisper, ‘what’s wrong with the neighborhood?’ It’s not just my neighborhood, Prospect Bay. There’s lots of houses for sale...
There’s something about the word home that our men and women in the military understand better than the rest of us ever could. The people who sacrifice the most for our safety often miss out on the simple comforts we all enjoy every day. That’s why my husband and I...
My dad had his first heart attack in 1997. (For those of you who don't know, my father passed in 2006). The first time my dad was in the hospital was well before Steve and I were married. I remember so many thoughts came flooding through my mind on that day....