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Article - Correspondence; by Dave Linthicum - 12/9/10

November 18’s Double Scoop of Reading

Dear Bay Weekly: Had to write with kudos on the Season’s Bounty: 41,000 words … Wow! I of course enjoyed Ellen Moyer’s trail article in the same issue, Go Outside and Play [http://bayweekly.com/articles/good-living/article/go-outside-and-play]. –Dave Linthicum, Jug Bay Editor’s note: Linthicum is a trail enthusiast and mapper. You read about his recreational map of the Patuxent River in A Passion for the Patuxent in Bay Weekly’s June 24 issue: http://...

Article - Correspondence; by Jimmy Martin - 12/2/10

What Do We Save and What do We Sacrifice?

Readers respond to Steve Carr’s Where We Live column of November 24

Dear Bay Weekly: The story is beautiful. I find myself wondering how long my brother and I can hold onto our two vacant lots neither one of us wants to see developed. They are among the last lots in East Pendennis Mount. They make us land poor and may have to one day be sacrificed to pay off our debts or secure some part of our retirement. But then, just the other morning I was reminded why we cling to them. A beautiful hawk perched high above the edge of our mini-forest. I watched him for an...

Article - Correspondence; by Dick Lahn - 12/2/10

What Do We Save and What do We Sacrifice?

Readers respond to Steve Carr’s Where We Live column of November 24

Dear Bay Weekly: Steve Carr’s article is good as always! Everyone is running around these days seeking Happiness indexes. We should have one for the Bay, and the index/measurement should be on people living today and how they can maintain or improve their level. Total Maximum Daily Loads are nice and necessary, but they are just another diversion that separates people from land and water and have no personal meaning for individuals. How to establish a meaningful personal happiness index...

Article - Correspondence; by John Popow - 11/18/10

Bay Cleanup Needs Specifics

Dear Bay Weekly: EPA is requiring Maryland to create a Watershed Implementation Plan as a road map for cleaning up our waters. Maryland’s first draft was a good start. But there are key elements missing — namely how the state is going to achieve full implementation of the programs detailed in the plan. This is where you come in. Ask Governor O’Malley for greater detail on how the state plans to put the necessary programs and policies in place to reach clean water standards....

Article - Correspondence; by Terry Morr - 11/18/10

I’ll Have Ham

Dear Bay Weekly: As a transplanted St. Mary’s countian from little ’ol Ridge, I thoroughly enjoyed Margaret Tearman’s “Save the Turkey: Stuff the Ham” [Nov. 11: http://bayweekly.com/articles/food-and-drink/article/save-turkey-stuff-ham]. In anticipation of the holidays, families all over St. Mary’s spend many hours preparing this gastronomical treat. Over the years, I’ve written many stuffed ham articles and find Ms. Tearman’s piece an accurate...

Article - Correspondence; by Karen Donnelly - 11/18/10

Where Did All the Spiders Come From?

Dear Bay Weekly: My husband and I were fishing out on the Bay near the Eastern Shore on Sunday Nov. 14. We started noticing little spiders all over the boat. Then we saw spider webs on the rods and on the radio antenna. Then when the sun was just right, we saw hundreds of long spider webs floating in the air with the current. Some were up to 30 feet long. It was fascinating. Some of the spiders just fell right out of the sky. One landed on my husband’s head. Did anyone else see this? Of...

Article - Correspondence; by Allen Delaney - 11/11/10

The Bay Loves My Lawn

Dear Bay Weekly: At last, my laziness has been given the stamp of approval, at least by the scientists trying to save our precious Chesapeake Bay. An article in the November 8 issue of The Washington Post stated that the largest “crop” around the Chesapeake Bay watershed is lawns, and that the runoff from that crop accounts for eight percent of the nitrogen and 15 percent of the phosphorus entering the Bay. This, of course, comes from the fertilizer that makes lawns look so green...

Article - Correspondence; by Nicole Reed - 11/11/10

From CSA to Table, with Help

Dear Bay Weekly: A while back I read an article written by Amy Russell regarding Community Supported Agriculture. She had mentioned something about a specific website that offered a searchable ingredient list for common CSA foods. I would like to know the address. –Nicole Reed: jpreed30@hotmail.com Russell’s reply: The website is www.supercook.com. It lets you enter the ingredients you have at home and generates a list of recipes you can use. You can enter as many or as few...

Article - Correspondence; by Dennis H. Smith - 11/4/10

Salute a Veteran

Dear Bay Weekly: Every year on November 11, a grateful nation honors and recognizes more than 23.4 million living veterans. While our foremost thoughts are with those in distant war zones, on Veterans’ Day Americans pay their respects to all who answered the nation’s call. Participation in Veterans’ Day can be as simple as placing the American flag on your porch or reminding youngsters about friends and relatives who served in the military. This Veterans’ Day, I...

Article - Correspondence; by Herbert Syre - 11/4/10

South African Election Analysis

Dear Bay Weekly: I congratulate you on the Election Educator [Oct. 28]. The present, mid-term election is my second experience in your country after the Barack Obama victory two years ago. The rubbishing of candidates of opposing camps is no different from electioneering in my own country, South Africa. You aptly put it as “a season of mud-slinging.” As a retired councilman of the City of Cape Town, I discern certain similarities and differences in the contenders, here and back home...