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From Fond Remembrances to Sad Farewells,It’s Been Quite a Year Mired in Nostalgia, I’m Enjoying My Christmas PresentsReturn with Me to the Golden Age of Radio Listening to radio, we pictured in our minds what toppled from Fibber McGee’s closet; our imagination went to work. –January 6 Recapturing Fort SmallwoodThis long-derelict park could be Anne Arundel County’s crown jewel. –January 13 The Regimented LifeThough only three, granddaughter Grumpy has started school. Henceforth she will be mired in a regimented life. –January 20 Wear a Nutria; Save the BayMethinks fur, real fur, is coming back, and that might mean good news for our beleaguered Bay. –January 27 In the Cold, Everybody’s HuntingEven with all that insulating down, how comfy can waterfowl be when temperatures drop to single digits and the waters in which they swim turn to ice? –February 3 At Super Bowl, Commercials are the Name of the GameThe only super thing about this Super Bowl was the play of the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles, which was played between commercials. –February 10 Catching Diamond JimWith the promotion of Maryland fishing taking a big budget hit, methinks DNR might revive a legend: the mid-1950s’ rockfish with a diamond in his mouth. –February 17 Remember When…… Telephone Operators Made All the Right Connections? –February 24 There Ought to Be a Law…So Anne Arundel hunters can target deer on Sunday. –March 3 Farewell, Chuck ThompsonIf you listened to the Colts and old Orioles — or if you drank National Boh — you knew Chuck. –March 10 Reading: The Best Exercise for Healthy MindsImagination is an exercise of the mind, and the younger the reader the more imagination — thus the more exercise. –March 17 Farewell Misty, of AssateagueNo Longer We are the intrusive aliens who in the name of progress have created the environmental quagmire that surrounds us. –March 24 Farewell 2-E: My Furry Companion Is GoneDogs have masters, but cats are masters. –March 31 Crabcakes from China, Anyone?What we’re eating, nobody knows –April 7 Lois Nutwell’s A Ripple on the Wind Tours a Vanishing Way of LifeIn old photographs and new and old words, Nutwell paints a vivid picture of Bay Country life before slow boats and slow living gave way to fast boats and fast living. –April 14 As Goes Our Endangered Susquehanna, So Goes Chesapeake BayFrom the deck of a boat headed to waters off Chesapeake Beach for rockfish, I witnessed the remnants of Mother Nature’s flushing of the Susky. –April 21 The Old School Clock Keeps TickingWith schools, we’re virtually in the same crisis as with Bay restoration. –April 28 Do Fish Fly?It has long been said — and with merit — to catch a fish one must first catch a fish’s eye. –May 5 A Million-Dollar Boost to America’s Greatest SportWho wants Who Wants to Be a Millionaire when we can accomplish the same by going fishing? –May 12 Our Treadmill TimesHumankind has gone to great lengths to save time and effort. But where has it gotten us? –May 29 Muddying the Waters of Lewis and Clark’s River WestHere’s a bonafide mystery: The reader of Big Muddy Blues quickly learns a crime has occurred. One knows who the culprits are and is anxious to learn whether the scalawags get caught with gun in hand. –May 26 From Hot Type to ColdAn old timer remembers when newspapering was real work If putting a newspaper together is tough nowadays, how did it ever get done before the computer age? –June 2 Fast as a Pit Stop at DaytonaAn old timer remembers when newspapers were hot off the presses –June 9 Sly Foxes Make Bittersweet NeighborsA newcomer on the shores of Stoney Creek has left a few clues. –June 16 A Good Fish Deserves RespectIf perch are around and hungry, you will quickly know. –June 23 The Disappearing Islands of the ChesapeakeEven the biggest measure their future in decades –June 30 Surviving Snake SightingsI’m afflicted with herpetophobia. If I had my druthers, no snake would ever cross my path again. –July 7 There’s Room for All at Mother Nature’s TableHow long can a buzzard soar without a booster shot from its wings? I gave up counting at two hours and 23 minutes. –July 14 A Bridge to SprawlA cautionary tale of how the Bay Bridges changed the Eastern Shore. –July 21 The Biggest Jellyfish on the BayIf I said you never see a moon jellyfish this time of year, I’d be wrong. –July 28 Next Year, Let’s Fish for the Whole MillionFor $Million Fishing Challenge 2006, let’s go back to the Diamond Jim days of the 1950s when, if you caught it, on the spot you won big money. –August 4 Fort Smallwood Park Is Too Rich To Be IgnoredBut only the stewardship of Gil Boisvert, a hockey player with the old Baltimore Clippers, makes Fort Smallwood Park a usable park today. –August 11 Hardball Scores Where Words EvaporateUntil Greenpeace got involved, it was words more than action in the battle to save menhaden from the nets of factory fishermen. –August 18 So Much Depends on MenhadenWithout a healthy menhaden stock there will be no jobs — and much less on many Bay fronts. –August 25 Play It Again, SamBut the same old tune’s a sad one: again this year, dead zones without enough dissolved oxygen to support aquatic life. –September 1 Roughing It by Today’s StandardsMeet Alan Doelp and my son-in-law Jon Boughey whose camping creed is If it is moveable, take it with you. –September 8 Chronic Wasting Disease KnocksOvercrowding fosters the fatal disease, and in Maryland more than 250,000 deer roam, in numbers greater than they should be in many areas. –September 15 A’fishing We Will GoThere comes a time in every man’s [women’s, child’s] life when he is either going to go fishing, or do something worse. –September 22 We’ve Failed Our Energy ExamEnergy makes the wheels go ‘round, and not just the wheels on the family jalopy but also the wheels of our entire economy. –September 29 Our Sun is DimmedIs a picture worth a thousand words when it steals a thousand words of bonafide news from readers? –October 6 Bad AttitudesOnce the Indians were driven precariously close to extinction, few white men around had much meaningful regard for the environment. –October 13 With Politicians, How Long is Too Long?From the presidency to councilmen, many offices are term limited. In between, Congress is exempt. –October 20 To Kill or Not to KillAre hunters murderers or wildlife managers? Wildlife managers look to the future to visualize what things will be like unless we give nature a hand in curing its ills. –October 27 Autumnal ResponsibilitiesI’d like to be squirreling away game, but here I am feathering the nest. –November 3 In Memory of Those Who ServedWhy was I a lucky one? –November 11 Letters from the PastTake a peek at history as recorded in packet of family letters written in the Great Depression. –November 17 The Sorry State of Our BayPart 1: Faint HopesWhen I arrived here a half-century ago, a few were already suggesting the crown jewel of our natural resources might be in trouble. –November 23 The Sorry State of Our BayPart 2: Naming the LossesChesapeake Bay Foundation scored the State of the Bay 27 of a possible 100. What’s your role in screwing up the mighty Chesapeake? –December 1 Debating the Bear HuntManagement of wildlife cannot be auctioned off to the highest bidder. –December 8 Merry X-mas to AllNow that Christ is being taken out of Christmas, will the abbreviation X-mas become the norm? –December 15 Give Me Christmas Just RightWith me, it’s seasons as seasons should be. –December 22 |
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