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CDA Professional Portfolio
Julie James
Competency Standard V
Competency Standard II
Competency Standard III
Competency Standard IV
CDA Credential Training
High School
Work Experience
Academic Certifications
Family Partnership Certification
Summary of My CDA Education
"My CDA Portfolio Cover Sheet"
The Tree of Life is an education that promotes life long learning. This process begins with Early Childhood. At that core of being human, we all are connected. The "human species" strength lies in the future of the children. there is nothing more empowering than being a part of the continuation of a better tomorrow.
The survival of the human race relies on the existence of pro-social skills. Pro-social skills are best in-grained to become first nature, by young children receiving excellent exposure and modeling of life skills in all aspects of life. One prime environment for this is in an Early Childhood setting such as preschool. In the most personal way to make this my professional philosophy statement, my job happens to be where I can practice my beliefs and share my views about the sustainability of man kind. It is of the utmost importance to me is to respect children's humanity. That can begin with the educating of children. A child's life should begin with their well-being in their learning. It allows them to gain what is needed as they continue their journey in life. Children learn best if they feel safe with their caretaker and environment. It is always my goal to ensure the children and their families that their needs will be met. This is key to my being able to track and the students to learn. By the end of the child and family's journey with me, we have all learned from each other new experiences and skills. We share in all areas of education, health and community. Because of this process, my family becomes larger every year. The world becomes a smaller place and we are that much closer to becoming one.
Professional Philosophy Statement
Competency Standard I
Competency Standard VI
Resource Collection I
RC I 2 - Menu
RC I 3 - Lesson Plan
Competency Statement I
My classroom is safe and healthy because I promote safe and healthy techniques from the moment they come in the room. Before class starts each day, I meet the standards that continue an environment appropriate for safety and hygiene. It is a must that staff and students wash hands. The classroom and playground are routinely assessed for safety. Each student has their own cubby space. The cots are supposed to be 2 feet apart. I use proper cleaning techniques for tables, sinks, floors and bathrooms. Student equipment, clothing, and personal supplies are not shared. Visitors must meet all health expectations as well.
CS I a
The main strength of our menu is that it must meet state-wide standards for a public school district, including the USDA standards. The weakness of the menu are that the foods are over-processed, canned, and are prepared in non-traditional ways. Another weakness is in the high calorie and sugar count of the food.
CS I b
My classroom is bright and cheery but not over-stimulating to the students. Anything that is of use to the children is accessible to them. Things that the children should not have are out of reach for their safety. My room is lacking in space and it does not allow for fung-shui. The flow of a classroom is very important to the human psyche. I would prefer our room to have more space and more appropriate furniture to meet the needs of the students.
CS I c
The lesson plans that I chose are not mine. It does have strengths such as meeting district standards set forth by administration and the materials are appropriate and helpful for the intended age group. It is lacking in appropriate success-activities for the children to truly feel "I did it!". I do not like the iPads as a center, I feel they would work better as a shoulder partner lesson and sometimes the iPads are not functioning appropriately. Our lesson plans include co-teaching, which is very important for an at-risk classroom to meet the needs of our demographic of students. All staff holds their own gifts that are helpful to the learning.
RC II - 1 Science/Sensory
"Dropper Water Colors"
Age Group: 4 year-olds
Goal: to allow the children to explore the reaction of color mixing; work on fine motor-pincer grasp; promotes decision making and planning; working with partner and taking turns
Materials: baby jars, eye-droppers, liquid water-colors, trays, water, smocks
Process: In a large group, I demonstrate that there are primary colors in individual jars. Use the dropper and allow students to choose what colors I should mix first. I show more than one example, before setting the materials at a center for them to experiment on their own.
Developmentally Appropriate: this activity is something students can accomplish independently and experience success through. It also allows them to safely explore with liquids and sciences that is non-toxic.
RC II - 2 Language & Literacy
"I have a Letter cadence"
Age Group: 4 year-olds
Goals: to expose children to the letter and sounds of the alphabet
Materials: letter cards
Process: in a large group, explain to the students that the letters on the cards have names. And when I show the letter, they can attempt to identify what letter it is. Incorporate the activity into the song of: "I have a letter you can name. I can name it just the same. Ready. Sound off......." (show letter). Children must repeat every line of song and supply the letter name.
Developmentally Appropriate: The kids are getting the exposure to the alphabet and having an opportunity to repeat. This is important because for many of the students, this is their first exposure to the letter names and sounds. These are fundamental foundational skills.
RC II - 3 Creative Arts
"3 Billy Goats Gruff Retell"
Age Group: 4 year-olds
Goals: story recall, social interaction, creative expression, planning
Materials: open art-center materials for mask making, book of the Three Billy Goats Gruff
Process: I read the book to the whole group of students and then place the book in the center as a reference. In each center there are already specified a set number of students per center. In the dramatic play area, this number is 4. They can decide as a group who plays which part. I prefer adult interaction to be at a minimum to leave the creativity up to the students. The students then create their own props at the art center and and reenact the story.
Developmentally Appropriate: the story retells are appropriate for this age because they get to have the liberty of taking a moment to think and process in their own way what they remember. It is the journey of the process that helps the child develop the recall skills versus how "correct" the story is".
RC II - 4 Fine Motor
Activity- Making an "Be Yourself" neckless
Goal: To allow students practice and master fine motor skills. This includes the pincer grasp, hand eye coordination, and developing the muscle in their forearm.This activity promotes independence in a fun way while children get to show individualism.
Materials: large beads all shapes and colors, pipe cleaners and small containers.
Process: during large group time, explain and demonstrate that they can choose any beads they want and string them on the pipe cleaner. They can practice manners in trading and helping each other. We later can have a "fashion show" to describe each piece of jewelery.
Developmentally Appropriate: has simple materials and does not over whelm. Large beads lessens the chance of one going in the ear or nose.
RC II 5 - Gross Motor
Activity-Following the Leader
Goal: To encourage skills of large muscle movement and enhance strength and health.
Materials: An adult or willing leader
Process: Model and communicate to the group that they do and go where ever the person in front does. Include jumping, skipping, jogging, crawling, going over under and through different places to promote large movements.
Developmentally Appropriate: all ages can participate to the best of their abilities. It can be challenging and adapted for those who are not at the same movement level as others.
RC II 6 - Self-Concept
Activity-Creative Play with Puppets
Goal: To allow children to express them selves as individuals in a safe setting.
Materials: Dramatic play area that is strategically placed without the constrains of needing to be completely quiet because of the near by center. Puppets of different races, dress in a array of different clothing, and different genders.
Process: First do a puppet show of your own to expose the children to the process of utilizing the puppet. This should be fun and free of force that the children have to chose specific puppets. Communicate that all puppets are just as important as the next and we should care for them like caring for our selves and each other.
Developmentally Appropriate: Free play helps children learn to make choices on their own. Free play with puppets promotes skills of interaction and communication. Therefore, children can use the puppets as tools that direct the attention on the puppets and the children feel free to express them selves.
RC II- Nine Learning Experiences
RC II 7 - Emotional Skills/ Regulation
Activity- Breathing Techniques
Goal: to teach children to recognize their feelings, body clues, and what to do to help with their feelings.
Materials: balloon, pillows, access to private space, class family album.
Process: as a whole class, teach a lesson that includes descriptions of what different feelings look, feels like and where in their body. Blow up a balloon and let go of the balloon. Show how we can do the same by taking in a deep breath and letting it all out when we feel the need.
Developmentally Appropriate: the younger the better to teach children to circulate oxygen to the brain. Don't expect children at this age to sit in a 20 min session on breathing. But do a short lesson every day. Allowing children one at at time to have private space to recuperate for a upset with these learned skills better their chances of being able to self regulate when their upset.
RC II 8 - Social Skills
Activity- "We Wish You Well"
Goal: This will teach children caring for others. They will learn the process of recognizing the presence of their peers.
Materials: crayons, paper and writing space.
Process: As a class talk about who is present a school and who is not. Mention that no matter where the absent student is we miss them and hope that they are safe and this means we wish them well. Teach them the song with the words of "we wish you well 2x's, all day long we wish you well"to the tune of the "Farmer and the Dell. Then students have free choice to make them a well wishing card while the student was absent.
Developmentally Appropriate: children get to work side by side in caring about the well being of another. They are displaying peer model qualities by being in the presence of each other. They can talk to each other about missing the student and their favorite thing about them.
RC II 9 - Mathematics
Activity- How many shoes have...
Goal: To help children notice, count, and record differences.
Material: Every one's shoes off their feet! Butcher paper and large marker.
Process: Communicate as large group time, that everyone is wearing different kinds of shoes. Point out the difference on each child's style of shoe and let the children take turns sharing what they noticed. On the paper chart a graph that will show how many have laces, velcro, or sandals. Have the students count together as you write and color in squares for each kind of shoe.
Developmentally Appropriate: Encourages children to participate as a whole group while counting. Children of lower levels will get to hear the higher level children as exposure to skills they lack. It's fun and inviting because everyone is participating. Children are receiving the exposure of other aspects of Math beside just counting by creating the charting aspect in front of them.
Advance Physical & Intellectual Competence
"A person is a person no matter how small." -Horton Hears A Whoo. To truly make a difference in a child's life their "whole person" must be stimulated in a manner that can cross from one area to the next. It is possible to blend all subject areas of physical, cognitive, communication, and creative. It's worth the hard work on every level. It ensures a higher level of success for the child.
CS II a
One of the most important aspects to include in a child's education is of the physical attributes. Everyone has individual identities of their senses. Appropriately stimulating these areas has a very powerful effect and affect on learning. All students learn differently, need large muscle movement to promote growth and this also stimulates different parts of the brain for concentration.
CS II b
Because each student learns differently, how children process developmentally is a must. It is very important to stimulate young minds with things that require them to take time to understand what is being presented. Using class tools of all sorts can intrigue and expose children to pushing to learn more. No matter the level, is always room for mental growth. No matter how low, the human brain can not be perceived as how is viewed for future outcomes of progress.
CS II c
Communication is the cornerstone of life. Educators must promote children to express themselves and understand those around them. Communication is key for comprehension of academics and progression of knowledge. The class should have the feeling of wanting to become close on some level to build the togetherness that promotes a safe place. The adult will reach students in learning if the skill of communication is in place.
CS II d
Freedom of creativity is a characteristic of individuality. This freedom promotes the physical, cognitive, communication attributes of a child. For this young age, constrains of creativity in an inappropriate way can be very damaging. Creativity can be used in every aspect of a child's educational process.
My Five Senses
Brandenbert, Aliki.
My Five Senses
. New Your, N.Y.: Harper Collins, 1989.
I Love My Hair!
Tarpley, Natasha, and Earl B. Lewis.
I Love My Hair!
Boston: Little, Brown, 1997.
What do Insects Do?
Canizares, Susan, and Pamela Chanko.
What Do Insects Do
? New York: Scholastic, 1998.
White Rabbit's Color Book
Baker, Alan.
White Rabbit's Color Book.
New York: Kingfisher, 1994.
Shubert is a S.T.A.R.
Bailey, Becky.
Shubert Is a S.T.A.R.
Oviedo, FL: Loving Guidance, 2003.
Dewdney, Anna.
Llama Llama Misses Mama.
New York: Viking, 2009.
In Daddy's Arms I am Tall
Steptoe, Javaka.
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers.
New York: Lee & Low, 1997.
No Matter What
Gliori, Debi.
No Matter What.
San Diego Harcourt Brace, 1999.
The Snowy Day
Keats, Ezra Jack.
The Snowy Day
. New York: Viking, 1962.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Martin, Bill, and John Archambault.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
. NewYork: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 1989.
CS III b
CS III a
Competency Statement III- To support social and emotional development and to provide positive guidance
RC IV Family Resource Guide
Family Counseling Agency
Family Service and Guidance Center
325 SW Frazier Topeka, KS 66606
Translation Service
AmericanSign Language Translator: Jolene Benham. Topeka, KS 785-640-5856
English as Second Language Translators
Community Action Inc., 1000 SE Hancock Topeka, KS 66607
Disability Services
TARC-2701 SW Randolph Ave. Topeka,KS 66604
Capper Foundation 3500 SW 10th Ave. Topeka, KS 66604
http://www.pbs.org/parents/child-development - Website is chronologically in order of child's age. It informs parents of content of all developmentally appropriate areas of Early Childhood.
CS IV a
CS IV b
CS IV c
Competency Statement IV- To establish positive and productive relationships with families
Parents should understand that they are their children's first and most important educator. Even though some parents may not have everything that another parent does, there are resources that are meaningful and helpful. The resources that is sent home from school is powerful way to bridge the gap between home and school. Home and school become as one to build the ever so needed village.
Record Keeping Forms
Accident Report Form
Emergency Form
Developmental Progress
Competency Statement V- To ensure a well-run, purposeful program that is responsive to participant needs
CS V a
State Licensing
RC VI- 2 Early Childhood Associations
This program continues the education for educators. In access to this program educators can receive current research and information.
RC VI- 3 Abuse, Neglect and Reporting
Competency Statement VI-
To maintain a commitment to professionalism
Times and generations always change. To stay on top of the best care to provide children, it is imperative to continue participating in classes that further knowledge. The more that everyone involved in the children's lives, the more communication should take place. It's important to be organized and polite in speaking. Appropriate language is a must at all time. Being pleasant can go a long way.
CS VI a
I can not imagine working in any other field of work. I have always had a concern for the future of our world and to truly make a lasting difference, the people of the future have to have a better start than those before them. It makes me feel alive and positive about the future when I see that a child has received and understanding I had helped. It means the world to me to make the world safer and more caring. This line of work is one of the most powerful ways to do that.
CS VI b
My strongest indicator of professionalism is being approachable and adding cohesiveness to the classroom setting. Families come to feel I sincerely care about their family very quickly. That goes a long way when trying to gain rapport and do whats best for the students. I am very patient with children and prefer to participate in many things that are new in the world of education.
This book is about the five senses and helps children understand how their body works.
This is a rhythmic alphabet book that teaches children their alphabet and that there's "always room".
Llama Llama Misses Mama
This is a cultural book about loving yourself.
Collection of writings pertaining to male father figures.
This book is a great way to begin explaining life to children.
This book teaches unconditional love.
This book is helpful for processing that it is okay to make things different.
This book is perfect for processing life and social emotional endeavors.
This is THE proper self-calming technique to instill in children.
Awww! What better way then to help children understand, "it will be okay".
Social and emotional guidance is the most important element in the educational world. If you can help the students feel safe, they can focus on learning. Social and emotional skills are life-long attributes that continue pro-social life. In teaching, I model, support and provide opportunities for practice.
Development of positive self-concepts include self-portraits, use of mirrors in the classroom and safe conversation about the differences of people.
I believe in my philosophy of discipline, that the definition of discipline is to teach. This includes, being positive, being a good role-model, and demonstrating positive self-talk. This leads to building strong and positive relationships that follows the students throughout their life. They never forget a good teacher.
Family Questionnaires
RC I 1- First Aid/CPR
This website is helpful to share understanding of a child's experience of fear and how parents can help.
-Website explains an understanding of behavioral issues for young children and examples of what to do.
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Kansas Protection Report Center
This program is for networking local communities programs that would service adults, children and families. This is important to service a child's family to better their situation.
This program bring to light the needs of young children and collaborate with the community to fullfill children's needs.
It is important to ensure that we meet the needs of the students on every level. An effective way to do this is to observe, asses and be sure to record children efforts and progress. This way an educator can prepare to help a child's progression in the class. Being able to track and refer to the progress of a child will give a path to ensure greater levels of success. In the end our program is only as successful as the children who are in our program. Taking care of their needs and teaching to their strong points can only show improvements. Record keeping can help with the struggles of lower levels that need improvements.
The observation tool used monitors and records the gathered data. That data is used later as a reference to better the education of young children. Accurately collecting this information includes promptness, matter of fact, and a check an balance of other staff members properly trained to use the observation tool process
In my class we use daily sheets that info parents of their child's day. These sheets include info on the child's outward appearance when they came to school. We share eating habit and how napping went.
It is very necessary that rapport with the family and child is built. They are more willing to share with the school family how things are going at home and if there is information that should be shared at school. When I know how home live is going I can apply the positive strengths of those home aspects to what I teach. It is reinforced and the child can approach higher levels. If they need extra support I can supply that because I have that information from the parents and my observation tools.
I can improve on organizational skills of use of materials and equipment. was surprising to me to see a lower score on such because I see great accomplishments with the students. But, I know I can improve in this area because my strength is in being spontaneous which is the opposite of organizing and planning while using materials of the room. My new goal is to plan ahead and use the plans I make instead of being spontaneous less. I am confirmed that that I establish relationships with families and using effective strategies to help children understand appropriate behavior and self identity. Those are important charcateristics to classroom management.
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The weekend of the Plus Size Awards was already going to be full of excitement and new things, but as it was my birthday the weekend after (I'm officially an adult now!), my Mum decided to absolutely spoil me by booking tickets to see Phantom of the Opera. From watching the 2004 film, probably in 2004, I fell completely in love with the storyline and songs. Since then, I probably watch it monthly if not biweekly. It wasn't until years afterwards that I realised the Phantom in the film is Gerard Butler and well, as you can imagine that made me watch it more. When we arrive at her Majesty's Theatre, I don't think I have ever been so excited. Of course, we dressed for the occasion. I had my Voodoo Vixen dress on, and Marie wore The Curve with an Evans top.
When we arrived inside it was probably around 50 degrees in the theatre, making us very uncomfortable. Upon finding our seats, the discomfort continued as it was very cramped and there was a lot of snobby, angry people around. To the extent where an accidental, gentle catch of their hair would result in huffs and puffs. As soon as the theatre started, all was thankfully well. The music filled the air and soothed us to the point where my mum and I actually kept nodding off. But certainly not in a disrespectful or boring way, we were simply so comforted by the music and relaxed. During the break we of course opted for overpriced ice cream. I found the entire play to be utterly mesmerising and I would no doubt go and see it again. Or even Les Miserables.
Before we headed to them theatre we quickly ran to the Radisson Blu Portman to drop our bags off, this was incredibly convenient as it was also where the Plus Size Awards would be held, but it wasn't quite what we were expecting. Following an explosion at the hotel opposite, the lobby was absolutely packed with stressed, some aggressive and what looked like a couple injured people, all trying to find rooms. We were directed to the right line and the staff were not only hilarious, and did a very good job at distressing my Mum's ticking stress levels, but they also took care of everything in a very timely fashion so that we wouldn't be late for the theatre. We were a little shocked to hear that our rooms where even ready then as that would have been perfect, if it wasn't for the theatre.
Upon returning back I would love to say that we slowly and enjoyably began to get ready, but that wasn't the case at all. Instead, through arguments, sweat and tears, we literally had an hour to become award night ready and glamorous. Thankfully, through nothing short of a miracle, we actually made it with minutes to spare. The business class hotel room helped greatly with our rush as the bathroom was spacious and well equipped for quickly refreshing oneself, the room was spacious enough to give my mum and I plenty of space to stress apart. We could hang our dresses up in the roomy wardrobe and to my absolute delight, there was a huge dressing table with a even bigger mirror. Exactly what I hoped for. The room was also equipped with a mini bar, coffee maker, wardrobe, safe, bath, shower, TV, ridiculously comfortable beds and air conditioning. Which was absolutely incredible. We even got back to the room to find chocolate cake and champagne!
The Radisson Blu Portman is by far the best hotel I've stayed in for numerous reasons. The staff went above and beyond to make sure that your every need was catered for, the hotel itself was absolutely beautiful and the Christmas decorations definitely got me in a festive spirit. It's in the perfect location as it's in walking distance to Oxford Street and just ten minutes away from the station. The next morning the late checkout time of 12pm was most welcomed and we strolled down for a relaxing breakfast to find an incredible display of just about everything you could ever want for breakfast. From cereals, to full English, fruit, or even ham and cheese, the Radisson Blu Portman caters for absolutely everyone.
The next day we had the absolute delight of meeting the man behind Scarlett and Jo, Gifi Fields. I promised I wouldn't rave on about him too much, but he is honestly the most interesting and inspiring person I have ever met. We spent most of the day in the most beautiful building I have ever seen and to our surprise, located right next to our hotel. Even for someone who loves writing, it's difficult to put into words just how breathtaking this building actually was. However, I have definitely decided that I will never truly be happy until I am walking down a staircase like this every morning. Gifi wined and dined us whilst talking about just about everything.
After swanning around in a fancy private members club, Gifi then showed us around the area and took us to another utterly amazing place, Selfridges. A place that women like me dream of. I truly felt like a child in a sweet shop as I just wanted everything and it all looked so amazing.
We literally spent the entire day with Gifi as we just couldn't get enough of his company. It was definitely a day to remember, from judging the designer clothes in Selfridges, to nearly making a lady on a perfume counter cry and even seeing the beautiful London Christmas lights. We even had the pleasure of meeting Gifi's son, who is also a writer and completely understands how much easier it is to 2am in the morning. We headed back to the breathtaking building for more refreshments and to wonder sound the place and take pictures, before heading off to the train station.
All of this, combined with winning Best Fashion Blog at the Plus Size Awards, meant that I had by far the best weekend ever.


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Whatever the weather, we want to know where Bay Weekly takes you
Seems like we've gone through a whole year since we last met here.
In weather ways, we have. Tuesday through Thursday in both the first two weeks of March brought spring warmth, with temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Last Thursday, March 9, was so warm we had to roll up our sleeves. March 14 brought ice. Now we're back where we should have been in February, except that nine of that short month's 28 days anticipated spring with temperatures above 60. Don't look for balmy days again until the end of the month or beyond.
With one exception, that is. The weather gods have agreed to bless Maryland Day, Friday March 25, with balmy weather. We're grateful, because the annually celebrated anniversary of the landing of Maryland's first permanent colonists in 1634 brings us a weekend full of good things to do, many out of doors. It's a time so rich, and so rewarding, that we're pledging good weather and giving you a week's notice so you can mark your calendar. Plan ahead now, and I'll see you then to celebrate Maryland history.
Where will Bay Weekly take you this week?
With St. Patrick's Day on Friday, need I ask? I'm betting you'll be eating green, listening green and drinking green, from Irish beer to Irish whiskey to Irish coffee. Easy to do if you follow 8 Days a Week to the Irish restaurants' celebration. I'm hoping you'll send me photos and share the highlights.
As for eating in season, this week you'll read Bob Melamud's corn-your-own beef recipe. I got the story early, so mine is in the brine. I'll let you know how it compares to that highly seasonal commodity store-bought corned beef. Growing up in a Jewish neighborhood, I ate corned beef sandwiches all year long; with Bob's recipe, I plan to revive that old habit. The next step, he tells me, is homemade pastrami; I'll be following.
Where else will Bay Weekly take you? Will you see your first osprey? Telescopes will be out Saturday at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, where, as first-time writer Sarah Jablon tells us, osprey have been in residence since February 24. Patuxent River osprey expert Greg Kearns talks about our spring harbingers at Captain Avery Museum Saturday afternoon and at Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Tuesday evening.
See an osprey or not, send your photos.
Almost seasonal mid-March temperatures in the 50s make Saturday good for doing and seeing outdoors. Follow 8 Days a Week to Patuxent Refuge Birthday Bash or to hike at Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, Jug Bay or Beverly Triton Beach Park. At the latter, you'll be searching for the voice of spring: the tiny frogs known as spring peepers.
Whatever the temperature, that longed-for season returns to our hemisphere Monday, March 20. So Saturday is not really too soon to burn your socks at Annapolis Maritime Museum — though, in weather-fickle Chesapeake Country, your feet may regret your decision for many weeks to come.
Wherever Bay Weekly takes you to pick up your paper, shop our advertisers or fill your week with facts and fun … whatever the season or weather, send your pictures and stories to see yourself in our pages.
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If only the storyteller were as durable as the story
As a Bay Weekly reader, you may feel like you know us Bay Weekly writers pretty well.
One way and another, our writers reveal a lot about themselves.
Sandra Lee Anderson — Sandy — sure did in the eight years she helped fill our pages. On hearing the news of Sandy's death on Saturday, March 4 at age 73 from an aneurism, I gathered up her stories for Bay Weekly. Twenty thousand words-worth between 2007 and 2015, when she turned her writing energies to her own book. All together, they record the life of a rare and wonderful woman, utterly different from each of us — and not so very different.
Sandra Lee Comstock grew up in the west, but this daughter of a water reclamation engineer and fisherman couldn't avoid the pull of Chesapeake Country.
Her first experience was a waterfront place that had been the residence of a vegetarian society:
Signs claiming Salt is Poison hung on musty walls. Locals maintain it was a nudist colony. We slept beneath rafters where a long wall divided the dorms for men and women. I fell asleep to the rhythmic waves through the screened window. On that beach I found my first great white shark tooth, two and a half inches long.
I married another fisherman. Charlie bought a boat and moored it at Flag Harbor, down the beach from the vegetarian beach house. Charlie and I built two houses away, near enough to visit our friend, glimpse the water and easily comb the beach for sharks' teeth.
Her adopted home fell short in one way only: winter.
I love winter, Sandy wrote four years ago this week. My growing up was Colorado, and cold-side Oregon, and cold and snow are in my blood.
But not in Maryland. Real winter has been missing so long that I fear global warming has turned it into a memory.
So, interviewing longer-time Calvert countians, the retired D.C. schools administrator chronicled the Great Blizzards of Yore, writing appreciatively of times when school closed for two weeks.
In Chesapeake Country, she and Charlie became oyster gardeners. Many of her stories chronicled efforts small and large to restore our beloved bivalve.
This story started when I met the ranchers, the westerner wrote on October 2, 2008. They wear chaps for protection, and they work on ranches, but they're not wrangling cattle. They're raising oysters.
Richard Pelz, the trailblazer, brought oyster ranching to Maryland at Circle C Oyster Ranch. …
She wrote of building homes for bluebirds, another species restoration effort shared with Charlie, who in turn took photos for her stories:
Charlie's anticipated carefree hobby placed us squarely against the travails of nature. We overcame territorial wrens, bad locations and opportunistic chickadees to welcome bluebirds to our home. In the process, we found some of that elusive happiness.
The couple's land garden also supported Chesapeake Country wildlife.
Something has been nibbling on husband Charlie's cantaloupe, she wrote in September, 2012:
I suspected the squirrels, and Charlie blamed mice or voles. Friend Fritz Riedel happened to snap another candidate: an eastern box turtle. It's circumstantial evidence, but very convincing. Charlie's conclusion is a new twist on the fable of the turtle and the hare: Turtles are faster than humans at getting to a ripe cantaloupe.
Calvert County history, especially school history, intrigued her, and she, in turn, educated us, introducing us to places like the Old Wallville School. And to the people who brought them to life, like the educational giants Ms. Regina Brown and her sister Ms. Harriet Elizabeth Brown, who hired the young Thurgood Marshall to win equal pay for Calvert's black teachers.
The second-grade students of Calvert Elementary art teacher Shari Adams, Sandy wrote in December, 2009, saw nothing they could recognize in the bits and pieces of the Old Wallville School, which opened last month, reconstructed for students of history.
"What is it? Is it a shed?" today's schoolchildren wondered from the windows of their modern, low-slung fortress of education.
Best of all were her stories of people who without paying much attention were making modern history. We need love stories for Valentine's Day, I'd tell Sandy, or mothering and fathering stories for Mother's and Father's Day features, or jobs people do for Labor Day stories. Never fail, she'd find a couple of deeply human stories, like Guffrie M. Smith Jr.'s Father's Day recollection of Guffrie M. Smith, Sr.:
Because of his humble beginnings, you were in awe of what my father accomplished. His mother died when he was five, and he was raised by his uncle, who worked him from sunup to sundown and hired him out to a dairy farmer. He always said, "Work never killed anyone." If work killed anyone, it would have been him.
Sometimes, we learned more about Sandy from one of those assignments, as in a story on our first jobs:
I was a carhop in Phoenix at a Dog n Suds Root Beer drive-in. People parked beside a speaker and placed their orders. We carried hotdogs and root beer in mugs to the car on a tray that fit into the window slot. Diners ate in their cars. It didn't pay much, but I loved working nights under the desert sky.
Among the love stories Sandy told was How I Met Your Father.
Our match was made, not born, she confessed of a pursuit and retreat that spanned the continent, from the campaign headquarters in Northern Virginia where they met to California.
"I want to get married," I told him a couple of years in.
"What if I don't?"
"Then I'll go away."
I accepted an invitation to work on a political campaign in California.
"Don't come for me without a piece of paper in your hand," I told him.
I packed my car and headed west.
Eventually, he followed.
I got a message that Charlie was in the air and would arrive at 5pm. I didn't know that Charlie broke a Saturday night date and got drunk on champagne with his roommate, toasting his future married life.
That was 45 years ago last month.
Charlie recalled a bit of that story when he called to tell me that Sandy had died and he wondered what kind of a life he'd have without her.
How I wish the storyteller were as durable as the story.
You'll wish you could leave the kids home and go to camp yourself
It's going to be a long hot summer.
Hot is a bet. When February runs to the 60s and 70s, what can we expect in June, July and August? In this era of wacky weather, we might have snow for Labor Day. But I'm betting on a hot and humid summer with plenty of storms.
Long is a fact. By executive order of Gov. Larry Hogan — acting on the revenue-rich idea of Comptroller Peter Franchot — summer vacation now runs through Labor Day.
School summer — which is the standard for most families — begins June 14 in Anne Arundel County and June 15 in Calvert County, or maybe as early as June 7 if snow days go unused.
So summer lasts 12 weeks, a quarter of the year.
Sounds wonderful, doesn't it: three months of release for nine months of regimentation. Many a kid is gleeful at the prospect, and not a few adults envious.
I'd sure like to have that spread of lazy days on my hands. I imagine lounge chairs and cool drinks, beach, Bay, boats and books — plus more than a little time at the pool. I'd lose my cell phone and discharge my computer.
Parents may not look so rosily at 2017's endless summer. For when school is out, they're mostly not. Working or not, they've got to figure out what to do with the kids. For the stay-at-home parent, that means entertainment — for who can bear the nagging repetition of Mom, I'm bored? For the conscientious parent, it also means education, lest bored and fallow young minds forget much of what they've just crammed in.
That's why we send the kids to camp.
Reading Bay Weekly's Early Bird Camp Guide this week is like reading travel invitations to exotic places.
The camps partnering with Bay Weekly offer very attractive ways to keep minds and bodies active when school is out.
If outdoor living is what you and your kids want — or what you want for your kids — you'll find plenty that we all remember, and way more. Zip-lines and white-water rafting add extremes of fun at Camp Hidden Meadows, in the Allegheny Mountains, while Girl Scouts at Camp Conowingo get to choose to live in yurts, cabins or tents.
Closer to home and more affordable are Recreation and Parks day camps in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County and Calvert County that not only take kids outside but also develop special interests. Yoga, fencing, colonial adventures, rock climbing, Broadway & Bop — those are only the tip of the iceberg of summer fun.
You can infuse summer fun with religious values at camps operated by Annapolis Area Christian School, Grace Brethren Church Summer Adventures, Mount Zion UMC Camp, Saint Margaret's Day School Camp and Saint Martin's Summer Fun-in-the-Field.
Read on, and you'll fine that special interests are the specialty of our many camp partners. Archaeology, art exploration, ballet and dance, drama, glass blowing, eco-adventures, horseback riding, ice skating, Native American heritage, math, rock music, sailing and STEM skills are all here. Kids with those enthusiasms can become young masters in a week or two. Camps are so diverse that one, Naptown Sings, meets in Metropolitan Lounge, an Annapolis music venue.
With choices like those and much more, you'll wish you could leave the kids home and go yourself.
Now show us where Bay Weekly takes you
We haven't had such fun with squirrels since the days of the great Bill Burton. The dean of Maryland outdoor writers, Burton chronicled his battles of wits with bushy tails, as he called them. He patterned his story-telling on the Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies formula. Despite the contraption he installed to deter them, he'd usually come out the loser while his squirrels got fatter, smarter and happier.
The game has changed. Since Dennis Doyle's Sporting Life column of January 12, much of Chesapeake Country has been playing Where's the Black Squirrel. Everywhere seems to be the answer.
You've recorded sightings in Pasadena, Gambrills, Arnold, downtown Annapolis, West Annapolis, Eastport, Edgewater, Mayo, Galesville, Tracys Landing, Dunkirk, Lusby and St. Mary's County. Plus D.C., Landover Hills, Cheverly, Kensington, Montgomery County and beyond.
It's getting so a person can't go anywhere without seeing a black squirrel.
Not to be outdone, the white squirrel has also joined the game. We've had reports from near and far, including Washington, D.C., Olney, IL, Brevard, NC, Marionville, MO, and Kenton, TN.
White squirrels, at the risk of turning Queenstown into a tourist haunt, abound through the town, writes correspondent William Hopkins from Annapolis. There is even one on the town Crest of Arms seen in the town hall at the traffic circle.
I have seen five to six at a time, mixed broods (both white and brown females with mixed-color babies, but never a pied in brown or black and white.
I've enjoyed Where's the Squirrel as much as you have for I love seeing Chesapeake Country — and the wider world — through your eyes.
Now I'm hoping you'll expand your range.
Besides squirrel hunting, would you show me where else Bay Weekly takes you? As we've seen, smart phones make it so easy.
I'd like to see you picking up Bay Weekly — and shopping in the stores where you get your Bay Weekly. Our hundreds of distribution partners give Bay Weekly free space. In return, you'd help us show them that Bay Weekly readers are their customers, too.
I'd like to see you enjoying events you learned about in Bay Weekly. Hold up your paper and snap a shot while you're visiting Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater to hear Bert Drake talk about climate change. Catching the Ruth Starr Rose art exhibits at Mitchell Gallery or Banneker Douglass Museum in Annapolis. Joining the crowd in Bay History Museum in North Beach to hear Chesapeake Country writer Mick Blackistone talk about his book Just Passing Through.
I'd especially like to see you, Bay Weekly in hand, doing business with the advertisers whose support keeps us publishing week after week. Show me your picture enjoying the music at Pirates Cove in Galesville, The Old Stein in Edgewater or Anthony's in Dunkirk. Carrying out your lunch at Bowen's Grocery in Huntingtown. Shopping for historic treasures at Second Wind Consignments or Vintage Stew in Deale and Then and Again Antiques in Annapolis. For whimsical reuses at The Shops at Ogden's Common in Port Republic. Browsing Turn Around Consignments, also in Deale. Buying new tires at Granados Automotive Center.
You get the idea.
I'd love it, and so would our advertisers.
Send me your pictures. On Facebook and in our pages, we'll show the world how Bay Weekly brings us together in Chesapeake Country.
I'm waiting to see you.
See a lost world; meet an Admiral; dig your Roots in Haley style
How much do any of us know of our history? Keeping up with the propulsion of the present is hard enough without carrying the baggage of the past. So we tend to leave it behind.
Black History month makes February a deliberate time for remembering. At Bay Weekly, we use it to try to learn stories that are farther out of history's spotlight, as history didn't used to be written in black as well as white. Over the years, the heroes of black history — Benjamin Banneker, Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, Harriet Tubman — have become pretty well known. Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., they have celebratory days, books and movies, statues, parks, even U.S. currency named in their honor.
To find everyday life, you've got to dig deeper. But you don't have to go farther.
In this week's paper, St. John's College art educator Lucinda Edinberg introduces us to Mitchell Gallery's current exhibition, Ruth Starr Rose: Revelations of African American Life. In it, you'll be see a culture as richly portrayed as Tahitians in Paul Gauguin's paintings and American Indians in the paintings of George Catlin. You'll see in full vitality what Eastern Shore African American life looked like a century ago.
Like Gauguin and Catlin, painter Ruth Starr Rose opened a window into a world that would otherwise have been lost. Like them, she stood outside the culture she portrayed. Ruth Starr Rose was white, a woman and an assimilated rather than native Marylander. Perhaps her difference gave her an unprejudiced view. Certainly it opened up a dialogue still elusive today — black to white, white to black.
I listened in on some of that dialogue at both Mitchell Gallery and across town at Banneker Douglass Museum, where another Ruth Starr Rose exhibit gives a second take on her work.
At Mitchell Gallery, art historian Barbara Paca told a full house of not-so-young arts supporters how the privileged, upper-class painter of black life in Maryland had fallen out of favor. After Ruth Starr Rose's death in 1965, she was accused of racism, as if what she painted couldn't be true or taken seriously. Paca has taken on the job of rehabilitating the artist, including organizing the exhibition you'll see through this month at Mitchell Gallery.
I hope you will see it. The images lent to us for this story are shadows of the originals on display.
At Banneker Douglass Museum, I happened in as outreach coordinator LeRonn Herbert was introducing the artist and a roomful of her paintings, sketches and lithographs to a busload of African American high school students on a field trip. They saw a pair of self-portraits of the white woman artist, as colorfully painted as her black portraits. Perhaps just as strange was African American life of the last century, with trains, chariots and Jeeps leading processions into heaven. Or 20 smiling women picking crabs.
I'm glad to be able to see these sights. Ruth Starr Rose painted the life force as well as life scenes, putting you in touch with humanity across time and beyond race. Their recognition is timeless.
But we all know it's a good thing to be recognized in your own time. For that, this week's paper reports the story of the newest Admiral of the Chesapeake, Eastern Shore black waterman Eldridge Meredith. Captain Meredith is the 101st Marylander and fifth African American to be so honored.
"The predominant image of an African American working the Bay is oyster shucking and crab picking," explains Vincent Leggett, director of Blacks of the Chesapeake Local Legacy Project and himself an Admiral of the Chesapeake. "To be recognized as an admiral, with its rich connotation, is something many people couldn't wrap their head around."
The more we see, the more we understand.
Learn to understand more of your own history in this issue as well, as Chris Haley, director of the Legacy of Slavery center at the Maryland Archives, gives a lesson in researching family roots.
If winter comes, can spring be far behind
It's hard to get excited about Groundhog Day.
February 2 is a huge turning in our calendar of hope. As winter's midpoint, it is the mark in time when poet Percy Shelley's line — if winter comes, can spring be far behind — sparks a bit of optimism. But hope dressed up in a groundhog suit? Surely we could do better.
We do, on Valentine's Day.
The holiday we name for a second-century marriage celebrant is far more heart-warming. By Groundhog Day-plus-12, nature is putting her force behind the promise of renewal. Look around, and you'll see better prognosticators than the visible or invisible — I can never remember which — shadow of Punxsutawney Phil.
Squirrels, for one. They're chasing one another from tree to tree in acrobatic pursuit, suddenly as interested in frolic as in nuts.
Not to be outdone, birds are beginning their spring song in prelude to courtship.
This was Saint Valentine's Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate, wrote another poet, Geoffrey Chaucer.
Did Chaucer hurry the season a bit? The climate and species of 14th century are not those of Chesapeake Country, but it's hard to say what is seasonal nowadays. The birds, however, seem to know. At the top of Chesapeake Country pecking order, bald eagles have already mated to give their slower-growing chicks time to mature before next winter. Another favorite species, blue herons, traditionally return to their rookeries on Valentine's Day to begin their new generation. Osprey will return in another month to get busy on their seasonal business.
At my feeder, songbirds are going about life with new interest, as if winter might really be gone and not only hiding.
It's getting to be pretty lively out there.
By Valentine's Day, the vegetable kingdom is also pushing into a new season. This moderate year, daffodil and hyacinth leaves are well risen. Looking down, I've seen some five inches high. Looking up, I read the seasonal clock of the maple tree that always bursts into hairy bloom just about now.
We humans have insulated ourselves from the seasons. We need not be cold in winter or hot in summer. More than any other generation on earth, we have detached our survival from nature. Far more of us work in offices than on the land, and we depend on sources of power produced far from where we use them. But our seasonal clocks keep ticking, and we feel something stirring.
Is it warmth? Is it longing?
Could it be the force capitalized on by the Valentine's Day industry, with cards and chocolates, flowers, fancy dinners and diamonds?
Could it be why so many people have birthdays around October 22, nine months and one week after Valentine's Day?
The human creative force has, of course, more outlets of expression. You could write a love letter, as Samuel Barr did 200 years ago, chronicled in this week's edition. Or a book, as romance novelist Laura Kaye is doing. You could start a new restaurant, as Bobby and Julia Jones are doing. You could envision a new career, maybe in marine trades. Reading those stories in this week's paper may urge you to your own creations.
Or you could simply salute the rising season with a Valentine's card.
Our Valentine to you here and on this week's cover comes from Bay Weekly's Miss Cora Smith collection of early 20th century Valentines.
Dining Guide 2017 leads the way to good times
I get nostalgic when this time of year comes around. It isn't just that we've already sped through one-12th of this new year — though that recognition does make me want to throw out an anchor against the tide of time.
It's our annual Dining Guide — where we introduce you to two-dozen local eating and drinking establishments — that sends me traveling back in time.
Restaurants and bars were my family's business. My mother and father met in the coffee shop of the Mark Twain Hotel in downtown St. Louis. She was a waitress, and he ate lunch there. A succession of bars followed: The Midget and the 34 Club in St. Louis, and places, names long forgotten, in Key West, where Dad's World War II Navy service in the Shore Patrol opened new doors for his wife and friends.
Stuck on the dilemma of Key West, where Mother and Dad wanted to stay, and Grandmother Martin's insistence on Miami, where she'd lived in the 1930s, we moved back to St. Louis. That's where I grew up, my school years up through college centering on The Stymie Club, the cocktail lounge and supper club my parents opened with Dad's bit of an inheritance — from whom, I now wonder? — and Mother's hard-working conviction she could do anything.
Fast-forward to now, where the week I've spent immersed in this year's Dining Guide reminds me anew that people go to bars and restaurants to have a good time.
Going out to eat and drink, you let somebody else take over an hour or two of your time. you've made an implied contract of your willingness to pay for that somebody's ability to use that bit of your precious time better than you can. On the other half of that contract are owners who've created eating and drinking establishments from the ground up for your pleasure, just as my family did in their bars and restaurants. They want to feed you, and they promise to do it well. They want to give you a place to find refuge and refreshment. They want to make you so satisfied that you keep coming back, whether to a regular refueling stop or a place so comfortable that it feels, like the Stymie did, like your club. A place that you like will feel that way, if you let it, as you get to know bar and wait staff, owners and regulars.
Newer versions of the food, drink and camaraderie I remember from my childhood await you in Chesapeake country. In this week's paper, you'll see what awaits you in two dozen-plus establishments ambitious to satisfy you. To give you a sense of each place and who's behind it, what to expect and what it does best, Bay Weekly staff and I have visited repeatedly, eaten and drunk and talked to owners and customers. Each in its own way is committed to living up to that implied contract with you.
I hope this Dining Guide gives you many good times. I'm starting on mine tonight.
Get to better know Chesapeake Country in this week's paper
With strong legs ending in well-balanced feet, we humans are made for walking. We've used those extremities to spread out over the earth. That evolution may well have swelled our brainpower, which in turn has increased our scope by the invention of wheels and imitation of wings.
Walking, running, rolling, riding, flying — how we love to move! We've made heroes of explorers and both simulated and stimulated our own mobility with stories of exploration and adventure.
Century by century, locomotion by locomotion, we've covered more territory with more speed and less effort. Nowadays, when air travel is commoner than auto travel was a century ago, travel for fun has become America's first-ranked hobby, by some surveys.
So it's a good thing that developmental topographical disorientation is a rare disorder, for otherwise we'd never know where we'd gotten ourselves.
The thing to do on getting to a new place is to look around and get your bearings.
That's just what artist and writer Suzanne Shelden has been doing in her Route 4 series of paintings. "I never thought I could be so inspired by a road," she writes this week in Maryland Route 4 Became My Roadmap. Her paintings illustrate the story, so you'll see what she saw through her eyes.
Stay a while in a place, and you go beyond your amazement at discovering its features to amazement at your ignorance. Your 'discoveries,' you realize, are the culture and often the creation of people who've been there longer than you.
Who of us comers-into Chesapeake Country doesn't become fascinated with its culture? Doesn't read James Michener's Chesapeake and William Warner's Beautiful Swimmers? Doesn't meet the past through the photos of Marion Warren and Aubrey Bodine? Doesn't try to crack crabs and maybe catch them? Doesn't learn the lore of working the water?
This week another writer, Mick Blackistone, takes us on board an oyster boat to show us the present tense of the time-honored Chesapeake tradition of oystering in Working Winter's Water. Blackistone, who enjoys the honorary title Admiral of the Chesapeake, knows his subject well. The author of Dancing with the Tide, stories of the year-round cycle of working the water, Blackistone has worked as a waterman, fishmonger and administrator of marine trades associations in both Annapolis and Washington, D.C.
Eventually, as you live in a new place, memories of the places you once called home are likely to catch up with you. With a certain nostalgia, you find yourself missing old familiar sights and practicing customs that remind you of home.
That's why Billy Greer, owner of Jing Ying Institute of Arnold, celebrates the Chinese New Year, beginning on January 28, with lion dancing and tea tasting. And at Maryland Hall, as you'll read in Kathy Knotts' story, Enter the Year of the Fire Rooster, World Artists Experiences brings Chinese acrobats, artisans and musicians in festival this weekend.
Reading this week's paper, you'll discover that a place's culture is ever expanding with what all of us make it.
Read on for winter relief in food forests, seed catalogs and squirrely tales
January seems the grayest of times. But nature is at work, nurturing new life in often-invisible ways.
In this week's paper, we turn to some of those ways. You'll read about a new frontier in local eating, a food forest. Planted last spring at American Chestnut Land Trust in Calvert County, it is taking root in earth's magical soils in preparation for its first burst of growth this spring.
More visible are the seed catalogs filling gardeners' mailboxes. This week the Bay Gardener explains the benefits — beyond the beautiful pictures — of ordering early.
Squirrels are also keeping the juices flowing.
In response to Dennis Doyle's January 12 Sporting Life column, Bay Weekly readers are reporting back on black squirrels and their antics throughout Chesapeake Country.
Your everyday squirrel is an acrobat, flying through the air from branch to twig with the greatest of ease, racing along electrical tightropes and hanging upside down to eat from your bird feeders.
For many a year, outdoors writer Bill Burton roused the empathy of Bay Weekly readers with his love-hate relationship with squirrels. Plain old gray squirrels, as Burton reported no blacks among his Riviera Beach bushytails.
As Burton died in 2009, we've long been in deprivation from his squirrely tales. So here, for more January entertainment, is a sample from February 28, 2002.
Matching Wits with Squirrels
When you've tried and have not won, never stop for crying.
All that's great and good that's done is just by patient trying.
Among the two score or more bushytails that romp on my side lawn up here on the shores of Stoney Creek in North County, there is one quite familiar with that advice.
This particular squirrel took the message to heart, practiced it and made a fool of me.
Almost daily, friend Alan Doelp of Linthicum and I update each other on the latest maneuvers bushytails have taken to outwit our attempts to keep them out of bird feeders — at least to make it difficult for them to feed.
Alan shares with me a reputation for trying time and again, only to be outsmarted by persistent creatures that could fit in our pockets if we dared put them there. I cringe at the thought. Ouch!
It's not that we don't like squirrels or that we don't want them feeding on our lawns. It's just that they fascinate us. We like the challenge, and we've learned time and again they will eventually have the last laugh — also a bellyful of bird feed. And peanuts.
As well as trying to keep the thick-tailed rodents from getting the lion's share of birdseed, we also work on squirrel feeders — but with a built-in hitch. Whether it's corn on the cob on a propeller-type device, peanuts and sunflower seeds secreted in a homemade feeder with a maze of baffles within or some other contraption we devise in our workshops, we challenge squirrels to get their breakfast, lunch or dinner.
We get much enjoyment watching them work out our puzzles, and obviously they get as much pleasure out of this game as we do. Probably they get more pleasure because they usually win. And long as it takes them to claim the prize the first time, from then on it's easy.
So much for the old claim among squirrel hunters that the creatures have poor memories. They well remember the route to a snack. And use it.
For us, it's back to the drawing boards.
Sandra Olivetti Martin
Editor and publisher
firstname.lastname@example.com, www.sandraolivettimartin.com
We hope (with compliments to Yogi Berra) it's better than déjà vu
The Maryland General Assembly isn't the only big thing beginning anew this month.
(Does beginning anew agree with you? Strictly speaking, anew is a tautology in the phrase as beginning is beginning. Still, in the spiral of life, renewal is a great force, giving us second, third and more chances, if we're lucky. There! I've reasoned myself into beginning anew. How about you?)
I've tried not to bore you in writing about the General Assembly. Important as it is to your life and mine, it's a subject that quickly runs into technicalities. So I'm telling you only the least you need to know, with leads on where to go for more if you find an area interesting.
If you're a wonk, you'll know most of this. But I bet not all, as some surprises are tucked in. The best is your introduction to the man to whom everyone in the House of Delegates listens, Reading Clerk C. Rhoades Whitehill.
Second, third and more chances are regular business in the General Assembly, where a tussle over a Renewable Energy law passed — and vetoed — last year is likely to get the session rolling. Also back this year are lots more ideas that didn't quite make it last year. On Gov. Larry Hogan's side, a big one is his second try to get lawmakers to approve giving manufacturers a tax-free decade for setting up shop in areas of high unemployment. Sick leave for employees will be back, too. A bill passed the Senate last year but failed in the House. This year, Hogan has his own proposal, so there'll be wrangling over that, too.
Wrangling is not such a bad thing. In my book, it's a very good thing. In the General Assembly, as opposed to on the ranch, it means that people championing different ideas are talking to each other, maybe even listening, maybe even working toward consensus. In the General Assembly, a consensus bill is negotiated between both chambers, the House and the Senate, until most everybody sort of agrees on it. Because it depends on give and take, nobody is ever 100 percent happy. But it's the best that can be done at the moment; thus, it will do.
Making a law is like getting a very big family to agree on what to watch on television. It's the best compromise that can be reached among people who, as people do, think differently.
That's one reason they say lawmaking, like sausage making, doesn't bear close scrutiny.
I promise you not too much sausage making in this story, and just a little as the Assembly continues its 90-day session.
Here at Bay Weekly, as in the General Assembly, we're tooling up for a new year. At this moment in time, making only the second of 52 editions of Volume XXV, the year ahead looks like a mountain to climb. But as we're doing so for our 24th time, we know the ropes. Already many stories, some far into the future, are taking shape. As are some big new ideas I'll soon be telling you about.
Our own calendars are filling out, too, as we feel that surge of new year's energy. We'll celebrate three birthdays this month, on top of the one birth we're already celebrating. Henry Mika Gardner couldn't wait until the new year, surprising Chesapeake Curiosities columnist Christine Gardner three weeks early. So she begins this year on maternity leave.
I hope you, too, are swept up in the spiral of beginning anew.
Sandra Olivetti Martin
Editor and publisher; firstname.lastname@example.com; www.sandraolivettimartin.com
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Johnothan | 0
You don't buy a car from the dealership without test driving it first!
TheGuyPersonDude | 0
well what the fuck do you expect you made the poor bastard wait until marriage!
Shut up and stop whining OP. Are you super experienced and were expecting more or something? Its his first time, have fun teaching each other instead of posting faceless complaints.
Notjustanother1 | 0
once you had steak you can't go back to chicken
lol I love how u assume it is her first time....LOL
28, that's what I'm saying. all it says is that it's their first time together. she could have had sex with other people
Freeze_fml | 16
Sometimes you want new cars, not used. Them stains ain't mine.
TheGuyPersonDude | 0
ydi for making him wait until he can never leave...
StoryOfTheYear | 13
Your car has no fuckin engine
assassinmonkeey | 0
so if you love him you shouldn't caew
pseudolife | 4
OP, it's the first time he has performed for you so don't talk smack about it. Step up to the plate and demonstrate to him what you want from sex. You can always tell him too.
Hyperactiveee | 0
Isn't it the husbands first time, why are people saying 'her' ?
Because they can't read
xlossofmex | 0
Sex takes time to get better. The mire you both do it, the more he will know what to do to make it good for you. He will also last longer if you do it more often. Give him some time to learn and make it fun! It would get boring if there was nothing to discover!
Thatguywhotrolls | 0
Lesson learned: Because sex is an important part of a healthy adult relationship, you should make sure you are sexually compatible with a person before making a life-long bond with them.
exquisite | 0
His inexperience can be used to your advantage! Teach him what you want him to know. It's not like the movies, where he's going to know exactly what to do the first time! You are married. If you want to stay that way, you'll need to communicate with him, honestly, on a regular basis.
vivalacobraxo | 0
if you made that choice to wait until marriage then I guess there's that anticipation so it keeps the sexual chemistry going and wanting more.
xKazama_Blood | 0
What can you expect? This is his first time!
TaylorTotsYumm | 10
QUIT YOUR BITCHIN'! He'll get better! I know everyone has their own beliefs, but I don't think waiting til marraige is good. What happens if you and your partner don't have ANY sexual chemistry. Then you're screwed, eh? I'm gunna say YDI for bitchin'.
fat_snooki_lol | 6
How the hell would you know if he was terrible if you were a virgin? I call slut!!!
israelnotjacob | 20
Those of you using that whole sexual chemistry BS to say they shouldn't have waited are idiots. If you truly love each other, and are willing to communicate and adjust to meet each others desires the chemistry will come naturally. Yeah if you wait til marriage you'll have to take some time to get the hang of it, but it's not like you wouldn't have had to do that same thing earlier during dating. Having said that though, this lady is an idiot because she thought it was going to be amazing the first time around. Most people aren't very good their first time because they don't entirely know what they're doing. Just like most things, it takes some practice to get it right, and if you can't understand that then it's really your husband that should be saying FML. You deserved it.
you all are Fucking idiots lol. I wish you morons knew how to read and not assume omg it's his first time! lol you men ate full of shit when u fucktards think you know wth you tards are doing in bed. and just bc he sucks in bed like all men do cause they do one motion in they mind and think it's the correct thing to do and it's a win for u and only you. lol can't face the facts that they guy just fucking sucks in the sack? and that He doesn't listen to what she is telling the dude with he'd body? lol man I can see common sense isn't so common. and FML website really showcases the idiocy lol
TheIrishJaneDoe | 8
Again, Freeze speaks the truth. You don't have to have sex to tell if there's sexual chemistry. And that isn't even the point of the FML.
Pagliaccio | 1
172, I agree!!!!!
the responses to this prove that people don't read very well. it's sad. it doesn't say it's either of their first time. it just says it's their first time together.
ItsFriedRice | 0
Who cares I'd he's bad. If you divorce him just because of that, then you're a shallow bastard.
Ucla_cupcake | 0
216 is the definition of the FML site idiocity.
xXLenaXx | 0
@207, sexual chemistry "coming naturally" is an oxymoron. sexual chemistry *intensifies*, if anything - it exists, or it doesn't exist. you can't "make it come naturally". for many, chemistry (and sex, actually) is no big deal, in which case waiting until marriage's great - then you can have it, or you can ignore it. for OP, it seems to be a big deal - after all, she took the time to log into fml to whinge about it to millions of random strangers instead of raising the issue with her husband, like any decent wife should. if you're going through the whole "waiting until marriage" thing, at least be considerate of the fact that it might be shit first time. OP clearly wasn't mature enough, and waiting until marriage does not make you more mature to have sex, or necessarily more in love with your partner. i find your argument flawed.
hhbiwisbiwk | 0
Love your hair, Destiwana =)
0gracefulgirl0 | 2
i agree, but its also not impossible to become compatible over time
endurancefan212 | 21
And what's wrong with having sex with one, and only one guy, (or girl), in your life? I'm a firm believer in not having sex before marriage, because sex is special; if you give it away to everyone you've dated for a while, what's the point of getting married? There's nothing special left for you to give to your husband (wife) that you haven't given to however many people you dated before him (her). I don't think the OP should complain; if it was her husband's first time, he will get better. Nobody's perfect on their first time of doing anything. When I first started playing in the orchestra, I sucked, but I got better over time with practice. Same thing applies to this situation.
HylianTwilight | 21
#398, the special thing you'd give your wife/husband would be the vow of a lifetime commitment, something the exes haven't had the honor of receiving.
84 you should seriosly consider removing those fishing lures from your face before they get infected or before you infect our children's minds with the idea that it's "cool" or "fashionable" to leave lures in your face. If my daughter asked me,(which she would), why you have lures in your face, I would tell her that you were once a beautiful mermaid untill one day a fisherman turned you into an ugly human.
Um, thanks. Fortunately for me, I don't care whether other people like them or not. I'm also aware that most "parents" don't like them. It's not a fashion statement, or whatever you called it. I, personally, like the way it looks, and if you don't, you'll have to get over it and realize one day, even your daughter will learn to think for herself. Who knows, though, she may not think they're attractive, either. It's nice to know that you think I'm ugly though, thanks for the compliment. :)
GeneralCha | 3
Wow. Really? trying to instill parentental wisdom.....over FML? Why don't u just shut the fuck up and let her live her own life. Facial piercings are very attractive in my opinion. Plus I gotta give it to u, lying to ur child instead of being honest is so the right way to go. Truth is overratted. (sarcasm btw)
to everyone with multiple pieces of metal inserted into your face: F..Y..L..!!!
epoh_fml | 0
I'm a mommy and I have no problem teaching my daughter about people's differences in dress and appearance. I have no problem with tattooes or piercings--I've even had a bunch of piercings myself over the years, though not anymore. tattooes and piercings can be an important part of other cultures. I refuse to raise a close-minded member of society who views these things as wrong.
the17doctor | 12
too right....parents that force their beliefs on their children shouldn't be parents. i was allowed alcohol while growing up (although, not enough to get hammered) and the way i view alcohol is casual; i dont think 'oh yeah, i can drink now, gotta drink loads' but i can handle when i drink
SeedlessMe | 13
Fatal Wedgie- Funny user name-- and nice try there, but please go away now. Us fml-ers don't tend to like you closed minded types.. Kthnxbye
sum1savemeh | 0
I feel bad for that guys daughter..
Sipos | 0
To #96: I bet you're daughter will appreciate being told all that insane, hateful, bullshit later in life. Good job on turning her into another close minded idiot. Next time you are considering posting unsolicited insults, thinly masquerading as patronizing advice, kindly don't bother.
all of you teenagers that feel sorry for my daughter or whatever, when you grow up and have children of your own, you'll get it.
GeneralCha | 3
Good God. it pisses me off when people think they suddenly know everything once they become parents. Congratz! U did something that everyone was biologically enginered for! That makes u automatically entitled to force ur opinions on everyone else because ur opinion is obviously the correct one!
301: I'm not a teenager and I still find you annoying. imagine that
XLoVePuRpLex | 0
If its your first time you're probably terrible also. Give the guy a beak.
chrisbrown_swaqq | 4
we don't know if they had sex with other people they just haven't with each other.
Peachy2392 | 26
Yes, keep practicing!
By incredibadder | 0
that's why you should rock the boat and give it a test run before you are in it "til death u two part" and u make that the goal...
PepsiMerch | 4
Ya lol test drive the ride first
Vintage_Cola | 29
While I agree with the idea of having sex before tying the knot, your way of saying it is...disgusting.
By sammywhits | 0
does that mean you just got married? congratulations if you did. and try to have fun in bed just next time lower your expectations....
lookin good!
RedPillSucks | 30
iknorite.... That horse is hawt!
By sammywhits | 0
Oh and how do you know what bad sex is and what good sex is when this is your first time?
she didn't say it was her first time. she said it was her first time with him
By incredibadder | 0
and to all you idiots. you all need to read. sex for the first time bc they waited with each other. which means they had sex before but with different peeps.
hc92 | 0
The fact that they waited until marriage suggests that at least one of them was a virgin. Think about it, if both of them have had sex before then why would they have agreed to wait until marriage, seeing as generally the whole waiting thing is to do with saving your first time for one person?
israelnotjacob | 20
Well in this day and age most people who wait are also doing it for religious reasons (not all, I've talked to atheists who said they were waiting, but more often than not it's religious) so even if they did both have sex before they could have decided they wanted to do it right with their current relationship. But yes, I would say it's more likely at least one of them was a virgin, but who knows.
um bc they prolly felt hey this individual is different from the others. so they decided to be respectful of one another and wait. to make their relationship more mature and show they can be dedicated and loyal even before they had walked down the isle. also to the fact at hand most guys think they awesome in bed jusf for the fact that they got a chick naked and had sex with them. then women usually fakes the orgasms in order to make their partner feel good. so dude prolly never got good at it through past experinces. if is a common miscommunication. due to the context which this particular FML, you can assume they both had sex before. "it was my HUSBAND AND I FIRST TIME having sex..." (together obviously) but was not like this is my first time having sex and with my husband. it didn't feel as good as if looks.
Girl knows what good sex is. so she is comparing in her head past experiences. she not virgin...guy not a virgin either. assuming the guy is a virgin just cause he sucks is not very good grounds to do so. he just fucking sucks in the sack. 90% if men who are active think they are they bomb. the other 10% are pornstars and men who realize they need to listen to the body language of a woman and go from there. Not to be in it to plug it.
193: I've had friends that were having sex and then stopped a few months before marriage so the wedding night would be special. it's pretty common. it doesn't necessarily imply either of them were virgins
iamelrebel | 0
if a person wants to wait, then it's not nonsense. it's a personal choice.
Lythiaren | 8
I have to respectfully disagree with your point on premarital sex. I don't care if other people do it, but I for one would prefer to have reasonable assurance that the man who takes my virginity is a man who actually loves me. Knowing how abysmal my luck is, I'd probably be that one in a million whose contraceptives all failed if I had premarital sex. I know the lfe of a single mom is hard, so I'm making a conscious effort to avoid reproduction.
AristocratAdler | 8
I both agree and disagree. I believe that people should have sex when they're ready. And when someone is ready can be a vastly broad spectrum ranging from marriage to having met a few hours ago. At the same time, however, people who are going to wait should at least do some research on the topic so when they and that special someone have a go at it they know they have more options than 'insert tab a in slot b'.
pseudolife | 4
I agree with # 31 but I also know that most people fit into two categories. 1) People who are promiscuous before they get married/ aka: anyone who has had premarital sex. 2) People who wait till marriage/aka: virgins. Ironically, most people who enter a marriage as virgins are the one's who end up cheating on their spouse. Why? There's a lot of factors but one of them is curiosity to be with someone different/new. So tell me now? Is it better to wait to have sex until marriage or to have sex whenever as an adult? There's no wrong or right answer. It's a personal choice.
I disagree. Because he's being intolerant of others beliefs on when they should have sex. Its a personal choice that nobody could make for a person. So 13 needs to keep his close-minded comments to himself
TheIrishJaneDoe | 8
kt and those she's agreeing with: I have to disagree this time. There are lots of factors aside from sex that determine the health of a relationship. Sharing religious views and respecting yourself and your partner are two examples. Also, sexual chemistry isn't only determined by coitus. I've got nothing againt people who aren't premaritally abstinant, but calling something stupid because you don't share their lifestyle isn't fair. I doubt you'd call homosexuality stupid (and yes, I understand orientation isn't always a choice, but still.) As I've said in these discussions before: Premarital sex doesn't make you a whore; abstinance doesn't make you a bore.
TheCurlyTheory | 0
You people are crazy. It's okay to have sex before your married, but most people wait because it's there RELIGION. Not because of any other reason, it's because they don't want to sin. That's just an opinion..
OzzyTheGiant | 13
not necessarily. If you marry someone, its, or at least should be, because you and your partner's love is so strong that such things occur naturally. If the chemistry isnt good, then there is reasonable doubt that marriage was a good idea in the first place. After all, sex is a part of love, so without real love, sex isnt good. Otherwise, it wouldnt matter to the couple how it occurs so long as each is satisfied
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Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, travels to Castle Dracula in the Eastern European country of Transylvania to conclude a real estate transaction with a nobleman named Count Dracula. As Harker wends his way through the picturesque countryside, the local peasants warn him about his destination, giving him crucifixes and other charms against evil and uttering strange words that Harker later translates into "vampire."
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Mina visits Lucy at the seaside town of Whitby. A Russian ship is wrecked on the shore near the town with all its crew missing and its captain dead. The only sign of life aboard is a large dog that bounds ashore and disappears into the countryside; the only cargo is a set of fifty boxes of earth shipped from Castle Dracula. Not long after, Lucy suddenly begins sleepwalking. One night, Mina finds Lucy in the town cemetery and believes she sees a dark form with glowing red eyes bending over Lucy. Lucy becomes pale and ill, and she bears two tiny red marks at her throat, for which -neither Dr. Seward nor Mina can account. Unable to arrive at a satisfactory diagnosis, Dr. Seward sends for his old mentor, Professor Van Helsing.
Suffering from brain fever, Harker reappears in the city of Buda-Pest. Mina goes to join him. Van Helsing arrives in Whitby, and, after his initial examination of Lucy, orders that her chambers be covered with garlic—a traditional charm against vampires. For a time, this effort seems to stave off Lucy's illness. She begins to recover, but her mother, unaware of the garlic's power, unwittingly removes the odiferous plants from the room, leaving Lucy vulnerable to further attack.
Seward and Van Helsing spend several days trying to revive Lucy, performing four blood transfusions. Their efforts ultimately come to nothing. One night, the men momentarily let down their guard, and a wolf breaks into the Westenra house. The shock gives Lucy's mother a fatal heart attack, and the wolf attacks Lucy, killing her.
After Lucy's death, Van Helsing leads Holmwood, Seward, and Quincey Morris to her tomb. Van Helsing convinces the other men that Lucy belongs to the "Un-Dead"—in other words, she has been transformed into a vampire like Dracula. The men remain unconvinced until they see Lucy preying on a defenseless child, which convinces them that she must be destroyed. They agree to follow the ritual of vampire slaying to ensure that Lucy's soul will return to eternal rest. While the undead Lucy sleeps, Holmwood plunges a stake through her heart. The men then cut off her head and stuff her mouth with garlic. After this deed is done, they pledge to destroy Dracula himself.
Now married, Mina and Jonathan return to England and join forces with the others. Mina helps Van Helsing collect the various diary and journal entries that Harker, Seward, and the others have written, attempting to piece together a narrative that will lead them to the count. Learning all they can of Dracula's affairs, Van Helsing and his band track down the boxes of earth that the count uses as a sanctuary during the night from Dracula's castle. Their efforts seem to be going well, but then one of Dr. Seward's mental patients, Renfield, lets Dracula into the asylum where the others are staying, allowing the count to prey upon Mina.
As Mina begins the slow change into a vampire, the men sterilize the boxes of earth, forcing Dracula to flee to the safety of his native Transylvania. The men pursue the count, dividing their forces and tracking him across land and sea. Van Helsing takes Mina with him, and they cleanse Castle Dracula by killing the three female vampires and sealing the entrances with sacred objects. The others catch up with the count just as he is about to reach his castle, and Jonathan and Quincey use knives to destroy him.
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I agree with "somethingisbrokehere". I read through this summary to aid in an essay about this book and was positively shocked...though it gave me plenty of giggles! Dracula has many things about it which make it partly comedy to me, though of course it's only due to the change of the times. The thought of Bram Stoker reading this site's take on his novel is...oh, do try it, it is HILARIOUS. Psychoanalyzing can be taken too far, and I would ask that this site DOES NOT CHANGE THEIR TAKE ON LUCY'S FINAL DEATH, because in the future I might lik
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Okay I should've gone into detail more, but the whole penis idea doesn't fit into the plot and doesn't make sense. First of all from a Christian perspective (Mr. Stoker was Protestant) that would be considered an evil thing to do. Since they are undead that would similar to necrophilia which is most definitely unChristian and would go against everything the book is talking about. Also remember, this book was written in 1897 which really wasn't that long ago. The whole idea of stakes being penises doesn't make sense as cleansing (I don't thin
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