Tag Archives: Chesapeake Bay

Virginia is for Oyster Lovers

Posted on July 17, 2020 by

“Why then the world’s mine oyster, which I with sword will open.” Thus, Shakespeare gave us a new idiom in the Merry Wives of Windsor repeated ever since, and Oscar Wilde wielded it with customary wit: “The world was my … Continue reading →

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Shifting Baselines

Posted on January 5, 2014 by

In 1608 Captain John Smith led a crew of fourteen to explore the Chesapeake Bay in a shallop brought over from England in the hold of the Susan Constant.  Leaning over the side of the small craft they could see … Continue reading →

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