If you’ve recently moved to Sussex County, chances are you’re looking for lots of options for
furnishing or renovating your home and garden, discovering ways to be fit and active, and
finding good financial advice for your retirement years. If so, make plans to spend time at the
55+ Expo on Saturday, November 8th at Cape Henlopen High School in [...]
Once a year – and sometimes more – I write about a service that enables Sussex County
residents facing aging challenges remain happily and easily in their homes while also offering
one of the best ways for friends of seniors to volunteer to help them.. It’s known as Village Volunteers, for residents of
northern and western Sussex County and [...]
Earlier this week I spotlighted several October events profiled in the Cape Gazette’s Fall Festival Guide. I focused on those taking place during the first two weeks because it would have taken almost all of the Internet’s bandwidth to cover them all! It was a great reminder of how fortunate we are to live in this beautiful place during [...]
Delaware is wonderful in the fall for so many reasons – the cool and comfortable temperatures, the healthy harvests from our farms, and the colorful foliage that can be found from the city streets of Wilmington to the vast forests and marshlands around our beaches. It’s also prime time for celebrating with fall festivals. Two of the most [...]
Delaware residents and restauranteurs cherish the farmers who bring us fresh vegetables, produce and dairy items all year – especially during the summer and fall when the bounty feels endless. And one benefit of living in such a small state is that you never have to drive far to find a farmers market offering fresh items that you can buy [...]
JUNE OUGHT TO BE DEEMED HOME DÉCOR MONTH AT THE BEACH
Finding your perfect home is a wonderful feeling. Finding beautiful furnishings, art and outside plantings and fixtures can turn it into a forever source of joy. We experience this often with folks who select homes in the new and well-established communities we know so well. Many are [...]
ENJOY ACTIVE AND FUN LEISURE TIME AT THE BEACH THIS JUNE
A couple of weeks ago I opened the pages of the Cape Gazette’s Spring and Summer Festivals Guide https://www.capegazette.com/center/festival-season-here/289349 to spotlight some cool happenings in May. Turns out that was just the start, because June is full of fun things to do as well. Here are some [...]
One of the best things about living in Delaware is our extraordinary access to fresh seafood, and that includes blue crabs that come to us primarily from the nearby Chesapeake Bay and from the waterways on the lower Delmarva Peninsula. If it’s one of your favorite foods you’ve probably had all kinds of crab cakes over the years – some that [...]
May is a wonderful month in Delaware, with spring foliage in full bloom, warm sunny days, and a vibrant social scene in the communities around the beach. While it’s often fun to do things when the right vibe hits you, here are some highlights if you’d like to plan [...]
This Saturday and Sunday, April 5th and 6th, you can support Sussex County Habitat for Humanity while shopping for everything you need for your own perfect home.
That’s the big headline for the 27th annual Home Expo https://deexpos.com/home-expos, , taking place at Cape Henlopen High School just outside downtown Lewes. Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is [...]