Moll Dyer: The Woman the Woods Never Forgot

Long before the roads and buildings of modern Leonardtown, Maryland, there were thick forests, scattered farms and small settlements where life could be difficult and uncertainty was often frightening. It was in this landscape, sometime around the late seventeenth century, that legend places a mysterious woman named Moll Dyer. She is remembered today as the... Continue Reading →

The Bench at the End of Maple Street

Every morning at 8:30, Margaret Ellis sat on the green bench at the end of Maple Street. Nobody really knew why. She didn't feed pigeons, she didn't read a newspaper, and she didn't walk a dog. She simply arrived carrying a travel mug of coffee, sat down, and watched the neighborhood wake up. At seventy-six,... Continue Reading →

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