by Susan Gates | Jul 5, 2023
I am a picnic outfitter by trade. Did you know? For six years, I ran a brick-and-mortar shop called Vintage Picnic in a small fishing village near the Chesapeake bay. We stocked everything for the perfect picnic – save for food and drink....
by Susan Gates | Apr 19, 2023
Last night Maryland Public Television aired a documentary entitled, “Kent County’s Storied Landscape: Place – Past and Present.” Since I have three generations buried in Kent County and my husband hails from Chestertown, the county seat, we watched eagerly...
by Susan Gates | Oct 26, 2022
This photo mesmerizes me.My daughter took it last week in Laoswhere she worked with a program that destroys bombs. Millions upon millions remainwedged into the countryside wherefields should flourish withrice and coffee andeveryone sits under their own banana tree....
by Susan Gates | Sep 7, 2022
What does a sermon preached in 19th century Scotland have to do with today’s business headlines? Plenty. Thomas Chalmers, the Scottish pastor/professor who taught moral philosophy at St. Andrews and theology at the University of Edinburgh, knew what makes the...
by Susan Gates | Apr 29, 2022
Today UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres visited hard-hit cities in Ukraine, where he met with victims of Russian atrocities. He called the war “evil.” Touring devasted neighborhoods, Guterres spoke emotionally of his own grandchildren. “I must say what I...
