Once Upon A Quarter 

     No, not the State Commemorative Series of 25-cent pieces (though my collector set’s still missing New Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii!), and no again, neither is this a reference to the homemade pie slice size I most prefer, or to sitting astride that magnificent breed of racehorse, and — not to discount those romantics among you whose fractionalized thinking relates only to the amount of moon showing on any given night.  None of these.

     The “Quarter” I refer to is the one that breaks up the year, not as a business financial measure, but as a season.  In this case, I am speaking of the date of issue period for a number of culturally diverse and literary driven publications . . . and here and now, specifically, the strongest singularly-focused magazine of its time and place: 

Delmarva Quarterly

     . . . Delmarva (Peninsula)’s window to the scenes and stories of the seasons is filled with with tales, tasty tidbits, festival schedules, and observations of life on one of the largest, most productive and most fascinating peninsulas on the planet.  Delmarva is named, not incidentally, for the three states it environmentally hosts, serves and supports (DELaware, MARyland, and VirginiA). 

     You can drive there by the Bay Bridge across the Chesapeake from Annapolis, or the Delaware Memorial Bridge from New Jersey to Wilmington, or the Cape May-Lewes Ferry from Cape May, New Jersey to Cape Henlopen, Delaware, or across and through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel from the Virginia Beach area.  A variety of airports serve the Peninsula from New Castle and Georgetown, DE, to Salisbury, MD, and in between.

     When you land, arrive or sail in, remember to check out Delmarva Quarterly.  Why?  Because it’s the standard-bearer for all things made on and native to the Peninsula, and especially all things that fall into or touch upon the following categories that roll across every quarterly issue masthead: HISTORY – LITERATURE – ART – MUSIC – PHOTOGRAPHY – ARCHITECTURE – NATURE – THEATER – POETRY.  Don’t do Delmarva without it!

     Whenever you live on, visit, vacation, or just pass through Delmarva, you deserve to see and experience the uniqueness of its coastal borders and inland farms, its rivers, wildlife and wonderful products through the eyes of Delmarva natives and of newfound loyalists who’ve moved from other states . . . as can only be recorded by the Peninsula’s exceptional creative community in the pages of Delmarva Quarterly . . . once upon a quarter, every season.   halalpiar   

[To subscribe to Delmarva Quarterly, send your name and address and $12 – $18 for two years – to Delmarva Quarterly, P.O.Box 213, Lewes, DE 19958.  Submissions, letters, and advertising welcome.  Email dnf@capegazette.com for additional information]