Eric Jackson
Brookdown Palace- Chasing Brook Trout on the Savage River
River gonna take me, sing me sweet and sleepy Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home. ~Grateful Dead If you’ve never flipped a...
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Eric Jackson
- Aug 1, 2022
- 5 min
Standing on the Edge- On the Shore at Turkey Point Lighthouse
“I wonder if I can get down there.” It’s a question I ask myself a lot when I’m out on the shore. Especially when visiting unfamiliar...
Eric Jackson
- Jul 18, 2022
- 2 min
These 'Flops were Made for Walkin'- Trails to the Sassafras River - Sassafras NRMA
If there's one thread that's woven it's way through every part of the One Hundred Shores journey, that thread is about access. Behind...
Eric Jackson
- Jul 1, 2022
- 4 min
Retracing Steps: On the Shore at Middle Branch Park, Baltimore
In a metro area of 10 million people, side-skirting congestion and avoiding tolls often takes priority over the long and winding road. ...
Eric Jackson
- Jun 16, 2022
- 3 min
It's All Crumbling Away! One Hundred Shores Bloopers
In the past week, in the span of 7 days, I managed to strand myself on a new shore, lose a drone (yeah, it's gone), break my sunglasses,...
Eric Jackson
- Jun 10, 2022
- 3 min
Field Trip Season- Spotlight on Education with One Hundred Shores on the St. Mary's River
One Hundred Shores Supports: This education program was sponsored by the St. Mary's County Arts Council and Chesapeake Charter School...
Eric Jackson
- Jun 2, 2022
- 1 min
One Hundred Shores Project Update
I know what you're thinking- "I wanted to sip my dark and stormy and read the latest from One Hundred Shores on a Friday evening." Don't...
Eric Jackson
- May 27, 2022
- 4 min
Who Wants Crabs? Counting Blue Crabs on the Patuxent River
For a lot of us, crab feasts have always presented themselves as the social events of the summer. Bringing crabs to the table is a...
Eric Jackson
- May 19, 2022
- 4 min
What's in a Name? One Hundred Shores at Dares Beach
NOTE: This is the first, of what will hopefully be many, guest posts on One Hundred Shores. I first met Lisa when I was teaching art...
Eric Jackson
- May 13, 2022
- 4 min
100 Shores and New Spans: Hooper's Island and Cedar Point
Branding the Chesapeake as a barrier itself is a tough sell, but like I’ve mentioned before, One Hundred Shores is about perspectives. ...
Eric Jackson
- May 6, 2022
- 3 min
Ever Forward at Poplar Island
When a 1,000 foot long container vessel runs aground in the Chesapeake, it'll probably always make the local news. When it gets stuck...
Eric Jackson
- Apr 25, 2022
- 4 min
100 Shores Photo Journal (Spring, 2022)
It's been some weeks since I really started hitting the shores on a regular schedule. I've travelled a few hundred miles, taken...
Eric Jackson
- Apr 18, 2022
- 5 min
100 Shores: A Sense Of Scope (Part 1): Lancaster, PA to Cape Henry, Virginia
In all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. It is up to us. ~ Carl Sagan The...
Eric Jackson
- Apr 5, 2022
- 2 min
The Land Maryland- Singing Tom Wisner On The Shore at Maryland Day, HSMC
She is rigged out and handsome, a maid of the sea, bound on a journey for humanity. She'll sail through the morning to the great ocean...
Eric Jackson
- Mar 24, 2022
- 4 min
Peaceful Easy Feeling - 100 Shores at Mason Neck NWR
If you've seen my work before, you know it's safe to say I like watching birds. Is that a polarizing statement, or what? Check out this...
Eric Jackson
- Mar 17, 2022
- 3 min
Sandy Point State Park - 100 Shores, 200 picnic tables
Access has been a major recurring theme in my shoreline research over the past week. In fact, while the last two shore stories have been...
Eric Jackson
- Mar 11, 2022
- 5 min
A Shore Story of MURRRDER - Conowingo Dam - Shore Stories
How's that for click bait? Truth be told, while this story does touch on tragedy, it's not a Death on the Nile, Susquehanna style. My...
Eric Jackson
- Mar 2, 2022
- 5 min
Newtowne Neck - 100 Shores
While the last few shores have told stories about my history, Newtowne tells a part of my personal story much more relevant to the...
Eric Jackson
- Feb 15, 2022
- 5 min
Elms Beach
If you know Elms Beach, you know there’s kinda sorta two Elms that people know. In fact you can really think of it two sides front and...
Eric Jackson
- Feb 7, 2022
- 4 min
Point Lookout State Park - Beneath the Surface - 100 Shores
Point Lookout State Park holds a lot of stories. For an inaugural story of 100 shores, I’ve been debating about where to begin. There’s...
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