As the Spy has pointed out in a recent editorial, the country and our region will be facing an unprecedented moment in history when many meetings, performances, schools and other gatherings will temporarily come to an halt. To help with this unexpected slow down, each day for the next thirty days The Spy will share with our readers suggestions from our long list of writers and friends on how to pass the time as the country and the Mid-Shore endure social isolation.
Today is Spy reader Bryan McNerney:

Read:  Big Law by Ron Liebman
Watch: True Grit 
Listen:Live at the Troubadour by Daryl Hall and John Oates
Cook:  Steak au Poivre
Outing: Coast Guard Oxford Station (before it leaves)

As the Spy has pointed out in a recent editorial, the country and our region will be facing an unprecedented moment in history when many meetings, performances, schools and other gatherings will temporarily come to an halt. To help with this unexpected slow down, each day for the next thirty days The Spy will share with our readers suggestions from our long list of writers and friends on how to pass the time as the country and the Mid-Shore endure social isolation.

Today is Olivia Chopek:

Read: The Flâneur by Edmund White
Watch: Houseboat
Listen: The Living Room Tour by Carole King
Cook: Delicious Bars 
Outing: Visiting Tallulah Bankhead’s grave in Kent County

As the Spy has pointed out in a recent editorial, the country and our region will be facing an unprecedented moment in history when many meetings, performances, schools and other gatherings will temporarily come to an halt. To help with this unexpected slow down, each day for the next thirty days The Spy will share with our readers suggestions from our long list of writers and friends on how to pass the time as the country and the Mid-Shore endure social isolation.

Today is Spy reader and contributor Bishop Joel Johnson:

Read: The Goose Fritz by Sergei Lebedev
Watch: Our Man in Havana
Listen: J. S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (Masaaki Suzuki)
Cook: Boeuf Bourguignon by Julia Child