Mountain Maryland Mamas Maureen Sheaffer & Jessica Fike

HAPPY 30th Episode!Well, if you count all of our bonus episodes, it's 38 episodes total.We started this little side project in October of 2021 to share the spirit of Deep Creek and Garrett County, MD and our love for this far western Maryland area that we call "home." We sat on living room couches and interviewed friends. We talked about local events, the four seasons, hunting, kids, farming, slowing down, and we even recorded ourselves indulging in microgreens!Along with all the fun and joy ...

HAPPY (almost) FALL from the (far western) mountains of Maryland!We're continuing with our four new seasonal episodes for the year and now it's time for another chat about fall...Ironically in this fall episode though, we talk a lot about summer, ha! But what we realized in our preparation and effort to share about fall, reflecting on summer was incredibly appropriate...and needed!We all know that fall is full of colorful leaves (especially here in our mountains), cozy-ing up with friends, go...

HAPPY SUMMER from the (far western) mountains of Maryland!We're continuing with our four new seasonal episodes for the year and now it's time for summer!For many, summer in Deep Creek + Garrett County, MD presents some of the most perfect weather - not too hot, not too cold. But it's also a hustling, bustling time - many more visitors around, everything is open and the weather makes it pretty easy to get outside and enjoy everything our mountains + lake have to offer.So of course it was easy ...

We're back!Okay, we were back last week. BUT now we're back to what we originally planned for 2023: four new episodes, one for each of the four seasons. First up, SPRING!Spring in our mountains can be tough. We continue to experience winter weather and everything's just a little quiet - less visitors around, some things are closed and the weather makes it hard to be outside. But surprisingly, we rattled off ALL KINDS of spring things during this conversation! From "getting out of Garrett Coun...

When Maureen describes this episode she uses the word JOY. When Jessica describes this episode she uses SURPRISE.It was a joy to record and a joy to edit. It was a surprise that we talked for over an hour (or maybe that was no surprise, ha!) and that we only briefly touched upon the three topics that we thought would be the focus.Mike was born and raised in Garrett County. School and jobs took him to Pittsburgh, Washington DC and most recently New York City. COVID brought him back home and it...

Time to introduce you to our friend, Kendall! She’s a mama, she’s got curly red hair, she loves Deep Creek + Garrett County like we do, AND she just started a new business! During our chat with Kendall, we hear why she and husband Mark did a 180 and moved from Baltimore to Garrett County, what it’s been like growing her 15-year old graphic design business in the mountains and why they now own a dance studio! We get into the idea of “crafting a life” around what we’ve got here in Garrett ...