Life in Northern Virginia
Unexpected Gifts
Nemo, our rescue beagle, loves everybody, but some people are particularly special to him. The son and daughter-in-law who found him in the woods as a puppy and nursed him back to health and into our home. Other family members. My cleaning lady and my assistant, both of whom have provided pet care in the past. …
Read MoreThe More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same: Abe Lincoln and the Election of 1860
One of the joys of living in Northern Virginia is experiencing the past. So much American history was made right here, and no drive into the nation’s capital goes by without finding a building I’ve never noticed before, in which events that rocked the world took place. When the National Park Service recently offered a…
Read MoreWeight Watchers, Verizon and Comcast: Am I Cranky Because I’m Food Deprived?
So there we were this morning, trying to make a phone call. Then, there was our beloved telephone company. Turns out our line was dead. Turns out they can repair it. In nine days. Last year our telephone went dead–bees in the box on the pole–and eight days passed before said telephone company toddled out to fumigate the…
Read MoreAnd Crown Thy Good With Brotherhood
Living in Northern Virginia comes with fabulous perks. One of them is the proximity of Washington DC’s amazing and free museums. Living in Nothern Virginia comes with problems, as well. We are an ambitious lot, working far more than the so-called normal 40 hours a week, and using cars as weapons so that we can be…
Read MoreThis We Can Do
When you live just outside Washington DC, and your candidate wins the presidency, you go to the Inauguration? Right? Oh, wait. Millions of other people are planning to go. The temperatures will be below freezing. There is no hope of getting transportation into the city that morning because the Metros will be mobbed and the roads closed,…
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