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Growing up in Washington, DC, I was always intrigued by the garbage men who raced up and down our alleys. Most mornings, I woke to the frantic rumblings of the garbage truck and the thumping and dragging of Super Cans…
Don’t give up the ship. Fight until she sinks! –Captain James Lawrence My wife and I celebrated her _ _ birthday a few weeks back by travelling down to beautiful St. Michaels, Maryland. For those who have never been, St….
Senior Beach Week for the Class of 2019 is now officially in the books! Hundreds of high school seniors descended upon Corolla, North Carolina primed for one last opportunity to revel in the glory days of youth. It is a…
It’s summertime in the Washington, DC area and that means one thing: internship season is in full swing! From Capitol Hill, to K Street, to Georgetown, to the suburbs, college students flock to find the jobs that could launch their…
A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great blessing. –Will Rogers When you live in a small neighborhood and decide to have a big party, it takes a village to keep the train…
Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is a failure.”–Albert Einstein Let’s not minimize the impact of the magic that happens INSIDE…
Beach Week. An age-old tradition in the Washington, DC area. A bittersweet and glorious time when newly-minted high school graduates head off for a whirlwind week at the shore. Back in my day, the tradition remained the same, except underclassmen…
Let us prepare our minds and actions as if we’ve come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. –Seneca Two weeks. That is how long the letter stayed on my desk. It was written to a literary…
The cold wind will blow and tear the skin from your nose. –Deer Tick I love my dog. And because I love my dog, and because no one else will walk him, that chore usually falls on my shoulders (Do…
Let’s hear it for our first responders and emergency management officials! Having worked with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the past ten years, I have learned first-hand the level of planning, hard work, and emotional effort that goes…