This vid makes me teary in a happy, heart-wrenching kind of way. You gotta watch it to the end to get the full story … and the full impact. It’s 3:09 minutes in length.
Jessie Newburn
Let me introduce you, online, here, to Miss Lori Powell. I met Lori 10-12-14? years ago when Maryland was getting a second area code (that’s 410, for those of you new to these parts). See, at that time I was sending out 3,000+ faxes each week of the Business Monthly‘s weekly fax report. (I don’t even…
The Economist, in an article called “The Big C,” had some information I’d like to share here. If you’re a regular reader of Hometown Columbia, you may have gleaned by now, that the topic of health and personal choices occupies my mind now and again. OK, so there’s a new personalized health check-up system called…
I’ve just come from a mild version of Burning Man, the east coast event called Playa del Fuego. It was my first such event, and I generally find Burners my kind of people. It was pretty easy for me to conclude that Burning Man is mostly organized and attended by Gen Xers — duh — though it was…
Closing my eyes opens up new worlds
I like to do social dancing (where one person leads the dance and the other person follows), and I like to do it, when possible, with my eyes closed. Today, I went to a new-favorite dance of mine: the fais do-do (I think that’s what they call it), a 4-hour…
I just read about County Executive Ken Ulman’s “declaring May ‘Clean Commute Month‘ in Howard County and challenging residents to consider an alternative to driving their cars.” It goes on to say, “Today’s announcement is consistent with one of County Executive Ulman’s top priorities: bold and innovative protection of the environment in Howard County.”
OK,…
Wouldn’t it be something if a slew of our elder citizens, those with more than enough money in their pockets, bank accounts and stashes, would demonstrate civic leadership and personal virtue by agreeing *not* to receive their Social Security checks. You know, to give the cash back.
Come on. We know you’re out there. You…
Waiting at a stoplight the other day, my eyes scanned the scene and I saw — yet again — one of those “got whatever?” mimic-The-Dairy-Council ad campaigns. I sighed a big sigh and thought, “Oh my, sheep-like mentality does indicate lower intelligence levels … less chance of breeding … and less chance of attracting vibrant customers.”…
I have always considered myself someone who doesn’t like the cold. And so it was with trepidation, fear and excitement, that I decided to accompany a handful of friends to the mountains of West Virginia for an outdoor, cold-weather camping trip to a regional Burning Man event in mid-February called Frostburn. My friends, all experienced…
Have you met, seen, heard of Snowball? I was introduced just last night. Snowball is an adolescent rescue bird that takes center stage in the Dancing Bird World. Snowball actually dances, does routines and special moves, and even syncopates. Why would I be surprised then to discover he knows when his favorite songs are coming…