Yep. These three gals — all in the 75-85-year-old range died recently, according to my local paper, The Columbia Flier. Why did this strike me as curious? Not their ages, of course. Their…
Today is National Frozen Foods Day. I learned this when planning tonight’s BlogTale party with @wendyscherer. We were looking to see if there was anything special to tie into tonight’s party, and Wendy unearthed that…
I’m remembering Mo this morning. Mo, and an experience that opened my mind and had me in awe of intelligence, in its many manifestations. See, Mo was a cat of mine. He joined…
Yep. He’s my man. Dr. Schulze, that is. And the herbal tonics he makes and sells are outta this world: bitter, strong, intense … and, in my experience, effective.
Earlier this week, I started…
Am I really popular, or is there something else afoot? See, I am just boggled. I have received five party invitations for parties occurring on August 2nd. No party invitations for the 3rd,…
I just came in from doing one of my favorite household chores: hanging freshly laundered clothes on the outside line to dry. I love being outside, in the sun, with a gentle breeze…
Last night I was a man. Well, at least for about 30-40 minutes. See, I showed up at the weekly contra dance at Lovely Lane Church, and there were a ton of women there, especially…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…