by me | Sep 21, 2021 | Books, current non-events, Home, writing, writing for children
A couple of weeks ago I couldn’t get to sleep, so I counted bookshelves instead of sheep (shout out to Kate Wolf’s line, “Countin’ troubles, ‘stead of countin’ sheep.”) I have no idea what number I came up with, but it was in...
by me | Jun 3, 2021 | Family, Outdoors, Travel
Delaware is the First State, which you know if you’ve driven I-95 in those parts, but it might be one of the last states you think to visit though its image has been burnished by the Bidens of late. This old travel piece from 2007 has some delightful Delaware...
by me | Mar 2, 2021 | city living, current events, Humor, Memoir, Quirky Richmond, Richmond VA, Uncategorized, writing
Been volunteering with the Medical Reserve Corps in Virginia for a month or so and I have developed a specialty in parking lot management. Until I’m fully vaccinated I’m happier working outside anyway and it has been an upper seeing happy and relieved...
by me | Dec 10, 2020 | city living, food, Holidays, Richmond VA, Uncategorized
I used to do a December holiday gift guide back when I was doing Real Richmond Food Tours, focused on Richmond, not surprisingly. Now that I’m a free agent, I still want to plug local, well-loved businesses, and now that my daughter’s Richmond, VA-based...
by me | Oct 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
The firefighter oath my son swore several years ago said all sorts of things I expected it to say and several I didn’t. Didn’t expect them to uphold the constitution of the U.S. but glad they won’t turn fire hoses on us. Did not expect that they are...