There was a pot-luck party in Arlington last night, with cocktails at Willow before, and it was a blast. It pinned me down up North, and I have been itching to get back to the farm and see if the first cut is needed on the lawn. It is, but that is a matter for […]

(Radical Activist and silversmith Paul Revere. Portrait by John Singleton Copley) It is a grand day in Washington, with multiple events happening downtown as disparate as Earth Day (huge concert on the Mall) and the tightly-buttoned IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings. There have been some anniversaries of momentous events over the last couple weeks. I think […]

(John Singleton Mosby. Image Library of Congress) There is one thing worth mentioning about Marshall, VA. Well, maybe two. I was last there with a pal looking for real estate in horse country. It didn’t work, but we saw a lot of places with decimal points in the asking price. But it was horsey, all […]

I was reading after a brisk walk with the heavy-hands around the long block. The temperatures have dipped a bit, and I could have worn a sweatshirt but didn’t. The brown chair was comfortable and the iPad rested on my lap as the clock counted down to a quarter to five, and time to go […]

( A Plymouth Fury (1958) proposed for the 1962 model year by George Krispinsky, a Space Age-inspired Chrysler designer who Dad mentioned knowing. New York Times image from he collection of Robert Edwards). I was a little freaked out when I wandered down to the lobby to get my daily hug from Rhonda, the den […]

(“Borne by Loving Hands,” a painting by 30-year old eyewitness to the scene Carl Bersch, 1865. It shows the stricken President being carried from Ford’s Theater for treatment. After trying other houses across the street, the Peterson Boarding House accepted the party, and placed the President in the back bedroom diagonally on the bed that […]

(Jordan Spieth watches his tee shot on the sixth hole during the fourth round of the Masters golf tournament Sunday, April 12, 2015, in Augusta, Ga. He is the first Texan to win since “Gentle Ben” Crenshaw in 1984. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) I was literally walking on air after the famiily visit over the weekend, […]

It is interesting watching your kids become parents. I had the opportunity to witness the phenomenon in person just twice since the Arrival last November- and he was out on an adventure yesterday at Rosemary’s Thyme Bistro in the DuPont neighborhood yesterday. What a kick! Actually, it was an adventure for all concerned. The young […]

It is not that it is a slow news day- there is plenty to talk about and my usual suspects have been all agog with the announcements and legacy stuff that is flying around. I am going to studiously ignore it. I have had the air pressure come out of my interest in the continuing […]

We lost a legend late last month. Norman O. Scribner was the founder and Creative Director of the Washington Choral Arts Society, a volunteer organization that touched millions with their voices united in soaring melody. The Choral Arts Society formed in 1963 at the urging of Howard Mitchell, then director of the National Symphony Orchestra. […]