( 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. […]

(The McLean House today. It was dismantled after the war, and stored in pieces as preparation for display at the Great Columbia Exposition of 1893. It never happened, nor did the plans to reconstruct it in Washington, DC. It was not restored until after World War Two. Photo US Park Service). My friend and I […]

(The Five Forks. Lee ordered George Pickett to “hold the junction at all costs.” Inexplicably, Pickett went to lunch and his leaderless troops were routed, closing the last rail line to Richmond and Petersburg, and forcing their evacuation. Photo Donald Hogan). One hundred and fifty years ago today, Robert E. Lee looked at the papers […]

(New Nats hurler Max Scherzer sparkled early in his first start for the Nats. he got tagged with the loss, though. Photo Fox 5) It was an absolutely superb Opening Day in Northern Virginia. It has a certain languor to it that the first days of warmth convey. The skies were clear, and though a […]

(Mark taught us in the conference room of this Wells Fargo branch in Clarendon. Photo Wells Fargo). Van Dyke and I went back to school yesterday. We had been scheduled to take it last month, but one of the interminable winter storms swept across Fairfax County and forced cancellation at the range near Fairfax City. […]