Good March 16, neighbors. It’s the two-year anniversary of life as we knew it officially shutting down for a little while. Now, two years later, the sun is shining and, oh, what’s that? Did someone mention some fun convoy friends taking laps around Stanton Park? Even though today DC Public Schools officially relaxed their mandatory […]
Good evening, neighbors! Hope your March is going well. By the way, if you need more COVID tests to have on hand, you can order them through the US Postal Service, as they’ve been approved to send out a second round. Click here to order. A tearful farewell for Mott’s Market moved many neighbors in […]
Happy Tuesday! Hope you’re staying warm and keeping the hope alive in your heart, because this year’s peak blossom dates were announced this morning! There will be peak blossoms –that is, 70% of the flower canopy open and begging for photos– between March 22-25 this year. The festival will be in person again, and it […]
Happy Wednesday, everyone! We’re expecting some company from out of town, so make sure you swing by the grocery store for toilet paper and milk, the forever staples of staying in place, just in case. What else is going on? Many of us have been on tenterhooks, waiting to know more about the trucker convoy […]
Five years ago, we looked at the aftermath of a raid on Henry Wilson, a young enslaved African-American. Despite having almost bought himself free, he was taken away from Mrs. Sprigg’s boarding house and sold. Joshua Giddings, Abraham Lincoln’s messmate at Mrs. Sprigg’s, attempted to rescue the young man from a slave pen, but was thwarted […]