Despite Mother Nature’s well played attempt to derail our conversation, I caught up with Lieutenant Michael Thornton of PSA 107 for a Capitol Hill crime status report earlier this week. Special thanks in advance to the Lieutenant for donating his time to The Hill is Home. Towards the end of last year, there seemed to […]
So we got a bit of a break from the bitter cold this weekend although the snow from last week’s mini-storm has not budged. I’m hearing talk of a mega-storm this week which I hope won’t pass us by. I loved working in my pjs which was broken up with baking experiments and sledding at the Capitol. […]
In writing these columns, and those I do for the Hill Rag, the toughest part is always working out what should be left out. Often the most interesting stories I come up with simply don’t fit in the context of the current column and must therefore be left out. In broadening the column I wrote […]
Normally, our charming (which is the word my mother-in-law uses to mean “tiny”) 2/1/1 is just the right size — not too big, not too small. Then come those winter days when my better half and I are both at home for a couple of days during the week, when he has a snow day […]
So you’re probably shuttered today, sore and achy from unearthing your sidewalk, your car, and possibly even the nearest fire hydrant (if you’re a Good Samaritan type– not judging here). You’re hungry but you don’t feel like getting takeout. Your’e starving, but your pantry appears before you, boring and jéjune. You want easy, cheesy comfort […]