This morning, a tweet from reader Janna (@jannalibrarian on Twitter) made us sit up and take notice. She highlighted the following tweet from user Gabi, @gkhuesca, who is a children’s librarian: I reached out to her but have not heard back, so instead I talked to a library staffer from Northeast Library, who told me […]
Hello everyone! Sometimes you come across many things that deserve sharing but they are not necessarily news. If this were another time, they’d all deserve their own post, but in the spirit of maximizing your attention span and mine, I’m tentatively starting a series called Hill Miscellany. I suppose it could just as well be […]
Hello there! In addition to all the COVID craziness, it’s also an election year. On November 3, we will be voting not just for President, but for many seats at the local level. One of those positions is that of the Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, currently held by Eleanor Holmes Norton, […]
Hello there, Capitol Hill! This weekend, we had a whole arc of emotions with the news that Tortilla Coast would close permanently. You flooded us with some of your loveliest memories: Snippets from your first meal as an intern on the Hill, to marriage proposals, first post-baby outings, to everyday merriment and fond memories (or […]
A few weeks ago, I gave the weekly tour of Congressional Cemetery – virtually, of course, and decided to play to my strengths, talking about the stories from the cemetery that have entered our collective memory, whether as urban legends, scandals, or ghost stories. While most of the stories were drawn from my books, there […]