A favorite phrase of President George H.W. Bush has been floating around my head. The “thousand points of light” campaign had its critics, but it’s alive and contagious in this neighborhood. Here on the Hill there are folks who can volunteer a lot, others who volunteer a few times a year, some who make sizable […]
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Over the last two weeks, I have told the story and aftermath of an early attempt to film at the Capitol. Today, I want to look at a coda to this tale –one that particularly amuses me as a tour guide who has frequent interactions with the Capitol Police. As mentioned, one of the main […]
Hey neighbors! It’s the holiday season and many most of us have ordered presents through the mail, or are receiving packages from family and friends from far away. Perhaps due to some karma associated with not #ShoppingLocal (just kidding), package theft, which is already a problem around the neighborhood, goes into overdrive during this festive […]
Happy happy! It is still early in the season but I bet your social calendar is packed, so I am just here to remind you to drink water and maybe grab a vegetable from the crudité platter. What else is happening this weekend? Tonight , support some folks who participated in this year’s NaNoWriMo, the month-long […]