Monthly Archives: August 2022

Well, when you wake up tomorrow, it will no longer be August. We’ve made it trough 243 days of 2022 — there are122 left. It’s the 36th week of summer and just 22 days before fall.Today the sun rose at 6:40 … Continue reading →

A few blogs back, I talked about Calvert Liquors and its importance when I first moved to the Washington area. When I first arrived in the area, buying hard liquor in the state of Virginia was complicated and frustrating. It … Continue reading →

There was an article on the news couple of days ago that mentioned that Hedy Lamar (the movie actress) invented a key part of the technology that makes wifi, GPS and cell phone technology work. Apparently there are a number … Continue reading →

Claire heard someone use the word smidgen the other day and remarked that it was a term you don’t hear much anymore. I guess I agree, and in this digital age of exactness, it probably makes sense. It seems like … Continue reading →

I am, and always have been, a big fan of trains. Train tracks run right through Shepherdstown and we often get stopped by trains. Some of the trains a pretty long, and sometimes it’s a long wait for them to … Continue reading →

When I was growing up I alway heard that baseball was our national sport. Thinking back, I think that was probably true. Every fall, the major topic of conversation when any group got together was the World Series… today — … Continue reading →

A few days ago, I mentioned Calvert Liquors — a place that that just about everyone in the Washington, D.C. area knew about and frequented many years ago. Almost no one of the younger generation has even heard about it, … Continue reading →

You’re probably thinking that it’s about time we get off this subject of time — so here’s one last one for a while…. Coincidentally, this question came up the other day around the time of the full moon — the … Continue reading →

Yesterday I talked about 20 August being World Mosquito Day. If you read yesterday’s entry, you’ll remember that some authorities think the mosquito is the most dangerous animal on Earth. Well, I just read a USA Today article that confirms … Continue reading →

I’ve heard it said that every dog has his day, but believe it or not, today is World Mosquito Day! Now, I like dogs, and if it was World Dog Day, I’d be completely alright with that — but mosquitoes? … Continue reading →