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Welcome May (but really we are two weeks in...)

I started this post exactly two weeks ago, with a mere title. The last few weeks have
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Welcome May (but really we are two weeks in...)

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See ya April - Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out.

Actually, I hope it slams you in your miserable ass. I turned 41 in April. We had
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See ya April - Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out.

Alix in her garden on our farm. She loves to plant and grow edible flowers.
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Happy Almost May

Before you start to type in a post on Wordpress, there is a blinking "What is on
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Happy Almost May

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As the World Burns

I made it a personal vow to keep away from the news for the last two months.
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As the World Burns

{Family} Date Night: Hydraulic Hearth

I haven’t been this excited about Friday nights since T.G.I.F launched in 1989 – and I lived for that program. For the last many, many years, every Friday night I worked a 3pm-10pm kitchen shift at Shirt Factory. While I didn’t necessarily mind it when Scott and I were flying solo as

Minute 5,256,000

10 years ago the first post on In a DC Minute was published and it was appropriately titled, “The First Minute“. At the time we were living in Alexandria, Virginia, in separate apartments, and had been dating for less than a year. Times. Have. Changed. While we don’t write nearly as much

News Around Town: Last Week of September 2023

We used to write a column when we lived in the DC area entitled “News Around Town.” It was never intended to be a complete calendar, but rather things we might personally be interested in attending, or events we thought would be of interest to others. As the crisp autumn air settles

A Different Kind of “Back-to-School”

Before I digress, first and foremost: Happy Back to School, all! Teachers, administrators, parents, and of course, students – I’m looking at you. This year marks my 18th year since starting my career in education. *Please don’t do the math*. And if you take away the last two years of child-rearing leave