ITEOTWAWKI: Film Screening

Less than a week ago, the Athens Historical Society hosted a program called "R.E.M. in Perspective: An Athens History." The event featured panelists with all kinds of connections, including Kathleen…

Podcast Update

I know I promised a podcast with Tullycraft by now, but I had a few unexpected things at work pop up and haven't finished editing, etc. It should be posted…

My First Grisham

I usually don't impulse buy books. Especially hard backs. Double especially John Grisham hardbacks. But there I was in Target, on a mission for something completely different, when I saw…

Too Many Thoughts

So things have been a little busy lately. Fighting off my allergies and dealing with a sick kid for part of the weekend have left me with little time to…

Tradition Has Its Place

When Maria and I first talked about getting married, we looked at where we might want to live. We had lived in Hanover for a few years each, but didn’t know if this is where we wanted to settle permanently.

The longer we thought about it, however, the more we realized we didn’t want to leave.

We didn’t have that far to travel to Lancaster or Baltimore to visit our families. We had a nice quiet neighborhood to raise a child. We grew quite fond of local traditions and customs.

The local paper has had a lot of back-and-forth about our local Halloween traditions. I don’t like to get high and mighty, but the newcomers should back off.

Kid Nation Rules

I didn't think I would feel this way, but "Kid Nation" has become one of my favorite TV appointments each week. That goes double for this week's episode when the…