I didn’t realize, or had forgotten, that Michael Chabon is from round here. There’s an interesting interview on a WaPo blog (via Largehearted Boy). Chabon recalls: Hurricane Agnes.. in his grandparents’ Silver Spring home: He and younger brother Steve went to bed in the basement, only to awake to the “magic” of a suddenly flooded [...]
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Wheaton Library to Stay
Today I actually got some news from a newspaper: the Wheaton Gazette, which gets delivered every week. As an unsolicited paper object (UPO?) it’s less unwelcome than the telephone directories that Verizon inflict upon us. The news is that Wheaton Library will stay at its current location. I regard that as good news, since I [...]
Nate the Great and the Snowy Trail and…
Last night saw a fall of light snow: enough snow that I can’t quite belittle it as a light snowfall, but light enough and little enough snow that I don’t think that schools should be closed. But closed they are here in Montgomery County. That said, I continue to like the county. Max and I [...]