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Thursday, July 16, 2026

Pausa de hidratación

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The other morning I was walking around the former corporate HQ park campus (for the past three years a construction site for 82 four-story t...
Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Talk to the paw

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A couple of times a month, I take a morning walk with my yoga instructor and her dog, Sasha. She’s got some nice wooded paths in her part of...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Those wonderful folks who brought us the guillotine

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Since today is Bastille Day, la fête nationale , I’m expressing my undying love, appreciation and gratitude to France. As with the United ...
Monday, July 13, 2026

Gratitude Monday: Safe from the storm

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After a week of seeing the damage last Sunday’s microburst caused in my neighborhood of The People’s Republic, I’m deeply grateful to have...
Friday, July 10, 2026

No power to reason away

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You know, every time—every single time—the Kleptocrat gets up on his hind legs on the international stage, he showers himself (and our nati...
Thursday, July 9, 2026

You can take that to the bank

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I was in Fairfax Radiology, which has basically locked up all radiological procedures outside of an actual hospital in the greater Fairfax C...
Wednesday, July 8, 2026

The wider impact

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Took a walk outside my cluster yesterday morning. Quite a bit of damage in the greater ‘hood, beyond my cluster . The golf course cleaned ...
Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Sturm und drang

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We had a little storm front come through Sunday evening: Very grateful that the only damage to my back yard was a whole lotta leaves on th...
Monday, July 6, 2026

Gratitude Monday: Surviving the dome

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My gratitude for two days after our nation’s 250 th anniversary is meteorological: the stinkin’ hot weather has finally broken, and it’s on...
Friday, July 3, 2026

We've been traveling far

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I’ve been thinking about it all week, and I just don’t know what to tell you on this, the 250 th anniversary of our national birthday. Pr...
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Writer, New Military historian, humanist in a world of technocrats. I post five days a week on whatever strikes my fancy. Sometimes I bite, but I've had my shots; you're safe. Probably.
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