While this monument can be found in Washington, DC, it honors a different George. George Mason was an American Founding Father and Virginia statesman. He wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, an inspiration for Thomas Jefferson as he prepared the Declaration of Independence. According to the National Park Service, Mason…
Some people don’t like the snow, yet most would agree that the first snowfall of the year has a touch of magic in every flake. My husband and I were away when the inaugural batch arrived at home. Piper’s wonderful sitter thought to take Piper out to our sunroom facing…
Having had an artificial tree for most of my entire adult life (click here for Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh, Mister Rain), live Christmas trees are not on my radar. The few years that I did have a real tree when I first moved out of my parents’ house, I purchased…
Watching my husband of three decades walk across the pedestrian-only (at this particular time) Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania could cause any number of emotions, all contingent on current status. If I am feeling particularly fond of my road trip partner, Hurry back. If we are in the midst…
The holiday season has a way of magnifying things, joy feels, well, more joyous, and sorrow (you know what’s coming), more sorrowful. Wrapping gifts one afternoon, I was faced with both sides of the ornament. First, while finishing up two gifts for a girlfriend, I could not find the Scotch…
Mama Ayesha Abraham was born in Jerusalem in the late 1800s. Coming to the United States and Washington, DC in the late 1940s, she was hired as a cook for the Syrian Embassy. After her stint there, as well as working at several DC restaurants, she opened her first eatery…
I bought a Funko figure of Blitz, the Seahawks’ mascot, for Piper, although I had an offsides feeling it would result in a too-many-birds-in-the-house penalty and I would be ejected from the game.
I once again have led my long-suffering husband to new treasures along the highways and byways of this great country. I never tell the poor man where we are going, I navigate us to the address, telling him to be on the lookout for anything “unusual.” Mister Rain is not…
There is a Hallmark Christmas ornament, Cool Fliers, that is always the last to go on our tree, not because of tender or nostalgic reasons, but because it is very difficult to hang. The tree decoration consists of two ornaments, one a small snowwoman, the other a snowman. Both are…
I have never worn flip flops and with good reason, the same reason I don’t iron clothes: I am terrible at it. My inability to walk in flip flops has only increased since my vision loss. The sole time I wear them is when I get a pedicure. Keeping my…
