ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2014 

Montgomery County Bulletin: Cold Weather Animal Care   Residents of Montgomery County, Maryland have received warnings of severe cold weather for the next two days. It is time to pay special attention to animal care. If you have pets, please read this notice and take good care of your animals.   ...
01/06/2014
Montgomery County Offers Cold Weather Information     Residents of Montgomery County, Maryland have received warning of severely cold weather tonight and on Tuesday. Many of the area residents have never before experienced the low temperatures that are in the current weather forecast. The followi...
01/06/2014
Holiday Wreath, Colonial Williamsburg   Dolores and I spent the Thanksgiving holidays in Colonial Williamsburg. This is one of our favorite travel destinations and we try to visit the area several times each year. One of the benefits of visiting during the holidays is that the decorations are bea...
01/06/2014
Newly Expanded Gaithersburg Public Library is Open   Three years of expansion and renovation construction has been completed and the new Gaithersburg Public Library opened this week. The opening marks the end of a $25.6 million major renovation project that expanded the 33,700-square-foot structu...
01/06/2014
Book Recommendation:  The Firm by John Grisham   When you have a favorite author, it is a good idea to check the book list to see what you may have missed in past years. I just finished reading The Firm (1991) by John Grisham. You will enjoy this old novel as much as you will enjoy his current no...
01/05/2014
Should  Facebook photo albums be used to market homes for sale?   Over 70% of Americans, including the majority of home buyers, use Facebook.  Innovative real estate agents are using Facebook Pages to promote their services and are using Facebook Pages and Facebook Groups to highlight communities...
01/05/2014
Snowy Day Book:  Wolf Pass by Steve Thayer   Friday was a snow day in Maryland and we stayed at home. I decided to read a book and selected one from the shelf of our thrift shop purchases. I read Wolf Pass (2003), a novel by New York Times Best Selling Author Steve Thayer. The main character in t...
01/03/2014
Book Recommendation: King And Maxwell by David Baldacci   I just finished reading King And Maxwell (2013), the latest novel by New York Times Bestselling Author David Baldacci.  Former Secret Service agents and now private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are the primary characters in...
01/03/2014
Did you miss the dollhouse blog?   When I reviewed some of my recent blogs, the one that I thought was the most interesting did not attract much attention. I shared some photographs of what I considered to be an outstanding dollhouse in the museum in Colonial Williamsburg. The dollhouse is so wel...
01/02/2014
I need a catchy title for this blog   We are expecting snow in Maryland and all should be well prepared for bad weather beginning at the time of the DC Metro Area rush hour. Fortunately, I am at home in my nice warm office and do not plan to be out and about this evening. So, let’s turn out thoug...
01/02/2014