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2014
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Reverse Mortgage Becomes Retirement Tool The rules for reverse mortgages are changing. According to writer Brian Collins at National Mortgage News, seniors can no longer receive the entire proceeds from a Federal Housing Administration-insured reverse mortgage in one lump sum. Instead, they ar...
05/30/2014
Congratulations to Gary Woltal, #25 on the ActiveRain Leaderboard Flower Mound, Texas real estate professional Gary Woltol has passed the 1,500,000 points level in the ActiveRain network and ranks #25 on the ActiveRain Leaderboard. Many of us subscribe to Gary’s blogs and watch for his words of...
05/30/2014
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Gaithersburg is among the Fastest Growing Cities With the release of recent population estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau, Gaithersburg was among the top 15 fastest growing cities with populations over 50,000 in the entire country. It was one of only two cities east of the Mississippi to make ...
05/29/2014
Profile Photographs, Maymont Nature Center Aquarium Dolores and I love to visit the Maymont Nature and Visitor Center in Richmond, Virginia. They have a wonderful aquarium and wildlife exhibits. When I was taking these photographs, I was thinking about profile pictures, so I tried to get good...
05/29/2014
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Rainy Day Peony We have a chilly and rainy day in Maryland. The Peonies are blooming in our Kentlands home garden but the weight of the rain water can cause the blooms to droop if the flowers are not supported. They do require additional attention in this weather. An alternative is to do some ...
05/29/2014
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Gaithersburg Water Safety Day, Friday, May 30th The community swimming pools are now open in the area and it is a good time for every family to give special attention to water safety. Every family member should be able to swim for their own protection and for the protection of others. This is t...
05/28/2014
Gaithersburg Memorial Day Observance, Friday, May 30th The official Memorial Day has passed but Gaithersburg continues to honor those who have served our country. The following notice was distributed by the City of Gaithersburg in regard to the ceremony that will take place this Friday, May 30,...
05/28/2014
Family History: Mount Gilead, Centreville, Virginia In a recent blog, I posted a photograph of my great grandmother, Margaretta "Maggie" Jamesson Macrae (1846-1929). Maggie grew up at Mount Gilead (c.1785) in Centreville, Virginia. Mount Gilead became the home of the Malcolm Jamesson family in...
05/28/2014
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Save the old family photographs We are long past Mother’s Day but we are still enjoying family pictures of mothers. Be sure to save all of your family pictures for future generations. Don’t forget to identify the people in the photographs and the dates. My sister, Lynne, provided this photograp...
05/27/2014
Book Recommendation: The Cove by Catherine Coulter I recently read The Cove (1996) by Catherine Coulter. This novel is one of her FBI Suspense Thrillers. She had me hooked after reading one of her books in this series, The Edge (1999) and I decided to start reading the entire series. I am now r...
05/27/2014
