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2018 

ActiveRain Practices: Blog Content I received a question from a new member of ActiveRain asking if she should use original content in her blogs or if she should use material by others. I, of course, replied that she should use original content. Some of the new bloggers may not be thinking about c...
10/31/2018
Book Recommendation: A Forgotten Place by Charles Todd A Forgotten Place (2018) is book number ten in the series of mystery novels featuring the Great War battlefield nurse Sister Bess Crawford by The New York Times bestselling American author Charles Todd, a mother and son writing team, Charles ...
10/31/2018
Prep Time: 15 mins Total Time: 50 mins Yields: 6 servings     Ingredients: 3 lb. (6-8) bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper 1/2 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature 5 cloves garlic, minced Zest of 1 lemon 1 tbsp. fresh thyme leaves 1 lemon...
10/31/2018
October Let's Get Personal Challenge Brian England has challenged ActiveRain bloggers to post a blog about their personal life and then answer any questions posed by members. I was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and my home community was Cradock, one of America's first planned communities. Our firs...
10/30/2018
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Cleaning An Egged Car Ted Blitgen provided these tips for his Kentlands neighborsA solution for removing the egg:If you've ever been victimized by neighborhood pranksters or vandalism, you've likely had your car egged. While discovering an egged car is nerve racking, trying to remove the egg and ...
10/30/2018
Prep Time: 5 mins Total Time: 1 hr Yields: 4 Servings   Ingredients: FOR THE TENDERLOIN: 2 tbsp. brown sugar 2 tsp. smoked paprika 1 tsp. ground cumin Zest of 1 lemon 1 tsp. kosher salt 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 1 1/2 lb. pork tenderloin FOR THE HERB SAUCE: 1/4 c. extra-virgin olive oil 3 t...
10/30/2018
Lunch from That's A Wrap Deli Dolores was on the way home from the Quince Orchard branch of the library and stopped at That's a Wrap Deli to pick up our lunch. She selected the Chicken "Banh Mi" Wrap and it was very good. This is a very special local business that employs individuals with develop...
10/29/2018
Kentlands Photowalk: Blanket Flower, Gaillardia  Blanket flowers are colorful additions in the gardens on many of the home owners in the Kentlands community located within the City of Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878. Kentlands is a very walkable community and is one of the favorite areas for familie...
10/29/2018
If life is getting you down, do some searching to find that special place to connect or reconnect with your dreams. That is the first step to making them real.  Back in the late 60s Carlos Castenada came out with the book, Conversations with Don Juan, a Yaqui way of knowledge. Many of us back in ...
10/29/2018
Home staging is strategically preparing a product for market.  Is Home Staging The Witchcraft of Real Estate?    As popular as it has become, Home Staging is still a misunderstood service. Witchcraft? Magic? Mind Games?  Sure, it's all of that...to some people. But Home Stagers want you to unders...
10/28/2018