Paycheck to Paycheck

January 5th, 2019
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I know several people who work for the federal government.

Putting aside the political debate about why the government is currently shutdown, this is a time of anxiety for many of these people and their families.

These people work hard and approach their jobs in a professional manner and now find themselves in an awful place.

Some of them who are considered to be “essential” must show up for work knowing that they will not get paid.  Others are furloughed and have no idea when they will go back to work or get paid.

800,000 federal workers and their families … Read More

The Comfort of A Snowy Street

March 24th, 2018
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Mother Nature delivered a surprising day of snow last week. On the second day of Spring, she decided to ignore the calendar and do what she wanted. The nation’s Capital received about 5 inches of wet, slushy and heavy to shovel snow that initially was magical but then quickly became work. In my neighborhood, I am lucky.  As soon as the snow flakes stop falling, everyone comes outside to shovel and when they are finished shoveling their property, they look to see who they can help in clearing away winter’s wonder. As you can imagine, the men are very serious… Read More

The Stillness of Snow

January 25th, 2016
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  Photo Courtesy of ABC News   In case you haven’t heard, the Washington, DC area received at least two feet of snow over the weekend. It started as small flakes on Friday afternoon and never stopped snowing until late Saturday night. As some of the local weather forecasters said, the nation’s capital was in the crosshairs of a snow blizzard and the storm delivered enough snow to keep all of us shoveling for days. But the snow and the high winds did something else. Mother Nature forced us to slow down.  To stop our usual routine and just be.… Read More

It’s Snowtime!

February 13th, 2014
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After days of hearing the local weather people forecast that lots of snow was headed our way, it really happened!  Flakes began to fall around 7 pm last in Washington, DC and it remained steady throughout last night and continues into this morning. I measured 14 inches of snow outside my door and I have yet to see a snow plow come into my neighborhood.  Oh well. . .  The federal government is shut down and so are schools along with most businesses. Yes, my friends, a day off from work is a healing day!! Here’s what my part of… Read More