As the weather continues to warm up, I realize that I’ve been missing something over the winter that will soon be back in season – the front porch. Front porches are traditional, very “old school” Americana, and are one of things that I think makes a house a home. If you don’t have one, you’re really missing out. Sure, you can have a fantastic back patio with a pool, fire-pit, and even a canopy with lots of twinkling lights, but…
First off, my apologies for not keeping to my regular schedule of two posts a week over the past fortnight. Truth be told, I have re-entered the workforce and have been trying to adjust to the new schedule. For those of you who may not have known, I spent over 23 years in the IT field. Last June, my former employer (whose three letter company is also known as “Big Blue”) decided that my services were no longer required and…
I case you didn’t know it yet (and by now you do, seeing as you’ve been an hour late to all your appointments for the past 24 hours), this past Sunday morning marked the beginning of yet another season of Daylight Savings Time. You now have until November 5th, 2017 to fool yourself into believing you have an “extra” hour of daylight every day from now until then. Daylight Savings Time (DST) is a practice that was suggested as early…
As I get older, I find I’m looking back with nostalgia at things I used to do when I was a kid. Places I used to go, things I used to see and do – buildings and landmarks I remember from childhood. If I had a time machine, I would love to travel back to the 40’s and 50’s – a time when it seems as if Hagerstown and the surrounding areas were in their heyday and “golden” years. Sadly,…
Before I moved back to Maryland from Florida (many moons ago), when traveling back to this area to see friends and family, my wife was often baffled by the conversations that took place between locals. She grew up in both Massachusetts and Florida, where the accents you hear coming from people’s mouths are far different from what she was being subjected to in the four-state area. She’d listen to an exchange and then literally ask for me to interpret, like…