After living in Beltsville for 16 years, I’ve moved back to Silver Spring. I bought a house on Solmar Drive, on the north side of Fairland Road.
It was neat waking up in my new house on my birthday. The timing was a coincidence.
New House
Saying Goodbye
After 16 years, I’m moving out of my condo. The folks I’ll miss the most are the kids in my neighborhood. I’ve watched them grow up, played many games of ‘500’ with them at the pool, dropped mini chocolate bars on them from my balcony, and also shot them with my super soaker. I’ll also miss my postal worker, Jackie, who came to my home countless time to pick up and deliver packages.
Chronicle Collectibles’ Labyrinth Door Knockers
About 35 years after the film came out, a company finally put out a perfect replica of the famous door knockers from the Jim Henson movie Labyrinth.
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High School Teachers
When I attended Paint Branch High School in the early 1990s, I had a wonderful AP English teacher named Ellen Rosier. I was in over my head taking an AP course but with her encouragement, I stayed the course, and ended up getting a hard-fought B. Continue reading “High School Teachers”
Obits
A few folks died recently who I wrote about. Continue reading “Obits”