As you may remember, SFRevu and Gumshoe Review go live on June 1st so things are a bit crazy in my dining room office right now. I’ve got several reviews to write up, even more to proof, several to coerce Paul into writing, the cover images to make up, and of course pinging the other […]
We’ve been going to the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival for several years now. This year we went on Saturday. We got to the fairgrounds about 10:30 a.m. The fairgrounds opened at 9 but the parking was already up into the hills above so it was a bit of a hike down to the gate. […]
I’m sure out there somewhere is a nice blues jazz number with that this title, “Medical Insurance Blues”. However, it’s two days later and I’m still seeing red. Here’s the background. I have allergies — lots and lots of them. Basically, if you say I’m allergic to the world you’ve got it. I don’t even […]
We arrived at the hotel, got our badges, and were early enough to sit in on the Charity Auction to benefit JLG-RICA. The bidding was heavy and everyone was having a great time. Auctioneer was Kate Grilley with the assistance of Sue Henry. While we were there Katherine Hall Page auctioned off an item (the […]
This weekend, we’ll be covering Malice Domestic for Gumshoe Review. By we, I mean Paul Haggerty (photographer and writer) and myself (Editor, reviewer, writer, and sometime photographer). Today is opening ceremonies, the Poison Lady, a reception, and Theater of the Air (an old time radio play). We’ve covered Malice Domestic in the past and it’s […]
Long ago, I started calling days when you can’t concentrate or where the least little thing causes you to go off on a tangent, shiny thing days. Sort of like cats who chase the light from a flashlight all around a dark room or the way animals just go after every shiny thing they see […]
I just learned today when I read last Wednesday’s Washington Post Food section that I’d missed the Coffee Fest which was held from Feb 15 to 17th at the Washington DC Convention Center. On the whole it wouldn’t be that bad to miss but the paper said there’d be a contest for barristas to show […]
For a long time, people have been talking about the Internet and how it’s killing historical documents collection because email, blogs, ezines and other forms of electronic documents are ephemeral and won’t last as technology changes. Yesterday, someone sent me a link to a blog that is historical. WWI: Experiences of an English Soldier is […]