Zero-Emissions
At 218,000 miles the time had arrived when it made more economic sense to get another vehicle than to spend the several thousands of dollars necessary to repair the air conditioning on our 2007 Prius. It was the second [...]
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Just Enough to Get By
Too many people are beset by horrible diseases through no discernable reason on their part that alter or shorten their lives. For those who beat the attack on their bodies there are many reasons to rejoice at having won [...]
Home Is Where the Action Is!
I grew up in a rural part of Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley. The unpaved road going by our house was called “Crooked Run” after the name of the creek that ran parallel to the road. The creek took [...]
Building a Millennial Community
An exciting and vibrant community of newcomers is occupying ever-increasing in height apartments, condos and lofts as Reston literally grows up to accommodate the appeal it has for new arrivals of businesses, organizations and individuals. Reston’s boundaries as a [...]
Do It Yourself
Growing up in rural Virginia in a family of modest means I learned early that if I or my family needed something our alternatives were doing without, finding a way to make it on our own, and in rare [...]
Building a New Year on the Old!
Some find it amusing that I begin many if not most of my talks about issues facing Virginians today by harkening back to the Commonwealth’s long history or by quoting Virginia leaders of by-gone days with Thomas Jefferson being [...]
Festivals and Fairs
With the passing of the unusual heat of summer this year, the infamous humidity of the Washington, D.C. region, and more torrential and flooding rains than I can remember comes the time when it is fun to go outside [...]
Five Generations of Reston
I could not help but notice at a recent community meeting the different generations that were represented. As many as five generations were present. The “white tops” of gray hair made the traditionalist generation (born before 1945) obvious. They have [...]
Pathway to Good Health
Recently I had a bothersome health issue that I delayed doing anything about until a Friday morning before a three-day weekend made me think that I should go to the doctor that day rather than worry about it until [...]
There is No Place Like Home in Reston
Jane and I love our single-family, cottage-style home in the South Lakes area of Reston. While being close to schools for our children was a principal motivator for our selecting our house, with the children are now long gone [...]
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