Monthly Archives: August 2011

Yesterday, a close friend drove his only child down to Williamsburg, for her freshman year, at William and Mary, as my only child gets ready for another year of grad school, at home, in DC.  When I was going off … Continue reading →

…And now a brief commercial interruption…. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the Peace Corps, with two days of celebrations, in Washington, DC, September 22 – 24. (http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=about.fiftieth) Hotel availability is limited, because the International Monetary … Continue reading →

First, if you can’t remember who, exactly, is Harry Chapin: the late, lamented Harry Chapin was a folk rock singer, best remembered for “Cat’s in the Cradle,” and “Taxi”, who died at age 39, in 1981, in a car accident. … Continue reading →