Small Thoughts
Tonight a community group hosted one of their on-going “Conversations on Race” at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - which is now hosting a Frederick Douglas exhibit - Bear Me Into Freedom. The exhibit provided important context for the discussion - and a reminder how entrenched racism remains.
A rite of spring: the umbrellas go up.
Lovely overnight in DC at the Monaco, a visit to the National Portrait Gallery, and lunch with friends we hadn’t seen in a while. And nice weather too! All you can ask for.
Happy Birthday Julien. Wonderful DC dinner at Filomena.
Q. Are we not men? A. We are Devo!
I am acutely aware of time passing quickly - mid-March already. The days and weeks fly by, each one an opportunity never to come again. I especially feel the need to focus on priorities - and exercise the power of “no” for anything outside my priorities.
Nothing quite like a small town St. Patrick’s Day parade. Erin go bragh!
After about 24 hours of increasingly dire weather forecasts - tornadoes, 75-mile per hour winds, torrential rain - the storm seems to have passed with little to no impact. I suppose it’s a metaphor for life - we worry and anticipate the worst… and sometimes the storm just passes us by. Grateful.
Enjoying a very quiet Sunday after a busy week. Glad for the opportunity to rest, recharge, and refocus.
‘Tis the season for Girl Scout cookies, and who can resist… but my sales-scout was all out of Thin Mints. Hard times.
Two musical performances, two nights in a row. Last night, a really lovely Celtic music performance by Rakish in the Avalon Foundation’s Stolz Listening Room. Then tonight, Stephen Philip Harvey’s high energy jazz trio at the Golden Hour in St. Michaels. Great start to the weekend.
Watching the seasons battle. Winter coming back for a mid-March sucker punch. A dusting of snow, followed by sunshine and 50 degrees forecast for tomorrow.
ROFO. Quick stop at Royal Farms before the hour-plus drive from DC to home. Came into the city for the second time in a week for a goodbye dinner for a longtime colleague. There’s something inspirational about the Royal Farms chicken.
First bike ride of the year today (and first in a long while). Beautiful day in the Mid-Atlantic, beautiful day to be in the saddle.
Lovely evening, and further evidence spring is on the way.
Sunday Morning Coming Down.
A Saturday full of errands, a Saturday night where we take one more step towards spring. Welcome back, daylight savings time.
Made the drive to DC today for lunch with some old (and long-time) friends. I gotta disagree with Tony Soprano - sometimes “remember when” is a very elevated form of conversation.
Goodbye to winter.
Today is the first day this year the light changed - the color, the feeling, the very smell of it. It’s a sure sign spring is on the way. It may be weeks away, but it will come.
