As you know, the rolling hills of Virginia’s green and lovely Piedmont can conceal adventure and mystery. They are not the same as up in the Blue swatch around DC. In fact, they sometimes don’t seem to be in the same space-time continuum. We used to live in Fairfax County, and that school district is […]

  Intern Note:We posted some words from contributor Marlow yesterday while the Boss was goofing off. We also got warned. Management has some hang-ups from the Compliance nerds bitching about just posting stuff. Our response was that management posts all kinds of dubious stuff without asking us, who actually look like America, whether it makes […]

Good morning, Gentle Readers! It has been quiet since the 4th of July, which used to be a fairly large holiday here in the United States of America. Which is not quite as united as they used to be, but that seems the nature of things these days. The President traveled yesterday to deliver an […]

Tuesdays are a cool day. Well, hot if you are in the Piedmont of Virginia. The Writing Staff could feel it’s embrace growing amid the mild wisp of smoke rising down by the Loading Dock, one of the centers of our human interaction. It used to be that way in the public buildings of your […]