In past columns, I talked about my mother’s delicious Christmas cookies and candies, especially her Divinity, a long-forgotten candy. But we often get so “wrapped up” in remembering gifts, we forget holiday meals.
Our Christmas Eve menu was always the...
We’ve always had admiration for Kate Hanley, dating back to her days on the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors and continuing through current service on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority’s board of directors and as secretary of the Fairfax...
While I spend much of the year these days in Florida, I haven’t forgotten those cumbersome, itchy winter clothes of my childhood.
In my arsenal of winterwear photos, the earliest ones are of my mother as a little girl. There’s...
It wasn’t all that long ago that a majority of members on the School Board in neighboring Loudoun County thought Superintendent Scott Ziegler was doing such a fantastic job that they bestowed a $30,000-a-year raise on the $300,000-a-year superintendent.
They...
Editor: Skyline Drive is one of the most scenic roads on the East Coast. Winding around and over the peaks of Shenandoah National Park, the Drive is a crown jewel of Virginia, drawing millions of visitors to the park...
Editor: With the Republican candidates he campaigned for having failed, as they should, Gov. Youngkin is back in Virginia to govern.
The question is: Will he govern for the benefit of the citizens of the commonwealth or will he govern...
Erroneous mailings, a flood of address changes and provisional votes, a new registrar and delayed redistricting lines from the state kept Fairfax County election officials on their toes this year.
County election ballots on Nov. 8, excepting Herndon’s concurrent municipal...
You’re all well aware of my love affair with TV, and even some of my childhood family’s favorite programs.
What I DIDN’T mention was the fun we had with the commercials, many for products that no longer exist.
I remember humming...
Anyone, who knows me well, knows that I love greeting cards. I send them for all holidays, birthdays, illnesses, new babies, wedding anniversaries and any other half-baked excuse.
Despite that, I don’t want store-bought cards from my kids. My long-ago...
Our word for the day is “insatiable” – as in “it looks like the Fairfax County government’s insatiable need for additional revenue, year after year, will continue unabated.”
County leaders have begun looking into the crystal ball and started making...
