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  27,000 people donated to help Rowan’s mom buy him a wheelchair accessible van. That’s pretty amazing. Right now? She’s in the process of picking out just the right vehicle.  Video by Sarah Sundae, YouTube  What a joy that must be for her. The ongoing responsibility of caring for a profoundly disabled child is a heavy one. One vehicle cannot make that all go away, but it will make a significant difference in their daily life together. Plus, the thought that so many people were willing to response to her need and contribute to this cause must be reassuring and even energizing. She feels seen. She is not alone. To celebrate reaching her goal, Sarah and family are throwing a party.  Thanks to the incredible generosity of Rowan's Army, we reached our $60,000 fundraising milestone for Rowan's wheelchair-accessible van, and we want to celebrate with the community that helped make it possible! ROWAN'S ARMY VICTORY PARTY!  Saturday, November 7, 2026 • 3-6 PM Generously...

  Just the facts, ma’am. Howard County Pride : 11:30 am - 5 pm, Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods  Emancipation Day at the Capitoline Center , 3 pm Marti Food Festival, 11 am - 4 pm, 9115 Guilford Road Marti: Maryland Turkish American Inhabitants  Temperatures will be Fall-ish, skies will lean cloudy but no rain is in the forecast. Dress accordingly, crunch some leaves underfoot, do something that brings you joy.  Village Green/Town² Comments 

  Before I delve into what is becoming an annual exercise in HoCoLocal Halloween silliness*, let’s hit the important stuff. The Clarksville Farmers Market has a Halloween theme today.  Howard County Pride is tomorrow, having been rescheduled due to inclement weather.  And now…drumroll, please…The Village Green/Town² tongue-in-cheek Fearfully Frightful listing for 2026: The Young People Who Might Be Empowered By a Community Center. There’s no telling what might happen if disenfranchised teens have opportunities to have better lives. Imagine the horrors! The New Restaurants That Don’t Open When People Think They Should.  Don’t they know the clock is ticking? The sheer audacity of keeping local foodies waiting for a new experience! The trauma!  The Deadly Threat of Solar Power Out West They didn’t think that anything could be scarier than New Housing until they witnessed the ungodly harnessing of the Sun’s powers - - - right in their neighborhood.  Village Bo...

  Baltimore, 1987. The top floor of a Bolton Hill rowhouse. Two young people with more hope than sense. An infant. A second-hand television. The debut episode of the “new” Star Trek.           Star Trek The Next Generation intro,  owned by Paramount Skydance Corporation  Oh, I forgot. One marmalade cat with white paws (named Biscuit after Powdermilk Biscuits) who we rescued as a kitten from the playground where I worked. Yes, I was allergic, but - - he was tiny and starving and alone. We made the best of it. I soon learned that I should never leave butter out on the kitchen counter and that twist-ties and the plastic rings on milk jugs were precious playthings to be hoarded and hidden. We paid the rent. Biscuit ruled the roost. Even with a baby in the mix, he held his own. On the night of the The Next Generation premiere he must have felt that our attention to the television was inappropriate. With exquisite timing, Biscuit jumped up on the tv tab...

  This one takes us out of The Bubble - - but just barely. About a year ago I received a message on Bluesky: Hello! When I go to your blog on my phone, it does desktop version. Very hard to read. Can you please see in the settings to create a mobile version too? I hadn’t realized this was an issue. This very nice person talked (non-tech-savvy) me through the steps to fix it. If you have found it easier to read the blog over the last year, it’s because of her. And, since I naturally felt gratitude for the tech assistance, I started paying more attention to the helpful person on the other side if it. She’s an artist . She has her own YouTube channel where she shares a bit about her artistic process and features current projects. May I introduce you to Adrienne Price: Adrienne Price is an illustrator and creative artist. She enjoys traveling, spicy foods, and doodling whenever nobody is looking. Based in Maryland. Adrienne does not condone the use of generative Al art. (All rights re...

  Friends, I overslept. I’d apologize but it’s honestly a rare delight. In the meantime, may I recommend to you: Something I Miss , Mike Hartley, Threw Mikes Eyez blog  It begins with a close up photo of a sandwich and then it takes you places. In your mind’s eye. Think Marcel Proust but without the madeleines.  Definitely worth the read. ***** Facebook reminded me of this experience at the polls on this date in 2016: I experienced my first Halloween parade at SSFS. Really sweet. Afterwards I popped over the the Bain Center to vote. Everyone smiled at me. Then I realized I was still wearing my cat ears and tail from the Halloween parade.  Have you voted yet? Village Green/Town² Comments