Saturday, November 30, 2024

New and Different


 A few unrelated things:

This year’s new American Girl doll is named Summer McKinny and she apparently lives in Columbia, Maryland. From what I can tell there’s really nothing idiosyncratically Columbia about her. She looks to be an upper middle class white girl.  The author of Summer’s story, Clare Hutton, grew up in Columbia.

I sincerely hope that some enterprising young local doll owner runs with this and creates a social media account photographing Summer all around her hometown. I’m thinking Instagram. Just imagine: Summer at the Mall, the Lakefront, the People Tree, the fireworks, the ice rink, a concert at the Chrysalis, the farmers market…Let’s give this doll the full Columbia treatment.

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I bumped into a short video on TikTok that said, 

“This is your sign to volunteer at a bunny adoption center.”

Did you know Columbia had a bunny adoption center? I didn’t. It’s called Friends of Rabbits and was founded in 1997.  Check them out on Facebook and Instagram, too. They facilitate adoptions, provide a number of services, and even sell bunny castles made by one of their volunteers.


Does your bunny need a castle? Look no further.

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Finally, today is Small Business Saturday, also known as Shop Small Saturday. Do you have any local small businesses on your list for today? Recommendations?

Let me know.


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