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A few dribs and drabs from the week. 

Santa did manage to visit the Oakland Mills Holiday Parade and the Clarksville Commons Market. 


The missing Santa from Payne’s has been having a rough season but will soon be on the mend.


I forgot to mention that, when I visited Kendall Hardware store, stacks of Santa’s business cards were at the checkout. I suspect it was this fellow I discovered last year. 

Last on the Santa front, this continues to be my favorite semi-local Santa photo, taken by a reader of the blog back in 2017. She described the scene as follows, “Santa was handing out candy canes at BWI. Lots of people around.”



There’s so much going on in this photo. I see something new in it every year.


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A confession. In writing about crime watching and birdwatching this week I made the following claim.

Strangely enough, the more one watches birds at the feeder - - camera or no camera - - it doesn’t alter one’s world view. It just has more birds in it.

I haven’t come to believe that I have to watch it every minute or something bad will happen. 

My Facebook memories would like a word. Oh, I am so embarrassed.



Would it be wrong to try to deter squirrels with a squirt gun? Or a garden hose?

The joke is on me. We purchased a critter-proof bird feeder and now no one is eating up all the seed. Not even the birds. Sigh.

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Today from 12 - 2:00 at the Harriet Tubman Center: Kwanzaa Market Day!

Support Black-owned businesses this holiday season at Howard County's first Kwanzaa Market Day!

Do some holiday shopping while embracing the Kwanzaa principle of Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics) -to build and maintain Black-owned stores, shops and other businesses and to profit from them together.

Join us at the Harriet Tubman Cultural Center, a historic site commemorating the history and significance of the Harriet Tubman High School legacy, and the impact of African Americans in Howard County and beyond. Shop handcrafted art, jewelry, clothing, sweet treats, body and hair care, home decor, accessories, and more!

This holiday season, spend your dollar with local, Black-owned businesses who have demonstrated commitment to reinvesting profits, resources, services or time back into the community and a track record of contributing to community well-being and mutual uplift.

This event is organized by the HoCo Office Human Rights and Equity. To learn more and to register to attend (it’s free) visit the Eventbrite page. 

Kwanzaa Market Day Tickets

And one more thing. Have you been to DoodleHATCH lately? Apparently they have gifts. 


Image from DoodleHATCH social media 


They’re open Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm. If you need a refresher on what exactly DoodleHATCH is…

DoodleHATCH, in the Long Reach Village Center,

8775 Cloudleap Court, Columbia, Maryland 21045

301-778-0616

Have a wonderful Saturday!


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