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On this day one year ago Howard County Schools were closed due to an impending weather event. Unlike many such impending events, this one did pan out. I know this because I noted that kids were sledding down the hill in front of our house.

On this day in 2021 a lawless mob took part in acts of insurrection at the national Capitol building in hopes of preventing the peaceful transfer of presidential power.

Meanwhile, in Howard County…




Someone smashed their way into the Board of Education building. It was a scary ending to a scary day.

On this day in 2017 former blogger Tom Coale (HoCoRising) wrote a piece entitled “Safe for Six Year Olds” which I liked enough to pass along on Facebook. Thanks to the work of two diligent readers, I have the link for you.

“Safe for Six Year Olds” Tom Coale, HoCoRising 1/6/2017

In 2015 social media was abuzz with the antics of a man named Kirby Delauter. I had forgotten all about him.

On this day in 2011 I posted the following:



On this day
15 years ago

Jan 6, 2011 
It's official! I won an IPad from the Shop Local Contest @elridgepatch. 32gb
-- woo hoo! Thanks, patchfolks! #sojazzed

Remember when we thought that Patch might be our answer to local news? That was an exhilarating time. And brief. 

This morning on Bluesky I saw the following question.




Is Howard County, Maryland, the largest jurisdiction in the country with no local television, radio or newspaper service of any kind?

My guess is that we probably aren’t. Still, hope springs eternal.

In some ways winning the iPad is intertwined with the origin story of this blog. I started writing it in the Spring that same year. On my iPad. 

January 6th is observed in many Christian churches as the Feast of the Epiphany, marking the pilgrimage of the Magi to meet the baby Jesus. 

Merriam-Webster tells us that epiphany has also come to mean:



Taking the leap of faith that such epiphanies are, by definition, good things - - I hope that today has plenty of them to go around and that we’ll be grateful to look back on what we learned.


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