Village Green/Town²

  I did not stay up late last night. I managed to sleep until five am and then I got up and did the things I always do.  Iced coffee. Check. Comfy chair and fuzzy blanket. Check. iPad. Check. And so my day begins: checking the familiar places, searching for local stories. There’s quite a big to-do on Bluesky about Howard County. Howard County, Indiana, it turns out. I now know a bit more about Kokomo than I used to.  Next stop: the Howard County Library website. My library card allows me access to local newspapers which mean that their website is an early morning destination. This service has allowed me to use my limited discretionary income to donate to Baltimore Beat and Columbia Community Care while still being connected to local journalism. Here’s what I saw when their webpage opened this morning. Pages of Gratitude A curated monthly reading list with children's, teen, and adult books in fiction and nonfiction. Perfect for exploring new titles. Read More Further down ...

  Today’s the day. If you haven’t voted yet - - use your voice at the polls to make a difference in our community, our country, and the world.  I’m running the following post again today out of gratitude. Throughout our community and across the nation there are folks who have been working towards this day. In this election, that means they are working to make sure that the values and freedoms that our democracy guarantees us remain guaranteed for all.  They will probably be too busy to read this today but you can read it and think about what it takes to keep a free society truly free. The People Who Believe , October 25, 2014 It's Saturday morning. I just got up to make a coffee and turn on the heat. It is chilly in the house and I'm sitting in my husband's recliner under a fluffy blanket. The drapes are still closed but I can see sunlight peeking in at the edges. The house is quiet. While I sip my coffee things are already well underway at the Democratic Headquarters o...

  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...