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Chris
Sliver Spring, Maryland/Washington D.C.
Former journalist and public affairs guy now writing when inspiration strikes.
Interests: tennis, reading, biking, collecting antiquarian books on the American Revolution
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Tremendous tour guide brings Louisa May Alcott to life at Orchard House home
Posted Dec 3, 2019 at DC Reflections
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Honoring Vietnam Veteran John Young -- My Hero, and America's
Posted Aug 30, 2017 at DC Reflections
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Finding more than a bargain at the Colonial Market Fair 2017 in Ellicott City
Posted Jun 13, 2017 at DC Reflections
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Making feathered friends with Friends of Sligo Creek
Posted May 21, 2017 at DC Reflections
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Thank God I'm not on "Survivor" -- or any other reality TV show
Posted Apr 13, 2017 at DC Reflections
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Love Trump and plan on attending Inauguration Day in D.C.?
Posted Jan 19, 2017 at DC Reflections
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Finding my president in a pile of frozen fish guts
Posted Jul 27, 2016 at DC Reflections
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A GOP presidential debate that Republicans would be wise to remember
Posted Nov 11, 2015 at DC Reflections
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My best day ever running a small business in America
Posted Oct 20, 2015 at DC Reflections
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Searching the streets of Civil War Boston for a woman I've never seen
Posted Apr 24, 2015 at DC Reflections
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Going for a hike with Dr. "Sparky" Breeskin and his "Volksmarch" medal collection
Posted Mar 12, 2015 at DC Reflections
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Doing a tiny bit of good for strangers before Christmas
Posted Dec 31, 2014 at DC Reflections
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A footlong or a knuckle sandwich at Subway?
Posted Nov 19, 2014 at DC Reflections
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Broken treaties with American Indian Nations, and a new Thanksgiving tradition?
Posted Nov 3, 2014 at DC Reflections
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How Adam Jones almost caused me to crash my bike on my birthday
Posted Oct 22, 2014 at DC Reflections
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No "next season" for Claudia?
Posted Oct 20, 2014 at DC Reflections
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A "beary" good day of picking in Silver Spring Maryland
Posted Oct 15, 2014 at DC Reflections
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Sligo Creek squirrels: harmless hooligans or terrorists in training?
Posted Oct 8, 2014 at DC Reflections
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Mercer's Langston Hall deserves all the happiness in the world
Posted Mar 22, 2014 at DC Reflections
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I did not say all toys are crap. I said cheap, plastic toys are crap -- and the leading exporter of cheap, plastic crap is China. There's a difference between prejudice and fact.
Let's boycott Toys R Us for vile "meet the trees" commercial
I started yelling at my TV last night the moment I realized how vile the new Toys "R" Us commercial was. I don't generally speak much to my television set but the toy sales company has reached a new low with a spot that opens with an adult dressed in safari clothes standing in front of a bus wi...
Let's boycott Toys R Us for vile "meet the trees" commercial
Posted Oct 25, 2013 at DC Reflections
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I don't think clean bathrooms quite make up for the miserable way Catoctin Wildlife Preserve & Zoo treats the animals there.
Horrified by Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo
I have come to see many zoos I've visited as necessary evils. The Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo in Thurmont, Maryland, however, isn't necessary at all. Federal or state authorities should shut it down. If government can't, the people of Maryland should: Let's boycott the place and enable ...
"Woof woof woof!" I whispered to the old man
Posted Nov 26, 2012 at DC Reflections
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Marriage fairness: We all deserve to feel gushy inside
Posted Nov 4, 2012 at DC Reflections
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When horses meet a city slicker
Posted Sep 30, 2012 at DC Reflections
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