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At the Games

When our daughter, Megan, was four years old, we lived in San Diego, California. One sunny Saturday, we attended a Scottish Highland Games. Ian was only a few months old, but I knew he would enjoy it. The month before he was born, I’d had to leave a Christmas parade as he marched along with

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Riding the Rails

Today is Father’s Day, and Dave’s gift will be the same thing he got for Christmas: a ride on a steam train. He loves trains, and this time, I chose a different route. For the previous trip, we had a lovely ride through the mountains of western North Carolina on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad.

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Let’s Get Dirty

April is Maryland Archaeology Month. On Saturday, I joined the local archaeological group, providing activities for children to learn how we can study the past by examining the items people left behind. Most of them asked, “Like their trash?” I suppose that is one way of looking at it. Archaeological digs can be found throughout

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Chasing Shadows

This past week, a large swath of the U.S. saw a total eclipse. While it was tempting to go, the timing just wasn’t right for us to travel. I watched the near-total eclipse from the NASA Space Center at Wallops Island in August 2017. Though we were at 82% coverage, I remember the dimness as

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