Archive for March, 2006

All A-Buzz

Friday, March 31st, 2006

One of my new favorite things to do is to visit our local flock of buzzards (turkey vultures, technically…blame the misnomer on early settlers). About 50 of them have moved into Oakland Mills, possibly after they were scared out of Long Reach. You’d probably be scared too if the neighbors started firing pistol [...]

Turning Thirty

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Today is my last full day in my twenties.
I’m not too upset about it. I’d rather be me at thirty than me at twenty. I became an adult at some point during the last ten years, and I prefer the wider mental horizon of adulthood.
Rumor says that older is better, at least until [...]