by Kassandra Lamb As I searched my brain for a topic for this year’s Independence Day post, I realized that I’ve never talked about something of which every native of my home…
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by Kassandra Lamb As a kid, I loved Memorial Day. I had no clue what it’s real significance was. I just knew it meant the beginning of summer. Our local community pool…
by Kassandra Lamb Recently a good part of the country experienced the blizzard of 2016. And now it’s snowing again up north. During the blizzard my native Maryland got about two feet…
by Kassandra Lamb Note: In light of the events in Paris Friday evening, I considered changing this post, which had already been written and uploaded. But I decided to leave it alone,…
by Kassandra Lamb We didn’t get to one of my favorite places this year on our summer sojourn to Maryland. There’s a street of shops in Annapolis that I love to poke…
by Kassandra Lamb “You can’t go home again.” That phrase has become iconic. (It’s actually the title of a 1940’s novel by Thomas Wolfe, published posthumously by his editor — I looked…
by Kassandra Lamb Independence Day has always been my second favorite holiday, Christmas being the first. But now I think July 4th is edging toward first place. When I was a kid,…
by Kassandra Lamb with guest blogger, Susan Reiss I’m pleased to introduce today’s guest blogger, Susan Reiss. Susan writes mysteries set in St. Michaels, Maryland, an Eastern Shore harbor town near where…
Remember those dreaded first-day-back-to-school essays? 🙂 We just spent the better part of July in a vacation rental in Maryland, and I’ve gotta say that it’s kinda weird being on vacation when…
by Kassandra Lamb (see Part 1, Pulling Up Roots here) So my little summer cottage/writer’s retreat is sold. A nice young man now owns it, and I don’t. I’m having very mixed…